Week 33

Okay, so my week was great. We are working with a family who has some experience with the church and are even good friends with the bishop. His name is Emilio and we think that he will be a key to almost 7 baptisms, including his own. He loves the church; his kids love Primary and he has a great influence on his brother and niece. The only problem is he finds it a bit difficult to go to church, so we are hoping that he will be able to go this week.  Another thing is that his girlfriend (they aren't married) is pretty closed off, so we will just have to see about that. 

Other than that, we have a few other people that we are teaching, but we are just going to have to see if they are the elect for us. I will keep you posted on them.

We had zone conference this week. That was great. We learned a lot and had some fun. We had stake conference this past Sunday which was wonderful. I am loving this new area and I think it is white and ready for a Jardine to come and do some harvesting . 

The only really bad part of my week was just barely when I visited the doctor to do some fixing. She took a look at things and did some stuff including removing part of my ingrown toenail and removing the last part of a pre-existing one, so now my toe is throbbing, but I will live.

Love you guys. Have a great week and keep emailing me and send me pictures if you can.

Love you!!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine​

Week 32

This week was good, more or less. We had transfers which went smoothly. I am now in the Jardim do Lagos area with my new companion, Elder B. Gomes who is Brazilian, but has lived in Lisbon, Portugal ever since he was five. He speaks amazing English and is a fun guy. 
I can't really describe my area very well because I have only spent about 3.5 days walking it due to a fever I had Thursday and Friday, but I can tell you it is big mountains and has promise. We are teaching the odd person here or there although I have forgotten most of  their names  . 
I need to be better at that. But the members here are super nice and welcoming. I am fine here. I have been trying to eat more, but due to the fever, I think I may have lost some pounds. But I will gain it back, I promise.

I how that you all have a fantastic week and I will write you guys next week.

I love you and I pray for you

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Nathan with a youth from the ward at church

A picture Nathan drew of him, his companion and another companionship

Nathan with Elder A Santos, his companion

Nathan with a family from the ward

Week 31

Well, this week was pretty normal. Unfortunately, we cut all of the people we were teaching, but found a few new people, so that is good. Yesterday, I learned that I will be transferred tomorrow, so I will tell you where I am in my second area. My Portuguese is good, but still needs a little bit of work. I am great here and all ready to move to a new part of the mission. It is great to hear how things are going with you guys. I have a few things to say to each of you individually, so here it is:

Lauren- keep being awesome and remember that friends are good, but they aren't everything.

Hayden- that prompting was of the Spirit so do like we do on the first lesson (first date) baptism--invite (you understand what I am saying?).

Jessica/Brigham- keep having good lives. Send me the occasional picture and tell me when I will be an uncle.

Jaron- keep trying; the Lord will bless you for your mission and service.

Mom/Dad- love you and keep me updated on the house and Tucker.

Tucker- keep being a cute puppy.

So, that is my advice to you all. Love you all so much and I will definitely tell you how my new area is when I get there. Have a great week.

Love you.

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Anywhere Elder Jardine goes, he finds four-legged friends!

This little kitten was at the church. Latched onto Elder Jardine right off...

Week 30

This week was great. I was in campinas on Monday (to talk with President) and on Thursday (we had a mission tour). On Tuesday,Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, we did the normal things for work. We found a few people to teach, but not quite sure if they are investigators. 

On Saturday, we did some service for a less active member-just hauling some dirt so they can do a few re-modifications to their house, which was good. On Thursday, like I said, we had a mission tour where we had one of the local seventies, Elder Fortunato and his wife. They spoke to us about a variety of things that really helped me and got me re-energized to work, so that was great. 

But that was my week. This week will be my last week in Mogiguaçu for a while (I think/hope). Transfers are on the 28th, so I will tell you how that goes in two weeks.

Keep having great weeks and keep emailing me, especially pictures/videos; people love to see that kind of thing here. So do I, so anything really... Tucker being guilty, Lauren playing volleyball, Jaron and Hayden trying to fight to be the dominant male... anything really.

Have a great week and I will write you next Monday!

Love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 29

This week was good. We did a lot of talking, but unfortunately, not a whole lot of teaching. But we will kill it this week, I promise. 
We had a few interesting things happen this week. First of all, this past Saturday, we went and talked English with some kids at a local language school which was originally made by a member. (I am actually siting in one in Campinas emailing for free because I am a missionary. Missionary work has its perks aside from two pizzas for around three dollars.) 
We (Elder Fischer and I) just talked about what we do a lot in our country and with our lives. They asked us some questions and one of the kids at the end of the session asked if he could give me a hug. So that pretty much made his day. It was awesome. Life here is going well and just to answer some of your questions:

No, I will not stay in this area one more transfer or I will go crazy.

I am darn near fluent in Portuguese; so is Elder Fischer.

We didn't find anyone new to teach this week, but we will keep working.

Elder A Santos is a great guy who likes to talk about DragonBall Z, Naruto and other stuff I like which is fun, but all around he is a hard worker and a good friend.

Sorry. Due to how this desktop is designed, I can't email photos, but I will next week.

Keep having great weeks and I will continue to pray for you all.

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine