5/11/11

Oi Familia!

This week was a good week. I got to baptise Ingred, and talk to you guys, and the transfers just came last night, so there are going to be a lot of changes in the mission.

Ingred had to move to another city a few hours away from mine, so I´ll probably never see her again, or at least I won´t see her for a long time.

So the transfer... on Monday we got a call saying that Elder Simpson was training, so we went home, and I packed all my bags, and said goodbye to a few people. Elder Simpson got super nervous about being called to train and started getting really sick, so we went home early, and I finished packing, and we got ready for bed. I asked him, " You´ve got to go pick up a new missionary tomorrow, so where am I going to go while you´re there?" He called the assistants to find out, and they said that actually, Elder Forsyth is staying in the area, and Elder Simpson is going to train and open an area at the same time. Elder Simpson was not happy. It was already too late to pack his bags, and he was sick, so I gave him a blessing and we went to bed. In the morning we got up, packed his bags, and went to the mission office. I had to wait with the zone leaders all day to hear about the rest of the transfer. When the transfer call came, I found out that I´m staying in my area with Elder Jacoboski. He´s Brazilian, and is almost finished with his mission. I think he was almost called AP, but he chose to go from Zone leader to District leader and be my companion. So I´ll learn a TON from him this transfer. He has a lot more experience than me, and he´ll teach me the language perfectly. I´m excited. From what I hear, his last area was really really hard, and he got stressed out, and so now President is giving him an easier area to let him relax. I still haven´t met him yet, so I´ll let you know on monday how things are with him.

I´m happy though. It will be good to be junior for one more transfer. I feel like I´m learning tons in this part of my mission. Thanks for all your love and prayers. I´ll talk to you more on monday!

Love, Elder Forsyth