Alright so we thought this week would be pretty interesting because it is new years but also transfers for our mission fell on this week and it was a total mess!
So it started off on Sunday and Elder Moore calls us and tells us that two Elders that were supposed to arrive by bus with two other Elders didnt make it to Floripa. So we thought we lost two Elders that didnt have a phone... But it just ended up being that their bus got here four hours late. And that is basically how it was the whole week! Travel by bus this week was just insane! Literally everyone was getting to everywhere late and we ended up having to buy a bunch of new tickets for people because they were losing buses.
But anyways the worst part was on Tuesday when the news were supposed to get here was a disaster!
So we are at the airport and they told us that their Plane was gonna get here about 30 minutes late. So we are thinking alright no problem. Then every time that the confirmed hour that they were supposed to land arrived they would push it back another 30 minutes... And they ended up getting there 4 hours late! A plane with some missionaries landed 3 hours late and we thought it was all of them. And we are waiting for all the missionaries to come out (it was a group of 17) and we start counting and only 8 come out. Then we ask them where were the rest and they said they had put them on another plane!
So turns out the plane they were on just stopped working. Then had to switch planes, but they didnt have enough room so they put them on two different planes. So by the time they all got their half the group had basically already lost their bus tickets to go out to the field.
Luckily Elder Moore saved the day and went to the bus station which was just packed and insane and was able to switch all the times to the next day and also book a bunch of rooms in a hotel right by the office so all the novinhos and their trainers had somewhere to sleep.
But with transfers the Lord helped us so that no one got lost and everyone eventually made it to their areas so it turned out great!
But for New Years was just totally awesome! So we have a seperate house than the secretaries but for New Years eve we went over to their apartment which is right on the ocean by the bridge. And in Florianópolis they do a huge firework show right on the ocean right there and on the bridge. So when it hit mid night we all went out on top of the building to watch fireworks and because we were so close they were practically right over our heads! It was pretty awesome. And it was ridiculous because people were getting there at 7 in the afternoon to get spots on the road to watch the fireworks but we had a sweet view right from the apartment!
That night we also bought these huge brazilian burgers that after you eat you feel like you are gonna die. So all in all it ended up being a great week! (:
Crazy to think that it is already 2016! I am already in the year that i return home from the mission! Time flies by so fast.
But we found out yesterday that Flavia comes back February 10th. So we are excited for that! Rubens is doing great. I had a great experience this week learning about fasting. This week I was talking to Fernadez about the fast we had done for Rubens and thinking "Why hasnt he gotten his day off switched to sunday yet??? Did the fast not work??" And i was honestly getting pretty frustrated. Cuz now it has been 3 weeks and he has talked to his boss but his boss said he will only be able to switch his day in August or September. Like ridiculous?
So i started studying more on Fasting and I realized i usually fast the wrong way! My fasts are super week! I say a quick beginning prayer, pray at night and a quick end prayer, pay a fast offering and i think its all good! Haha but this week I learned fasting is a lot more than that!
Fernandez gave me an awesome talk to study about fasting called, "The Law of the Fast", by Joseph B. Wirthlin. And I learned a lot from that! Two of the biggest things I learned were that fasting should be accompanied with fervent prayers, and also that we really are fasting to understand Gods will, just like prayer.
So one of my new goals is to have a better fast each month this year. But go read the talk and if you have already read it, read it again its awesome!
But I love you all and hope the holidays have been great! Have an awesome week!
Elder Keller
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