2/25/13

Olá!Things are going well! we baptized a lady named Leide this week. We knocked on her door 2 weeks ago, and she made it! I love these types of miracles. She had problems with some commandments, but she has a ton of faith and is doing really well. She didn't want to take many pictures, but we got one. I will send it next week.

I got my package! it was awesome and I am having tons of fun giving out the candies! Today we were walking downtown and a homeless guy asked for money, but I gave him a warhead! haha we didn't stay around to see his reaction, but should have been really funny.

It's crazy that you guys are already planning the trip. Still seems far away, but its coming!

Another funny thing that happened this week that I have never seen was a guy that was sitting on the sidewalk and out of nowhere he just screams hiel Hitler! I looked at him and just laughed. That was one of the weirdest things that I have seen here! 

Also, transfers are this week, but it seems like we are going to stay here. We will know for sure tonight, so I will have to let you guys know next week. 

We will play volleyball with the young men in the ward today right after I talk to you guys. 

Things are going well! I am happy with my comp and my area. Should have lots of baptisms here this month! 

Not much new, just working hard still. Hope you guys are doing well. Tell Kyle that I said happy bday, I will write him an email too.

LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS

2/18/13

Hi!!!
The week went well, but we didn't have the baptism. She wasn't ready yet, but this Sunday she will be baptized. and the family that we are teaching traveled this Sunday, so they weren't able to go to church. We are hoping that they are baptized in 2 weeks. Things are going really well though, a lot of people are visiting church, and a missionary just got back from his mission so he is really excited to work with us.

100% of the people here are surprised with my height. It doesn't matter where I am. EVERYONE says something. 

 So some funny things that happened this week. We were saying a prayer with that family that we are teaching, and they have a 2 year old. In the middle of the prayer she takes off her diaper and pees on the floor! hahaahah It was hilarious! the mom was saying the prayer and she said " sorry God but I think you will understand why I am interrupting the prayer." then she put a towel on the puddle and continued her prayer!!! haha

Another funny story. our water stopped this week because the people that live under us moved out and turned off the electricity of their house. It also turned off the water pump that gives us water. sooo.... I had to break in and turn on the electricity. It was easy because we live above them and I just jumped from our balcony into their front yard. I will send pictures. Also, I am the only one in the house illegal at the moment. Even funnier!!!!

Things are going well here. One more week and there are transfers. There are only 3 more transfers in my mission! whoah. 

Its been awhile since I have written in Portuguese...

espero que vocês estejam bem e que as suas semanas estejam boas também. amo todos de vocês, e não se preocupe, vou estar em casa já já!

abraços!

LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS

2/11/13

Hello,

Nothing much new here. Our zone is having a hard time. There are a lot of people that are dis-animated because of many reasons. The main one is that it is Carnaval right now. Basically no one wants to hear about the church, and when they do they music is so loud that they cant hear us speaking. and no... I am not exaggerating. The music is as clear as can be from one street away, and just think... EVERY street has a sound system. Have you seen pimp my ride? Remember how they put sound systems in the trunk of the car? Almost every car here has that.... haha
  Iput 6 more pictures on Costco.com. from our zone meeting, and a lunch that we made together. :)

Operation care and comfort need socks now!? what the heck! that guy was right! I think he saw the future! hahahaha he almost didn't pass my eagle project because of those dumb socks. 

Everything here is peachy. We are working hard and hopefully we will have 4 baptisms or more the last week of the transfer. 

We played basketball today with some young men. Wasn't the best basketball in the world but it was good enough to have fun. We don't have much time today because all of the lan houses are closed. We are using the church computer so we have had to switch back and forth.

Anyway, love you guys and hope everyone is happy! 

Valentines day already passed? if so happy valentines day! 

LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS

2/4/13

Hello
I heard about the Superbowl.... sad. I can't believe that we lost.
Sao Paulo has a lot more things to do than here and Sergipe. What are the dates that you are thinking of? He said that if you get a hotel anywhere near downtown (centro) than it should be fine.
This week went pretty well, we baptized the son of the ex-bishop that stopped going to church for 5 years. He loves us, and I think he is secretly wanting to come back to church, but his pride doesn't let him. He knows its where he is supposed to be, but he feels bad when he sees the people that are there. He went last Sunday, and he said that it was hard, but that he will try again this next week.
Not much new, we have a leadership meeting this week, and we will do a zone meeting later in the week. We are working well together and always laughing.
I got Sara's email, and it would be so fun to live with them. Would it just be 3 or would there be 4 people? if I could, that would be the best option. I sent Sara the registration date. I got another email from rob. I sent it to you guys.
I don't think I will stay here for much time. I will stay 1 or 2 transfers here I think. I am thinking that he will do the same thing to me as he did with my trainer. He just spent one transfer in each area until the end of his mission. He was zone leader too. But, you never know, lets see what happens.
That is awesome that you talked with Yellum! does he like coaching the girls more than the boys? I thought that Caldie didn't want to coach anymore? will be fun to see those guys again.
 Thomas wrote to me and already said that I would talk with him when I get back. He is excited to speak!
  I don't even think I want anything for my birthday. We will talk on skype, then one month after you guys will be with me. I don't need anything really. Just save the money and we can go to The Counter when we get back :D
We are living joaquim leão which is close to trapiche, prado, levada, ponta grossa. If you look at Farol, where I was before, I am to the left and down. hahaha. It shouldn't be that hard to find on the map.
So, some things that happened this week. We were eating breakfast on Friday and we heard an explosion. Turns out it was a gunshot about two streets away from us. Some guy tried to rob a bike and ended up getting shot. He is alive. haha
Next funny story... I gave a message the other day inspired by call of duty. A member had the game and I ended up talking about the talk that President Monson wrote about our call of duty. Thomas would be proud of me. We should have another baptism this week, hopefully he doesn't fall through. He should have been baptized on Sunday, but he had to "visit his sick sister." We will see.
  Iam happy, and things are going well here, time is flying by.
Love you guys and hope you have a good week!
LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS

1/28/13

Hi!I love being in the field! the apartment is still a little messy, but way better than it was before.
You talked with my companion Elder Biddulphs mom? hahah I have to tell him.

 We shouldn't have had so many visits with these apostles and leaders, but we were spoiled. Elder Holland wasn't even supposed to come, but felt that he needed to visit.

Good to hear that Marleau isn't terrible. I am always scared to see how he plays. Glad to hear that the bay area sports are winning in everything!

Sister Gonzaga will love whatever you bring to her, she wont expect it. 

 Wow, all of the missionaries in our ward are coming home soon! should be really fun to see all of them again. 

Anyway, this week went well. We are working with an ex missionary/bishop that stopped going to church for 5 years. We are reactivating him, and will baptize his son this week. He is full of problems. Also, we are working with Alberon still who is that miracle baby that almost died twice. He is scared about baptism, but I think he will be baptized this week as well. Should be a great week! We are working well together, we are just laughing the whole day together. 

We don't let the other get tired and stop working which is usually what happens when people get to the end of their missions. I don't think I will have this problem because I stayed a while in the office without walking. 

We are happy here.

We traveled to 2 areas to do baptismal interviews. Sao Miguel which is about an hour away by bus. Its fun to travel, but hard because we don't get to work much in our area

I am excited for these next 4 weeks with Elder Biddulph. Love you all

LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS

 

1/21/13

I spy....Jake!

Hi!

Sara might  work at Kaiser! that would be so awesome if she got the job!

As for the trip to Sao Paulo, just need to get a hotel there and the rest Elder Pajaro and his dad will help us. He said that he will take us around the entire weekend in his car.
haha you helped Cain Velasquez enroll his kid into school! that is hilarious!
My new area is great, and my comp. The house... is terrible, we will clean tomorrow because we didn't have time today. Elder Bednar came to speak with us, so we lost a large part of the p-day, but so worth it! 

Our first Sunday here was a stake conference with the presiding bishop of the church. It was pretty exciting.
The others in our house are fine. We are trying to help them get out and work a little bit more.

Glad that baby Jake is good, can't believe that he is 2!
Something awesome about our new area is that we have the beach! the bishop lives on the street of the beach. Open his front door and it's just beach.
I sent a letter to Otav. I was really happy to see that he wrote me.
It wasn't that hard to say goodbye to president. The hard part is feeling empty after leaving. This week was weird, I felt like I had restarted the mission. It is SO much better though, and I am way happier.

So a story about someone we are teaching. When he was 1 year old, he fell two stories and hit his head. He went into a coma for 6 months and they did surgery on him. Not sure how he lived, but miraculously he is living a normal life, just with a head a little bit dis-formed. He is awesome though, he should be baptized on February 2nd. He thinks that he wont be ready, but we are trying to help him as much as we can.
Elder Bednar came too. It was better than Elder Holland, because we were able to ask any question that we wanted to. I didn't ask anything, but it was good to hear what everyone else asked and the answers. I have never felt so good in my life.

funny miracle.... we were finishing on Friday about 8:30, and we were about to eat something when a member saw us and screamed to us. We went over there and he told us to sit down and he would order a burger for us. It was so good, because it wasn't the best day that we have ever had, but what happened really helped us. 

Anyway, I am happy that I actually have some stories for you guys now. It is going really well here, and every time we teach we feel more certainty about Christ and about families. The two main things that we teach about.

Hope everything is going well with you guys, 

LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS

1/14/13

Hello!

So I will let you know of the transfers before they even happen.. I am going to Prado and I will be Elder Biddulphs companion! I am so excited! I go home with him the same day, he is from Utah. not sure where.... I didn't ever know him very well, but we became friends when I was in Sergipe, and he was training a new missionary. I can see my new area from the area I am in right now, so I wont go very far. Actually, 5 of my six areas are within 20 min of each other.  I will be the Zone Leader.
I don't think I have anymore ideas of things to bring here.
All of my friends are coming home.... Robin, next is Jordan right?

Still haven't gotten Teresa's package. Not sure what happened. I will be sure to write you guys when I get it.

Glad to hear that dad hasn't changed, still eating his sunflower seeds!
Don't worry mom! I still know how to be on the street. I had to do it here in the office too. It will be the best transfer of my mission with my new comp.
I still haven't been called to renew my visa, so I am positive that I will have time to stay here for 2 more weeks after the mission. I will have one more year after I renew it

This week went well, I was counting down the days back to real work! I can't wait to feel tired again from walking and teaching all day. I helped Elder Gubler with the transfers this week, and now he should know how to do everything here in the office. I already know that I will be getting some phone calls from him after I leave. That's normal, I had to do it too. 

I put some new pictures on costco.com, they are some of the families in this ward, and some of the baptisms that we had.

I am excited to get back out! 

hope everything is going well at home!

LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS