Nova Venécia - Week One

Well, I wasn't really happy about being transferred.  I have actually been missing my last area a lot.

 My district.  My new companion is on the far right.

One of the hills in town.  

I am now in a small town in the north of the state called Nova Venécia. And its really small. Basically downtown is in the middle of a bowl, a river goes through the middle of the town, and its uphill on all sides. It's just a small branch here as well. President took me out of a huge ward and put me in a tiny branch.

My new companion is Elder W. Silva, who is pretty new on the mission, he only has a few months. He was in the Brazilian army before the mission. He doesn't talk all that much, which is a lot different from my last companion. Basically, everything is different! The people here are different from out in the bigger city of Vitória. I'm not really liking it as much as my last area, but during this week and the meetings that we had, I can tell that they need some help and that I can probably make a difference here. So I'm going to keep busy here.

This week we didn't have that much time to work,  Monday, we just said goodbye to everyone that we could, Tuesday, we had transfers, the bus going to my area left at 11 at night, so I hung out in the other elders there.

We got in late, and we started the work. This week we had a lot of investigators in church, a family that the other elders were teaching, We are also teaching some really good people this week with a lot of potential. We found a family of a mom, and her three kids, two of them are in the teens and are listening to our message. They are really great.

Unfortunately, this week, we won't be able to work that much because we have to travel to zone conference. But that's all right.

I'm just going to try to do my best here before the end.

To dad, about the young men and the mission, I know a lot of elders here who are on the mission just because of the family or because it's what the church expects, but they all have found purpose here on the mission. There are a lot that come without testimony, but it's something that the gain here. It's definitely worth going just because it's what the prophet says we should do. That alone should make us go. But the elders who come with desire are one step ahead. It's all about humility and doing what god wants us to do.

But yeah. I guess that's it for the week. The pictures aren't working, but I'm trying to send them

Love ya