May 12, 2010

Qualifying Elder Nothum

An exchange with Elder Farias

Church in Jundiaí/Brasil

Manoel, normaci, vanderlei, vanderlan, thais. Cerqueira is the name of the family

well hello everyone! how is everyone doing since last sunday!? i hope everything is going great! everything is going pretty good here in Jundiaí! it was nice to talk to everyone on sunday. sounds like everyone is doing pretty well! thanks for everything! and happy mothers day again ha. well i guess i will tell you more about my week. because as you guys could tell, i am not very good at doing that over the phone in english nowadays ha.

Well this last week was full of miracles. it was probably the best week of my mission (number wise). we met all of our goals and we had the baptism of an entire family. dad, mom, two sons and a daughter. that wasthe biggest family that i have baptized until now! it was a pretty awesome experience! they are elect. the biggest problem was that they didnt want us to take them to church ha. the member that lives in front of their house tried to give them a ride to church but they just complained because they wanted to walk to church!!! which is no problem at all haha. so it was pretty great. the members helped a lot in the integration of the family. every single member stopped to talk with them inbetween the meetings! everyone went to the baptism too!!! the room was completely full and i didnt even have a place to sit!!! it was crazy!!! but it was great at the same time! it was a pretty good week!

so you know how we have that qualification thing here? and there is a bunch of stuff you have to do to become a senior? well last week I qualified a missionary! his name is elder nothum. he is from missouri. it was pretty cool! i have been on a lot of exchanges with him! so it was pretty cool to see him qualify! he is definitely ready to be a senior. he is elder murri's companion. on monday i also went on an exchange, with elder phillips. he is from good old ammon, idaho and this is his last transfer. he isnt as trunky as i thought he would be. he actually is working pretty hard! i was thinking that maybe he would make me a little homesick for idaho falls but he didnt. and if he did, that was all over after the exchange i went on yesterday! the elders name is elder farias. he is from bahia. this is his first transfer and he is really ready to WORK. he is just about hyperactive haha. it is pretty cool. he has the best mindset i have ever seen in a missionary! he used to be a punk too! ha he has a bunch of tattoos but he said a prayer to ask god which was the right path and he talked with the missionaries the next day! he also is the first person i have ever heard of that is from the tribe of juda. that is pretty cool haha. but ya it was a pretty good week! everything is going good and we didnt have a meeting today so i actually have a pday haha. that is nice too. but thanks for everything!

love,

elder long