September 10 - October 8

October 8, 2012

Conference

General conference was great. it was my last conference of the mission. The next general conference I will be home. Craziness. Things have been hectic here. We have been running back and forth between Tres Lagoas and Ilha Solteira. This week we are going to travel a ton too. We have a zone meeting in Araçatuba so we'll be travelling for 2 days. I am doing great but I am super tired. I cant wait for the new transfer when the new elders of Tres Lagoas arrive so I can rest. We had a barbeque today and were able to relax so I am ready for the week. I hope everyone is doing well. I will talk to you guys next week. Tchau!

Elder Siemers

October 1, 2012

Busy Week

Crazy week this last week. We planned an activity at the church on Saturday night and we ran around all week inviting EVERYONE. The activity turned out great even though all our inviting was in vain. We had an Elder in our district get sick and he and his companion were transferred out this last week. So we will be covering two cities again. Just until the next transfer. Things are going well. The weather cooled off a little with a little rain but the heat is coming back. We'll see how hot it gets when we get into summer... Not much more to report this week. Im excited for General Conference. Até mais pessoal!

Elder Siemers

September 24, 2012

Advertising & Parties

Another week that wasnt too eventful. We've been looking for houses for the elders in Pereira Barreto. We've got a couple options. President Prieto is coming this way to see some of the houses and to do interviews with my district today. 

Elections are coming up so there is lots of advertising in the streets. People drive around with giant speakers blasting annoying campaign music. It was unbearable a couple a weeks ago and it is only getting worse....

We found a couple new families this last week. We've got lots of people to teach but we are having trouble getting people to come to church. There seems to be a party every Saturday night here in Ilha Solteira, so everyone is sleeping in on Sundays. We are starting to do lots of activities with the members here. Things are starting to move along. 

Well, that's pretty much it for this week. Talk to you all later. Tchau!

Elder Siemers

September 17, 2012

Crazy Transfers

This last week was super busy. The transfers lasted all week so we were doing exchanges like crazy. One elder didnt arrive until friday. I was only with my companion for 2 days last week. The new elders that will work in Pereira arrived and they are really excited. I went there one day with them to help get them oriented. They are going to have lots of success. Other than the craziness, not much happened this last week. There was a party at the beach on saturday so everyone was sleeping on sunday morning so we didnt have any investigators at church. But things are going to get better. Since we dont have to worry about working in two cities it will be easier to focus on the people here and plan activities. We are going to be doing lots with the members over the next few weeks.

Have a great week!

Elder Siemers

September 10, 2012

Surprises and Weddings

This last week was crazy but really good. Sergio, the dad of our golden family, was baptized on Saturday. We planned it so nobody in his family knew until we started the baptismal service. It was neat. We then did the official wedding ceremony for them later that day at the church. It was a nice ceremony and had amazing food afterward. Things are going great.

Today is the first day of the new transfer. I stayed in Ilha Solteira. My companion was transferred to Ribeirão Preto. We all thought he would stay in Pereira Barreto. President is sending two new missionaries there. I will have to orient them for the first week or so because they arent familiar with anything here. One of them is arriving in the misison field this week. We dont have a house for them yet so they will be staying with us for the time being. Im looking forward to this transfer. We have lots of people to teach. I hope everyone at home is doing well. Talk to you all later.

Elder Siemers