Stuffed!‏

Hey Family,

This week was a week full of fun and excitement. we did a lot of work and i´m still exhausted and P-days almost over!

This week we focused on a investigator couple who have been close to baptism but never agreed to it. We had made plans to talk about it with them again when the assistants called wanting to know who we were going to baptize that week(Torgan Plan). We told them and they hung up and then President Torgan called wanting to know more specifically what we were going to do to mark them for baptism then frankly said at the end of the call, "Call me when it happens"...talk about pressure. When we got together with them when had dinner and then had a really powerful lesson with them. I talked a lot and bore testimony and then invited them to baptism. They weren´t sure about it so all of us prayed about it individually, one by one and afterward they felt the Spirit really strong. They even said they felt like the Lord was there in the room. Then we gave them both blessings of comfort to help because they still weren´t sure. After that they still felt really good but in the end, the didn´t except to be baptized. Me and Elder Jones felt so good about the lesson and the invite and everyone there felt the Spirit testify but they still didnt want to accept baptism. One of them said that she felt that it wasn´t what the Lord wanted her to do right now, which tome doesn´t make any sense. I was praying the entire time we were teaching them and i was pleading that the Lord would let them except. I felt really comforted all during the lesson and it was almost as if some spoke it my mind saying, "dont worry about it, i got it". After that i didnt worry but they still didn´t except. It was heartbreaking but we still haven´t given up hope. It was tough to get turned down by them because they are the closest to being baptized here in Portimão. It was a tough experience but i learned alot from it. I guess if we keep with the basketball references you could stayed we got "stuffed".

In happier news the language is better. We taught a lesson this week to a different couple and afterward Elder Jones said that he never taught the lesson like i did when he was my age in the mission. It was a good confidence boost but i´m still staying humble. Today i bought two language books with some personal money so those should help a lot too.

Also, today is transfers. Nobody knows whats going to happen here because Elder Jones has been here for 3 transfers and if he stays he´ll probably end his mission here(he has 3 months left a.k. 2 transfers). With all that it is very possible that i could leave too so we never know. Three Elders with the same time in the mission as me are now Zone Leaders but i´m completly fine with that. I say that because the higher up you go the more you have to talk to President Torgan and the more problems you have to deal with. So i´m not in any hurry to move up anytime soon.

In relation to the food we eat. most of the time (almost all of the time) we eat beans and rice. we also eat a lot of really good soups here too. I´m not cooking too much but when i do cook i sook either rice and some kind of meat or spagetti. We eat at the members house once every sunday and every now and then during the week.

Well, we just called President and found out about transfers so i´ll tell you now(i´m too lazy to rewrite that other part agian). Elder Jones is leaving and i will be staying here and getting a new companion named Elder Thomas. He has two more transfers than me so i should be fine.

Well, i think thats it for news today. Thanks for all the love and prayers,especially Ruby! I love you guys!

Élder Haws