Well, well, well. First off, I totally realized that I repeated my title in my last email, so sorry for being repetitive. Second, Carnaval was super fun! Because we had tons of lessons! Where I am, Carnival is literally non-existent, and we just had a great day finding everyone in their homes doing nothing! I was a lot luckier, as I did not see naked people on television like Elder Youd. Sorry bud! Thirdly, we've been seeing some awesome sights with the weather lately, so y'all get some pictures of sunsets and stuff! And fourthly, my topic today is about my current companion, Elder Ladwig, as transfers are this Wednesday and we may possibly be parting!
Elder Francisco Alberto Ladwig is of German descent. He was born in Porto Alegre, the capitol of Rio Grande do Sul, the most southern state in Brazil. His family currently lives in Tramandaí on the beach
of the before mentioned state. He has 1 year and 7 months on the mission, and is excited to be returning in 4 months. He loves cars and motorcycles and worked stocking a super market before the mission. He
is 24 and wants to go study at a college, but doesn't know what yet. Elder Ladwig is super cool and I've learned a lot from him. He's had some troubles on the mission, but works through them and is an excellent, excellent teacher. He listens to the Spirit well to discern what these people need and genuinely cares for our investigators. He is a great example to me. He finally came on a mission, partly because of his mom. He says that lots of crazy things happened, including having his car stolen at gunpoint, which his mother always said wouldn't have happened if he was serving a mission. So finally he came! He has one sibling, a younger brother, who also came to this mission a few months before him, but unfortunately asked to go home after a couple transfers. Elder Ladwig and I have been working hard, in spite of sometimes difficult circumstances and disappointing results, and we had an excellent week! He's awesome, and I was happy to serve with him these past six weeks. We'll see what happens with the next six!
Beyond that, congratulations to all the people who got accepted to college, got a mission call, or are filling out mission papers! My mom told me a lot, mainly about the people in my ward and a couple from the Heritage Trails ward, but I would love to hear from all of you people specifically about how everything is going! Things are super exciting here. A mission is just the most fantastic thing ever, and I'm so happy to be here! I'm excited for all those coming down here soon because they just got their visa recently and wish them luck and
safe travels! Thinking and missing everyone! Love you all! Keep safe and work hard!
Elder Ashford
P.S. I'm super sorry I'm a slacker and that this is the second week I've forgotten to bring a quote with me to the LAN House. Sorry y'all, especially the Townsend Family. :(
I sure do love those quotes though!
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