10/28/09

well we sent my companion to curitiba last friday and he took a air plane saturday morning to go home. he would not stay. we had our interviews with President Araujo thursday (i enjoyed it. we mostly talked about my companion. but also about the work.) and he talked a while with elder saldanha. but thursday night we got home and he packed his bags. President said that he would call him to see if he was authorized to go home. he was not authorized or President would not send him home. and friday morning he said tchau i am leaving. i talked to him told him to call President he wouldn't. then i called couldn't get a hold of him and called the zone leaders. them and the assistants tried talking to him, but it didn't work he wouldn't stay, he was going to leave with or without permission.

so right now we are working things out. i have been with the zone leaders from friday until now. it has been pretty fun, i like them both a lot. but as of next week i think i will be with two other missionaries. in another area. we tried to get someone who is preparing to serve a mission stay with me for the last two weeks, but it didn't work out. we have been running around a lot. unfortunately i think they will close the area i have been working in.

but on the brighter side, we had the mission (it was only two zones) olympics today. there was stick pull, basketball, volleyball, soccer, chess, and ping pong. i played soccer, we lost it was a reserve team of americans, basketball, we won our team was basically americans, chess, no one was really interested, but i would have won, and the stick pull, i lost in the semi finals, the weight i lost would have come in handy. but it was a lot of fun. i am kind of tired right now. i need more phisical exertion.

i got a letter today from morgan, she wrote it in june. i don't know when it was mailed.

unfortunately they dont celebrate halloween here. but on saturday we have a zone conference with an area seventy. it should be good.

but other than that there is not much to report. hope you are all well. love you all.