Week 39 ~ Happy Birthday Grandma Jane

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August 27, 2012

Hello family!

Wow it looks like you guys had a great time in Florida, even though it is probably super hot there with humidity!  That's how it is everyday here though... hot and walking A LOT, especially this week.  When and where did Jack get that North Carolina jersey?   GET ME ONE!!!   Tell Alec that it is almost his time but just to have fun, especially these last two months.
This last week was a little bit of a struggle but still good.  Tuesday, all the new Elders got here in Apucarana.  But Elder Castro had been transferred to be with our other Zone Leader, but he had twisted his ankle and needed us there to stay with him for the day... so we didn't do much that day.  The rest of the week was pretty normal until Friday when Elder Carrell got a call from President Tavares saying he would be transferred to Londrina.  Saturday we stayed with Elder Carrell´s new companion, Elder Rife and worked our area and his area.  We walked around 13 or more miles on Saturday, and a good distance yesterday too!  We had a baptism scheduled with Moises, a guy that had stopped drinking for a week and was improving a very sad life, but then he didn´t come to church.   President Tavares called again yesterday and said Elder Rife would go to the center with the zone leaders.  He also said that maybe in a week either Elder Carrell will come back, or maybe he´ll get a new companion or maybe he´ll just stay in the center the rest of the transfer.  Only God and President Tavares know!  But we waited outside of Moises´ house all night waiting for him to get home but he never showed up.  Now it´s just me and Elder Millett in our house.  Today we are going to make the brownies from the package, and yes I already got it!  Super FAST!  Thank you for the shirts and all the things.  We´ll make the brownies today and the cake on my birthday!
Well that´s about it for this week.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA JANE...I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!  Say hi to everybody for me, especially the Pep and the boys.  Thank you again for all you do!  I hope you have a great week!

Love,
Elder Halpin

p.s.  sorry no photos...I have some to send, but when I turned the camera on here it died!

p.p.s.  can you send me the recipe of the good Dallis ribs, and the Cafe Rio recipe of the sweet pork and chicken???  The members want some recipes!