I MADE IT TO PORTO ALEGRE !!!!!
Max's first area was in Cristal, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BRAZIL with Elder Jones. 
Max's first area was in Cristal, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BRAZIL with Elder Jones. 
Here is an excerpt from a letter he sent after leaving the MTC:
"We went to the mission home and ate a great meal then wrote letters home and went straight to the mission office and got our new comps and were off.. luckily i have a sweet first area and its right outside the city, its like a suburb, like sandy to salt lake, its called Cristal. it was about a half hour bus ride and we got off and dropped my luggage off at our apartment and went straight to work :) it was crazy, it all become really real, really fast! ha ha.. boy have i been humbled this last week too, i got culture shocked so hard and reality punched me in the face, hard! ha ha.. My comps name is Elder Jones and he's from St. George and we get along great, he is really cool so that is sweet and luckily he speaks English :) but all day its all Portuguese :) ha ha its crazy but I learn more everyday! hes been out 11 months and he's completely fluent so i am super excited! :) he has been in this area for 3 months and we have a ward so it is great!! Church yesterday was sweet, its weird how similar yet different it is from the good ole US of A :) all of the members are so nice and way fun and sweet!"
"We went to the mission home and ate a great meal then wrote letters home and went straight to the mission office and got our new comps and were off.. luckily i have a sweet first area and its right outside the city, its like a suburb, like sandy to salt lake, its called Cristal. it was about a half hour bus ride and we got off and dropped my luggage off at our apartment and went straight to work :) it was crazy, it all become really real, really fast! ha ha.. boy have i been humbled this last week too, i got culture shocked so hard and reality punched me in the face, hard! ha ha.. My comps name is Elder Jones and he's from St. George and we get along great, he is really cool so that is sweet and luckily he speaks English :) but all day its all Portuguese :) ha ha its crazy but I learn more everyday! hes been out 11 months and he's completely fluent so i am super excited! :) he has been in this area for 3 months and we have a ward so it is great!! Church yesterday was sweet, its weird how similar yet different it is from the good ole US of A :) all of the members are so nice and way fun and sweet!"
Elder Jones and Elder Kirschman had a baptism set up for December 6, 2008 with Igor. Igor (in the blue shirt) was twelve and Max was able to confirm him:
". . . so he wanted E. Jones to baptize him and me to confirm him! :) im not gonna lie, I was pretty dang nervous but was really excited and grateful for the opportunity.. E. jones has been out a year and still has never confirmed anyone so it was a rare priviledge :) yesterday in Sac. Mtg I did it and it went so good and my heart was beating out of my chest - you can never prepare for the moment in front of people, thats for sure, just like singin in the CTM :) - so i was way nervous but comforted by the Spirit and felt the Spirit so strong and it was an amazing experience."
Max served with Elder Jones from the end of November through December 31, 2008. He was then transfered to the mission office.
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