This week was a decent one. It was a bit different because it's the end of the transfer so we were trying to get stuff ready for if we leave the area, however we did still work decently.
We brought a senhora to sacrament meeting which was awesome because she was having difficulty feeling a response from God if the church and what we were teaching was true or not, but we promised she would be able to feel a response from God if she went to church. Then she did go with us and said she felt it was all was right. So now I am super pumped to go back and continue teaching with my new companion.
This transfer I will stay here in Pérola and I will get a brand new companion. However, nobody wants to tell me who he is so I will just find out when he gets off the plane and finds me because we are in a far area where we need to get a plane from Belém to get here. However, I am sure he will be great. I hope everyone is having a good time with the cold because I am missing it!
Love,
Elder Holcomb
Here's Isaac's letter to his dad (since he answers the question about his electricity and shares some interesting info):
Sounds like a fun week staying inside and playing lots of video games. I am excited you are going to run the Ragnar and have confidence in you to train and run fast. Also I had a dream you were ripped when I got back and did like back handsprings in the backyard everyday too. So you will have to work on that when it warms up as well.
Yeah the power is still out. Apparently the last financial secretary never paid our bills, was just saying he was, and the new one got there and was like, "ummmm I just paid 4 months of bills that were late." So now we are waiting for the company to come to our house to turn the energy back on.
Yeah, we got transfers. I am going to be able to train a missionary!!!!!! Which I am super pumped about because I have always wanted to train a fresh missionary. Both of the assistants now are my friends and said they didn't know if I could because they wanted to make me a zone leader, but I told them I wanted to train first. So now I get to train and I also am going to end up district leader which I am pumped about and excited to help out the district with all the past drama that happened this transfer. And basically what you said to your team at work* was what I told everybody during the drama and I think it worked out decently. Also that's going to be a huge bank now. Maybe if you play your cards right you can use this merge to move up in the ranks and buy a sweet boat house for when I get back ;-) Just remember to focus on what's right and show off those leadership skills you learned back in high school. As Uncle Iroh would say, "Zuko! Remember the basics!"
Love,
Your son Elder Holcomb
And another add on:
Yeah, I finished training an Elder but I wanted to train again and yeah if you are zone leader you both are seniors so you can't like train or help a newbie.
*A portion from Brian's letter to put Isaac's words into context:
Oh, they announced at work that TCF is merging with another bank in Detroit. It won't become official until they get regulatory approval which probably won't happen until September or October. it will basically double the size of the bank... There's some concern about whether all of our jobs will move to Detroit or not. I think they might all move to Minneapolis instead. Regardless, I think I'll just keep my head down and work hard on the things I can control and we'll see what happens. That's what I've been telling my team at work too. You can't focus on the things you can't control, just focus on the things you can control and do them the best you can.
Have a great week and keep doing good things!
I don't think I shared any of these pictures yet:
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