Transfers, Baptisms, and Ping Pong Balls...

Hey Family,

Its been another crazy week here in Cascais. After i got done writing you guys last week our tripla taught 9 lessons...on P-day! We tore it up this week! When we gave our numbers to the Zone Leaders they were really suprised. Our numbers were as follows...

0 baptized and confirmed
2 marked for baptism
3 investigators in church
27 lessons with a member present
3 lessons to investigators w
ithout a member
3 progressing investigators
2 refrences
6 contated refrences
7 new investigators
20 lessons to members
9 potential investigators

All week Elder Davis has been saying, "We tore it up!" After the APs got our numbers they called our Zone leaders to check and make sure the numbers were right. It was a great week.

This week was also transfers and our district got hit pretty hard. Our Zone leaders got transfered and now the sisters from our district work that area and now we are part of a new zone.One sister left but we got a new one too.Me and Elder Wilson are staying here but Elder Davis unfortunatly was transfered to Setubal. I´m pretty sad that Davis is leaving because he´smade these last few weeks bearable. He´s a really great Elder and he works really hard but he has a fun loving attitude that makes people think he is a slacker but in reality he´s the best Elder i´ve met here. I´ve learned alot from him so i´m really bumbed that he´s leaving. I´ve started to get really annoyed with Elder Wilson and i´ve thought about killing him a few times soi dont know how this next transfer will go. Elder Davis has felt the same way about Elder Wilson and even offered to call president for me and tell him to transfer me our Wilson. WIlson isn´t a bad Elder, he just gets really annoying after awhile, plus he´s really messy and doesn´t think a whole alot about others or what might happen in the future sometimes. He works hard buti might kill him this next transfer so pray that the Lord with bless me with patience over these next 6 weeks.

To make things worse our baptisms fell threw this week. We had one schelduled for today but the girl called a half hour before the baptism and canceled. We just talked with her and found outwhy. She still wants to be baptized but she needs more time. It was tough but we all feel better now. The other baptism was scheduled for saturday but the girls parents freaked because we had a lesson with her in her bedroom with two Elders, two members, her, and some small children so she wont begetting baptized this week either. Theres been a lot of sad news this week but i´m doing good. I just keep singing the words from hootie´s song, "It wont be like this for long". I think those words are going to get me through this next transfer.

In happier news, i discovered my mad skills in Ping Pong. We have a Ping Pong table in our Church(dont ask why, i dont know) and while we were setting up for the baptism yesterday we played a little. At first i was aweful but after a few games i did alright. Then, today while the font was filling up we played some more and I TORE IT UP! I lost a few games here and there but i think i have the best record of any greenie in the mission! I dont want to brag but i am pretty good.

About the Torgan plan, every week president calls us and tells us a new way of baptizing someone that weekend. Most of the time we take an investigator whose been to church a few times and try and baptize them in a week. We´ve tried it but it hasn´t worked yet and the stress kills us.

Thanks for all the Info on the family and my friends. I´ll keep you guys posted on this next transfer. I love you guys!

Élder Haws