Week 37 ~ A visit from the Kaelin's

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August 13, 2012

Hello Family!

It sounds like your week has been pretty good!  And it sounds like this next week is going to be really fun too!  Send lots of pictures from Florida OK?  What exactly are you planning to do there again???  How did the Olympics turn out???  Who won everything?  Did the U.S. do good in b-ball and all that? 
This week was great!  We had some problems with the companionship.  When I try to help Elder Millett he doesn't want to accept the help.   We did a division, but now things are much better.  Also we had interviews with President Tavares here in Apucarana this week.  He asked how you were all doing and I told him about Alec's call.  He was excited because his son just went into the CTM here!  He is such a great and loving man for all of us.
We confirmed Edineia this week and she is really strong and always has questions and comments on everything.  She is truly happy in life now!  She also asked us to do a fast with her from Saturday to Sunday to help her family.  It really is great finding people like her.
We are helping a few families now, so continue to pray for all the people I teach here to help them receive the gospel with open hearts.  Tell Seth that no matter what, that God is always going to love him, and to help as many people in life as possible.  I don't really know what to say right now, maybe can you find out more for me and next week I can send him more info...?
The other night we got a call from Elder Kaelin and he said he´d come stop by our house.  I got the shirts, and yes his mom gave me a big hug (which was a little weird ha ha)  We talked a lot and its weird just speaking English now.  I came out speaking Portuguese to them ha ha.  Then the next day they stopped by in the morning to record my testimony, so hopefully you get that.
That is about it for this week, no baptism but the work is going good.  We have a baptism lined up in 2 days, so pray for Luiz...  Say hi to everybody especially Al, Jack and the Pep.  I love you tons and hope you have a great time in Florida!

Love Elder Halpin

Joey Kaelin, Susan Kaelin, Elder Halpin & Elder Kaelin
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