The Brazilian Adventure: Week 51 May 19 -- May 25

  My Dearest beloved Family and Friends:

So this week, we were going to talk to Elder Anderson of the quoram of the twelve Apostels. I was soooo excited. But then the day that we were going to go. There was a great big Strike! in São Paulo. And President Pinho told us that we had to be in our houses all day. And Elder Anderson couldn´t speak to us the next day. I was upset. But stuff happens. It was so boring, we just sat in the house all day. I watched the 17 miracles, wrote some letters, and just studied. Where we were at, we didn´t see anything  crazy that happened. But the night after the strike, I called our Zone Leaders so that I can acompany them for the day. So they live close to a huge bus and train station called Estação Grajau. They sounded like they were running on the phone and they told me "Elder Jones they lite 4 buses on fire at Estação Grajau." what!? São paulo is crazy! So we just stayed in the house all day the next day and then for the day after, we just went back to work and everything was back to normal. That has never happened before here on my mission. It was different. But maybe next time we can hear an apostel. 

So yesterday in church was the last sunday for a teenager in our ward named Fernando. It was sad to see him go, but we know that it is going to be so awesome for him. He has hleped out here so much. He goes out with us and the other missionaries in our ward every week. He has helped so much with our investigators and with the members. He was baptised about three years ago and has been strong and active ever since. He is going to be a powerful missionary. He has been going out with the missionaries for 3 years. He is going to rock it out. There is a Investigator in our ward named Erick. He is dating a teenage member named Karina. He has been going to church for 1 year and 4 months now. I have been talking to him every sunday. He hasn´t been baptised because he wants to get baptised for him and not for Karina. And so he has just been waiting. Fernando always joked with him telling him that he was going to baptised him after his mission or before, but that he was going to baptise him no matter what. After church Erick walked up to me and told me something like this. Elder Jones, you remember when we were talking about baptism and setting a date. I said yeah. And he said, I´m ready now and I want to be baptised this Tuesday. I was so happy! and then confused and asked why tuesday? He said that so Fernando can baptise him. Oh yeah we can. It was a miracle and it was so awesome. There was a lot of tears yesterday and it was a good sunday. 

I love you all so much and I hope that you are doing good. Keep smiling and keep jamming!

Be happy

The Elder Jones