January 8, 2013
Hey family!
Sorry I didn´t write
yesterday, it way busy for us here. So, first off, it was way sad saying
good-bye to Elder Windous yesterday morning. We worked until the last hour of
his mission on Sunday night. 7 Am Monday morning, he got on the bus home. It
was pretty sad. I think he´s still traveling at this moment; he had to stay in
Sao Paulo for 8 hours, Texas for two hours and Salt Lake City for 5 hours. It´s a lot of waiting!!
But, I wasn´t sad for two
long, because a lot of exciting things were happening. So I helped all of the
missionaries leaving get on the bus, and waited until 10 am for my new
companion. My new companion is Elder Hobbs!!! haha, I got surprised that Elder
Hobbs was sent as my companion, but it´s going to be great. I’m way excited. I
couldn´t believe it, because he´s from my group in the MTC. We´re both excited
to baptize a ton. Also, two new areas opened up in our Zone, so two
companionships of Sisters arrived yesterday. Our zone now totals in 30
missionaries, the biggest zone in the mission. ahhh, it´s a lot of
missionaries.
So two of the sisters are
going to live with another dupla of Sisters in downtown Ponta Grossa, but the
other two went to another area. There were
missionaries there more than 6 months ago, but the area closed, so no one was
living in the house there. Elder Hobbs and I went to the house, and it was a
mess! It was so dirty, and there was like nothing in the house. There was a
broken stove and a broken bed frame. and spiders and dirt and stuff. So Elder
Hobbs and I, along with some very generous members from 31 de Março, cleaned
the house and made it a bit more habitable for the sisters. We swept down the
whole house, and threw soapy water all over, mopping up the nasty floor. We
brought bed frames, mattresses, and study desks from other areas, and set them
up for the sisters. We passed all of p-day yesterday helping out, but it still
was lacking a lot of thing--fridge, sink, washing machine, plates, cups, forks,
oven, stove, wardrobe. The mission bought these things and are going to send
them later in the week. I felt a bit bad when we had to leave to go work,
because I’m sure the sisters were a bit discouraged with the way their house
was. But we´re going to pass by again when all of the furniture gets there, and
help out. The sisters were being good sports about it. So yeah, that´s why i
couldn´t write yesterday.
So I’m still here in Ala
II, but I’m way excited to work with Elder Hobbs. We both are going to work a
ton, and baptize a lot of people! We didn´t have zone leader council last week,
but we´re going to have it this Thursday.
But hey I’ve gotta run, I’ll
try sending a letter next week!!!
Love
Elder Twitchell
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