Week 76

Hello Family and Friends!

The investiator that never got picked up, who's name is Pablo, said he only is home when it rains. SO, it was raining one day and we went to visit him. He wasnt home. It took like 40 minutes to walk to his house and then we had to go back. So we STILL havent had an opprtunity to talk to him again.

We thought this was a hill but it is a chuch!

Summer just ended a bit ago and winter is coming soon. That means its getting really chilly! Maringá is a lot colder than Bauru. There it only got down to 50´s on reeeeeeally cold days. Here it gets all the way to 49! just kidding. I dunno how cold it gets here. I'm assuming it will be the same as last year in Cambé because that's only like an hour or two away from here. This morning was about 70-75 and I had to turn off the fan when I was studying because it was a little chilly!

Elder Helms and I are getting along fine! We´ve been working a lot on our contacts. This week we found lots of new investigators but the quality was a little low. They wanted to hear the messages but not act and follow. So this week we´re looking to raise the quality of our new investigators.

 

 

Another view of the hill chuch

We almost had a baptism this week but she is afraid of falling away from the church afterwards. She says ´´I know I will fall away´´ and I really wanted to sya ´´well you have to be baptized before you can fall away!´´ cause I know she needs to be baptied but I didn´t say it and she will pray every morning and night to know WHEN she should be baptized. She already knows that she needs to be.

I had a pretty trunky dream last night that I was already home. It was like the second or third day that I was back and I was trying to get on Facebook or Twitter or just anything in my phone and it wasnt working cause everything had changed and I didnt know how to do it. so I tried watching the tv or a movie but it wouldnt work either. Then dad came down stairs and got mad at me for waking up so early (it was about 2 in the morning) but I tried to explain that it was because my internal clock was used to Brazilian time and it was about the time to wake up and since I couldnt sleep I wanted to do something. He didnt understand me (possibly because I could only speak in portuguese) I woke up confused for a second about where I was and then I realized it was all a dream.

Well... this next week I hope will be full of miracles and new investigators. Elder Helms and I are now 2nd in the competition of our zone, and only 100 points behind 1st place! I´ll forward the journal of the zone to you guys and you can see us in 2nd place! (though Elder Bispo spelt Elder Helms name wrong because he cant say it right and there is the brand helmans mayonaise and when people say his name is sounds like that brand)

 

1° - Elder Rafael e Elder Beltrani – 3487 pts

2° - Elder Haws e Elder Helmans - 3334 pts

3º - Elder F.Batista e Elder Morón –3089 pts

4° - Elder Bishop e Elder Padeiro - 3027 pts

5º - Sister Corrêa e Sister Jientara –2447 pts
6º - Elder Graff e Elder Gomez – 1689 pts

Elder Haws