Hi Mom!
This week was pretty good, but I had to do a lot of running around. Lots of interviews and stuff, including an interview with President Cordon! It was really good; he pretty much just told me to keep going strong until the end. That´s a lot easier now because this Sunday Fábio´s going to be baptized! His mom is all for it and wants to invite the whole family to watch, so it´s going to be really special. He already wants to go out teaching and stuff with us, which is awesome too, and I want him to keep that habit up so that he can go on a mission when he turns 18! He´s really special and I really want to help him, because he wants his whole family to become members too. Our hard work is really paying off now!
It´s hot there, wow! Elder Barros says that it´s rare for it to get that hot where he lives! Here it was hot for about two weeks, but this weekend it rained and got really cold. Now it´s sunny with frigid wind. But I was actually kinda expecting it, so now I can use my cold weather clothes. I´d taken everything out and it was just taking up space but now I´m using it. I keep thinking it´ll be cold there when I get back but I think I´m in for a surprise!
Things are going really well here, and I´m trying really hard to stay focused, especially now when it seems like I don´t have any time left. But I´ll keep going until the end, you can be sure of that. Elder Barros keeps me really motivated and we´re working hard to find even more people to teach and baptize. Our next goal is to get some of the people we´ve been teaching for a while to come to church, so we´re working hard towards that. This week´s going to be great! I love you Mom and thanks for all you guys do for me. Have a great week and keep me posted!!! Love you!!!!!!
Love, Eric
Hi Dad!
Things are going great now, even though it got REALLY cold this weekend. It rained all day Saturday and Sunday it was windy and cold. I saw a chevy pickup coming down the road with that cold and all the pine trees that grow here and it reminded me a little of Goldendale. I´m trying really hard not to think about it, but I think I´m even starting to dream about stuff from home. Last night I dreamed that I was with Gram and Nick, which was really weird. I´m still working really hard, but now I´ve gotta put a lot of effort in to stay focused.
This week should be easy: Fábio´s getting baptized Sunday! I can´t wait. He asked Elder Barros to baptize him (after I suggested he should) and on the 22nd I´ll confirm him. It´s going to be so cool, even better because he wants his whole family to join the church and his mom´s going to invite a bunch of her friends to watch his baptism! It´s going to be really great, and I´m glad I get the chance to baptize with Elder Barros. We´ve been working so hard and when we have a baptism it makes all of the sacrifice worth it. This week we´re going to have to do a lot of running around, but I´m excited because that´ll make Sunday come even faster.
That´s great that there were so many people at the 4th of July Breakfast! Our activities here are still a little slow; the members are still trying to get excited because they worked really hard to have a chapel and it didn´t work out. They redid the division of the wards and about 40 active members left, so it was a big blow. Plus, the missionaries were taken out at about the same time, so everybody got really discouraged. Now they´re reorganizing the ward with new presidencies and a bunch of other stuff, so things are going to be really good. The only rough part is that most of the changes are going to happen after I leave! Either way though, I´m going to keep working so that the next missionary that comes in can have a great system in place. We´re working on a lot of projects, and things are working out so far. Just have to keep going!
I hope everything´s going well in the ward dad and that you´re getting the help you need. Let´s pray that the ward gets missionaries again soon, because it really does make a difference! Love you dad and hope you have a great week! Love you!!!!!!
Love, Eric
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