Concordia!!

I'm in the field!! it's been quite a journey! I had to say goodbye to my district and I love them all so much! so the flight to Floripa was pretty short (1 HR). But the bus ride to get here was 13 hours long then we head to take another bus ride here for another hour and a half. We got here and the mission president was waiting for us, we went to get pics, then ate lunch at the church. after that we were told where we are going to serve.

I'm here in concordia which is a pretty big city! and it's just me and my comp here for the entire city!! My comps name is Elder Dos Santos, he is from Sao paulo he's a super cool brazilian, and he's 24! So I guess the apartment we are in is one of the biggest ones for missionaries. we’re on the fourteenth floor of an apartment building.

The church is really cool here! its four stories tall! there was maybe thirty people in the congregation. I got up and bore my testimony. so it went pretty good!

It's really beautiful here! there's jungle everywhere! i've seen some huge spiders and beautiful birds, butterflies and lizards! everything is different here but i'm getting used to it! it's really different than the US. My living quarters are huge and pretty nice actually.

This week has been really crazy!! trying to learning a new language is hard if none of you knew haha but I can understand pretty much everything that is being said to me. it's the replying that's a little bit hard hahaha but all is well!! we've got 12 new investigators and and ton of new converts so I'm pretty busy all the time. everything here is pretty weird though. it's going to take some getting used to haha I made me and my comp german pancakes! those were amazing! just a little piece of home :) miss you all and I'm thankful for all that you do for me and all your emails and support!!!

Love you all!!!!!

Elder Whelan