So this will probably be the last time that you will hear from me...on Mondays that is. My new P-day is Saturday. I'm going to be serving my last two transfers in the mission office. I'll keep you updated. I'm going to stop drinking soda so that I don't get fat sitting at the computer.
My new companion is Elder Zolet. From what I can tell he is super cool. He's from Curitiba, super mellow. He loves skateboarding, which is super sick. I'm using all the skate lingo that I learned with Jake to make him think I'm cool, too. I'm not quite sure exactly what we're gonna do, but whatever it is, we're gonna do it well.
My last week with Elder Souza in Araraquara was pretty boss. I learned a lot with Elder Souza, but it was a good time for a change. We lined up some good families right before I left and super soon they're gonna have some baptisms in our area. I'm going to keep writing the people there so that they can know that I remember them. Simple acts of kindness make a big difference.
Sunday was a lot better than Saturday. I found out that I was going to be coming to the office on Wednesday of last week, so the days leading up to Saturday were kind of slow, because I was anxious about coming to office as well as sad to leave behind some super good investigators. On Saturday night when we were finishing up our visits I was feeling super down and had to sit for a sec. I said a prayer with Elder Souza and ended up crying. I hope I don't sound like a wimp, but it was way hard to leave behind such great people.
But on Sunday everything went super well. My tears seemed to wash away my sadness and the next day we were able to visit our investigators and say some goodbyes. We had four investigators at church that are doing really well. Elder Souza and I discussed a little bit more how things can get better in respects to our work with the members, because it seems to be lacking a bit, and I know for sure that it's gonna get better.
I was also able to stop and say goodbye to Milanese, even though he's not investigating the Church anymore. It was really nice to see him again and talk as friends. I plan to keep in touch with him as well.
I hope that you guys are well and that are getting ready for an amazing Halloween. I'm jealous because Halloween and Thanksgiving don't exist here. When I get home in January I think we'll have to do a holiday recap.
Love,
Jacko
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