How was your week?
It was very good. I am really liking my new companion.
Hows the Weather (it is about 101 degrees here in Centerville)?
It is cold, much better
than it was a few weeks ago.
Did you or your companion get transferred?
Yes, Elder Lopes is the new companion with Elder Law now
and I have a new companion.He's been out 3 months on the mission. I am living
with Elder Lopes and Elder Law. I kept our teaching group of
families.
Is so, How is your new companion, tell us about him?
His name is Bruno Sol Bispos dos Santos. He is from
Botucatu, Sao Paulo. He is very green in the mission but he is great!. We work
together very well. He was born in the covenant. His father
served in Porto Alegre and his mother in Belo Horizonte. He is the
oldest child in their family.
Hi Family,
So it will just be in Portuguese, so have fun
translating. [Dads translation is what follows]
This is going to be very short as as well, because we are
going to go play basketball today after
we sleep. We had a very good week. I am
happy mom is ok after her car accident.
I hope the government sends those illegals out of the country. This week
was the first week that we have not had anyone at the church with us, just
members. This made me very sad. I know that the Lord is testing my faith. Our
entire teaching group is incredible. I thought we would have had more people
there, but this week the timing was just off. Something that I learned is that
everything happens on the Lords time, nothing more than this. We will attend a wedding this week. Anderson
and Angelica finally decided that they needed to get married so they could
progress in the gospel. The way of God is not easy but it’s possible with much
faith and patience.
I really like my new companion. He loves sports and so I
finally have someone with me that I can talk to about sports. I saw yesterday that
the Brazil beat Spain in the “CUP” here.
All of the people were going crazy. It was awesome. I talked again in
church. My Fourth time! I took a photo of me and my companion here in the LAN
House. This transfer will be an effective
transfer. The mission baptized 45 total in June and my companion and I baptized
5. With 140 missionaries its a small number. I think the new mission
president will help a lot. I spoke with him yesterday! He is going to be a very good. He is retired military and worked as
Coordinator of Genealogy for all of
Brazil before that. He served a mission
in Porto Alegre and his wife served a mission in Sao Paulo South. She is from
Cruz Alta, haha. So basically, they are
in their home area here.
We attended the BYU Fireside yesterday. It was super
good. I saw Austin Jelitto there on his mission [Washington D.C.], How crazy is that?
It’s going to be strange here soon. We are going to start
using Facebook for one hour in the mornings talking to investigators and
members from the ward. I think at first
it will be very different but in the future it will be very effective.
There were many announcements yesterday that
the missionaries will like. I think the church
will continue to focus on Genealogy with the missionaries as a way to make
contact with people.
I love all of you very much and hope that all is going
well. Everyone have a great week.
Love,
Elder Shepherd
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