May 23, 2011 Letter

Dear Family,

Things sound like they're going good at home. I got Grandma's package. Thanks so much. Dont worry, I really like black jelly beans. And my companion doesnt, so more for me. Thank you.

Rain... Ya, we have a lot of that here too. But when it rains, it floods the streets. The canals overflow, the drains fill up, and the streets are like rivers. It's pretty exciting.

This week has been pretty busy. We had zone conference this week. And President Emerick called Paiva to help out at the office. So we didnt have a lot of time in our area this week... Kinda dissapointing really. But ya. 2 days at the office. 2 days at zone conference. Thats about it.

Zone conference was cool. They divide it into 2 days. Starts at 9 and goes till 4. They have breakfast, which is basically a giant box of cookies, and a giant lunch, which was super good. President and Sister Emerick give talks, and trainings, a training by the assistants, testimonies by the elders leaving. It was cool. Really motivating to do better. And i got to see it twice! Ya! Oh ya, and i got to see Elder Clark again. That was nice to have someone i knew, another friend. It was good to catch up.

We had a kinda cool experience yesterday. In the morning, we usually go to Borborema to pick up our investigators. Usually the bishop or someone goes and picks everyone up, because it's kinda far. But yesterday, nobody came. So we really wanted this old widow and her son to go. So we practically ran back to our house to get money for a taxi, went and got them, then went to the church. Then, after church, two members in Setubal 1 gave us awesome referrals. And, to top it all off, we found 50 Reais. We were standing infront of the church, and we turned around and there it was. Nobody came by.... Paiva said it was a reimbursment for the taxi... But it was cool.

But, everything is going good here in Brazil. I love you all and will talk to you next week.

Love ya,

Elder Tracy