Baptisms!!!

This last week had many ups and downs.
Some of the downs included Elder De Abreu getting sick, and we had to wait an entire day to get him checked out at the hospital.
Some of the ups included us baptizing six people on Saturday! We were working to get that huge family baptized and we accomplished our goal a week early. We had everyone baptized and confirmed on Saturday so that they could all watch the Manaus Temple Dedication on Sunday.
Because we hit the mission president´s baptismal goal, we´ll be having a celestial P-Day with president.(it will probably be at the beginning of next month.)
The Temple dedication was amazing. President Uchtdorf presided and gave the dedicatory prayer. Now Brazil has six working temples and another on the way.
Because of this family that we found, we have another four baptisms planned for the beginning of next month.
Besides Elder De Abreu getting sick and the baptisms, I can´t really think of anything too exciting that happened.
One of the members started a chess class on Saturdays, so we passed by and helped with the class a little. I got sucked into playing a couple games and ended up winning. I know that if I had been playing against someone over the age of 15 I would have lost.
I received a couple letters, last week, from some people who haven´t written me in over a year, which made me really happy, but there are many who still have never written me. For those of you in the latter category, I would exhort you to repent quickly, lest ye be burnt as stubble at my coming.
The time is passing by so quickly. I can hardly keep up with it, if I do at all.
That is all I have to report this week.
The church is true, the Lord loves us and wants us to be happy, and the gospel is the only path to eternal life.
Love,
Elder David Short