Email 4/30/09

Email received April 30, 2009
5th Area: Joao Pessoa-Tibiri
8th Companion: Elder Amarante

Nayanne! My last baptism in Urick Graff

dear loved ones...

well sorry for the delay, but we had transfers yesterday so we didnt have p-day this week and everything is kinda just a mess right now but i have a few minutes to email today so i will try and be quick:

i was called district leader so i was transferred from urick graff. but i was 100% heart broken to leave. i really did not wanna leave mossoró and i wasnt expecting it at all. but i was transferred here to joão pessoa into the zone of rangel santa rita and my area is called Tibirí.

my new companion is elder amarante, he is a brazilian that just finished his first transfer. which makes me practically training 3 companions in a row. but he actually already knows a lot and knows how the work goes. he is a recent convert of only about 1 year in the church so he doesnt know any hymns or a ton about doctrine and stuff like that but he has a sincere testimony and he is awesome. but he keeps telling me he is gonna need a ton of help so i dont know exactly how everything is gonna be still but i am sure it will be great here.

it is as beautiful as can be in joão pessoa. very very green and there is always a constant rain, but not super stormy like mossoró, its more of just an on and off mist throughout the day. our house is pretty good, but we dont have much water. our shower is a pipe that drips water out of the wall-- drips is not an exageration haha but the thing about here in Tibirí is that we have to take care of 2 wards. that includes all 6 hours of church on sunday and double the paper work and prosyliting area. so we will definitely have our hands full.

there are always new changes and oppurtunities to learn and grow. the comfort zone doesnt exist in the mission! hopefully we can have some great success here.

love elder sherwood