9-02-08

Elder Jason Allred
Brazil São Paulo South Mission
Rua Dr Luiz da Richa Miranda, 159
8 Andar, Parque Jabaquara
04344-010 - São Paulo - SP
Brazil

Subject: That´s funny. It´s spelled just like the word "escape."

Last week we had zone conferences! Elder Soares (of the First quorum of the 70) came and talked with us.

Today for Pday, we went to the aquariam in Santos, the neighboring city of the island. It was really cool. It was almost like watching Finding Nemo. Then we went and cut our hair. But, our Pday is pretty much gone.

We got an entire family in church on Sunday. Rodolfo, Shirley, and their daughter Sarah. Rodolfo is getting all set for baptism (he´s already stopped smoking - and yes! he´s married!), but Shirley doesn´t want to leave her other church. For the mean time she´ll keep frequenting both of the churches. (Do we say "frequenting" in English? Maybe the better word is "attend.")

We got some bad news yesterday. Anderson (14 years old) has been preparing for baptism for over a month and was going to be baptized this next Sunday, but yesterday, his mother changed her mind (before we got her to sign the baptismal form). Now he´ll have to wait 4 more years. :(

Wanger and Rita are brother and sister that came to church for the first time on Sunday. They´re in their mid-twenties. They have a really firm decision to change their lives and be baptized, but the biggest obstacle for now is the Word of Wisdom. They´re getting better!

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Elder Allred