Oct

As for the good part of the week, we found some good couples and people that are being prepared to be baptised.  We unfortunately didn´t have a baptism this week but i´m basically 100% sure that we will have one this week.  I love this mission and this first year has helped me grown leaps and bounds.  My testimony is STILL growing each day.  I´m STILL learning new things and trying to change myself for the better!

Have a good week.  

Elder Diamond

Oct 8

So the week was pretty darn good.  I love preparing for conference.  I also love this new area that i´m in.  I´ve got some information about the area now that i´ve been here for a little ha.  So i´m in an area called José Walter 2.  It´s a small strip that has had A LOT of success in the last two transfers.  My comp and his trainer ( Elder Dias ) baptised 20 people in 3 months.  Elder Dias is now assistant ha.   Fun fact he was my first zone leader when I got in fortaleza.  My comp is from paraguay and has been out in the mission for 5 months.  He speaks super fast and isn´t QUITE fluent in português.  Their are some big differences between spanish and portugues.  At least in the accent.  It´s enough for people to not under stand what he is saying.  I remember how I felt when I had five months and people still couldn´t understand me.  It was frustraiting.  Anyway Elder Armoa has A TON of energy.  He is always smiling, laughing, and just happy.  I´m hopping to grab some of that happiness from him.  For the people who know me i´m not usually SUPER excited 24/7.  

There is this RM that leaves with us every day at 3 o´clock to teach people with us.  His name is Diego.  It´s awesome we are like a trio that goes around teaching.  My teaching pool is basically in the complex where Elder Dias and my comp have been working.  

Oh yeah some good news.  I got a call Thursday night.  Cristiane was baptised!  I was so happy getting the call.  I´m glad she took the descision to be baptised.  Extremely special convert to me.  She is awesome!  I hope she can endure to the end and one day be reunited with her mother.  

Conference was very good.  The prophets, I feel, really focused on families and the gospel of Jesus Christ this conference.  It´s true that the only source of real happiness comes within the bands of family, and obeying the Saviors gospel.  It´s difficult at times but our savior and heavenly father know we can get through our difficulties and use them to make us stronger.  It is my hope and prayer that we will all be able to apply what we learned this october!  

Hugs, kisses, all that stuff.
Love Elder Diamond!

October 1

Woooo this week was strange.  To start abregato means thanks and it´s spelled obrigado hahahaha.  Second, fortaleza temple already broke ground, how exciting is that ha it should be done in like three years.  I´m pretty darn tired this week, and this keyboard on this computer is rediculous....  Anyway.  

So this week was pretty crazy, the start of the week was good, teaching a lot and we were preparing cristiane for baptism.  Then came friday.  Her mom died.  It was crazy trying to help her.  It´s hard to help confort someone when they are affected by death, and it didn´t help getting her baptised either.  We went over and tried to help out.  Testified  that she would recieve an answer if she went to church sunday.  She ended up going to church.  But could only stay for sacrament meeting.  Know whats the kicker??  The only subject that was talked about by the first two speakers was about enduring to the end.  The final speaker spoke and testified of the ressurection of ALL..  It wasawesome.  The answer that Cristiane really needed.  We passed by and spoke to her and she still didn´t know if she was prepared.  An Elder Ended up passing and interviewing her.  Long story short she is going to be baptised this week!  I´m super excited for that.... but one thing.... I was transfered!!! hahaha...  Oh well, the name of my new area is called josebalter.  Or something like that ha.  My comp is named elder Armoa.  He is from paraguay and has been out 3 months and speaks spanish.... It´sgonna be a fun transfer hahaha.  And that´s about it for the week....

I wasn´t to sad about this transfer.  or being transfered for that manner.  I felt that I was going to be transfered.  Heard a funny phrase that said god will transfer you when you´ve done what you needed to do!

That´s about it for this week.  I´ll write more next week but this keyboard is killing me ha.

LOVE YOU ALL!

Elder Diamond!