23 February

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I've been busy. During the week of 23 February, Jonathan spent his online time emailing Remington back and forth. He did respond to a personal email of mine as well. The following is an email from my mom from that week:

Hi Everyone,

Jon did not send us an e-mail this week, instead he spent over an hour e-mail/texting Remington. It is a slow process - and we know how talkative boys can be .... ;-)

Here are a few things I found out. Transfers are on Friday. Jon currently only has one companion, as his other companion had an emergency transfer to buenos aires, where Jon thinks another Elder who came into the Porto Alegre Mission the same time he did, got homesick, and went home.

Jon just got his hair cut. They also had a time change, so he is only 2 hours ahead of us, and when our time changes, he will only be 1 hour ahead.

And here is the personal email he sent me that week:

We had a Family night yesterday with the branch president and some other families in the ward. It was about choices and was really good. Choices in life are really important. They have mardi gras here to. Its called carnival and is way bigger than in the states. they party really hard in the northern parts of brasil though. When will you finish your masters? i have 25 min left at the lan house if you want to chat.