For me, summer break is over. I had a good run in the
interior of Paraná, almost half my mission. Now I'm back in Curitiba. I'll miss
the people I met, the investigators we had and the friends (and what I call
family) that I made. We're all brothers and sisters, and after all the time I
was in Guarapuava it felt like a second farewell.
This week we did a lot of work, got rained on a lot and
found some interesting people. Elder Verissimo and I had our last lunch with
Regenaldo and his family, and as the American joke continues there weren't any beans
this time. We visited our investigators quickly, gave a brief tchau to our
friends and left. By bus, it took a while, and gave me a headache afterwards.
But all's well. I have a new companion, Elder Rosado, from Equador. He's the
cousin of Elder Ibarra, to make things more interesting. I'm not sure of
anything here in the area as of yet, but I'm excited to learn.
I really won't be putting anything here this week by way of
stories, but I'll put a few important events: Regenaldo was baptized and
confirmed; his wife's happened yesterday (or at least we hope so). Legeslaine
is firm and she's going to work with her brother, daughter and father to get
them back into the church. (her mother is complicated ... not much we can do.)
Valdiane is firm and is going to be baptized. End of story after many jokes and
visits. Valdir, firm in the faith, working on his eternal family, working with
the President of the branch and district to get to the temple. Elder Verissimo
FALTA 3 meses pra transferência de volta para casa. [LACKS three months to
transfer back home].
Have a great week everyone, Por vocês lendo isso aí, não si
sente mau porque não escrivei tudo em português. Quando chegar em casa, tudo
vai ser escrito em Português. [For you reading this there, I do not feel bad
because it’s not written all in Portuguese. When you get home, everything will
be written in Portuguese.]
Until next week. Até a Próxima semana!
Elder Joel A. Smith
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| O ultimo por do sol de verão. [The last of the summer sun] |
