Arriving Home

Frazier arrived home on Thursday, the 22nd of August from a long 32-hour trip from Manaus, Brazil. He needs to have gall bladder surgery soon. Then he can resume his mission when he has a clean bill of health. It is a delight to have him home and he is excited to get back in the field. I will update this blog when we know more.

Sister Willard for Elder Willard

New area

Laranjeiras‏ is kind of a funny name for a city and I haven't discovered the link to oranges yet. Generally people here are wealthier than in Manacapuru and most of the members have cars.

A few zones visited the temple at the same time Wednesday and I found sisters Riding, Prater, Decker, Jensen, and Guyer along with Elder Robinson and we had a little reunion. On a personal note, their accents are hideous and it hurts to listen to them. I can hear my own accent and it is killing me.

We walk around in the sun a lot and I am tired all the time, but that will get better I hope. We didn't baptize this week so that was a bummer even though we were working like crazy.

There is an enormous 15 year old we are teaching who kind of looks like my CTM companion.

We taught a 13 year old girl who smokes and she's had more girlfriends than me and my companion put together, which isn't saying much but still.

My zone leader is a really cool guy and he teaches anyone and everyone, baptized 50 people in a week by working really hard.

There are a lot of people who speak limited English and I am quite popular for being able to speak fluently. Also for being red all the time.

Anyway that’s all good.

Hope everyone is well,

ElderWillard