Week 14

Let's start off by saying sorry to all of those who usually get letters. I really had a hectic time last week getting transferred and all so I didn't really have time to write.

The ET went fine enough and I'm a ward with 4 other compaiononships. It's called the Bell ward and it's in a fairly ghetto area. It's not unsafe or anything it's just super run down and stuff. We don't have any "red" areas so we feel good enough going just about anywhere.

We started off with a call from one Louie, one of our investigators. He was really mad about the Elders before us both leaving because he was very close to them both. We talked him down from that through a few phone calls and some vists though so he's doing better now. He's had a hard life but really wants to become a member and bring his family in with him as well.

After him we met Chevy. We were going to contact an investigator near his house and he was just out working in his garden and said "How are the missionaries doing today?" So we just jumped on the oppertunity and talked to him. We ended up going into his home and teaching the restoration and he had some great questions so we have high hopes for him. He's a very religiously educated man and has a sincere desire to learn so we love him!

We had dinner with Sis. Rogers that night and man oh man is she a hoot. She is most stereo typical southern black woman I have ever met. I know that sounds bad but it really is the best way to discribe her. She's got a thick but not hard to understand accent, she's very loud and exetremely friendly. And on top of all of this she cooks amazingly! We love her and she feeds us every Tuesday and Thursday.

We had zone conference this week which was awesome. We got there a bit late but all we really missed was the mission nurse's rant against the flu and how important it is to get the shot. We had a great time in the meetings and we learned the importance of deep faith and high expectations. We also learned a lot on prayer but I will save that for my thought at the end.

While we were at zone confrence I ran into my travel compaionon again, Elder Kinney, and he had some interesting news. Apperently the church is only calling native Brazilians to Brazil now. Meaning we are the last visa-waiters and the last non-Brazilians to go there. We thought that was pretty cool and we can't wait to get down there.

We've been doing a lot of splits here as well. Elder Froisland is the DL so we do them a lot anyway but this is a short transfer. 5 weeks, becuase if it was 6 we would land on Christmas. But so far we've been on 2 splits this week and plan for three next. It's insane, but this is the life of a missionary.

We got a call from the AP's again so I had another mini-heart attack but they were just calling to inform us we were getting a mini-missionary! It's so ironic cause I was just in his shoes five months ago. We went to go pick him up and have dinner only to find that he wasn't there! Luckly they told us after dinner so we got some good food in us, but were dissapointed for wasting the time and miles to get there. We finally met him the next day and he was great. His name was Spencer and he is 18, working on his papers so he can leave at the end of the school year. He was pretty good but very nervous about spreading the word but we helped him out and had a great time.

I'm running out of time so I'll finish this message in my letter home and hopefully we can get it posted. Love you all!

-Um no exercito de Deus
Elder Teela