Email 11/30/09

Email Received November 30, 2009
6th Area: Natal-Felipe Camarão
11th Companion: Elder Israel

tomorrow is dezembro!!!

time flies and all is going well here, i am happy to stay in natal and spend christmas here again, like last year. i was really hoping for a new companion in the transfer but i´ll live. if the council is not this friday it will be next week so maybe my next email will delay a day or 2.

the plans are still on for the wedding of washington and estela on the 12th. and speaking of weddings i can't believe the wedding of shalae and russ is this week! i am excited and will await the pictures. we baptized a lady named Raimunda this week and it went well, she may be the oldest person i have baptized on my mission. she is rather elderly and has a lot of health problems and i was scared for her life when she went under the water ha. but it all worked out... she is the mother of a member and she has always kinda been anti-church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (although she never admits it) but the last few months i think she has softened up because of her health and stuff so we have been teaching her. also there´s that family of Inaldo and Salete that i said i would talk about but i will next week cuz we are gonna enter in the registration tomorrow for them to get married. we actually tried this last thursday but there was complications with documents as always. but it is a GREAT family and i am thrilled.

when i call home for the last time in a few weeks, i will be announcing some big news to you guys. no, it is not about the first place i am gonna eat, because i recently decided its gonna be RED ROBIN- and that's my absolute final decison so dont even ask! there is some big news to announce so be ready for it...

have a great week and let the christmas music begin.
love elder sherwood