7/13/09

family!

Okay so this week was different. we had a good week of work. then friday night we found out that we are no longer having sacrament meetings here in goianinha. because its taking to long to grow. so sundays we have to bring all our members and investigators to another city for sunday meetings. wait it gets worse.... they have to pay 4 reais(more or less 2 dollars) to go to church every week. and they dont have money. wait it gets worse.... they have to travel 40 minutes too. and its a sacrifice that many are willing to make. but its going to be hard when we teach people about the gospel and then say ``okay this sunday we have a meeting you have to travel 40 minutes and pay to attend.´´

so tuesday me and elder de oliveira are going to have a meeting with the mission president. we are thinking that he is going to close the area. which is sad. this area is good.

so on friday we found all this out and they said next sunday this starts. so yesterday was going to be the final sacrament meeting here in goianinha. me and my comp prepared talks on the blessings of sacrifice and it was going to be a beautiful final meeting. but then the lady that has the key to the school where we have meetings left for the weekend. so we had to travel 40 minutes to the other chapel at the last minute. wait it gets worse... we had 6 investigators who were going to be baptized. but they didnt have money to go. so we used our money and were able to bring people to church. 3!! was not good. so we are going to plead with president for the mission to pay for a bus to travel every week. that would be perfect.

anyway i dont think you care about that. but its whats on my mind.

wow almost 5 months here on the mission. time is passing fast. yet slow also.

mom i still havent got the card. so tomorrow we have interviews with the president and he brings the letters that arrived in the mission home. so next letter i will let you know wheter to cancel or not.

oh before i forget. next week is transfers so i wont email until wednesday of next week.

other than that im doing great, being blessed beyond belief. and portuguese rocks. i cant wait to be 100% fluent because its such an interesting language. you guys are going to like it. well i dont know what else to say. the next time i write ill probably will be in another city.
Im happy for the things i learned here in Goianinha.

well i love you all. keep rocking in the USA!

love
elder fletcher

p.s. john 16:33 rocks

p.p.s. are they still going crazy about micheal jackson? because here its non stop!!

7/8/2009

family!!

so im writing now cuz we had pday with 4 zones on monday!! so i didnt have time to write. well thats good you guys are out of the house, im sure you wont be completly settled in for a while, but it will happen. Whats with the cats? im so glad you guys have cats, but i wanna know what brought this on? haha. im so glad to hear that everything is good. it makes the week that much better.

now with an experience. remember that kid that was in Lauras ward and he had the same bday, same mission call, same day, same birthday, same airplane.. all these things the same as me? well his name is Elder Leseur and he has been in my district. and on friday we did divisions and me and him got to teach together. we are both the exact same age, our famlies live 5 minutes away from eachother, and we have been on the mission for the exact same amount of time. and we got to teach alot of people together. it was so awesome.

okay and so pday with the zones. 4 of the 10 zones had pday together. we played soccer, ate alot of candy, and played a ton of games. The president had prizes for the winners of all of them and it was a blast!! so much fun!!! then me and my companion got to spend the night at the house of other missionaries. so much fun too. then tuesday morning we had zone conference. it was amazing. i learned so much and president taught us things that are going to help so much. these past two days have been so much fun. but now its time to get back to work. im excited.

Okay mom the card didnt arrive so i when i write on monday i will tell you whether or not to cancel okay?

well all is well here and im glad to hear from you guys every week. keep doing whats right and the Lord will bless you all. i love this work and the gospel. its true.

Love

Elder Fletcher