Just trading comps

Wow, this week was crazy..... just crazy..... I got my new comp and his name is Irmao Macanige..... we were working really well together and he is a returned missionary that was helping me out but apparently his family got way sick so he had to go back home to help them out. So then I was without a comp again.... but then I got my new companion Irmao Fernando. He is super awesome and just got a call to serve in Portugal Porto mission. He won't be leaving until April but for now he is staying with me and helping me out.

This week we were lucky to have another baptism and we baptized Irmao Nordino, a super awesome guy that I have loved teaching. Just to tell you a little bit about him, after I got here in Palmeiras we passed his house and taught him the restoration, after the lesson we challenge him to baptism and he accepted. Then the next Saturday we had a baptism for some other people and Nordino showed up thinking it was his baptism and he was way excited. It was probably the hardest thing I have done to tell him that it wasn't his baptism yet. But finally we arrived at the day of his baptism and it was awesome!

Also this week we had a family home evening with the Stake president whose name is President Freeman. Wow, I love his family, and they fed us well but the thing I love most about his family is that they actually do family home evening!!! hahaha that is so rare here and it felt like I was back at home... literally because all of their kids speak three languages, Portuguese, english and some dialect that i have no clue about.

But yeah its been really good here in Palmeiras. The work is going well, but it has been hard without a companion and the changes and craziness that is going on but without a doubt the work continues. Love y'all and I'll talk to ya next week!!
Love Elder Thornton

P.S. And yes I did get super roasted if anyone couldn't see the extreme redness in my face

Irmao Fernando, Irmao Nordino and Jonny with red face

Irmao Nordino