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March 12, 2012
Hello Mom and Dad!
It sounds like you guys had a pretty good week. Sorry that you were sick on your birthday dad, that's no fun, but I hope you had a great day! But yeah it sounds like you guys had fun!
My week here was good. We taught alot, and had two baptisms planned this weekend... Rawane for Saturday morning, and Lucas for Sunday after church. All throughout the the week we made sure to contact them and teach them. On Friday we went over to Rawane´s house to confirm Saturday and have her mom sign the papers, but she wasn't sure she was ready!!! She knows that the Book of Mormon is true and that the church is true, but she´s afraid to change, so we taught her more about following Christ´s example and said we´d stop by later. We went back before going home and she said that she wasn´t ready!!! So no baptism for her this past week. But yesterday was great! We went to church and our district leader gave Lucas his baptismal interview. Then after church, we went to the Stake Center in the city center and had his baptism. It was great! Alot of the members from our ward came and it was really nice. My companion did the baptism and I got to be one of the witnesses. I´ll try to get a picture on but the computer is being dumb right now.
So yeah, everything in Maringá is going great. Tonight is transfers though, and I thought that I would have the same trainer in the same area for the first 12 weeks, but I guess not. Elder Moreira said that usually the person being trained gets transferred I guess... so don´t send anything else to the house because I guess there is a possibility of me being transferred tomorrow.
I think I´ll get the package and stuff at the beginning of April because we get our mail every month after the leader´s meeting in Londrina. So hopefully I get it then. Last week though, I got mail from Amy Tingey and Mariah Kearsley (sem. council) and the valentines card that mom sent. They just asked how things are going and all that so I´m going to write them back today. I hope that next month I get more cards and all that ha ha, possibly in a different area... ha ha.
Usually on P-days we wake up, study until 11, head up to e-mail, go to the market to get food, go home, write letters, and sleep ha ha. We haven´t ever gone to do any thing else. Elder Moreira is interesting and gets set in one way and won't change, so we never adventure to find short cuts or go do anything fun really. I´m looking forward for changes , maybe if I´m transferred it´ll be a little more fun and interesting, but I don't know...I guess we´ll see.
This last week was great and the baptism was fun! Now I can't wait to be the one in the water with the investigator doing the baptism!!!
Thank you for everything you do! I love you guys! Tell Alec, Jackson and the pep hi for me and tell everybody else I say hi! I love you tons and hope you guys have a great and safe week!
Love,
Elder Halpin
His sarcasm about sleeping on P-Day cracks me up. Been there done that... at least he gets to email instead of hand write all his letters! =) He sounds like he is doing so well.
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