I’m in a new area! First and most importantly here’s my new apartment address...(not that hardly any of you write) ha ha, just playin.
Praceta João Alveres Fagunds
Lote 2 11 Dto
2580, Carregado
Portugal
Well so far, this area seems pretty good. It is for sure VERY different from Setubal. No question! Much smaller and basically pretty boring with nothing around, but its okay, it’s a cool place. There are a couple of cities that are part of our area, one that is called Alanquer or something like that, it is about a 45 or 50 min walk that I hear is quite beautiful and then another area called Azambuja, that is not in walking distance so we have to take a bus out there, but I’m excited to see those places cuz they look way sweet. My area here just in Carregado is nothing special; it’s just mostly buildings, that’s it. The people here seem very cool and are very nice. We are in a little Branch of about 30 or so people. I’m really hoping to see this place grow while I’m here.
I’m really excited to work here because its a very different place from my last area and I will be doing more finding of new investigators than I did before in Setubal. I’m excited for it cuz that’s where new members come from! There have been about 2 baptisms in the recent past but sadly they are both pretty much inactive. THAT is why it’s SO important to make sure that the person is for sure READY and you aren’t just getting the baptism for the number. I think lots of missionaries don’t quite pay attention to that. I know that it’s extremely important for that person to be READY and know that they are the elect. One girl that was just baptized I hear just doesn’t even really talk to the missionaries anymore. It’s sad really. And the other guy that was baptized just comes to church once in a while but doesn’t really have "time" anymore. Ughhh...TIME?? Gimme a break! That’s what they all say. There is no way people don’t have ANY time for the Lord. NO WAY. It’s not the fact that they don’t have time. It’s the fact that they don’t WANT to GIVE the time. I am excited to be here tho. Even tho it may be really small and not nearly as many people as there were in Setubal, I just need to keep my head up and work hard!
I am the 2nd councilor in the Branch Presidency. Weird ha ha, but I think it will be a cool and a new experience! I’m not exactly sure how it works so far and what I will exactly be doing yet, but my companion is the Secretary and he seems to like it so it’ll be pretty sweet! Its cool we get this opportunity to have a little variation and a little more to do to help out the Branch.
I had to give a talk yesterday in church for about 15 minutes. My comp said I spoke for MORE than 15 minutes. Ha ha, and I was thinking 15 minutes?? Ahhhhh, but it went really good I think, other than some tripping on the language once in a while, but that’s normal. I talked about the Book of Mormon and the importance there of and that we all need to be READING it every day. I also found lots of real good scriptures to go with it so it was good. :)
My new companion is Elder Jacques, he is a nice kid. He is very respectful to the people and stuff so that is nice unlike my last comp, I just did NOT understand that. Also, he is a CLEAN person, unlike my last 3 comps, so I’m stoked. He is from California; I don’t remember what city...not a big one. So far things are going good with us! He is kind of funny, a bit of a goober, but thats okay. ;) He is also younger, he is at about 7 or so months in the mission. He is a good hard worker too so it’s awesome! :)
So during this week, we only had 7 lessons. In Setubal I was averaging about 20 to 25 lessons a week. So it’s a small number this week. We had about 23 or so hours of finding. (tracting) Crazy! It’s good for me tho, I am enjoying it so far. There are a few things that I really want to get going better here. The Elders in the past haven’t really done a lot of marking for lessons. I have learned that marking an HOUR on the DAY is much more sufficient, so I’m hoping that I can get that going here so the things we mark will go good and we won’t have so many planned lessons fall thru. Anyway, I hope all is going great for you at home! I miss you and LOVE you all!! Have a great week!!
Love Elder Gray
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