April 8 2013

Hey everyone!

This week was great. I really enjoyed General Conference. I got to watch all four sessions live in our chapel in Venâncio Aires, which was awesome. The Priesthood sesssion wasn´t aired until 9 PM, and only in the stake headquarters, so I will have to download that today. I think my favorite talks were of President Eyering, Élder Holland, but all of them were excellent.

I´m having a ton of fun here. Fun fact about Venâncio Aires: It is the national capital of chimarrão in Brasil, which is really great because chimarrão is awesome. Seriously, I make a chimarrão everyday before the morning studies. It´s the best.

We are teaching a ton of people right now, and having a lot of success. Venâncio is only a branch, and it´s part of the district Santa Cruz. The district has a goal to become a stake by the end of the year, so we are working really hard to make that happen, and so far it´s working! 

Thanks for your support!

Sincerely,

Elder Day

March 26 2013

Hey everyone!

This week was a lot of fun! We got to go to Porto Alegre yesterday for a conference with three other zones, and President Wright, so that was cool. We received some cool trainings. President Wright says that he wants to send another companionship of missionaries to Venâncio Aires next transfer, which would be the coolest. Four missionaries in one apartment. IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITES! 

The people here in Venâncio are really great. We are teaching a ton of people, and I am having a great time. Thursday, I hit one year, and Sunday is Easter! Woohoo! This is gonna be a good week.

Last week the First Presidency authorized missionaries in the whole world to email friens, as well as family! Anyone who would like to contact me through email, my adress is: 

samuel.day@myldsmail.net

Now I will be able to respond through email, which is a lot better than through letters!

Thanks everyone!

Sincerely,

Elder Day

March 18 2013

Hey everyone!

Transfers again! I got transfered to a city called Venâncio Aires, and it´s awesome! My companion is Elder Costa, and he is from Manaus, which is really close to the Amazon rainforest. He´s really cool. 

When I was riding down from Passo Fundo to Porto Alegre last week, we passed through a mountain range. I kept my eye out for secret Gadianton Robber caves, but I didn´t see any. I guess it does say that they were pretty well hidden...

Last week, in Carazinho, we had the opportunity to do something really cool! In the Passo Fundo zone, there is a small city called Lagoa Vermelha. They have a branch, and they meet in a rented house. They have land to build a chapel when their attendance is higher, but they have been struggling to increase the attendance for the past few years. In fact, the attendance was so low, that they are in risk of losing the land for the future chapel. To help them, our entire zone (8 companionships) went to Lagoa Vermelha to blitz the city on Saturday. Sunday was their ward conference, and they had a goal to have 100 people there. On a normal week, they only have 30 people at church. We spent about 4 hours on Saturday, going from house to house, and inviting them to church the next day. Then we all left and returned to our areas. Sunday night, the missionaries in Lago Vermelha called us all to tell us that they had 105 people at church, and 74 non-members were there. It was pretty cool to say the least.

Thanks for your support everyone!

Sincerely,

Elder Day