August 4, 2018 -- Salvador (Ondina)

mom you dont need to explain how [swim] conference works i havent forgotten everything hahahahah. you have a position on the country club swim league board???? i bet you had an awesome time in the little oly pool all day long sweating your butt off hahaha. what were jared and rachels times?? did they qualify and position well in the finals? also WHAT WILLOW CREEK WON????? im glad you guys got the win nice job. swimming has been a huge part of our lives you're right. some of my favorite memories are definitly from swimming. i think my fav though was the district meet at the U my senior year. that was freaking dope. im glad we swam. 

dad surviving work? good to hear that he got to see the swimmings thats so fun. how has jareds team looked in practice so far? how did all that off season training benefit him? also how is steve forsberg doing?? im pretty sure he got married and all that jazz. aww i love a good visit to st george. i havent had a real good visit there in so much time. i think i need to do that when i get home. are stan and barb still getting around well? im glad you have a cute little relationship with barb. also i remember who carole and stu are mom hahaha do you think ive just forgotten everything??? also STU IS GETING MARRIED??? what in the world is happening.. we are growing up way too fast. 

president and sister biddulph brought it up like 3 times this week.. " elder prince what are you gonna study? what od you want to do with your life? everyone at home is getting married so fast.. we cant wait to meet your wife and kids once we get home from our mission!!" .. okay it wasnt exactly like that but i was like.. woah.. i gotta get on with my life now.. i dont like that.. 

but it was a chill week. really kinda hectic and busy actually. 

sunday was a good day. matheus and geisa went to church with us but left early because their son was being overly active and screaming and stuff. theyre progressing but slowly because its been hard to find a time when they are home to receive us so we can teach them!

monday we spent the day preparing for the transfer and helping president out. Also i received my new companion Elder Gray, from Logan, UT. He will be the new secretary and i will train him until the end of the transfer.

Elder Gray, Elder Sorocabo, and Elder Prince

tuesday was President Biddulph's first time receiving new missionaries! we received some brand new missionaries, elders from brazil and sisters from USA, and it was a grand event. it was extremely similar but differnet from the "first days" with President Bangerter. but the wonderful spirit is the same! we spent the morning in the airport and the evening in the bus station. we only had one mishap where a sister left her ID with the other sister and almost wasnt able to get her bus ticket! i love transfers!!!!

wednesday we got our first real day for me to start teaching Elder Gray how to be secretary. It consisted of explaining something then doing it, then watching him repeat the activity to make sure he did it right and understood. its been pretty chill. i also gave him the phone responsibilities so i dont have to answer it anymore hahahaha. 

thursday we had a nice productive day with more learning on elder grays part, took him to have some fun at the notary!!! what a thriller. we also said bye to elders and sisters going home which was not fun. gonna miss elder davis and elder vander werff. and the sister from my group went home. that was weird. then at night we visited Romilda and Daiane's mom and they both made us food i thought i was gonna explode by the end of the night. Bahians offer so much food its awesome, im actually surprised i havent gained more weight. 

Missionaries leaving for home and the office elders and the Biddulphs

yesterday was by far the day of the week. we had the biddulphs appointments at the PF so we packed up in the car and made some good visits to the PF (sitting and waiting), the notary (again sitting and waiting), and the bank (sitting and waiting). but we were able to get so much done and now the biddulphs are legally here and they should be able to get their stuff from home thats waiting in storage! it was quite a productive day and fully of nice conversations with Pres and fam. its been cool to learn from him and see his opinion on a lot of things. Its been real interesting to see how he is adapting to being a mission president and the responsibilities he has. at night we were able to visit lucas and teach him the 3rd lesson (he gave it 5 stars) as well as rafael, who is progressing to come back to church!

a nice solid week. 

Elder Prince