Jardim Ipê Week 7

São José dos Pinhais District (pic thanks to Elder Herlin's mom)

So this week has been good and bad. So this week was my first week with Elder Alvarado. He is from Chile; the same region that David Archuleta served. He is really cool, and from the same group as Elder Armenta, so he only has one more transfer than me, but he speaks really good português. Some people say that he doesn´t have an accent. Anyway he likes music, and basketball. Also until this transfer he has only served in the two areas that are really far away from the mission office. Also now that he is in our house, we don´t have one Brazilian in the house. Also everyone knows how to do a rubik´s cube. Here they are called magic cubes. Also Elder Alvarado is the new District Leader here. Fun fact there are stores here, and also a street with the name Alvorada, which is really close to Alvarado, so people confuse his name sometimes.

Anyway this week hasn´t been the best because we lost a lot of time in meetings, and with other things that we needed to do so we didn´t get to work as much as I would have liked. We did find one new investigator that seems a little promising, and we have been working with the investigators that will be baptized this next week. 

I have been learning a lot with Elder Alvarado this week, and it has been more a week of learning than a week of teaching, but we need that every once in a while. Also this week we have had more cold, (but not that cold) and a lot of rain, which has made it even harder to work. People don´t like you knocking their doors when it is raining; also a lot of things close when it rains here. 

Anyway I have really grown closer to the Lord in this past week, and I am ready to help more people in this next week. I am so grateful for the time I have here to learn portuguese, talk, teach, help, and learn about God. 

Thank you all for the support,

Um braço (exceto para as mulheres)  

-- Élder Pettingill