HAPPY BIRD-DAY!!!!!!! MOMMA

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That is almost what I wanted to say...they didn´t have any cards that sad happy bird-day...so Dad sent me the next best thing. The big 47...I remember the big 46...and it feels like it was yesterday. I remember jess sent me an email with a pic of momma all glammed up to go out to dinner or something. Weird how I can remember that so easily. Time passes by quick, for number 48 I´ll be home and married...maybe I´ll just be home.

I´m glad that everyone is doing well. I forgot about the Olympics until we went to a member´s house and he was watching them...it was figure skating so I didn´t get to hyped up, but it was still pretty cool.

Well let´s just say that this week went by pretty fast. I think that this meeting made things go a lot faster for me. But twas a really good week. We were going to have a baptism this sunday of a little girl who we were teaching and taking to church, but her step mom told her that she was going to be catholic...so that sucked. It is kind of sad...you work to help a little kid grow up in the church and then that happens. But, I know that one day she is going to accept it, when she isn´t so influenced by people.

We also started our english course this saturday...it was a little interesting. So we had it all planned out, and me and elder sabin were going to sing the Scientist. So  our plans were ruined by the fact that everything went wrong (We didn´t have copies of the test for the people to take and our slide show didn´t work out and there were like 100 people there waiting). So to make the long story short, we sang our song, then, I messed around on the piano for 10 minutes, and then I tried to play Halleilujah, for another elder to sing...let´s just say,that I gotta practice a little bit more on the Halleilujah song. We crashed and burned. But it was alright, the people said that they liked it. Hahahaha wow, I must say that I´m learning to be a little bit more chill when it comes to winging it in the front of a 100 people.

But we also are having a lot of success with our investigators. We had this girl named Eloiza, who lives in a town about 5 or 6 miles away. So we invited her to come to church after the english course and she said that she would be there. So we get to church yesterday and there she was waiting for us. She said that she got up at 6 and had to hitchhike to town just to get here. Then she told us that she wouldn´t be able to go back until 8:40 at night, and she came here just to come to church. Man it was pretty awesome to see someone so dedicated. We taught her after church and she loved it. We are going to talk to her after school and invite her to be baptized. She is awesome. Also Jean is quitting smoking, which is cool, they didn´t go to church so that was kind of a bummer. Carla, also went to church, this girl that we are teaching. She already has an answer about the book of mormon and she is praying about being baptized this sunday...so pray that she gets an answer for me, because I´m praying like crazy. All in all, I´m doing great, I´m loving the mission and I´m happy to be here. Love and miss you all and hope that you have a great week. I hope that you enjoyed the email...I tried to put a little more time into it to keep you up to date on my life...hahahah.

Dear Diary….

This week was a little bit on the tough side. We went and did some splits with another district to try and help them out a little bit. We were there for two days in Cajazeiras, and lets just say that it is hot there too. It went well there and we helped the elders get a little bit more excited about the work. They are pretty happy now and had two baptisms this Sunday.

This week was a blur and that about sums it up. We worked really hard to have a baptism and nothing seemed to work out. But I´m learning that you can´t let it get you down. you gotta keep on working and keep on smiling. Life isn´t always going to be easy, but it sure is worth living. I´m loving Sousa and I´ll do better with writing...man I got to talk to a lot of people on P-day. Sorry, but I love you all and hope that you have a great week.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Justin's Apartment in Souza - Pic of Elder Sabin

So this week went by really fast, I´m talking like I don´t even know where it went. We are working really hard to help the zone get pumped up and excited to work. Sousa, is a sweet city. Hot, but man, we are finding people to teach like no other. We have some baptisms lined up for this week. We were working like none other to have one this week, but everyone was traveilng or wasn´t ready. Oh well, this week is going to be stellar. 

I really like it here, I´m excited to see what happens this month with the zone, I´m feeling like we are going to baptize the whole city, so that should be pretty cool.  I´m going to send some pics of the  apartment to you all. Love you all and hope that you have a great week!!!

The Land of the Dinosaurs

Well these four days went pretty fast. I pretty much spent them trying to figure out where everything is my area, but it was a pretty good week. We have a really good area with some awesome leaders, I´m pretty stoked to see what goes down here. But yeah, this week is going to be a good week. We are working with a family that is pretty awesome. There names are Paula and Jean (Jean is the man...don´t ask me, it is a man´s name down here) But, Paula wants to be baptized, but Jean is feeling a little scared. It will all work out in the end, they´re great. Our Branch President is pretty crazy, he´s an awesome guy who loves the missionaries. He is helping us out quite a bit and giving us a lot of things to do. So we´re going to do it.

Other than that things are going pretty smoothly. Elder Sabin and I are getting along well. We spend a lot of time laughing, which is a good thing, not during the lessons of course. 

I´m glad to here that everything is going well at home and that everyone is happy and dancing!!!!! Maybe I´ll throw a little dance party today...seeing as it is p-day hahahhaha. I love you all and I just want that somebody eats a hamburger for me...I´m missing BK a little. Have a great week!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to Souza!

Well I don´t know if you were knowing, but I was transfered to the city of Souza. I must say that it is a pretty cool city and I ´ve heard that there is like dinosaur stuff here....that should be cool to see one day. But yesterday I didn´t email because I traveled all day. I got here in Souza at 9 o´clock at night...yep it was a long day. But my new companion is Elder Sabin. He is from Washington and  he is a stud. I´ll send the pics of the apartment that I´m living in...I must say that it is sweet.

But I was a little sad to leave Assú, we had some awesome people that we were going to baptize this week and now I won´t be there to see. It is tough to leave an area that you love, you feel like you are leaving home all over again. But they are going to send me the pics, so I can´t cry about it too much. But I´m doing a lot better...I lost some weight because I was sick, but I´m going to get it back. Elder sabin is ripped and a giant, so he will help me get ripped too. But I hope that everything is good, and that everyone is happy!!!!!! I love you all and I will tell you about what went down next week. I don´t have a lot of time. LUVS

Well Here We Go Again.

 Well this morning during the weekly planning session I recieved the notice that I was going to be called to be Zone Leader. I had the same feeling that I had when I was being called to train. I thought "Oh flip...I´m not ready for this at all." But I´m learning that throught the Lord that we can do whatever he calls us to do. It may be hard, but we can do it with Him. I must say that is an important lesson that I have learned in the mission, to trust in the Lord. 

This week we had a baptism. His name is Marciano, and he is pretty much a stud. We talked to him this week about his baptism and he said "I´m so excited for Sunday, I just want to go to church again." It is awesome to see that really there are people who are waiting for us to find them and help them come to know the truth. I´m a little sad that I´m going to leave Assú, it is getting a lot better now. But, the Lord needs me where he needs me. 

I´m missing you all and hope that you all know that I´m better now and that I´m happy. I Love you and have a steller week!!!!!!

Well Here We Go Again.

 Well this morning during the weekly planning session I recieved the notice that I was going to be called to be Zone Leader. I had the same feeling that I had when I was being called to train. I thought "Oh flip...I´m not ready for this at all." But I´m learning that throught the Lord that we can do whatever he calls us to do. It may be hard, but we can do it with Him. I must say that is an important lesson that I have learned in the mission, to trust in the Lord. 

This week we had a baptism. His name is Marciano, and he is pretty much a stud. We talked to him this week about his baptism and he said "I´m so excited for Sunday, I just want to go to church again." It is awesome to see that really there are people who are waiting for us to find them and help them come to know the truth. I´m a little sad that I´m going to leave Assú, it is getting a lot better now. But, the Lord needs me where he needs me. 

I´m missing you all and hope that you all know that I´m better now and that I´m happy. I Love you and have a steller week!!!!!!