1/12/2011

Wow... I can´t believe how fast time is flying by. This has been the fastest 6 months of my life. This week I burned a tie to celebrate.

Congrats Chandler on the mission call! You´ll do great! And congrats Kayla on being pregnant! I think there will be a lot of changes when I get home. It will be really crazy.

This week we had transfers. Everyone thought that for sure I´d be transferred, but to everyone's surprise, I´m going to stay for 6 more weeks in Mamanguape. That makes a solid 6 months that I´ve been here; a 1/4 of my mission in one city. I´m also staying another transfer with Elder Cook. It´s pretty rare to stay 3 transfers with one companion, but that's what I´m doing here with Elder Cook. We get along great, so it should still be a fun transfer. I´m just getting a little bored here. I´ve been walking the same streets everyday for 4 and a half months without a break. I´m still happy though, and I´ll still keep working hard.

This week we baptized two girls. Jessica is 9 years old, and Jaquilini is 12. This transfer, if things go right, we´ll baptize their families too. We have a lot of people progressing right now, which makes it a good thing that I´m still here. I´m going to practice acting like a senior companion this transfer. I´m pretty sure Elder Cook will let me. He´s getting a little trunky now. This will probably be his last area. He has 3 more transfers to go, and he´ll go home in May.

I love you all a lot. It was good to hear from Mom and Dad and Steph. I want to hear from Josh how driving is, and from Ben how it is to hit a pole. Is Emma getting excited to drive too?

Have a great week! I´ll write you all again this Monday. Enjoy the pictures of the burning tie and the baptisms. I also sent a picture of a cookie that came in dads Christmas package. It was really good, and I´m really thankful that you guys still love me and think about me :)

Love, Elder Forsyth