Slow week

Hey! This week was pretty cool but slow. My companion is sick so that stinks. I’m trying not to get sick from him. Anyway Renee and Joe, I’m stoked everything is going good with you except for Joe being sick too. Thanks for putting some sunscreen in the package. It’s actually really hot here. Always! The summer and winter temp doesn’t really change all that much. As far as investigators go we have a few, but a couple have shown more disinterest. This week we are going to make some bomb contacts, get some addresses, and teach the gospel to ‘em! The members are super nice but I don’t know what it is about Ponte. The members don’t ever give out references. My companion says here they give out the least references out of all the areas he has been in. Whatever! I’ve just got to work harder and reel in who we find. Mom, Aunt J, Renee and Joe- that’s sweet you all went to Sea World! I’m jealous.

It rained a bunch again and we take these VW bus-taxi’s to areas in the city sometimes for divisions and whatnot and the road was so flooded the tires were completely underwater. We saw a BU bus like the normal huge city bus size stuck and halfway submerged. Walking the streets in the rain is just a mess, impossible to stay dry especially my feet. Hahaa another bus story this week is, we were in another area (muribeca) to give an interview for baptism for the elders there in our district and on the way home we took a bus that passes by our house so its convenient. The ride home from muribeca to ponte is like an hour and a half. Well, we reach pontezinha and the bus breaks down so we had to walk like 30 minutes more in the rain. Right now everything is sunny, hot and dry. 

Thanks again for the package!

Com amor,

Elder Kennedy

Pics from Elder Kennedy

Elder Kennedy and his companion had another Baptism the morning of Mother's Day (which also happened to be Elder Kennedy's 21st Birthday- 5/12/13. Those pictures are included on here as well as pictures of their new apt.

 We are assuming this is his district.

 This is a kid Elder Kennedy baptized previously. 

 Elder Kennedy's new bathroom with running water!!!!

 That is Elder Kennedy's new bed in their new room. The white one with the seashells and the surf poster.

 Their new kitchen.

Chat in one week!

Hello All, 

So thanks Renee for the skype info. I am almost positive I will be able to skype on Sunday (Mother's day) sometime after my church time gets out at 12 pm. We are able to email on Saturday to let you guys know whats up because I am not sure where we are going to be able to skype/which member has 2 computers with skype.  Renee- That's cool you guys are transforming the apartment and getting new stuff. Otimo! You never know what life will throw at you! Cant wait to chat in a week! 

love u. 

abraço

E. Kennedy 

Mom- If u havent sent the package before you receive this email, have Renee send more photos if she could. love you

Happy Autumn!

Happy Autumn everybody!

It is pouring something nasty in these parts! It has ben raining everyday for several hours this past week. And will probably continue to do so for a while. Flooding is starting to be a problem. This morning my comp and I were walking around in normal clothes and flip flops trying to find an open barber shop. A lot of the streets are totally full of water, and it's impossible to cross by foot without having water rush up to our knees. Cockroaches were everywhere trying to escape their watery doom. Oh yeah, we past through some rushing gutter water with a few dead rats, I think they drowned. Its been a wet and dirty week to say the least. Anyway happy as ever in Ponte. Transfers are coming up next week so we will see what happens. 

Whoah Nate Dirkmaat going to Chile, Santiago North, insane.!!!!!!! Stoked, haha. This past week has been really good, a few disappointments but thats life. We marked the baptism for a moça (young woman) named Tamires. She is really cool and is Caio's friend. Sunday a man walked into the church and wanted to know more. He stayed all through sacrament meeting and we are going to teach him hopefully this week. Today I get to go to Recife because my comp needs to pick up his patriarchal blessing. I have been making alot of Cuscuz lately, pretty much mastered it. mmmMMM tastes soo good! We cook it like everyday. 

So the move is going to happen for sure on wednesday! There were a few delays with the contract and a couple quick fixes in the house. This week we are really gonna crank out the lessons and get some more people ready for baptism!

abraço

E. Kennedy

Starting to Rain

Life is good in Ponte, starting to get a bit more rain.

That’s way sick Shelly Harris got called to serve in the Omaha, Nebraska mission!! Wooohoo. She wrote me a little while back asking what the mission was like and stuff, so I am way stoked for her!

Granny sent me a wonderful birthday package! I am so excited to be learning the harmonica/mouth harp. Hopefully I will be able to play something on it by Mothers Day. My companion missionary really likes the battleship game she sent. He usually beats me, haha. Its all right though because I wake him up in the morning by practicing the harp.

Happy Birthday this week Renee. Woah 25. Insane! Hahaha glad you’re enjoying the beach and life in SD. Hope you guys can move into a new place soon. I am also waiting to move as well and I’m getting a little anxious. Patience is the hardest virtue to learn.

That’s sick you guys are officially back in the best ward in the world! How is everyone? I bet the new Stake Presidency is awesome. I’m glad you liked the pics. I have more but I forgot which ones I sent and which ones I didn’t send. So for mothers day, I will be able to Skype you all. So I will probably need some info, like when Ian will call/skype you all. I think his time zone is closer to California's. So maybe he’ll be first?

abraço,

Elder Kennedy (the older)

P.S. Was there also a factory explosion in Texas?? I heard about the Boston ordeal but then heard about maybe another bomb or something.