Newly formed First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
(left: Elder Henry B. Eyring , 1st Counselor; center: President Monson;
right: Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, 2nd Counselor.)
Thomas S. Monson, newly called President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Presidents Monson and Eyring preparing for President Gordon B. Hinckley's funeral.
In the area of bad news, the past few days was not good in terms of our investigators. About five of them chose to stop investigation for various reasons, (Husband doesn’t like us teaching, joined a different church, just wants to bible bash) so that was hard. Ah well, hopefully it will improve. We gots to get us some new investigators!
Well, till next week.
Elder =w= Heperi
Because this past week was brutal! Not really any more than a really hot Utah summer, but when you’ve gotta be in missionary clothes walking around, it seems a lot hotter than it really is. Everybody pray that a miracle happens and that Baurú receives two feet of snow this week.
So first off with the questions, me and my companion are assigned to a ward. Our stake is the Baurú Stake, and our ward is called Marechal Rondon. Maybe you can find the address from the church website and then see my chapel on Google Earth. And I´m assigned to work in the area of one ward, the rest of our district and zone are spread out over the course of Baurú.
Thanks for forwarding that letter from Rob, it was really good to hear from him. And actually, what he wrote about helped me immensely. It’s nice to know that what is hard to deal with in a mission in Brazil is the same as in a mission in Russia. Thanks Spidey. Anyone know how Elder Morrise is doing?
So last week, we had a split for a day and a half. These usually happen about once every other week. Elder M... is District Leader here, so he needs to work with the other Elders sometimes, and it also allows everyone to work with the rest of the Elders. I like them, cuz it lets me get to know the other Elders. We traded with our zone leaders, and I got to work with Elder C..., the American Zone leader (woot!). It was pretty good. We worked very hard, but we also had a good time. It was nice to hang with an American for a day. We spoke Portuguese as often as possible, but if I had a question that I couldn’t explain in Portuguese, it was nice to have it answered by a person who could understand it. The only bad part is that Elder M… neglected to tell me that I was going to be spending the night at the Zone Leaders house. Which meant that I had no new clothes, or any of my stuff other than what was in my bag. I felt gross for the better part of the next day, but it was fine after I got home, so no worries.
We got to watch Pres. Hinckley’s funeral live, which was very good. I thought that it wasn’t too sad, it just reminded me of how much he’s done for us. We got to watch the whole thing, and the Brazilian’s thought it was cool to see all the snow on the ground. As well as houses with lawns and without big gates all around. Ah, that made me miss Utah a bit. I miss being cold, and I miss carpet. There is very little of it here.
So first off with the questions, me and my companion are assigned to a ward. Our stake is the Baurú Stake, and our ward is called Marechal Rondon. Maybe you can find the address from the church website and then see my chapel on Google Earth. And I´m assigned to work in the area of one ward, the rest of our district and zone are spread out over the course of Baurú.
Thanks for forwarding that letter from Rob, it was really good to hear from him. And actually, what he wrote about helped me immensely. It’s nice to know that what is hard to deal with in a mission in Brazil is the same as in a mission in Russia. Thanks Spidey. Anyone know how Elder Morrise is doing?
So last week, we had a split for a day and a half. These usually happen about once every other week. Elder M... is District Leader here, so he needs to work with the other Elders sometimes, and it also allows everyone to work with the rest of the Elders. I like them, cuz it lets me get to know the other Elders. We traded with our zone leaders, and I got to work with Elder C..., the American Zone leader (woot!). It was pretty good. We worked very hard, but we also had a good time. It was nice to hang with an American for a day. We spoke Portuguese as often as possible, but if I had a question that I couldn’t explain in Portuguese, it was nice to have it answered by a person who could understand it. The only bad part is that Elder M… neglected to tell me that I was going to be spending the night at the Zone Leaders house. Which meant that I had no new clothes, or any of my stuff other than what was in my bag. I felt gross for the better part of the next day, but it was fine after I got home, so no worries.
We got to watch Pres. Hinckley’s funeral live, which was very good. I thought that it wasn’t too sad, it just reminded me of how much he’s done for us. We got to watch the whole thing, and the Brazilian’s thought it was cool to see all the snow on the ground. As well as houses with lawns and without big gates all around. Ah, that made me miss Utah a bit. I miss being cold, and I miss carpet. There is very little of it here.
In the area of bad news, the past few days was not good in terms of our investigators. About five of them chose to stop investigation for various reasons, (Husband doesn’t like us teaching, joined a different church, just wants to bible bash) so that was hard. Ah well, hopefully it will improve. We gots to get us some new investigators!
Well, till next week.
Elder =w= Heperi
