Hey there guys, how is everybody doing? Wow Kyle and Megan are both at
Disneyland right now? That sounds super fun right now! How is Justin
liking being an only child this week? And how was Halloween for you
guys? Haha I found out that Halloween here
in Brazil isn't quite as big as it is back the US. We saw a couple of
kids dressed up as witches that night but that was it. The real holiday
happened a couple of days later when it was Day of the Dead. Everybody
got the day of and every single thing in
the whole city was closed. There was literally nobody in the streets
that afternoon and it made it seem like the holiday was day of the dead
city. It seemed just to be like the Brazilian equivalent of Memorial
day but It seemed like a bigger deal here.
We hardly saw anybody until we passed down the street of a cemetery
where the whole street was lined with cars. But it was really nice
during the night because everybody was home and we were able to teach a
lot of lessons :)
It's been a pretty good week here since I've last emailed. We have been
working really hard with our investigators Helena and Leoni to prepare
them to get baptized soon. We have already taught them all of the
lessons, they have been going and enjoying church,
and they truly want to be baptized but they are both just a little
hesitant and want to keep on putting the date a little farther back. We
set a date with them for the 10th and I think it will work out and they
will be baptized, but we just have to keep
visiting them frequently, give them support, and keep on praying for
them. We really hope that it works out and that we can have a couple
baptisms before the end of the transfer. That would be nice.
Speaking of the end of the transfer, its already the last week of the
transfer now which means next time I write you guys I will know whether
I'm staying here in Vera Cruz or if I'm gonna go to a different city.
Last transfer was pretty suspenseful while we
were wondering which 2 missionaries would stay here, and which 2 would
leave, but this time I'm almost 100% sure that I'll still be here because
Elder Stevens will for sure get transferred. He has already been here
for 4 transfers which is almost 6 months!
Haha the mission president basically already told him he was leaving
during his interview last week. President Wright asked him how long he
had been here in Vera Cruz and when Elder Stevens responded, he said
something along the lines of well I can't tell
you 100% that you're going to be transferred, but yeah you're gonna get
transferred. So now the real suspense is waiting to see who my new
companion will be or maybe if we get 3 more missionaries and reopen Vera
Cruz B. I'm kinda hoping that I get a Brazilian
companion that cant speak English very well because I spoke a ton of English with my first 2 companions and I think the language is coming
slower to me because of this. But we will have to see, I´m just excited
that I can stay here in Vera Cruz because it
truly is an awesome area. We are still getting a lot of references
from our recent converts and Its awesome to see and help our little
branch here grow. So ya that about sums are week up :) But anyways, I
truly am enjoying it here but I still miss and think
of you guys a bunch. Keep on writing me letters to let me know how the
world over there is going. I love you all and cant wait to see you in a
bit! Tchau tchau!
Love,
Elder Gee
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