Dear Everyone,
- How did your investigators fare this week? Was the family able to be baptized? Answers below.
- Where will you be spending your final transfer? Answers below.
It is transfer week!!! And there
are lots of updates!!! First off, Elder I. (my “son”) will be ZONE
LEADER!!!!! He will be here in (Maringá) Alvorada in my place!! So he can
baptize these 4 families that I found here. No one went to church yet because
there was always complications and it never worked out for us to stop by there
on Saturday and confirm everything "certinho"
but I know that Elder I. will baptize all of them!!! And I will train a
new missionary!!! I think it will be an American because that is what I asked
for but I don’t know for sure, I don’t even know where I will be going yet! I
will only find out tomorrow at the mission home. The only thing that I know is
that I will leave the zone! I will be taking the 6:20 bus to Londrina tonight
and I will sleep once again in Ouro Branco!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE BRO!!! You are now legal!! You can now go to big
boy prison!! Ha ha!! And in Brasil you can legally smoke and drink at 18!!!
(Dad´s birthday was last week right? Is it the 28th? I always
forget!! But happy 51, Dad!!) And, way to go on the driving test!!! If you
remember, I only got an 84 on my test...but wow, that is so nice to not take
the test at the DMV!!!
So, updates from the week that ended:
The zone once again had 3 baptisms and we found out that in the month
of May we broke the all-time zone baptism record with the all-time high of men
baptized!! And it was only a 4-week month as far as baptisms are concerned!! I
hope they can break the record without me in June with 5 Sundays!!
So, for 4 days this week I was in division and Elder B. traveled
to another city to help out the missionaries there so I didn´t even work at all
in May area this week so our 4 complete families did not progress that much
this week, but soon they will baptize!!
So on Sunday during the first block the bishop of another ward called
me asking if we could fill the font because their water heater was broken, so
we spent the whole church time filling the font with hot water and with a hose
and running buckets because the font fills super slow!!! The whole time the
members were complaining about the noise and the water the whole time and to
top it all off, when the font was full I called the bishop of the other ward
and he said: "ohhhh.... I forgot to inform you but the lady that will
baptize decided that she wants to be baptized in cold water after all so we will
baptize her here in our own ward..." I almost yelled at him but it is all
good since I will be leaving the city! I am a little bit sad that I am leaving
now that the area is finally catching fire, and the ward likes me now. but at
least I am leaving the house, area, ward, and zone way better than I found
them!!!
But, yeah I think that is about it. I’m excited, anxious, animated,
shell shocked, nervous, ecstatic, all at the same time!!! This will be a wild
last transfer full of baptisms!! (and full of the World Cup!!)
love you guys a lot!!
see you in 6ish!
Elder Cummings
Okay, love that he knows he is leaving the area better than how he found it. Also, can NOT believe it's their last transfer. Someone at church told me, "After today, you only have one more fast Sunday before Tanner comes home." That really put it into perspective for me. (Filling the font story frustrates me!) And lastly, I'm so glad there's still a letter for me to read on Mondays!
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