Dear Family,
Second, I got ahold of Wells Fargo and cancelled the card.
They said that someone had put a password on it already, and luckily I said my
mom´s name and they let me in! I still need to order a new card. I think
they´ll send it to you, because they said it would be easier that way. But
everything worked out.
It was good to talk to you too mom, it surprised me a little
when Pres. Pinho handed me his cell phone and told me to call you. He wasn´t at
all worried about the money.
There have been more riots and things, and everyone is
getting excited about the World Cup. They are painting all the streets and
putting up flags on everything. They love their soccer. We´ll probably just be
staying at home every day that Brasil plays, and the day after as well. It´s a
lose-lose situation. If Brasil wins they have crazy parties, if Brasil loses
they break and burn everything. So it´s not a good situation for missionaries
either way.
I´m happy for Hailey. Tell her I love her. And sounds like
all is well with summer break.
We had a crazy week. We got to the church to fill up the
baptismal font on Saturday and it was full of paint, because they´re reforming
the church. So after cleaning it out, we went to fill it up. Buuuut, the church
ran out of water. Bishop had faith, so we said a prayer together with two more
members asking for water. We tried again and had nothing. So we almost had a
baptism in a member´s swimming pool. Then, about a half an hour before the
baptism we ended up using a fire hose to fill the font. The water was a little
chilly and dirty, but everything worked out. It was awesome. Marcia, Bia,
Marcelo and Vanessa were baptized. Marcia is a mom of twin boys (2 yrs) and
Bia, Marcelo and Vanessa are a family. Amazing people. Sadly the father´s of
these two families are still struggling with the word of wisdom, but they´re
not far behind.
We have a conference with the
whole mission on Thursday. It´ll be Pres. Pinho´s last meeting and a lot of my
good friends´ last meeting as well. Sounds like Pres. Dalton´s getting excited,
too. He´ll get here in 4 weeks.
I love you all. Thank you for
your testimonies and support.
Love, Elder Barker
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