Week Twenty Two

Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:55 AM




Hi Mom!


I´m good, just trying to get everything organized, because the couple missionaries should be coming this next week! I´ve been working well with Elder V. Almeida so far; he works really hard so it makes it easy. I´m learning a lot about how to teach in a different way and also how to adjust when things change. We´ll be losing 21 missionaries at the end of this transfer, and we have 15 waiting to receive visas in Provo. If they don´t make it, lots of areas will close, but we´ve fasted and we have faith.


Oh and I wanted your help: do you think you could write your experience as a seminary teacher, like how you felt when you got the call and stuff down and send it to me? There´s a member here who´s received that calling, but she doesn´t know if she´ll accept it yet. It doesn´t start until March because of school holidays, but I know she´d appreciate it. Her husband speaks English so he can translate.


I love you Mom









Hi Dad!


Happy new year! I hope you guys had fun! It´s actually a really big deal here, so we got to enjoy some good food and fireworks, too. We´re working hard as always here, but in a different way. Having different companions makes a lot more sense now that I´ve actually changed. You can learn a lot from one person, but each of us has something different to bring to the work, which can help us all be better. He´s different but it´s not too tough to handle. When you don´t have a choice it simplifies things. He´s really a good guy though, so that makes it easy. I´m just saying necessity is a good teacher either way. It should make marriage easy; you get to pick!


They may have to close some missions if they can´t get more missionaries. I heard that they´re inviting more Elders from Argentina, Paraguay and places like that to come here, but I have no idea.


It´s getting warmer, but I don´t know if we´ve reached the peak of the heat yet or not. We´ll see how it goes, but I´m ready for anything. It doesn´t get hotter than like 95, so we should be fine.


I hope all´s well. I love you!!!!!
Love, Eric