17 February 2014 - Estancia, Brazil

Hi, hello, and how are ya? So glad to have you with us for another week of Elder Frogley's crazy awesome adventures in Brazil. As we all know Elder Frogley is currently training a brand new missionary who had a wonderful first-time opportunity this week. And for those who may not be familiar with missionary jargon, trainees often refer to their trainers as their "father," and trainers refer to their trainees as their "son." The metaphor is sometimes extended to brothers, grandfathers, grandsons, etc., but those aren't relevant to this e-mail. Enjoy!

Sorry it's so late, I have a looottttt of stuff to tell y'all and little time. First investigators and our two new baptisms! Yea were killin it here! First is antonia. The women we were helping to stop smoking. We had a bit of a scare but she made it. She told us that she wanted to put off her baptism until next week. Which is usuall a death sentence for baptisms. But she stopped smoking and we had her interview without problems. I'm getting good at this paperwork thing. I never knew before my mission that there's so much paperwork for a baptism. But anyway my son baptized him. She was the first person he baptized on the mission. It was good to see. But Antonia was verry happy and were happy for her. She had been waiting for a while. Her son came and thanked us personally for baptizing his mom. He's been a member for a while. But now on to Edna! She scared us badly on Friday night before the baptism. We asked her if she was excited for her baptism and she got all quiet and told us that she wasn't sure anymore. She said that she would have to work on Saturday and gave a big list o excuses. After we quietly sat waiting for a while she finally got to the real problem. I don't remember if I told you all but she's had been dating a married man, and openly told us she knew what she was doing was wrong, but he helps a lot with finances and buys a lot for her. We told her she had to end the relationship with him but they could be friends and she talked with him. He got really mad and told her if she stopped sleeping with him he'd take all of his financial help away and stop taking her to work. She would lose a lot. She didn't know if she could do it especially now that she's trying to adopt another son. But we had a very inspired lesson with her about saten and the things he does to stop baptism and faith. At the end she through her earlier excuse out the window and told us shed be baptized the next day. At the meeting the next day, she went to church directly from work and we baptized Antonia at 8:30, and Edna at 9:30 after she finished her interview which she still hasn't done. It was excelent! Anyway that's our week! Hate y'all for going on a cruise without me! I await your pics! Love y'all and dad, ask Christian about the email I sent him but don't let mom read! Crazy stuff! Ps I got my beef jerky present! Thanks Jess!! I almost forgot on Sunday pres of the mission went to sacrament meeting with us and gave a talk with me and Cunha! It was cool! We sll talked about missionary work in the ward! That's sll! Love you!