Hello everyone! Sorry I wasn’t able to email last week! I was transferred to an area called Sao Bento do Sul! I’m the new district leader here and I’m super excited! My new companion is Elder Vawson. He’s from Utah and he’s super awesome! He’s been out for about 6 months and this is his first area on the mission. So he’s probably getting transferred this next transfer.
Anyway, this week flew by but was slow as well. Haha. This are is great! It reminds me of a place called Leavenworth back home because of how much German-looking (Bavarian) stuff there is here. All the houses in the center are super cool-looking. My area is super big by the way. We take buses everywhere.
Some of the highlights this week were that we marked 2 baptismal dates with two men names Michael and Jose. They are super cool and I’m hoping everything works out with them. Also, we have 7 new investigators who all have so much potential. Something I’ve seen on the mission is that one area can be totally different from another but only be 2 hours away, haha.
The people here are way more accepting and willing to let us into their homes. It’s been pretty nice haha. On Sunday we got an investigator named Cassio to come to church!! This man is 32 and extremely nervous and emotional. We were giving the sacrament and after like 5 minutes he was bawling in the back and had to go to the bathroom to wipe his tears away haha but it was super cool.
The ward here is pretty small but a happy ward. We went to an activity at Sister Cecilia’s house and we had a white elephant and took some pictures then had to go sadly. But I’m already liking this area a lot.
I’m just so happy to be blessed by the Lord to be here in Sao Bento. Not only because of the investigators but also because I’m in a high elevation so it’s not very hot here!! It gets pretty cold at night and usually is foggy then heats up at day so I’m going to have a great summer here, haha. [Editor’s note: Dalton is in the middle of summer in Brazil right now]
I’m super excited for Christmas and hope everyone has an amazing Christmas next week and never forget that Christmas is one of the best times of the year to remember our Savior and Redeemer’s birth, Jesus Christ.
Love you all and have an amazing week!
Love,
Elder Whelan
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