79 days left

Yup so this week was pretty much hard...my comp has a way of working and mine is another way and i DONT like the way he works at ALL so i guess we will have to co-operate with the way we work so thats okay!! This week was SUPER rainy LOTS AND LOTS OF RAIN almost everyday we walked in wet shoes so today i dicided to use my black toe shoes today!! About a month ago i sent in my application for Scofeild and i told them that i wont be home till april and they emailed me and asked if i could do an interview on the 20th of Febuary and i told him that i was on the mission so lets see how that goes!!! But other then that i am giving my last testimony on Thursday on the multi-zone so thats kinda nerve wrecking!! Thats kinda it for this week!

Look up Rio De Piracicaba and look what happened to our city 

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Love Elder Smith

Questions
You've been with your new companion for a week now...how's he been? Do you miss your old one? Where'd he go?

Not like i would like but we'll have to work things out... better cuz he is normal kinda He went to São pedro

Since you're both going home soon do you get any work done? Don't let your focus leave you.

Yea we are working super hard!!!

Service opportunity this week?

None we might move houses cuz ours is super old

Did the piracicaba river flood?

OHHH YEA 

Did you find someone new to teach?

Nope

Tell me a funny story. It's ok if you have to think about it...I'll wait. (I meant right then and there...not next week!)

Do you have a good supportive ward? Do you do fun activities with them? Do you just have 1 ward you're in charge of? Or several?

My ward is just one and kinda helpfull if we have ppl at church they help alot but like the work is all us and its just 1 ward

When people die there...how do they do funerals? Have you experienced that? (I asked because in Christian's mission they sort of have a funeral last about a week)

IDK ive never been to a funeral but i would think they are the same as the states!!!

86 days left

Hey so today is Transferes, we got them early today and Elder Gordillo is leaving!!!! I'm staying!!!! I like it here...the area isn't too good but the ppl here are pretty cool!!! My new comp is Elder Villasboas from mato grosso Brasil!! I'm going to kill him this this transfere (kill=end mission) then i die so i've only gots two more transferes i think i'll die here but lets see!! Im happy about this!!

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Love Elder Smith

How is your potential investigator?

Well we dont really have him anymore cuz he works alot!! 

What are you going to do today?

Nothing sleep

When are transfers?

today

Think you'll stay there for the rest of the time?

prolly

Get your bank situated?

going tody to see!!

93 days left

hu flungpu 
hahaha thats my username for almost everything!! So this week went by pretty fast which was good cuz NOBODY was at home this whole week!!! Our numbers sucked but it was expected so its all good!! This week we havent had ONE new investigator untill yesterday!! We were knocking doors and i knocked on one HUGE house like it was twice our house and thats HUGE here!!! He came to the door and i did the contact and i asked him if he had 20ish min and he said that we could come in and so we got our first 1st lesson in almost a month.. yea here is hard!! But a side from that our week was good!! 

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Love Elder Smith

What is your service opportunity this week?

didnt really have one everyone was traveling

Do you think this might be your last area?

I dont know Pres could take me out on my last Transfer

How are things with your companion going?  Exercising patience everyday?

rough but well we are working a ton and hes going alright Patience every hour...!!! hehee 

Are you near any bodies of water?  Could you go fishing on a pday if you wanted?

Theres a big River here but we cant fish...

Do you think it rains almost everyday there?

This week rained a TON 

What was your favorite teaching experience this week?

that dude that i told about above!!

100 days left

Hey ya'll how do you do?? Im missin the cold weather there at home!! (I here its super cold -12 degrees C. which is 11 degrees F.) (not sure about this...it doesn't sound correct)  wow thats cold!! I dont know what to say cuz we just talked on friday... But ill tell you a funny cathlic joke... There was a drunk man that was watcing Mass and when it was over he waited a little bit and then the Father came to him and asked him if he was on foot and he said no i have my bike, so the Father said may Saint Mary and Saint George and Saint Francis of Rome accompany you and your journey home!! So the drunk got on his bike and started to go home and on his way home he fell, and then he said i knew that with so many people on my bike it wouldn't work well!!!! 

AHHHHHHHH that was soo funny when i heard it!!!! I hope you guys laughed!!!! 

But thats about i for this week until next week!!! Peace love and BOM's

107 days left (Updated time left according to transfer dates)

You know what patience is... now i can really say that i do know what and how it is, it is not very easy... Today he left the house with out telling anyone and we got on him for that!!!! We were cleaning and he just left for the pharmacy and came back like it was nothing... He doesnt realize that it effects others!!!!!!! But other than that it was a good week!! Super tyring and long. But im just thinking of the last week in march to go HOME!!! Super close its crazy!!!!

Love you guys!!!

137 days left

Hey so i have my first and prolly only son!!! His name is Elder Gordillo from Campinas he is a special kid for me cuz he isnt all the way there ya know... he has no problem mentally but he is just a little slow with everything... but im doing my best to train him and to help him to have a good mission and to help him to be the missionary that i wish i was to have a good training and a good time with his mission. This week has been a good one we started in a trio and then on Tuesday we got a phone call from Pres. and he told me to get my room ready for two cuz i would be getting a new comp that is fresh from the MTC and so we went home a little early that day to get ready the room. Then we went and picked him up at the office then we went and ait lunch with Pres. at a BBQ place so that was cool. The next part is that i need lots of patients with him cuz he is super slow (like walking and stuff) and i need to learn to walk slower and to help him walk faster but thats it this week!!!! 

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Love Elder Smith

questions:

How is your teaching coming?  You said you might have a baptism this upcoming week? 19th?

Well now that im not in the trio its not going to be my Baptism anymore cuz we split at the biggining of the week and shes from the other area...

How is your ward?  Are they pretty supportive of the missionaries?

The ward is cool is super small and lots of RCs 

I'm assuming you haven't received my package yet right?

Nopers not yet!!! Super excited!!!!

 Ty and his new companion that he is training with his Mission President.

 

 Having lunch with his Mission President.

 

 

144 days left

Hey guys so I'm back in Piracicaba in the 2nd ward with E' Portilho from Belém do Pará (north) and E' Soria from Uruguay Montevideo and they are ZLs and im senior comp but i dont do anything for the companionship... But its all good!! We have been and will be working SUPER hard this transfer cuz we dont really have a teaching group so we have to build a new one!! But im really seeing the blessings from working so hard. We have a lady that we are strating to teach and she sings the songs for the FSY in Portuguese so we took her to the baptismal font and invited her and she accepted. So we will have a baptism on the 19th of December!!! woohhooo we knocked more then 300 doors in 4 days!!! so thats a lot of work!!! But i think itll be a good one!!! 

 Ty with his trio companionship.

Elder Smith with his buddy Elder  Fonseca (not really his name but nephew of Walstir)