Hello!
Well, this week wasn't too great in terms of working, but I did get to go on another exchange with Elder Maciel. He is going home this week and I am super sad. I think I am going to cry when he leaves haha.
This week there was a celebration of the Manaus temple so almost all of our Saturday and Sunday were dedicated to that event. Not sure if you guys can watch the thing from Saturday but Tyler was in it. He was walking around with all of the missionaries. Pretty funny to see that he hasn't changed haha. It was funny to see that the 138th temple of this church was dedicated this week. It's crazy to know that from the work that we do here on the mission can lead to temples and tons of strong members. We have a wedding planned July 7th or 14th, but we aren't sure when yet, we are just waiting the papers and with the wedding and then we will baptize the husband to complete the family. They are awesome people. Other than that, we are searching for people that actually want to change/better their lives through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Hopefully this week gets better.
hope all is well there, and that it isn't too rough because of the funeral.
LOVE ELDER JAKE LANGLOIS
Jake wrote a letter that was read at his Grandpa's funeral last week. Thought we would share it with you.
Dear Grandpa
It is sad to know that he has passed on, but we know he is in a better place. When I think of the memories with him they go on and on, but I would like to share a few with you today. Just like all of the other grandkids we would always spend the night at Grandma and Grandpas’ house. The shoe fairy or grandma would come and grandpa would always ask if we wanted the grandfather clock turned off. We always said no, but he turned it off anyway. We would wake up with the smell of toast and hot chocolate and see that grandpa was eating his bread and milk with a huge bitter grapefruit. He always offered, but no one would ever have courage enough to try it. We would play games with him and grandma and they would always let us win... I think. Then came time to pick the raspberries, apricots and plums. Grandpa would follow us around saying only pick the really purple ones! Of course we always picked some that he didn’t approve and stuff them in our mouth before he would see. With the apricots he would always be amazed that I could pick the ones way at the top, every single time he commented about how tall I am. He was someone that always made us smile and always made us laugh. His love for us, his grandchildren, was so much, and we will be forever grateful for him. We love you grandpa! And will see you soon.
It is sad to know that he has passed on, but we know he is in a better place. When I think of the memories with him they go on and on, but I would like to share a few with you today. Just like all of the other grandkids we would always spend the night at Grandma and Grandpas’ house. The shoe fairy or grandma would come and grandpa would always ask if we wanted the grandfather clock turned off. We always said no, but he turned it off anyway. We would wake up with the smell of toast and hot chocolate and see that grandpa was eating his bread and milk with a huge bitter grapefruit. He always offered, but no one would ever have courage enough to try it. We would play games with him and grandma and they would always let us win... I think. Then came time to pick the raspberries, apricots and plums. Grandpa would follow us around saying only pick the really purple ones! Of course we always picked some that he didn’t approve and stuff them in our mouth before he would see. With the apricots he would always be amazed that I could pick the ones way at the top, every single time he commented about how tall I am. He was someone that always made us smile and always made us laugh. His love for us, his grandchildren, was so much, and we will be forever grateful for him. We love you grandpa! And will see you soon.
All my love Jake
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