Hello, familiares.
Well, it seems as if Mom has already been informed of the
biggest news for this week. I got a phone call from Elder Longhurst (the
executive secretary) again this morning, and he started it off saying that he
had some bad news. And some good news. He then proceeded to announce the flight
dates for the group of Elders that are going home with me. Aaaaand we're not
going home on the 26th of November anymore. We leave São Paulo on the 2nd of
December, and I'll get into the Portland airport around 11:00AM on the 3rd of
December. Soooo no more Thanksgiving at home. But that's alright. I guess I can
deal with that.
Other than that, not a whole ton happened this week. Just
more knocking doors, teaching people, the usually. Although, on Sunday there was
an activity for the YSA group in the ward. Just before it started, we talked to
the YSA leaders and they told us to go talk to a couple of inactive members
just down the street from them and so we did! Only of them was home, whose name
is Jackson. So we get to talking to him, and turns out he has a ton of
problems... But he wants to change! So we took him to the activity, which his
mom only let him go to because he was going and would come back with us, and he
was talking about how he wants to come back to church, go to the temple, bring
some friends to church with him, and all that stuff. It was really cool to see
that in spite of his problems, he still has a testimony of the church and
believes it's true and knows that the church is the right place for him to be.
We're really excited to start working with him and help him to get back on the
right track.
For this week, that's about all the cool stuff. We're
preparing to have a fireside here with the mission president in a couple of
weeks, and that should be really good. We're trying to get the members here to
work a little more with us, just as the Prophet wants them to. It's just that
difficult part of teaching an old dog new tricks. But it'll work! And we'll
have more success here!
Oh, and I have a doctor's appointment set for the 23rd of
this month to get my hernia checked out. We'll see what they say!
I love you all! Have a great week!
-Elder Hopper #1
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