8/15/11

Hey family :) This week was pretty normal, but had a few perks :P Satuday night we baptized a girl named Viviane. She´s 14 years old, and her brother is already a member. She must have been elect, because it was one of the easiest baptism I´ve seen in the mission. The first day I met her I asked her if she wanted to be baptized, and the next day she told us yes. We taught her all the lessons in the next week, and then she was baptized :) She already has a lot of friends in the young womens, and her brother will for sure help her stay really active in the church. I was really excited to help her join the church. Last night I took a 3 hour bus ride to Joao Pessoa, then I slept in the mission office, and then this morning I went to the police station to renew my visa. Everything went smoothly, and now I can stay in the country for another year, but now I´m way tired from the travel, and it took up almost all of my p-day :( Me and my comp are doing fine. I know our area pretty well now, and we´re still helping a lot of couples get married. While I was in Joao Pessoa, our executive secretary told me that I´ll be coming home on the 28th of June. That gives you guys plenty of time to plan a big party :) I´m glad that I´ll get home in the summer. It will make the transition a little easier. Sister Olney, who flew out from Salt Lake with me, is coming home in January, and it will be super cold when she gets back to Idaho. I can´t believe that she´s already finishing her mission! I feel like it was just yesterday that we were in the airport saying goodbye. I love you guys a lot. Everything is going well here, and I hope everything is going well at home too. I pray for you always. Love, Elder Forsyth