5/23/11

Hey everyone,

Wow, this week has been tough... I got a call Monday saying that I would be transfered, and then on Wednesday I packed up and left. I was called to open an area in Canguaretama, which is in Rio Grande do Norte, and in the zone, Mamangape. I´ve come back to the zone where I was born! The city is much smaller than João Pessoa, and a little bit more inland, but I´m really liking the city.

With the unexpected transfer, I was called to be senior companion. My new comp is awesome :) He´s from São Paulo, and he´s been in the mission for 5 months. He is obedient, and teaches really well, and speaks Portuguese excellently :) I´ll learn a lot from him.

Opening an area has been a little tough these last couple days. My first day here I was way excited to just get out and make contacts, but then it rained the whole day and there wasn´t anyone in the streets so we just got soaked. The next day was good though. In the last 4 days we taugh 27 new people, and we´re going to start separating the wheat from the tares this week. It's a lot of work, but the time just flys by like crazy when we work like this. I´m so glad that today is P-day, but at the same time, today is going to fly by super fast too...

The area that I´m opening used to be open before, but President closed it when we were lacking missionaries. There used to be 4 elders in this city, then there were two, and now there are 4 again. The other two elders here are nice. One is Brazilian, and one is American, but looks Hispanic. He doesn´t speak Spanish though. The four of us live together in a really big, nice, house. The nicest house I´ve seen in the mission. The only thing it doesn´t have is 4 beds. I´m sleeping on a mattress on the ground, but we´ll get beds soon.

I´ll have to send photos next week and I´ll keep you updated on the work here too. I love you guys, and I know that the church is true, and that we recieve blessings when we do the Lords will.

Have a great week! Love, Elder Forsyth