4-11-11 Surprise transfer to Setúbal with Elder Wagner!

 I GOT TRANSFERRED! ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 10 I GOT A CALL THAT I WOULD BE TRANSFERRED AT 9 THE NEXT MORNING. IT WAS REALLY ANNOYING BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO SAY BYE TO ANYBODY... WELL I GOT TRANSFERRED TO SETÚBAL, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE BEACH OF BOA VIAGEM. IT IS A REALLY RICH AREA. I HAVE ENTERED INTO SOME APARTMENTS IN SKYSCRAPERS THAT ARE SUPER NICE, HUGE, AND ELEGANT. THIS IS THE RICHEST AREA ON THE MISSION. ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE WARD HAS CARS. WE ATE LUNCH WITH AN AMERICAN YESTERDAY THAT WORKS AT THE AMERICAN CONSULATE HERE, SO IT WAS COOL TO EAT BROWNIES AND ICE CREAM FOR DESSERT. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY INVESTIGATORS YET BECAUSE WE OPENED THE AREA. I AM WITH ELDER WAGNER, FROM CURITIBA, WHO GOES HOME IN JUNE. WE ARE GETTING ALONG ALRIGHT SO FAR.  THIS WAS HIS FIRST AREA ON HIS MISSION AND HE ASKED THE PRESIDENT TO RETURN HERE TO FINISH HIS MISSION.

ANYWAYS NO ONE THAT WE INVITED WAS AT CHURCH YESTERDAY, EVEN THOUGH A FEW PEOPLE EVEN HAD MEMBERS PASS BY IN CARS TO PICK THEM UP. THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT WE MET AT CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN GOING TO CHURCH FOR 5 YEARS, FERNANDO AND REJANE, AND ARE NOT BAPTIZED. WE TALKED WITH FERNANDO FOR ABOUT AN HOUR LAST NIGHT AND THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH PAPERWORK IN HIS DIVORCE FROM HIS LAST WIFE SO HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MARRY HIS CURRENT "WIFE" OR GET BAPTIZED. HE IS REALLY COOL AND SMART, HAS A STRONG TESTIMONY (EVEN PAYS TITHING) AND BEST OF ALL HE MADE US PIZZA LAST NIGHT. JUST HAPPENS THAT HE IS GOING TO SALVADOR NEXT WEEK TO RESOLVE THE PAPER WORK PROBLEM AND THEN ELDER WAGNER AND I WILL PLAN THE MARRIAGE AND BAPTISM.  

WE ARE HAVING A FAMILY NIGHT TONIGHT WITH SOME INVESTIGATORS AND MEMBERS (I ALREADY MADE BROWNIES). THE MEMBERS ARE DOING PRETTY WELL AT GIVING US REFERENCES, ALTHOUGH IT IS HARD TO CONTACT THEM SOMETIMES. I FEEL MORE LIKE I'M AT HOME HERE- CARS, OCEAN BREEZE AND SMELL OF SALT WATER, BRAZILIAN GUY THAT FOLLOWS ME AROUND EVERYWHERE I GO... OH WAIT, THAT PART IS NEW.

WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD AND STAYING BUSY.
GOOD WEEK FOR ALL OF YOU, BYE

ELDER HOOKE