4/2/2012

Hello!
 Conference was awesome! and we got to hear every single session
 including the one that starts 9 at night here, the priesthood session.  Like you said, just listening to the
prophets and apostles speaking shows that our church is true. The
awesome feelings of peace and joy that we get show that the things
they speak are true. Also Richard G. Scott speaks portuguese so he
recorded his talk and they played that instead of the translation. It
was awesome and the spirit is so much stronger when you hear the real
voice of the apostle.
My birthday presents were awesome, they dont have to be on the day for
 it to good. I just had my birthday a little early this year.
 That is soooo awesome that you talked to the vollyball team! I am so
 jealous! Do Josue's parents speak english? Are they members yet? haha
 That is cool that they are winning almost every single game now. Maybe
 this is the year. Tell Taylor that I say hi.
 So I have to explain the pictures that I sent this week. This isn't my
 baptism, but it is in my old area in benedito. So 3 people that Ialways joked with and talked with got baptized! yesterday I got to see
 one of them get baptized and it makes me realize that you dont have to
 do the work to be apart of the work. iIwas just always joking with
 them trying to teach them, but they didnt want anything at that
 moment. The other missionaries got here and they opened up and receive
 the missinary lessons. how cool is that!
 That book sounds really fun, you don't have to send to me on the
 mission, I can wait till I get home to read it.
So I got transfered! tomorrow I find out where I am going, and who is
 my new comp. Next week I will tell you everything that happened during
 transfers. everything here is peachy, excited to leave my area and get
 to know more of brazil. eu estou muito feliz estar aqui no brasil. eu
 sei que isso é o trabalho que eu preciso fazer neste momento. eu penso
 sobre voces muito e sempre estou orando para ajudar voces.
 LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS

3/26/2012

hello!
 So I got both packages this week and I already opened them both! and I already used the new shoes! haha everything I got is so cool! especially those straws that make milk chocolate and vanilla milk shake. So weird but so fun!
I wont pay for a box, I will just let it go back to you guys and I am needing more q tips, you can just put them in the next box. No rush and I will never need a new shirt again. I already have 12 haha. Also you can stop with the deodorant at the moment too but thank you!
  I don't think I want anything from the bookstore, maybe the spring addition to the BYU magazine and if they have a book called defense day. I think, in Portuguese its (dia de defesa) try to find it for me:)
What the heck! I cant believe that the girls golf team is going to Hawaii! why did we never go to Hawaii! I am mad at you Yellum haha.
We had one investigator at church! and it looks like he will be baptized this Sunday! finally and its the last week of the transfer. I think I will be leaving this time. Maybe to Sergipe the other state in our mission. I checked the wells fargo card, you guys need to do something and change the info.
That missionary that got hit by a train is the other missionary's (that is living in my house) comp from the mtc. Crazy how small the world is, hopefully he is alright.
so... some stories. We had a meeting this week with our district and we did a practice. 30min to do whatever possible to find people to teach. We talked with 22 people in 30min and opened my mind. Realizing that I can do so much better than I was doing before, and we had an investigator at church because of this!
also that cheesecake in the package was amazing. First thing to go haha
So we did service and I took pictures of my hands after. This old lady cut down her tree, so we had to move the giant branches from one side of the house to the front. It was soooo hard and everything was so heavy. We also had to cut one in half with an axe which is why my hands are jacked. Also i almost died. I was untying a rope and I touched something that felt like string. I looked and it was a spider web, but it wasn't a normal one! it was stronger than thread and the spider on it was humongous! it was a sliver backed one, and for sure was poisonous but it didn't bite me and I am alive:)
 That's all for the week, I love you guys and hope everything is going well!
todos vocês devem praticar seu portuguê para que cuando eu voltar podemos conversar!
amo vocês
LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS