Over the Hump

Hey family-

I am officially over the hump, and it feels good. But not much has changed, im just more focused to work harder and make sure the first year goes as well as the first. If it goes anywhere near as fast ill be home like tomorrow.

My week was CRAZY. As usual it had its ups and downs. We actually had a few GREAT days, where i really thought we hit breakthroughs in our area. We marked 6 baptismal dates, and had some people at church. But then yesterday was a big kick in the gut. We were supposed to have a baptism, and spent almost the entire day (in the rain) going back and forth from the church (40 min from us) to fill up the font. Just to find out that it wasnt going to happen ten min before the baptism. The little girls dad rolled her car on the freeway. Oh yeah and that car just happened to be full of drugs and guns. After tried to recuperate and stop at a kid we´re trying to help, to discover he was in the hospital after cutting his wrists in a suicide attempt. As normal as these things are becoming to me I sometimes still marvel at the effect Satan has over God´s children.

The zone continues to improve. I think i´ve mentioned that last month was the worst month of this zone´s history, and so basically pres told me my biggest job here is just to get the morale up. So we´ve just been trying to jack everybody up, and excite them to do the work. We´re using the phone a lot, creating awards, setting goals, and trying to be the best missionaries we can be.

We did our division on the beach Wednesday and Thursday and it was simply incredible. (see pictures) Beaches like that dont exist in the United States.

Im happy and healthy (sort of) and working my butt off. I have a lot left to accomplish this last year, and so i´m going to do just that. Thanks for the prayers and support. Love you guys.

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Elder Alex Allred
Terra de Gaúcho Tchê

Caixa Postal 13008

91010-971 Porto Alegre-RS

Brasil