A GREAT Week!

Holy smokes, lots of news batman! I´ve got quite a bit to write about, so we´ll see if I can fit it all in.

First off....... 2 baptisms last Saturday, WOOOO!!!!! on the last possible day of the transfer to baptize we finally managed it. We baptized a Renan, he´s studying at a University in Uberaba, he studied for 5 years to be a pastor before he came to know the church, and now he´s planning to study at BYU, he´s a pretty smart dude. And we baptized a Nayara. She´s the daughter of a family we found by accident, we were looking for a house on a certain road, and it was only later that we found out we were on completely different road. She´s the only one who went two church twice, so only she could be baptized, her brother said that he´d go on Sunday and then I can baptize him ( cuz they felt bad that they both chose me to baptize them, so Nayara let Elder Xavier baptize her, and Michael chose me) SO YAY!!!
And then on Sunday, Renan and Nayara got confirmed, and Nayara wanted me to confirm her... so that was a first for me. I don´t even remember what I said... but it wasn´t too bad I don´t think, very spur-of-the-moment. But I liked it, I know how to do it better next time now. haha.
But then... Sunday as also when we found out about the transfers... I was on divisions with a guy from the ward at the time Elder Xavier got the phone-call, we were visiting all the people on the ward list to see if they´ve moved, died, or just don´t want to go to church anymore, so I didn´t find out until later.......but.......... when I found out.......
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I got transferred to.......guess where..........think.........ponder..........
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Anápolis.

hahahahahahahaha, yeah, you heard right. I´m back in Anápolis right now, in the area Maracanã, which is RIGHT NEXT DOOR to the Anápolis ward, just on a different hill, I can see all the houses i visited and everything, haha. But here´s the more important part:
I´m District Leader.
Yeah, So it´s my first time being senior and district leader, and my companion has more time than me on the mission.... no pressure eh?
So I spent my preparation day on the bus yesterday ( that´s why i´m writing today) and met president in Goiânia, and he said a few things.... heaped on the pressure, and sent me on my way. haha. Apparently, after I left, the zone here has been having some problems with obedience, diligence and a few other things... nothing like it´s former glory. So President burned a few people, sent them away to other areas and outer darkness, brought in two new district leaders, and told us to change things. Bottoms up.

Going back to Uberaba for a bit, after I found out that I got transferred, there were only two families I wanted to visit: The family of Nayara, and the bishop. After I told Nayara´s family that I was getting transferred, Michael got the most depressed look on his face, so I tried to cheer him up by teaching him more magic, but when I finally left the house the whole family was crying, even the parents who aren´t even baptized yet and only went to church one time, Michael couldn´t even speak properly cuz he was all choked up, poor kid... he really was excited to have me baptize him.
Then we passed by the bishop, which was a little easier. The whole time I was there, he kept asking me about Halo: ODST, cuz he had bought it a few weeks ago, and he was always asking me for help, or hints, and now he´s completely addicted to it, he says. He tells me his kids wont even touch the lego games anymore cuz they want to play with him when he plays Halo, hahaha. So he wanted to get as much help from me as possible before I left.

I´m gonna miss my area, even though I only had 4 weeks there, I came to love the people, especially the bishop. Not gonna miss my companion, but I´m grateful for the experience and the things I learned, just hope it´s enough to prepare me for what is to come.

So yeah, now I have control not only over what my companionship does.... but over an entire district. I believe a quote from Pirates of the Caribbean is appropriate:
*I didn´t ask for this, but it would chase a lie to say it wasn´t what I wanted*

I guess I´ll find out if I´m really prepared for this now eh? Here goes. I leave the city as a junior, and return after a transfer as the new district leader... when I met the zone leaders in the bus station I asked them how things are here:

*they´re.....going, Elder.....but they´ll get better, I´ll call you tonight to give you the details*
me: *of course it will, at least I´m not gonna leave this place any worse*
*No, you´re here to fix what´s been going on, this city needs you*

Ah, and I got two packages, the first one was filled with candy, candy, and more candy, with the Brazil pin and pen, yay Swedish fish. And the other one with the star charts and books, I´ve looked through it all, and I´m digging the Stikky book, sweet stuff. So thank you for the packages!!! and thank you Mariah for the notes you write too :D
Good times, good times.

My new companion is Elder Margalho, he´s got just a bit more than a year on the mission, and so far he ain't too bad.. but we´ve only got one day together, but I think we´ll be just fine. I´ll work on getting the address of our new home and send it to you, cuz I think I´ll be sticking around here for a while, at least six weeks eh? haha

hmm... well I think that´s about all the news that I have.... I went on divisions with the district leaders in Uberaba last week....so that was fun, before transfers came at me like a train hell-bent for my destruction. haha. Hopefully I didn´t cause too much panic by not writing home yesterday, haha. I slept at the house of the secretaries last night in Goiania before finishing my voyage this morning, and Elder Barton was there, he´s from my group in the MTC, and he just turned district leader as well. So we had some catching up to do, and talked about what might be in store for us, and just how AWESOME our district is and how we´re gonna rock this mission together.

Well that´s about it I think, I´ve got some work to do cuz our Area Book is almost completely empty....makes me wonder what the Elders here before me were doing with their time... slackers. how embarrassing.

So, wish me luck, pray that we´ll baptize.
I love you all, miss you all.
Make righteous decisions

*Violence and Technology: NOT good bedfellows!*
Love,
Elder Webber