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July 16, 2012
Hello family!
So yes, I am still a Senior Companion. I will be a Senior the rest of the mission as long as I do everything right. Elder Millett is my new companion, and he was finishing his training with me this last week so it's interesting. He is pretty funny, and it's always interesting to get somebody that is newer in the mission. I´m still trying to help him and teach him what we´re here to do by helping people, especially baptizing people because that is our calling and the best thing we can help people do! Elder Carrell is having a blast now with Elder Castro. Elder Castro is our new zone leader here, and its crazy living with a zone leader, but he is super fun...so no problems on that.
This last week was just pretty normal... not too much happened. We met some people that are really good. We are teaching an older woman, Divina, who was taught a long time ago and her son was baptized but now doesn't go to church, so we´re trying to help her set the example for her family, but she has a few problems especially with her leg, so we´re just helping. Tamara, Talia, and Bruno are still in Londrina, but I think they are coming back this week so that is good! We had a party for the branch the other night because of some "Festa Juninho"... so that was really fun and we got some contacts there. It seemed like the members and some family members/friends had fun!
Now with the debit card... this last week I took out about $100 worth just for emergencies, and I don't plan to use it for like a month. Usually all I use the card for is just food to be honest because our money on the mission cards run out so fast because of taking the bus, and lunches that fall through...in our area we are supposed to get 60 reals more for the bus and lunches, but we haven't gotten it yet so usually I just use personal money for that when necessary, but now I don't plan to use the card for a good while.
Well, other than that, we are just searching, teaching, and trying to help people. Sometimes its tough, but now I just look at that quote everyday and try to remember that this is the Lords work, and he will help us as long as we do our part. President Tavares sent that article in a letter, and it is really great to motivate everybody just to have confidence or finish strong!
Well, I´m gonna go now. Have a great week! I love you guys tons, and thank you for all that you do! I still haven´t gotten the package yet, but I think I will this week! Lets see! Tell everybody hi for me! Especially the pep and the boys. Love you!
Love,
Elder Halpin
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Week 32 ~ Transfer Day
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July 9, 2012
Hello family!!!
How is everything going? So this week was a lot of running around. First of all with Talia and Tamara...they left for Londrina for 2 weeks! So now we´re just waiting for them to get back. The rules with the Word of Wisdom is 4 days with coffee, black tea, alcohol, and cigarettes and 1 month for drugs like weed and crack. 7 days for breaking the law of chastity. Other than that, this week was just running around because we found a "cemetery" of ex-investigators. We had a great branch conference yesterday, and I hope this starts a turn-around for our branch and excites everybody! So, we did not have any baptisms this week but we´re still just working hard and searching.
Before transfers we had a P-Day with President Tavares today because literally our zone is the best zone of the mission! We had a little training session with him this morning, and afterwards we played volleyball and basketball and chilled with him. Then after, we went to lunch in normal clothes, it was pretty weird... then after we went back to the ward house and he announced transfers. Elder Carrell and I will stay in Alvorada and the new companion of Elder Carrell is one of the Zone Leaders and my new companion is Elder Millet, my first American companion! I am super excited for that! Our address is still the same, so maybe send whatever you want to really quickly to the house address here in Apucarana. Maybe some cards with more pictures.
So that was pretty much my week, not to much exciting but still just working hard and I´m super stoked for a new transfer to start. Pass my love to everybody, especially Grandma Jane! Tell her I am praying for her and hope she gets better! I love you tons and hope you have a great week. Oh with the money, our lunch falls through a lot here so its mainly just food that I´m buying. Also I bought all three Hunger Games books in Portuguese so that could be a big purchase and I´ll send a package home with the books soon and other things I don't want to carry around. Thank you for everything. I love you tons. Tell Al and Jack thanks for the notes. Tell Alec that a Brazilian team here just beat a Argentinian team in a big game and now Corinthians (the Brazilian team) will play against Chelsea to determine who is the best team of the world this year ha ha ha! Tell everybody I love them and tell Al, Jack and Pep I love them. Have a great week! Tchau!
Love,
Elder Halpin
July 9, 2012
Hello family!!!
How is everything going? So this week was a lot of running around. First of all with Talia and Tamara...they left for Londrina for 2 weeks! So now we´re just waiting for them to get back. The rules with the Word of Wisdom is 4 days with coffee, black tea, alcohol, and cigarettes and 1 month for drugs like weed and crack. 7 days for breaking the law of chastity. Other than that, this week was just running around because we found a "cemetery" of ex-investigators. We had a great branch conference yesterday, and I hope this starts a turn-around for our branch and excites everybody! So, we did not have any baptisms this week but we´re still just working hard and searching.
Before transfers we had a P-Day with President Tavares today because literally our zone is the best zone of the mission! We had a little training session with him this morning, and afterwards we played volleyball and basketball and chilled with him. Then after, we went to lunch in normal clothes, it was pretty weird... then after we went back to the ward house and he announced transfers. Elder Carrell and I will stay in Alvorada and the new companion of Elder Carrell is one of the Zone Leaders and my new companion is Elder Millet, my first American companion! I am super excited for that! Our address is still the same, so maybe send whatever you want to really quickly to the house address here in Apucarana. Maybe some cards with more pictures.
So that was pretty much my week, not to much exciting but still just working hard and I´m super stoked for a new transfer to start. Pass my love to everybody, especially Grandma Jane! Tell her I am praying for her and hope she gets better! I love you tons and hope you have a great week. Oh with the money, our lunch falls through a lot here so its mainly just food that I´m buying. Also I bought all three Hunger Games books in Portuguese so that could be a big purchase and I´ll send a package home with the books soon and other things I don't want to carry around. Thank you for everything. I love you tons. Tell Al and Jack thanks for the notes. Tell Alec that a Brazilian team here just beat a Argentinian team in a big game and now Corinthians (the Brazilian team) will play against Chelsea to determine who is the best team of the world this year ha ha ha! Tell everybody I love them and tell Al, Jack and Pep I love them. Have a great week! Tchau!
Love,
Elder Halpin
Week 31 ~ 7 months in Brazil
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July 2, 2012
Hello Family!
What a week I had! So much happened that literally yesterday after lunch I was so tired that I almost fell asleep while eating at a members house! ha ha. So this past week, we were running about searching and searching for the right people. We found some ex investigators in the area book a few weeks ago, and have been working with them for a bit. They are a family of 7, João Ivan (step dad) Roseagela (mom) and they are not married so that's tough, John (19 and uses weed and crack so he has to wait a month) Igor (18 and never met him yet) Bruno (16), Talia (14) and Tamara (8). So a pretty big family with a few problems. On Friday night we were there and everybody showed up so we taught about the plan of salvation! It was a great lesson and really spiritual, but before we started, we just got to know each other, so Bruno opened up more and in the end, Bruno and Tamara committed to be baptized yesterday, and Talia was a little iffy. Yesterday, they had their interviews and Talia drank coffee, so a no go with her but both Bruno and Tamara passed and wanted to be baptized, so we had to run and get the authorization of their mom. She said that Bruno could be baptized but to wait with Tamara. Now we have Thursday set up to baptize Tamara and Talia, so pray for them and to help soften the heart of their mom.
That was pretty much our week, just talking to everybody and teaching this family a lot. We definitely saw a miracle happen and I know without the Lord´s help we cannot do anything, but with Him anything is possible.
It sounds like you guys had a good week. What car were you in when you ran over the ladder??? Any thing bad happen??? That's pretty scary! It is finally awesome to have all of the guys out, and tell Seth that for sure we should make a trip with all of us!!! Everything is going good with us, just Elder Carrell and his companion have some difficulties because his comp. is a little lazy at times so it's interesting. Next Monday is transfers, and to be honest I have no idea what will happen here! So next week I´ll let you know what happens. After next week, can you send me some cards with pictures of everybody? But wait until we know what happens next week ok? Also, can you get me the addresses of all the guys and their mission homes???
Well that's about all for this week. Thank you so much for all you do. I love you tons, and hope you guys have a great week! Tell everybody hi for me and wish Seth good luck for me.
Love,
Elder Halpin
July 2, 2012
Hello Family!
What a week I had! So much happened that literally yesterday after lunch I was so tired that I almost fell asleep while eating at a members house! ha ha. So this past week, we were running about searching and searching for the right people. We found some ex investigators in the area book a few weeks ago, and have been working with them for a bit. They are a family of 7, João Ivan (step dad) Roseagela (mom) and they are not married so that's tough, John (19 and uses weed and crack so he has to wait a month) Igor (18 and never met him yet) Bruno (16), Talia (14) and Tamara (8). So a pretty big family with a few problems. On Friday night we were there and everybody showed up so we taught about the plan of salvation! It was a great lesson and really spiritual, but before we started, we just got to know each other, so Bruno opened up more and in the end, Bruno and Tamara committed to be baptized yesterday, and Talia was a little iffy. Yesterday, they had their interviews and Talia drank coffee, so a no go with her but both Bruno and Tamara passed and wanted to be baptized, so we had to run and get the authorization of their mom. She said that Bruno could be baptized but to wait with Tamara. Now we have Thursday set up to baptize Tamara and Talia, so pray for them and to help soften the heart of their mom.
That was pretty much our week, just talking to everybody and teaching this family a lot. We definitely saw a miracle happen and I know without the Lord´s help we cannot do anything, but with Him anything is possible.
It sounds like you guys had a good week. What car were you in when you ran over the ladder??? Any thing bad happen??? That's pretty scary! It is finally awesome to have all of the guys out, and tell Seth that for sure we should make a trip with all of us!!! Everything is going good with us, just Elder Carrell and his companion have some difficulties because his comp. is a little lazy at times so it's interesting. Next Monday is transfers, and to be honest I have no idea what will happen here! So next week I´ll let you know what happens. After next week, can you send me some cards with pictures of everybody? But wait until we know what happens next week ok? Also, can you get me the addresses of all the guys and their mission homes???
Well that's about all for this week. Thank you so much for all you do. I love you tons, and hope you guys have a great week! Tell everybody hi for me and wish Seth good luck for me.
Love,
Elder Halpin
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| Elder Carrell & Elder Halpin ~ 7 months in Brazil |
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| Bruno's Baptism |
Monday, June 25, 2012
Week 30 ~ "DIA BRANCA"
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June 25, 2012
Hello!
This week was better. Nobody said anything bad to me (ha ha), so it was much easier. This area is just rough. Yesterday, our district had a "dia branca" "day of white..." where our goal as a zone/district was to baptize 20 people. So we worked super hard and met some good people to teach. We met a mom of a recent convert preparing for a mission, and she accepted the date for this upcoming Sunday! It was a very spiritual lesson.
I went on divisions with one of the zone leaders, Elder Valiati, on Wednesday and it was great. He was one of the assistants when we got here and he is an awesome missionary and really fun. They had confirmed 12 baptisms so they needed the help of Elder Carrell and myself. So that was really fun.
Then the next day was Zone Conference with President and Sister Tavares. It was about "7 banhos" or "7 baths", and they compared it to the leader of the army who had lepracy and had to take 7 baths in the River Jordan. It was really good, and I love the chances we get to be trained and learn with the President.
Yesterday was the District conference here in Apucarana, and like I said Dia Branca. So we went out to bring our investigators and get people with at least a possibility of baptism, but nobody ever answered. It's a little tough to have people go to church, but we are still working hard and looking for God´s elects here. But yesterday was awesome because the district together had 15 baptisms, but a little tough because nobody wants to progress here...
So I have some more scriptures from the conference, especially for Alec and any of my other friends you see preparing to leave. D&C 60: 2-3, 7, and 13, D&C 75: 20-21, D&C 123: 17, Alma 26: 22, Alma 57: 21, Alma 5: 45-47, Abraham 3: 22-23 and substitute your name where Abraham´s name is, D&C 29: 6-7, 3 Néfi 5: 13, Jacob 1: 19, Ether 12: 27, Matthew 4: 18-22, D&C 1: 19-23 and D&C 58: 16. So there are some for hard times, one that talks about not to worry about those who deny you because you´ll be there with Christ to bear testimony and all that good stuff.
I think that the picture of the family is Irmã Veroci, my stake president Edson, and their sons David and Vinicius in Maringá. Also, in the next package could you send Chalula hot sauce and kraft mac and cheese?
Thank you for the message. I love you guys ton! I hope you guys have a good week. Say HI to Al, Jack, and pep. Also send my love to every body. Tell Seth and Sam congrats if you see them again. Love you guys!
Love,
Elder Halpin
June 25, 2012
Hello!
This week was better. Nobody said anything bad to me (ha ha), so it was much easier. This area is just rough. Yesterday, our district had a "dia branca" "day of white..." where our goal as a zone/district was to baptize 20 people. So we worked super hard and met some good people to teach. We met a mom of a recent convert preparing for a mission, and she accepted the date for this upcoming Sunday! It was a very spiritual lesson.
I went on divisions with one of the zone leaders, Elder Valiati, on Wednesday and it was great. He was one of the assistants when we got here and he is an awesome missionary and really fun. They had confirmed 12 baptisms so they needed the help of Elder Carrell and myself. So that was really fun.
Then the next day was Zone Conference with President and Sister Tavares. It was about "7 banhos" or "7 baths", and they compared it to the leader of the army who had lepracy and had to take 7 baths in the River Jordan. It was really good, and I love the chances we get to be trained and learn with the President.
Yesterday was the District conference here in Apucarana, and like I said Dia Branca. So we went out to bring our investigators and get people with at least a possibility of baptism, but nobody ever answered. It's a little tough to have people go to church, but we are still working hard and looking for God´s elects here. But yesterday was awesome because the district together had 15 baptisms, but a little tough because nobody wants to progress here...
So I have some more scriptures from the conference, especially for Alec and any of my other friends you see preparing to leave. D&C 60: 2-3, 7, and 13, D&C 75: 20-21, D&C 123: 17, Alma 26: 22, Alma 57: 21, Alma 5: 45-47, Abraham 3: 22-23 and substitute your name where Abraham´s name is, D&C 29: 6-7, 3 Néfi 5: 13, Jacob 1: 19, Ether 12: 27, Matthew 4: 18-22, D&C 1: 19-23 and D&C 58: 16. So there are some for hard times, one that talks about not to worry about those who deny you because you´ll be there with Christ to bear testimony and all that good stuff.
I think that the picture of the family is Irmã Veroci, my stake president Edson, and their sons David and Vinicius in Maringá. Also, in the next package could you send Chalula hot sauce and kraft mac and cheese?
Thank you for the message. I love you guys ton! I hope you guys have a good week. Say HI to Al, Jack, and pep. Also send my love to every body. Tell Seth and Sam congrats if you see them again. Love you guys!
Love,
Elder Halpin
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| Elder Venancio and Elder Halpin found "Zion" in Brazil! |
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| Zone Conference with friends from the CTM. |
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| "Dia Branca" |
Friday, June 22, 2012
Week 29 ~ A very HARD week!
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June 18, 2012
Hello!
What a week this has been! But first tell Alec to read D&C 20:38. This is about his new calling as an Elder, and I wish I would have been told about this before my mission. Tell this to Seth and Sam as well and send them my love!
So, here we go... I think that this week definitely was one of the toughest weeks so far. Everything in the house is going good. I love having Elder Carrell there, and Elder Venâncio is great. But as you said dad, sometimes some areas are interesting. One day, we knocked on a street and at one house, we were talking about the gospel, baptism, all that good stuff. Then he asked how we perform baptisms. We explained age, authority and in the waters. Then he asked if we did it in a river, or where. We said a font now a days, then he went off and boy oh boy, sometimes it is tough just to love everybody and stay calm! He said I didn´t have the right to be here because I don't speak Portuguese perfectly and all this junk! He was totally rude. I told him that I don't see him doing this work, and that I do know that this is the true church on this earth! It was pretty interesting. But I am totally used to that by now ha ha.
But now is where it gets interesting. The next day we were in a neighborhood where last week we had cut some teenage kids because they weren´t progressing and they were singing stupid things about us as Elders... so Elder Venâncio and I simply cut them because they are not ready at this time. So on this day we visited a member and he began to go off on me! Saying I was doing everything wrong and we don't have the right to cut people...this person didn't serve by the way... so I just simply told him our purpose... but after he had no desire to talk to me, so I had to go to the other side of the street before he would talk to my companion. It really is a struggle for me here sometimes.
Also, yesterday we had a baptism planned for Suzany. We met her on Saturday night, and by miracles she had been to church various times and committed to live all the commandments after we taught her in a car with a member during a festa, total miracle right?...and she really has the desire to be baptized so it was awesome to teach her. But then yesterday at church, nobody would help us and give us a ride to get investigators, so she wasn´t at church but we still had the baptism planned. Then after sacrament, before the classes, our Branch President pulled us aside and said they didn't think Suzany was ready and that he wouldn't give us a ride to get her...!!! We called the zone leaders and they said go to get her immediately and only President Tavares has the right to cancel a baptism if the person passes the interview! So that was a really interesting experience and after all that, Suzany had to go somewhere with her parents later and couldn't be baptized yesterday, so we set the date for tonight!!! Also, yesterday was Sunday to bring a friend to church, introduce to the missionaries, and next week we have a "day of white" planned with the district where the goal is to baptize at least 20 people as a district/zone! But NOBODY, I repeat, the 30 something members that were there brought NOBODY to church! So I really have no idea what the plan is here... so yeah, its been a tricky one.
But I know that the Lord will bless us with miracles this week and throughout the mission. I also think that this simply is just a good learning experience and will prepare me for the future during and after the mission! So once again thank you for all that you do and send my love to everybody, especially at the farewells. Tell Sam and Seth congrats for me, and share that scripture with them please. Tell Al, Jack and the Pep hi for me. I love you guys, and yes the package did get here! So thank you. Speaking of that, if you haven't sent the next one yet, just send it to the mission home and not my house in Apucarana because there are only 3 more weeks in this transfer and it wouldn't be good for the box to arrive at the house here if I have been transferred... so just send it to the office in Londrina. Once again thank you! I love you tons, and hope you have a great week.
Love,
Elder Halpin
June 18, 2012
Hello!
What a week this has been! But first tell Alec to read D&C 20:38. This is about his new calling as an Elder, and I wish I would have been told about this before my mission. Tell this to Seth and Sam as well and send them my love!
So, here we go... I think that this week definitely was one of the toughest weeks so far. Everything in the house is going good. I love having Elder Carrell there, and Elder Venâncio is great. But as you said dad, sometimes some areas are interesting. One day, we knocked on a street and at one house, we were talking about the gospel, baptism, all that good stuff. Then he asked how we perform baptisms. We explained age, authority and in the waters. Then he asked if we did it in a river, or where. We said a font now a days, then he went off and boy oh boy, sometimes it is tough just to love everybody and stay calm! He said I didn´t have the right to be here because I don't speak Portuguese perfectly and all this junk! He was totally rude. I told him that I don't see him doing this work, and that I do know that this is the true church on this earth! It was pretty interesting. But I am totally used to that by now ha ha.
But now is where it gets interesting. The next day we were in a neighborhood where last week we had cut some teenage kids because they weren´t progressing and they were singing stupid things about us as Elders... so Elder Venâncio and I simply cut them because they are not ready at this time. So on this day we visited a member and he began to go off on me! Saying I was doing everything wrong and we don't have the right to cut people...this person didn't serve by the way... so I just simply told him our purpose... but after he had no desire to talk to me, so I had to go to the other side of the street before he would talk to my companion. It really is a struggle for me here sometimes.
Also, yesterday we had a baptism planned for Suzany. We met her on Saturday night, and by miracles she had been to church various times and committed to live all the commandments after we taught her in a car with a member during a festa, total miracle right?...and she really has the desire to be baptized so it was awesome to teach her. But then yesterday at church, nobody would help us and give us a ride to get investigators, so she wasn´t at church but we still had the baptism planned. Then after sacrament, before the classes, our Branch President pulled us aside and said they didn't think Suzany was ready and that he wouldn't give us a ride to get her...!!! We called the zone leaders and they said go to get her immediately and only President Tavares has the right to cancel a baptism if the person passes the interview! So that was a really interesting experience and after all that, Suzany had to go somewhere with her parents later and couldn't be baptized yesterday, so we set the date for tonight!!! Also, yesterday was Sunday to bring a friend to church, introduce to the missionaries, and next week we have a "day of white" planned with the district where the goal is to baptize at least 20 people as a district/zone! But NOBODY, I repeat, the 30 something members that were there brought NOBODY to church! So I really have no idea what the plan is here... so yeah, its been a tricky one.
But I know that the Lord will bless us with miracles this week and throughout the mission. I also think that this simply is just a good learning experience and will prepare me for the future during and after the mission! So once again thank you for all that you do and send my love to everybody, especially at the farewells. Tell Sam and Seth congrats for me, and share that scripture with them please. Tell Al, Jack and the Pep hi for me. I love you guys, and yes the package did get here! So thank you. Speaking of that, if you haven't sent the next one yet, just send it to the mission home and not my house in Apucarana because there are only 3 more weeks in this transfer and it wouldn't be good for the box to arrive at the house here if I have been transferred... so just send it to the office in Londrina. Once again thank you! I love you tons, and hope you have a great week.
Love,
Elder Halpin
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Week 28~Congratulations Alec!!!
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Monday June 11, 2012
Hello!
First off, CONGRATS AL! That is so awesome. I bet you are super stoked right?! Where in Argentina is your mission? Argentina borders my mission a little bit. That is amazing how fast the turn around was! The Lord knows exactly what he is doing! Do you feel like it was called by Divine Inspiration? I hope so! Congratulations and I am super proud of you!!!
So this past week has been very interesting and to be honest one of the toughest times thus far. Everything is great with the companionship and all that, but the work here is tricky. The members here are interesting and aren't too excited about the work, so that makes it really tricky to get work done. Like yesterday, it was the dedication of the temple in Manaus that we got to go to, but Elder Carrell and I forgot our recommends, and instead of offering us a ride, our Branch President said we had about 30 minutes to run about 2 miles to our house, get the recommend, then run back. We were definitely not going to make it, but while running on the way back, a member passed by and they gave us a ride. So it just is really tricky. Also, only the Branch President and the President of the Elders Quorum are the only people at the branch council meetings, so no help = no success. I´m just praying for guidance and help. I would love some examples of what you would do dad!
Yes the leather journal that is the same is perfect. I haven´t filled mine up all the way, but with about a months wait for the package, its probably good just to get another one soon.
It is super awesome living with Elder Carrell! Its really fun in our house, sometimes disorganized
but good, ha ha.
So that's about it for now. Thanks for all the updates and continue to share my love. I love you guys a ton and thank you for all you do. Thank you for the examples you all are and I hope you guys have a great week at girls camp!!!
Love,
Elder Halpin
Monday June 11, 2012
Hello!
First off, CONGRATS AL! That is so awesome. I bet you are super stoked right?! Where in Argentina is your mission? Argentina borders my mission a little bit. That is amazing how fast the turn around was! The Lord knows exactly what he is doing! Do you feel like it was called by Divine Inspiration? I hope so! Congratulations and I am super proud of you!!!
So this past week has been very interesting and to be honest one of the toughest times thus far. Everything is great with the companionship and all that, but the work here is tricky. The members here are interesting and aren't too excited about the work, so that makes it really tricky to get work done. Like yesterday, it was the dedication of the temple in Manaus that we got to go to, but Elder Carrell and I forgot our recommends, and instead of offering us a ride, our Branch President said we had about 30 minutes to run about 2 miles to our house, get the recommend, then run back. We were definitely not going to make it, but while running on the way back, a member passed by and they gave us a ride. So it just is really tricky. Also, only the Branch President and the President of the Elders Quorum are the only people at the branch council meetings, so no help = no success. I´m just praying for guidance and help. I would love some examples of what you would do dad!
Yes the leather journal that is the same is perfect. I haven´t filled mine up all the way, but with about a months wait for the package, its probably good just to get another one soon.
It is super awesome living with Elder Carrell! Its really fun in our house, sometimes disorganized
but good, ha ha.
So that's about it for now. Thanks for all the updates and continue to share my love. I love you guys a ton and thank you for all you do. Thank you for the examples you all are and I hope you guys have a great week at girls camp!!!
Love,
Elder Halpin
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| 6 Month Tie-Burning Celebration |
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| 1st Day with Elder Venancio |
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| The Grand Apostasia in the Center of Town with Elder Venancio |
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| Big Hat |
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| Irma Veroci, Stake President Edson, and their two sons...David & Vinicius Maringa, Brazil June 2012 |
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| Manaus Temple ~ June 10, 2012 |
Monday, June 4, 2012
Week 27~A New City
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June 4, 2019
Hello!
What an interesting week it has been! I have a bunch of pictures to send but forgot my cord...so I´ll send those next week!!! I am now here in Apucarana which is just a couple cities away from Maringá. I took a bus to Londrina on Tuesday and passed through Apucarana on the way, but we had to pick up some other elders in Londrina. Elder Carrell and Elder Bennett, (Elder Parker now) are in my area and not just that, but I live with Elder Carrell!!! IT'S A BLAST! My new address is:
Rua Rio Grande do Sul #120 Jd. Apucarana
Apucarana - PR
Brasil
Cep. - 86.804-390
So I think if you send a package there it should get to my house! Also, could you send my other journal we bought and some more sharpie pens (big and small) in the package? The house is pretty nice, a little messy but good. My new companion is Elder Venâncio. He too is from São Paulo and he is a funny little guy! Our area has a HUGE mountain that we climb pretty much everyday. Also, I have no idea what I am doing now as a senior... ha ha. But oh well, I guess we´ll see what happens!
Tell Alec that I hope he had a great graduation, and it looks like he had a lot of fun! Tell him that I love him, and I can't wait to hear where he is called. Yes, Missão Brasil Londrina is my guess!!!
Well, that is about it for this week, just a new adventure. Wish me luck now ha ha. I love you guys and hope you have a great week. Tell everybody hi for me and share my love for them! Don't forget to take a video!
Love,
Elder Halpin
June 4, 2019
Hello!
What an interesting week it has been! I have a bunch of pictures to send but forgot my cord...so I´ll send those next week!!! I am now here in Apucarana which is just a couple cities away from Maringá. I took a bus to Londrina on Tuesday and passed through Apucarana on the way, but we had to pick up some other elders in Londrina. Elder Carrell and Elder Bennett, (Elder Parker now) are in my area and not just that, but I live with Elder Carrell!!! IT'S A BLAST! My new address is:
Rua Rio Grande do Sul #120 Jd. Apucarana
Apucarana - PR
Brasil
Cep. - 86.804-390
So I think if you send a package there it should get to my house! Also, could you send my other journal we bought and some more sharpie pens (big and small) in the package? The house is pretty nice, a little messy but good. My new companion is Elder Venâncio. He too is from São Paulo and he is a funny little guy! Our area has a HUGE mountain that we climb pretty much everyday. Also, I have no idea what I am doing now as a senior... ha ha. But oh well, I guess we´ll see what happens!
Tell Alec that I hope he had a great graduation, and it looks like he had a lot of fun! Tell him that I love him, and I can't wait to hear where he is called. Yes, Missão Brasil Londrina is my guess!!!
Well, that is about it for this week, just a new adventure. Wish me luck now ha ha. I love you guys and hope you have a great week. Tell everybody hi for me and share my love for them! Don't forget to take a video!
Love,
Elder Halpin
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