Week 5

I´m sorry to hear about Bro. Croshaw.
This week was pritty crazy. I cant say exactly why. But it definately was. I think the main reason was because I am getting to the point that I´m thinking of myself as elder Risenmay not as Reed, also because I think that I am finally at the point that going back to the way things were before my mission would take time to adjust to. My companions and I are progressing quite a bit in the language, Elder Karr is able to speak so much. I can carry a simple conversation and I am at the point that i can create sentences in my head in portugese. Not very good or nessissarily gramatically correct sentences but sentences none the less. Elder Millward is about at the same level. He can understand others speaking more than I can, but I can speak more. I am writing a poem about being in a trio for the christmas talent show. It is to the tune/rythem of "A boy nemed Sue" it is great. I wont be able to email next week because of christmas falling on pday. We dont get a make up pday. We will be able to send letters on wednesday, so you will get a letter. Not much to say about actual events. On sunday durring companionship inventory Elder Karr said that there was nothing for me to work on, but i knew he was lying so when it was my turn I was a liitle harsh on him to make him angry enough to be honest with me. After my turn we should have been done but I let him have his turn back so i could get some feedback. It is always nice to get an honest opinion. He always tends to sugar coating on everything he says so it wont affend me. I am glad he got it out because it is not good to have people steaming up about things that you didn´t know were problems. Elder Weiss had an argument with Elder Brog, Elder Brog is just like Blake. It wasn´t an argument so much as Elder Brog letting loose his frustrations that he blamed on the District leader, Elder Weiss. I talked to both of them afterward and they seemed to have worked things out. Elder Weiss wanted advice and help and i did the best i could but really the only thing of worth that it wasnt my place or anyone elses to tell him what to do as district leader. But everyone is on edge. It is very frustrating to have a new language crammed into your brain. But in general everyone is doing fine in the district. I am the only one that isnt on edge in my opinion. I am feeling fine and working things out. I think the reason i didnt go crazy because I already was, but I am used to it. This is just a little bit harder than the 18 credit summer i just had. And I feel the lor´d helping me. About week two i realized that this was impossible on my own. That is when my evening prayers went from 3 minutes to about 15. The one thing that does bother me is that i have no alone time. I am always with people. Always with distractions and other things to do. I havent found any time for myself in the last week. I think that is the point though. This friday we go prosyliting again. So pray for me. My portugese is getting better and I dont think that I will have as many problems with language this time. Hopefully

Good bye for now
Elder Reed Risenmay