Transfers! My new area, Aeroporto in Londrina; Elaine was baptized! -- "nice way to end my time in Ibiporã"

Transfers once again... I was expecting to stay one more in Ibiporã, because we had a telephone conference on Friday with the entire mission and Pres. Tavares told us that the First Presidency has asked that missionaries stay in the same area 6-8 months.  And I've only been here...5 months now, right?  So I was pretty calm, figuring I still had a bit of time left here, but ... Sister Passos and I got a surprise phone call Sunday night from Pres. Tavares!!!  And yes, I'm being transferred.  I'm going to an area in Londrina called Aeroporto!  I don't know much about the area - all I know is that everyone jokes that you get super trunky there, because as the name suggests, it's really close to the airport and you have airplanes passing your window every 5 minutes.  :P  But I'm not too worried about that.  :)  I'm actually going to be working in a trio with Sister Cardoso and Sister Barros.  Aeroporto is in the same zone as Ibiporã (Zona Londrina), so I already know them pretty well, and I'll still be able to see all the other missionaries I already know in the zone, including Sister Passos (she'll be staying in Ibiporã to train a new sister!)  Ahh.  Always so much exciting stuff happening around transfer-time.

We were actually preparing everything for our baptism Sunday night when President Tavares called us with the transfers news.  It was a CRAZY evening because we spent the day in Jataizinho, visiting Igor and his family, and didn't get back until 5 minutes before the baptism was scheduled to begin.  We arrived in the chapel and realized that our ward mission leader had travelled to visit family that afternoon and, therefore, the baptismal font had not been filled and the (wow, I forgot the word for this) ... baptism ... outline...(?) had not been prepared.  :/ so we got to run around throwing everything together last second as usual.  :P  I swear some day I'll learn to plan efficiently so stuff like this doesn't happen to me.

BUT in the end everything worked out, as it always does.  And Elaine was baptized!  She's Jean's little sister and was super excited for her baptism - she is 12 years old and has been coming to church and the young women's activities.  It was a wonderful baptism, and a nice way to end my time here in Ibiporã.  :)  There are so many other people that we've been working with and I'll be so sad to leave and not be able to see them progress and be baptized...but I'm sure there are plenty of amazing people and experiences waiting for me in Londrina.  :)

Anyways, it sounds like everything is going well for you guys back home!  Running marathons and taking finals and landing jobs and all that good stuff.  :D  I'm so excited about all the amazing things you're all doing!  It's so good to hear about it all, keep me updated.  :)

Well I'm going to cut this one a bit short, it's going to be a busy day, packing suitcases and all.  I'm sure I'll have a lot more details to share next week, when I get to my new area and start getting to know everyone there!  It's going to be an adventure! 

Love,

 

Sister Gee