January 27, 2010

Becca sent Thomas some little CTR rings to hand out to kids.

Pictured here: Alex, Samantha, Jackson and Gustavo(Lilian’s other son).

Thomas says, “Gustavo is the coolest little kid ever haha after my

nephews and neices of course ha. he is five years old and was a

little mad that he didn’t get to be baptized haha.”

Just White: Elder Thomas Long and Elder Mendes


Elders Long and Mendes with Lilian and her son, Jackson (the youngest), Samantha, and Alex
well hey everyone how are you all doing?! hopefully great! well this week was pretty good! today hasnt been the most fun cuz we cleaned all morning but its been good still haha. well i hope everyone is doing great. i got letters from everyone yesterday. sounds like you are all doing good and that you are all pretty busy. i heard a little bit about everyone in the fam including cuddles and cooper ha. i guess cooper likes to pull annies hair? haha you guys need to have him trained perfect by the time i get home haha. and cuddles lost like 6 lives on the way to rexburg and back in the engine of the truck haah. but sounds like olivia is pretty busy with cheer. thats good haha. as long as you are keeping up in school. basketball season is sweet ha. annie is liking school and friends and everything. Trey and eden are pretty funny with all the things they are saying ha. i am sorry about johnny! he hasnt had the best luck in his life but he will be fine! so did he get a concussion? are johnny and jacoby talking now? so missy and tyler moved to idaho falls. when is everyone moving away? well you all sound pretty good. i got your christmas cards so i guess i better tell you they looked good ha. but i guess i will tell you a little bit about my week.

well surprisingly, i am still here in jundiaí planalto! i didnt get transfered and my comp this transfer will be..................ELDER MENDES!!!! i am super surprised that we both stayed!!! i guess you never can guess what the lord will do during transfers. but this last week was pretty good! we ended it pretty well on sunday too! we only had 7 people at church and our goal is always 10. then we found out that there is a family of 3 that has been going to church for the last few weeks and they arent even members! so we had ten this last week and the week before and 18 the week before that ha! 3 more people is a ton better! now we need to teach that family haha. but we ended up making all our goals!!! yup baptisms as well!!! four people were baptized this week!!! lilian, alex, samantha, and jackson!!! they are awesome!! i have told you guys about them already! but they were the perfect investigators. alex and samanthas mom is the best investigator that ever existed!! she isnt married though so couldnt be baptized! she is working on that. she gives us dinner almost every night now! we had family night at their house on monday!!! we watched "Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration". my testimony grows about him everytime i watched that show!! we gave the kids all ctr rings and they liked them tons!!! thanks becca and lonnie!! but i was a little bummed as i left, thinking that i would maybe never see them again. then our assistant called to say who was transfered. and we werent!!! elder shroeder was and another elder. and one missionary died (finished his mission). so we got 3 other missionaries in our zone! speaking of elder shroeder, no one knows what is wrong with him. he goes to the hospital all the time and only worked one day last week! but he was transfered close to the hospital and is doing a little better! but ya this week was pretty good. the last two days were slow because of the transfer meeting! we wree able to eat at burger king though!!! i dunno if it really is better here or if i just havent eaten a hamburger for a while!!! it was really good!!! i bought those hand carts for my luggage too so i dunno if i have any money left in my account. i think i spent like 40-50 dollars this week though haha. but ya we are gonna need to work hard the rest of the week though. we might be able to have a baptism this week too though!! we will see!!! well that was pretty much my week! love you guys!! thanks for everything! talk to you soon!

love elder long