August 27 2012

Hey everyone!

Things in Brasil are still going great! We had transfers last week. I´m still in Rio Pardo, but I have a new companion. He´s cool, and we get along really well, so that´s good.

The weather has been going nuts here lately. For the first two weeks that I was here, it was really cold. Then, even though summer here doesn´t start untill October, it got really hot for the last 4 or 5 weeks. Then yesterday, out of nowhere, it got really cold again. Plus it was raining. Needless to say, yesterday was not that much fun. Other than that though, everything is going perfect. I´m starting to get to a point where I am comfortable conversing with people in Portuguese, and for the most part, I can understand everything that is being said during conversations and lessons. It really is incredible how fast you can learn a language with the help of the Spirit. I never ever thought that I would learn this fast.

In case you guys haven´t heard, my P-day is on Monday now. Just so you know. Thanks!

Sincerely,

Elder Day

August 20 2012

Hey everyone!

This week was probably the best one yet! It was the last week of the transfer, and the last week that my companion and I are together. Tomorrow, he will be transfered, and I will stay here in Rio Pardo. I don´t know who my new companion will be, but I´m excited to meet him tomorrow.

Also, we baptized a young man named Josué, who said he will serve a mission. He is a total boss. He is already talking with the branch president about the temple, and what he needs to do to get there. We also had a wedding on saturday. EVERYONE IN BRASIL NEEDS TO BE MARRIED. NO ONE HERE IS MARRIED. But now that that couple is married, they can be baptized in the following weeks. It´s awesome.

A lot of times, it feels like the mission is like Plato´s allegory of the cave. We´re trying to wake these people up to the real world. To the real joy and happiness that they can have throught the gospel, but hardly anyone listens. They´re to content watching the shadows on the wall. You have no idea how many people have said, `I believe that your church is true, but I´ve been Catholic my entire life, I can´t change now.` It happens like every week. But there aren´t very many things better than when they do wake up, and realize there is something more. I´ve been so blessed to be able to help people come to a knowledge of the truth.

I gots to go!

Sincerely,

Elder Day

14 August 2012

Hey everyone!

This week was awesome! Things couldnt be going better! We´ve been teaching a ton of people, and I have been so blessed to be here. I am learning so much being here in Rio Pardo. I am getting better at understanding and speaking Portuguese every day

We had a District Conference, and my Mission President and his wife spoke. President and Sister Wright are the coolest. President Wright served a mission here in southern Brasil 43 years ago, and he is a boss. He still speaks Portuguese really well, and he is an amazing President. Sister Wright is even more awesome. She´s never spoken Portuguese in her life, but she accepted one of the most difficult callings in the church. She´s only been here for about six weeks, and on Sunday, she gave an 8 minute talk in Portuguese in front of an entire stake of Brazilians. It was a really good talk too. Anywyas, I gots to go!

Sincerely,

Elder Day

7 August 2012

Hey everyone!

The work is going really well here in Rio Pardo! My companion and I are teaching a ton of people about the restored gospel, and we are seeing a ton of success here! This really is a ´marvelous work and a wonder!´ There aren´t very many things better in the world than seeing people you love learn about, accept, and become active in the Church and the gospel. It´s incredible to see just how many people the Lord has prepared for missionary work here. There are so many families here that have been ready for the gospel, they just needed somebody to bring it to them. I have been so blessed to do that. 

Things are going great with the language also. With each day that passes, I get better and better at speaking Portguese, and I will continue to improve!

I gots to go, but things are still awesome in Brasil!

Sincerely,

Elder Day