Hello everyone! This week was pretty cool. On Wednesday we
got to host new missionaries. And we get to again this week! It was kinda cool.
But the missionary I hosted was coming back for a second time because of some
medical stuff the first time, so he didn't even really need me. Lame. And I
only got to host one person, because not as many people came into the MTC last
week. Our zone didn't get a new district, and we don't again this week. So that
is strange.
I'm pretty sure our district has the two best teachers ever!
I'm sure all MTC teachers are great, but they rock. We love them, and they tell
us every day that they love us. One day an Elder was having a fairly bad day
for some reason. But Irmao (Brother) Sears noticed, and stayed after class like
30 minutes to talk to him. And ever since, he has been doing great. So
basically, the teachers here are amazing.
On Friday we did TRC, but we skyped Brazilians! We skyped
this nice lady named T… , who was about 23 or so, and was a returned missionary
herself. It was a cool experience. She and her husband were super nice. We
could understand a decent amount of what she said. And she said our Portuguese
was good! She probably was going to say that even if it wasn't, but I'll take
the compliment.
Saturday it snowed for like 10 minutes. Literally just a bit
of dusting on the ground. And all the foreign missionaries from like island
places and I'm sure other places too, flipped out. We were walking back to our
residence halls at night at they were taking group pictures in less than a 1/4
inch of snow. Haha it was super funny to see!
On Sunday, Elder Lowe and I were released as Zone Leaders.
It was kinda sad, because I loved getting to know people in our zone better,
and serving them. President Jackson, our branch President, said he wished he
could leave us in our positions, but they are supposed to switch every 3 weeks.
That was a nice thing to hear though.
Half our district also sang in church on Sunday, because it
was our last normal Sunday, since this next week is Fast Sunday. We sang Come
Thou Fount, and I personally think we sounded pretty good. A lot of people said
we did good (of course, typical thing to say) but one Elder came up to me and
thanked us, and sincerely said he felt the spirit during our song. That was
cool, and meant a lot more than anyone saying we sounded good.
Yesterday, some of the Elders spoke only in Portuguese the
whole day. It was tough, and I would still speak English to other people, of
course, but it was a cool experience. I can definitely see how fast you will
learn if you are immersed in it and speak it all day every day. I think we will
try to do that for most of this week. We will see how it all goes.
I think we get reassignments on Thursday! I'm pretty
excited! I would be a whole lot more nervous if I were going straight to
Brazil, just because of the language. So this is probably a good first step
haha. Although I'm also worried about losing the Portuguese a bit. So either
way is a little scary. I heard that when we get our reassignments, we can email
you for like 20 minutes that day. So, be ready for that sometime later this
week!!
Anyway, this week has been good. Still lots of learning and
lots of feeling the spirit and a whole lot of work haha. I'm really loving it
though. It seems like we have been here forever, but I also wish I had more
time everyday, because there isn't enough time at all to study and learn all
the things that I want to. Oh well. All is well. I am healthy, and I love being
a missionary. I miss you all, but this is where I need to be. Keep doing
awesome things! I love you all so much!
Love, Elder Baldridge
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