hey everyone! how is everything going?! everything is awesome here! i still just have the same problem! it is just hard to have a comp that doesnt like to obey the rules. we were pretty late getting home last p-day. but this week was pretty good! we had 3 BAPTISMS! we baptized daiane, cristina, and kathleen! they all have family in the ward! i was pretty worried though cuz daiane and cristina showed up like 30 minutes late! we were pretty stressed! luckily everything went good though! we have 6 other people to be baptized this next week. i dont know about the family of 5. they are all waiting for the dad to be baptized. and he is the worst eternal investigator in history!!! i would have left them like 3 weeks ago but elder paillo wants to try and force it on them i guess haha. we should have had one more baptism this week but he was sick and the doctor said he cant leave his house for 15 days. so this week i think will be about 15 days. we will see haha. last week we had a family night with sergio and sonia. they are members and they love the missionaries!!! they treat us like children! it is the coolest thing! they are so nice! she reminds me a lot of barbara sanchez! its pretty cool! it is the rainy season now! it rains just about every day now! that wouldnt bother me to much but one of my shoes has a hole in it now. so it lets the water in. so i had just one pair of shoes. but dont worry i bought some duct tape and the others are good now too haha. i dont think they will make it til two years though haha. i will have to buy some in the future. for now i am good though. well i feel my portuguese is getting better. daiane and cristina have a little 7 year old brother that always tries to teach me. ha my accent is still like an american tho. but i dont like that elder paillo always tells people how stupid i am cuz i dont know portuguese. he always says "you can pray, elder long doesnt know anything. he doesnt even understand what you are saying. so dont be embarrassed." pretty awesome huh?! haha and also, he really does only want to baptize snakes. yesterday we visited a family and the dad said if he received an answer from god that he needs to be baptized, he would be. ha elder paillo just stopped talking to him and started trying to mark a baptismal date with his daughter. pretty ridiculous. ha but oh well. i will try to not let it bother me and keep learning.
so jay dee said in his letter that they mark baptisms two weeks in advanced there. ha we mark ours 2 weeks and sometimes only one. haha. that is crazy but is probbaly a good thing. it was nice to hear how everyone is doing (tyson, jon, james, and jay dee). it is cool to see what they are doing in their missions! they sound pretty happy! well i guess i will talk to everyone later. love you all!!! thanks!!! have a good thanksgiving!!!
love, Elder Long
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