Heperi goes a travelin'

Well, turns out that Heperi finally left his missionary birthplace.

I officially left my first area in Bauru, and I´m currently en route to Ponta Porã. En route because right now I´m in Endourodos (That´s not how you spell it, but I can´t remember the correct way), passing P-day with the other Elders until my Bus leaves at about 7 tonight. I traveled alone from Bauru to Londrina, so I had all kinds of thoughts in my head about getting lost and not being able to remember my Portuguese, but in the end there was no worries. I got to see my comp, Elder Hanratty from the MTC today, and it was cool to catch up.

Apparently Ponta Porã just has one district with 6 Elders and no zone leaders, which will be quite a change from Bauru with about 24 missionaries. We´ll see how P-day works with just your district to hang out with... BTW, this keyboard is being stupid and substituting Portuguese words for English words, so IF my spelling is worse than usual, that´s why.

The trip so far has been good, though I´ve got bus-lag as a result of it. 4 Hrs from Bauru to Londrina, and 13 hrs. From Londrina to Endourados, and I´ve still got another 2 hrs. to go. Didn´t get much sleep on the bus last night, so I´m hoping that I´ll be able to sleep well tonight.

It was quite weird to leave my first area, after having comps come and go. What was good is that we wrapped up the transfer with a baptism. The wife of the member who´s Just returned to full activity accepted the invite. She couldn´t decide Who she wanted to baptize her, so me and Elder C. settled it in the ancient scriptural way of casting lots. ie: We played rock, paper, scissors. He won, so He did the baptism. Went perfectly, and we picked up 3 of her in-laws as new investigators. Zing!

Oh yeah, about 5 hours ago I got those letters that Corey, Carrie, Celeste, and Aunt Claudia and Uncle Conrad sent. I loved the missionary shirt envelopes, they were hilarious. So thanks to Corey (three kids? Wow, last time I checked there was only one), Carrie (Yes, I remember you were, despite how bad I am with remembering people in our family. I wasn´t aware that you got married, so here´s a belated congratulations!), Celeste (Your discounts that you gave me at Barnes & Noble Will always be remembered), And Uncle Conrad and Aunt Claudia (If you need anymore help will moving boxes, Levi is still in town...) I especially enjoyed the missionary drawings from all the kids. I´m very happy to know that I was the focus of somebody´s FHE for once.

While I´m at the thank you portion, thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for the letters from NZ, (my comp stole the stamps from me), from Elder Jacob Green in Canada, (I even thank people Who don´t read the blog), Steve, Mat6t, Talisa, Kamalei, Amy, Tristan for the postcard of the caves (If you guys did what Mat6t Said you did, I can see that Mat6t and Kamelei are gaining more influence on people. Yeah!) Also, of the above people group mentioned above, I believe Amy and Tristan are the only two who have yet to send me a letter. Let´s get on the ball kids! Every one who sends one to me gets one back. And remember, If you guys become married/pregnant/deported/Pres. Of the US etc. etc., I´d like an invitation to said event. Thanks.)

My next comp is going to be an American, which is a little funny considering that nobody else from my district has had an American comp yet, and I´m on my 2nd. I hear that he´s a nice guy, so I´m excited for a new area and new comp. Also, apparently Ponta Porã borders on Paraguay, so I get to meet some Spanish speakers. Unfortunately, we´re not allowed to cross over into Paraguay, except at one point which has just one store, so I won´t get to go country hopping. I guess earlier on in the mission it was allowed, but the rule was changed for some reason. Drat!

Well, that´s all my time for this week kiddies.

Thanks again, and see you next we from Ponta Porã.

Excelsior!

-Elder Hepdizzle