Well, I didn´t get transferred. I will be in Xanxerê until the 26th of April. I will have spent seven months here by then 
It´s
okay though; my mission president said this´ll be my last transfer in this area. We´ve got
some exciting things that will happen during this time, too. Our
investigator Arno will be baptized on April 4th
and we have a family of three who will be baptized sometime that month as
well. And we´re working with another family of three during that time
as well.
Brazil had a huge nationwide protest against their president
yesterday; we were not allowed to leave our apartments all day. Elder
Stahn made cookies 
(Elder Stahn will be staying with me for this
transfer as well.)
I have not seen anything about St Patrick's day down here. They don´t have any of those kind of holidays, it seems like. They don´t do Halloween or Valentine's day either.
The weather here is still hot. It usually rains in the evenings though. Summer is on the down-slope now, I think (I hope).
Sounds like Dad is having fun in Boston! I think that would be a very interesting place to visit. I´m jealous of the snowy weather you´re enjoying. It´s been
summer weather for me for almost a year straight now--só falta dois
meses.
Your primary class sounds entertaining, Mom. Ha ha!
I´m glad that I´ll get to visit Sarah and Zac [Ben-Daniel's cousin & her husband] when I go to Idaho for college. I know a lot of people in Idaho now.
Looking
forward to receiving your packages! I'm excited about the raspberry jam; that´s by far my
favorite kind, with plum as a close second! Raspberry in Portuguese
is ``framboesa.´´
I still need to ship you the nativity set, Mom; I´ll put some other stuff in there with it if I can.
Love you Mom! Talking to you every Monday is the highlight of my week! 
(I miss doughnuts, particularly maple bars, but I miss you all more!)
Have a great day!
Elder Duffin
