Hey Mom,
Transfers were today. I am staying with Elder Antunes. This is his last
transfer and then he goes home. He´s pretty tired and really getting ´´trunky´´
so I don't know what is really gonna happen this transfer. He´s getting really
grumpy too. I have a feeling that both my patience and his will be tested.
Elder Antunes is a cool guy but our personalities don't match up.
This week we had interviews with the President and a division (missionary split). My
companion needed to do an interview in another area so I needed to stay and work our area with another companion. I was SO nervous. I've only been here for a week and Elder Antunes left me in the area with a day full of commitments
and lessons. I barely know how to arrive at our house let alone to find the houses of our investigators. I had to find the houses, lead the discussions, etc. I was
praying so hard in my heart as we walked to the other area to start the division.
I can't describe to you how scared I was, but it turned out okay. The lessons
were not great, but I got us to the house and led them so that's a win. The only
problem I had was at the end of the day. I had no idea how to get back to the house. We wandered for about an hour and eventually called to get directions to the
church.
Elder Antunes says that he doesn't want to do a lot during the last transfer,
so I will have ´´responsibilities.´´ The first responsibility that he gave me was
the baptismal fichas. Those are the baptismal forms. I am to fill them out, keep them
safe and then send them to the mission office. That next night I forgot my bag
with my scriptures and the fichas in a restaurant and lost our fichas. So I failed my first responsibility, woohoo! The second responsibility Elder Antunes has given me is the cell phone. I am to make and receive all the calls. The cell phone is my first enemy.
Portuguese and Portuguese on a cellphone, are two different languages. The
first day I had the phone I called to confirm to our investigators that we were
passing by their house at 3:45 with a ride to the church. We showed up at their house and they were surprised to see us because they thought we were passing by at 6:45...
second responsibility, failed!! That has kinda been the theme of my week. I
am hoping that this transfer things can get better. President Dias just said in my interview with him this week to keep going, that with time things will get better - the same thing
he told me the last time. ´´Time´´. I just feel like I need an ETERNITY - not
to be perfect,but just to figure out how to be a missionary!
This week I
learned how to make pancakes from scratch with a Brazilian and shared some
maple with them, they really liked it. I will finish the Book of Mormon in Portuguese tonight for the first time. I have never received a big answer that
the book is true, but it is a source of comfort to me when I read when I am stressed or
overwhelmed I find peace. I really hope
that I am not ´´missing´´ answers, because I REALLY want them and am really
hoping for them.
I love you, Mom. I hope Grandma gets better quick. Give her some love
for me.
Elder
Sork
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