Hello!,
I know you guys must be wondering why I'm writing you on a Saturday, so I have some news. I was transferred yesterday to Piracicaba and I'm being trained to be the new executive secretary of the mission. So my P-Days are Saturdays now. I got a phone call from President Bangerter on Wednesday night, I had Thursday to say goodbye to people and then I left Friday morning. It's all happened really fast and has been super crazy. I think basically the last thing I expected to happen to me with 1 year was to get transferred to the mission office, but there you go. My new companion is Elder Vogl, from Idaho, and when he finishes training me I'll be with Elder Loreiro from Goiás (Brazil). Everything in secretary life is totally different from being in the mission field -- the schedule, a lot of the rules, obviously what I do, and so on. The good news is that I'll still have some time to do proselyting like normal, at night from 6-9 most days of the week. I'm trying to stay positive, because this change has me slightly bummed out. I was thinking about it on Wednesday night and said a prayer and felt like it's right. I'm not really sure why on earth I'm here, but I guess it seems to be God's will so I'm gonna try to face it with a positive attitude.
Today's kinda weird because I don't have any emails!
Some of the perks from being in the mission office include: I can pick up my packages and letters the day they arrive; I'll spend the summer in Brazil in an air conditioned room, which is great (by the way, the chances are high that I'll only leave here when I have almost a year and seven months -- in March or April -- so I'll literally spend the whole summer here probably); the other guys here are awesome; the house is really big and at least for now it smells good; I'll get to know pretty much everyone on the mission; I'll be able to give trainings to new missionaries that are arriving, and to the whole mission during the multizonas; and I get to have a big desk and my own computer. I've heard this job can be super stressful but I think I'm more or less used to that, I hope. So it seems like everything here is pretty great. I hope you guys are at home so we can chat.
I got really sad when I said goodbye to everyone on Thursday. That day was kinda rough. I loved being in Matão, and I love the people there and being with them. It literally seems like I just got there, and I feel almost like I was pulled out so fast that I didn't get a chance to really enjoy it. I don't know. It was kind of a bummer to me. It'll be all right though hahaha.
Miss you guys. I hope you all had fun with Grandma and Papa and Cassie. Are they still there? Send pictures!
Love you!
Elder Sederholm