Hey Mom,
This week we had
another emergency transfer. Now I am in a trio. Elder
Stratton from Utah is with us. He is pretty new in the mission, only has 4
months. It is interesting to see how
even though I am lacking in a lot, I definitely
have progressed. Even though Elder Stratton is new I have a LOT to learn from
him. Where he lacks in technical experience, he makes up for in his awesome
attitude, excitement to work, his ability to make friends, and many other good qualities.
He´s a really cool guy. I like him a lot.
With the
arrival of another companion, Elder Antunes has curiously been more motivated to work, which is cool. I
have been loaning him money (If you saw some purchases made on my card, it was
for him haha) but I really need to be careful because he is really racking up
the debt. I am just glad we are back to working. He said a few weeks ago he
would give me responsibilities but in the end it didn’t really happen, I’m still
just a junior companion. I am not
complaining.
We had a baptism
this week. I have found that lots of the rapazes pesquisadores (young men investigators)
like me. They always ask me to baptize
them and they like to talk to me because I am American. So that’s cool to feel
appreciated even if I can’t speak super fluently. This baptism this week was of
Mattues. He is 13 years old and has
cousins in the church. It’s sad because his mom and dad both have drinking
problems and a couple nights we passed by the house of him and saw the problems
drinking creates. The family is getting torn apart. I am really grateful for the
guidance of modern day revelation, specifically the word of wisdom, and the
happiness it brings me and our family.
I will print
off the conference talks. It does cost extra money so I think one per week is
plenty. Feel free to send them in letters, too. I am still waiting on the
packages. I am super excited to get them, haha… I really hope they show up.
I love you,
mom! Elder Sork.
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