Week 75

This week was good. We had leadership meeting a few days ago. Then, I had an interview with president after. It was great! I love talking with president; he is a great guy and an incredible example and mentor for me. So you can imagine how I felt when one of the district leaders of my zone said that he had no respect for president and that president doesn't care about him (just because president didn't pay to help a knee problem that came from when he broke his toe a month before the mission). But I did what I could to help. Our investigators are great. We had one named Diogo come to church, so that was super exciting!

I am good here. Still a zone leader. Transfers are on the 23rd so we will see if I stay or go-could be either one honestly. I am also suuuuuper excited about the 6th of February (that's when Jessica, Elder Jardine's sister is due to have her baby). I cant wait to be an uncle so you can bet that I will be praying for that.

You guys keep having an awesome week and keep me in the know about things.

Love you all sooooooo much!!!! Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 74

Well, things here are going well. We are working hard and are having some success. The weather has been interesting here- either blazing hot or raining, so it has been interesting to work. We are finding some new people to teach. It is just that nobody is coming to church which is frustrating! But we will work with them. We are working hard with various members who are a great help to us.

I am good-working hard with Elder Bachiochi to whip our zone in shape which is kind of frustrating but we get by.

I am glad to see that everything is going well and hope that the Lord continues to bless and protect you.

I love you all sooooooooo much!!!!!!!!! Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Baptism

Merry Christmas from Brazil!

Elder Jardine with his companion, Elder Bachiochi

Week 73

This week was great! It was great to see you guys and talk!

So, yes, the baptisms happened!!! It took a bit more work than needed (president had to interview one), but it all worked out great. They were baptized and confirmed, so we ended the year out strong!

New Years was great. I made a video of all of the fireworks that were going on. We also spent some time with a member, so that was fun. I ate a ton of food, especially meat . Now, I am super excited to work on this year and see how I can get better.

So ya, I am great-happy and motivated and a bit crazy. That's a good combination, right?

I hope things keep going well and that the Lord continues to bless you.

Love you all soooooooo much!!!!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 72

So this week was great. We had transfers and now my new companion is Elder Bachiochi of Argentina (he was my lz in Campo Limpo) so that is awesome! We are working hard and having success.

At transfers, I saw Stephani and Ana from Jardin do Lago!!!! It was great to see them and talk about things there.

For Christmas, the Relief Society gave us a package full of food, so don't worry about me starving .

I am super excited for Christmas and can't wait to see you guys!

I am glad to see that things are going well there. Good luck with everything and I will see you at Christmas!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 71

So before I get started, allow me to address some things:

Christmas-I will be skyping and seeing as how it will be a p-day I will send you an email before I call. I will probably call at about 8-10 your time, but I need my username and password for the millionth time. I keep writing it down and I keep losing the paper. But this week, I will take a look around, but still, if you could send it to me, that would be awesome.

I have not received my package yet so I hope I will get it soon.

Transfers are tomorrow and I will be staying and my companion will be going home.

My week was calmer. We had a leadership meeting on Thursday and I learned a lot of things I need to improve and a lot more things I learned to help my zone improve. But we worked hard, played hard, and had a good week. We had the ward end-of-year party on Friday and I decided it would be fine to play soccer for a bit... 2 minutes later, I scraped my foot (not too bad; just a little one) just playing around and saw that as a message from God. So ya,  I have decided to leave soccer for p-days.

It is great to see how things are going there; keep me informed. Well, I will let you guys know what happens at transfers and how things are.

Love you all and I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited to see you at Christmas!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine

Week 70
This week was good. Kind of a normal week. We worked hard and were able to teach a few new people and have some attend church. Adelmo and Josefa are doing great. We are hoping to baptize them soon, so we will see how the whole marriage thing goes.

I am good; excited to see what the new transfer brings and how this last week will play out.

Sorry not much to talk about this week, and I am not able to send pictures due to this computer, so sorry about that.

Well, I hope you guys have a great week, and I can't wait until Christmas!

Sincerely,

Elder Jardine