Dear Family of Elder Heperi,
Sister Leal and I are pleased to inform you that Elder Heperi has been called to be a District Leader. Your son has gained our confidence and we have observed his missionary service. We’re certain that he has the necessary qualities to fulfill his calling that is so important. He will be responsible for two to four companionships of missionaries in his district. His greatest responsibilities are:
- Teach and Train
- Manage the district, including interviews for baptism
- Delegate and guide through his love and example
The most important thing that has helped your son to be successful until now is the support of his family. Thank you so much for your support. We hope that you may continue to pray for him and offer your counsels. The Lord is blessing us here in the Brazil Londrina Mission and we are grateful for the opportunity to serve with Elder Heperi.
With Love,
President and Sister Leal
RESPONSE
President Leal,
Thank you for the update regarding our son. We are so grateful that he loves the people of Brazil and is anxiously engaged in the work of the Lord. We continue to be blessed as a family, as he serves in the field. We also trust that you and your dear wife are being blessed because of your great service.
In September, we look forward to our next son, Levi, serving his mission in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He will be a strong missionary, and has been learning many good things from the weekly reports we receive from Elder Heperi. We are so grateful that Elder Heperi's example has set a standard for the rest of his siblings.
President, my email is short but I hope that you know of our love for you and your wife, even though we have never met. Thanks, also, to the great people of Brazil who care for our son! The gospel is a wonderful thing and I am grateful that we are acquainted through the gospel and missionary work.
We pray for you and your missionaries, night and day, and know that the gospel is true!!!
With much love and gratitude,
Elaine and Vernon Heperi
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Mission Got A Little Smaller
I´m here at the Internet café getting some stuff ready for our meeting tomorrow, but I thought I´d let you guys know that the mission boundaries for the Brasil Londrina Mission changed. The state of Mato Grosso do Sul (Where I served in Ponta Porã and Campo Grande) got moved to be part of the Cuiabá Mission, along with all the missionaries there. Elder Monterrosa is in Campo Grande, so I guess I won´t get to see him on the plane ride back, which is kinda sad. I guess the mission just got a little bit smaller.
Elder Heperi
Elder Heperi
Soccer and Pastors
Yeah, I heard about the game between Brazil and the US. Actually, I´ve been able to hear about every game, as all week I´ve been hearing about the games going on from basically everyone I talk to. Walking down the center street in my area, every single bar or business that had a TV was open and showing the game. Teaching is always difficult on a Sunday afternoon with a soccer game, and just imagine how it is when Brazil is in the finals against the US! (We didn´t get a lot of acceptance in terms of people listening to the message, but we did get a lot of invites to watch the game.) Ah well, come World Cup time we´ll see who wins...
Heh, so I became District Leader, which I think has a lot to do with the fact that no one else in the district is available, so I think I became it 80% by inspiration, and 20% by default. (Elder Han is training, his comp is a newbie, my comp just got here and isn´t familiar with the area, and the other companionship are the Pres's Assistants, and they´re always traveling, so I guess it landed with me.) I´ve never done a baptismal interview before, so I´m excited to do something new.
This week, our really good investigators Ro... and Ca..., who just have to get married and then they´ll be baptized, started avoiding us. It was really weird, because we went there for an appointment, and I knew they were home, but they wouldn´t come out when we´d knock. They didn´t go to church yesterday, so we passed by there on a surprise visit, and found them both at home. Carla seemed pretty embarrassed, and when I asked what was going on, she said that her extended family (who we taught a couple of times but are waaay Evangelical and just want to stick with the Bible) and a pastor from the family´s church had been visiting a couple of times during the week and putting ideas in her head. They had this problem when I got here in the area, but it had stopped after a bit. The family and pastor are getting pretty desperate it seems to convince them to not get baptized. They told her a bunch of stuff that the church supposedly does, (something about writing your name in blood in a book that we have in the chapel when you get baptized, also a lot of confusion about baptisms for the dead) and unfortunately they believed it and got scared and started avoiding us. We sat and talked to them for a bit, and they told us how they had started fighting a bunch in the house again, and how they had started smoking (they had stopped for almost 3 weeks) as a result of all of this. We helped them to see how it was just more trials as they are getting closer to the truth and baptism, so naturally there will be more obstacles. I think they felt better after the visit, and I think they´ll get back on track now. I´m pretty ticked off at their extended family though, and I´d love to talk to the pastor. (Oh btw, we were teaching C...´s brother, Moi... (Moses in Portuguese) who´s pretty Evangelical but said that he´d get baptized if he got a response that the Book of Mormon is true. C... said that after a visit from the pastor telling him that the book is demonic, he burned the book right there in his house. More love from the family, eh?
On a happier note, another family that we´re teaching is going really great. J... and Ma..., along with their three kids. J... works most Sundays, but Ma... and the 3 kids went to church on Sunday, and liked it a lot. They still have to get married and stop smoking, but they´re doing great.
Welp, sáll from me this week. Good to hear that things are rolling along, and somebody give Rob, Nate, Yader and Alex a big manly hug from me if they see them. (Preferably Levi, as he is the person that most resembles me.) And, a friendly reminder to Comrade Magleby and Emperor Morrisse that they owe me a couple of letters from home, as I sent a bunch while they were at the MTC. Now it´s your turn, heh.
Peace
Elder =w= Heperi
Heh, so I became District Leader, which I think has a lot to do with the fact that no one else in the district is available, so I think I became it 80% by inspiration, and 20% by default. (Elder Han is training, his comp is a newbie, my comp just got here and isn´t familiar with the area, and the other companionship are the Pres's Assistants, and they´re always traveling, so I guess it landed with me.) I´ve never done a baptismal interview before, so I´m excited to do something new.
This week, our really good investigators Ro... and Ca..., who just have to get married and then they´ll be baptized, started avoiding us. It was really weird, because we went there for an appointment, and I knew they were home, but they wouldn´t come out when we´d knock. They didn´t go to church yesterday, so we passed by there on a surprise visit, and found them both at home. Carla seemed pretty embarrassed, and when I asked what was going on, she said that her extended family (who we taught a couple of times but are waaay Evangelical and just want to stick with the Bible) and a pastor from the family´s church had been visiting a couple of times during the week and putting ideas in her head. They had this problem when I got here in the area, but it had stopped after a bit. The family and pastor are getting pretty desperate it seems to convince them to not get baptized. They told her a bunch of stuff that the church supposedly does, (something about writing your name in blood in a book that we have in the chapel when you get baptized, also a lot of confusion about baptisms for the dead) and unfortunately they believed it and got scared and started avoiding us. We sat and talked to them for a bit, and they told us how they had started fighting a bunch in the house again, and how they had started smoking (they had stopped for almost 3 weeks) as a result of all of this. We helped them to see how it was just more trials as they are getting closer to the truth and baptism, so naturally there will be more obstacles. I think they felt better after the visit, and I think they´ll get back on track now. I´m pretty ticked off at their extended family though, and I´d love to talk to the pastor. (Oh btw, we were teaching C...´s brother, Moi... (Moses in Portuguese) who´s pretty Evangelical but said that he´d get baptized if he got a response that the Book of Mormon is true. C... said that after a visit from the pastor telling him that the book is demonic, he burned the book right there in his house. More love from the family, eh?
On a happier note, another family that we´re teaching is going really great. J... and Ma..., along with their three kids. J... works most Sundays, but Ma... and the 3 kids went to church on Sunday, and liked it a lot. They still have to get married and stop smoking, but they´re doing great.
Welp, sáll from me this week. Good to hear that things are rolling along, and somebody give Rob, Nate, Yader and Alex a big manly hug from me if they see them. (Preferably Levi, as he is the person that most resembles me.) And, a friendly reminder to Comrade Magleby and Emperor Morrisse that they owe me a couple of letters from home, as I sent a bunch while they were at the MTC. Now it´s your turn, heh.
Peace
Elder =w= Heperi
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Transfers are in...
We just got our transfer info. Elder Cr... is leaving, and I´m getting a guy named Elder Pereira. (I met him once, but just briefly. Should be good times.)
Oh, and a funny side note. I found out that there´s a road named Utah here in Londrina! We´re gonna see if we can pass by there and take a picture... 'till next week.
-Elder Heperi
Oh, and a funny side note. I found out that there´s a road named Utah here in Londrina! We´re gonna see if we can pass by there and take a picture... 'till next week.
-Elder Heperi
Brazil Party
I´ll be honest. I completely forgot that it was Father’s Day. Sorry Dad, and Happy Father’s day. (They have father’s day here in Brazil, but I think it’s a different day. Maybe that’s why I didn’t remember.)
This week we unfortunately didn´t get our baptisms to go thru because the people have to get married still. It’s a bit complicated, as the place where the do the weddings in wa...aay in the center of the city, and we can only travel there on P-day (They need us to be with them to get the discount that the church gets). A big mess, but we’ll figure it out.
I was pretty happy with the ward this week. We were lacking a bunch of lessons with members, and it seemed liked the ward seemed kind of detached from missionary work, so we made up a calendar and went around last Sunday, asking who could work with us during the week. The ward was very receptive, and we had members leaving with us everyday this past week, and so we managed to accomplish our goals and have the ward be more involved at the same time.
Oh, and I got sick for the first time on the mission. (Sick as in had to stay in bed, not just a runny nose.) I got a fever and everything, but after a blessing, ½ a day in bed, and lots of Brazilian medicine (the kind I took had a mysterious florescent yellow strip of color on the pill), I was up and about in time for the ward party on Saturday, where we had a decent amount of investigators. The party was Fiesta Junina (June Party, I guess), where everybody dresses like a Brazilian Hill-Billy (basically everybody looks like they’re from a Mark Twain novel) and dances around a lot. It was good, and I thought that it was just missing a Conga Line, some Limbo, and a dancing lady with fruit on her hat, but it was fine just the same.
Transfers are today, and I’m thinking that Elder Cr... is heading out, as he’s been here for quite a bit. Who knows?
So Levi gets to have a biking mission, huh? Hey, I’ve been hearing stuff from Kamalei´s mission, and it seems like I’ve missed out on the perks of transportation. All I get it the bus…
Welp, sáll from me. Sorry it’s short this week... ´till later.
- Elder =w= Heperi
This week we unfortunately didn´t get our baptisms to go thru because the people have to get married still. It’s a bit complicated, as the place where the do the weddings in wa...aay in the center of the city, and we can only travel there on P-day (They need us to be with them to get the discount that the church gets). A big mess, but we’ll figure it out.
I was pretty happy with the ward this week. We were lacking a bunch of lessons with members, and it seemed liked the ward seemed kind of detached from missionary work, so we made up a calendar and went around last Sunday, asking who could work with us during the week. The ward was very receptive, and we had members leaving with us everyday this past week, and so we managed to accomplish our goals and have the ward be more involved at the same time.
Oh, and I got sick for the first time on the mission. (Sick as in had to stay in bed, not just a runny nose.) I got a fever and everything, but after a blessing, ½ a day in bed, and lots of Brazilian medicine (the kind I took had a mysterious florescent yellow strip of color on the pill), I was up and about in time for the ward party on Saturday, where we had a decent amount of investigators. The party was Fiesta Junina (June Party, I guess), where everybody dresses like a Brazilian Hill-Billy (basically everybody looks like they’re from a Mark Twain novel) and dances around a lot. It was good, and I thought that it was just missing a Conga Line, some Limbo, and a dancing lady with fruit on her hat, but it was fine just the same.
Transfers are today, and I’m thinking that Elder Cr... is heading out, as he’s been here for quite a bit. Who knows?
So Levi gets to have a biking mission, huh? Hey, I’ve been hearing stuff from Kamalei´s mission, and it seems like I’ve missed out on the perks of transportation. All I get it the bus…
Welp, sáll from me. Sorry it’s short this week... ´till later.
- Elder =w= Heperi
Weddings and Stuff
Sup yáll.
This week was pretty cool. The conference Elder Natã Tobias was good. We all got to go up and shake his hand before the meeting. He said that he has some family/friends living in Provo, but couldn´t remember exactly where. He actually did pretty well on pronouncing my name correctly. When I shook Sister Tobias´s hand, she asked where I was from, and when I said “Provo, Utah” she looked surprised and said “No way! You don´t look it Elder!” I laughed, because I´m used to that reaction from people, just not from General Authorities wives, ha. The conference was great, and I learned a lot about how I can improve my teaching skills.
As for our investigators, two of our families are at a standstill because we´re trying to see what we can do with getting them married. We just went to the marriage place (I don’t know what you call it) today, and while they can get a discount for them because it´s a religious thing, Unfortunately it´ll take about a month to go thru, and it´s a bit expensive, so we´ll see what we´re going to have to do. One of the guys, named Se..., is so determined to get baptized this week that he says he´s going to move out of his house and live with his brother while he´s waiting for the marriage business to go thru.
On a sadder note, the really great family that we where teaching, Ad..., Lu... and Ka..., decided that they don´t want to be baptized anymore. They where all progressing really well (Lu... is already in Alma) until the Word of Wisdom lesson. They told us that they were happy with the lifestyle that they were leading, and Lu... told us that she´d rather die than stop drinking her beer. (Very encouraging hearing that) So…unfortunately they´ve decided to stop investigating for a while. It´s kind of sad, as both of them have already prayed and received an answer that the message is true, they just lack the desire for now.
It continues to be nice and chilly here in Londrina, which sometimes makes people unwilling to come to the door when we show up, but when we do manage to get in, it makes teaching twice as effective as usually everybody stays in the house on cold days.
So, Levi´s getting started on the mission shopping, huh? Good to hear that he got them Ecco shoes.
Welp, sáll from me. Till the next time.
-Elder Heperi
This week was pretty cool. The conference Elder Natã Tobias was good. We all got to go up and shake his hand before the meeting. He said that he has some family/friends living in Provo, but couldn´t remember exactly where. He actually did pretty well on pronouncing my name correctly. When I shook Sister Tobias´s hand, she asked where I was from, and when I said “Provo, Utah” she looked surprised and said “No way! You don´t look it Elder!” I laughed, because I´m used to that reaction from people, just not from General Authorities wives, ha. The conference was great, and I learned a lot about how I can improve my teaching skills.
As for our investigators, two of our families are at a standstill because we´re trying to see what we can do with getting them married. We just went to the marriage place (I don’t know what you call it) today, and while they can get a discount for them because it´s a religious thing, Unfortunately it´ll take about a month to go thru, and it´s a bit expensive, so we´ll see what we´re going to have to do. One of the guys, named Se..., is so determined to get baptized this week that he says he´s going to move out of his house and live with his brother while he´s waiting for the marriage business to go thru.
On a sadder note, the really great family that we where teaching, Ad..., Lu... and Ka..., decided that they don´t want to be baptized anymore. They where all progressing really well (Lu... is already in Alma) until the Word of Wisdom lesson. They told us that they were happy with the lifestyle that they were leading, and Lu... told us that she´d rather die than stop drinking her beer. (Very encouraging hearing that) So…unfortunately they´ve decided to stop investigating for a while. It´s kind of sad, as both of them have already prayed and received an answer that the message is true, they just lack the desire for now.
It continues to be nice and chilly here in Londrina, which sometimes makes people unwilling to come to the door when we show up, but when we do manage to get in, it makes teaching twice as effective as usually everybody stays in the house on cold days.
So, Levi´s getting started on the mission shopping, huh? Good to hear that he got them Ecco shoes.
Welp, sáll from me. Till the next time.
-Elder Heperi
Monday, June 8, 2009
Building lives, breaking homes.
It seems like a lot happens during the week, but then P-day comes and I forget. I gotta learn to write stuff down to remember better.
Last week we had a service project, that was probably the funnest that I´ve done yet. One of our investigators was living a an old little house that the government ordered be taken down cuz they´re gonna build a park or something, so he asked us to take his house apart. It was a blast. The house was pretty small, (about the size of our front room) and took a couple of hours to take apart. First he took the roof off and the beams supporting it, and then it was all hammer swings and Street Fighter ninja kicks from there. Our legs where pretty sore afterwards, but it was pretty cool to kick down a bunch of walls. Unfortunately, the house and walls were infested with tons of spiders that would come out of the walls sometimes, so that was a fun part. Ha, after so long of helping people build stronger homes, it was a nice change to help someone destroy theirs.
Today we´re gonna pass by the place that does marriages, as many if not all of our investigators are in need of it. I´ve heard that it´s a bit expensive, but that the missionaries usually can get a pretty decent discount after some begging. Unfortunately, there´s no free marriage here like in Campo Grande, so that´s the part that´s holding some of our investigators up.
On a better note, we found a large family who are pretty religious, receptive, and (even better) legally married! They´re a a Presbyterian family. One of the kids has a really weird name that I can never remember, but it sounds like “Anakin” so I usually just end up calling him so. I think they´ll do well.
Usually one of our first questions after getting to know somebody is asking if they´re married. It usually goes something like this:
Us: So, how long have you guys been together?
Investigators: Oh, about 10 yrs.
Us: Cool, did you guys get married here?
Investigators: Yeah, we started living together here.
Us: What kind of wedding cake did you guys have? Chocolate?
Investigators: Huh? No, there wasen´t any cake, we didn´t actually do the whole legal process, but we´re pretty much married, you know, after being together so long.
The cake question gets to the point every time.
So they had some of that swine flu/fever at the MTC? Yeesh, that´s kinda scary. There´s a lady in the ward here that says that the swine flu/fever is the animals are rebelling after centuries of mistreatment, or something like that. She´s a bit of an animal activist.
Yesterday I was the pianist in sacrament meeting, as the lady who usually conducts was absent, and I have absolutely no idea how to conduct. So, the beehive who´s the piano player conducted, and I did backup duty for the day. It was nice to play in sacrament meeting again. The chapel was a little empty, as frequency keeps going down in the ward for some reason.
I´m getting to know the area a little better now. There´s quite a few hills, and there´s an area at night that we have to avoid as it´s where all the drug dealers go, but other than night it´s a pretty peaceful place.
Welp, sáll from me.
The weather continues to be nice and cool, and I don´t think I´ve sweat a drop since getting here. Here´s hoping for more of the same!
-Elder Répri
Last week we had a service project, that was probably the funnest that I´ve done yet. One of our investigators was living a an old little house that the government ordered be taken down cuz they´re gonna build a park or something, so he asked us to take his house apart. It was a blast. The house was pretty small, (about the size of our front room) and took a couple of hours to take apart. First he took the roof off and the beams supporting it, and then it was all hammer swings and Street Fighter ninja kicks from there. Our legs where pretty sore afterwards, but it was pretty cool to kick down a bunch of walls. Unfortunately, the house and walls were infested with tons of spiders that would come out of the walls sometimes, so that was a fun part. Ha, after so long of helping people build stronger homes, it was a nice change to help someone destroy theirs.
Today we´re gonna pass by the place that does marriages, as many if not all of our investigators are in need of it. I´ve heard that it´s a bit expensive, but that the missionaries usually can get a pretty decent discount after some begging. Unfortunately, there´s no free marriage here like in Campo Grande, so that´s the part that´s holding some of our investigators up.
On a better note, we found a large family who are pretty religious, receptive, and (even better) legally married! They´re a a Presbyterian family. One of the kids has a really weird name that I can never remember, but it sounds like “Anakin” so I usually just end up calling him so. I think they´ll do well.
Usually one of our first questions after getting to know somebody is asking if they´re married. It usually goes something like this:
Us: So, how long have you guys been together?
Investigators: Oh, about 10 yrs.
Us: Cool, did you guys get married here?
Investigators: Yeah, we started living together here.
Us: What kind of wedding cake did you guys have? Chocolate?
Investigators: Huh? No, there wasen´t any cake, we didn´t actually do the whole legal process, but we´re pretty much married, you know, after being together so long.
The cake question gets to the point every time.
So they had some of that swine flu/fever at the MTC? Yeesh, that´s kinda scary. There´s a lady in the ward here that says that the swine flu/fever is the animals are rebelling after centuries of mistreatment, or something like that. She´s a bit of an animal activist.
Yesterday I was the pianist in sacrament meeting, as the lady who usually conducts was absent, and I have absolutely no idea how to conduct. So, the beehive who´s the piano player conducted, and I did backup duty for the day. It was nice to play in sacrament meeting again. The chapel was a little empty, as frequency keeps going down in the ward for some reason.
I´m getting to know the area a little better now. There´s quite a few hills, and there´s an area at night that we have to avoid as it´s where all the drug dealers go, but other than night it´s a pretty peaceful place.
Welp, sáll from me.
The weather continues to be nice and cool, and I don´t think I´ve sweat a drop since getting here. Here´s hoping for more of the same!
-Elder Répri
Sunday, June 7, 2009
See you in St. Lou...ay!!!
Nelly songs are running thru my head. Oh dude! Wow, I can´t believe how soon it seems like Levi´s call came. St. Louis, Missouri, eh? Hey Levi, maybe you can find and teach Nelly while you´re down there. (And don´t forget the Rams.)
I guess it´s official now, huh? 4 yrs. without seeing each other. That´s really weird. So I left at 19, and won´t see Levi until I´m 23? Ha.
Well, any news that I have seems small in comparison, but I´ll try to give it. I was reflecting last night in bed, (I think because of the cold. It got down to about 7 degrees Celsius, and made me feel like it was Christmastime. Very cold in the apartment.) and got to thinking how much time it seems has passed. I mean, Levi with a mission call and Rob about to come home? Yeesh. (BTW: It was rumoured that we´d get a visit from an Apostle this year as well, but as yet it hasn´t been confirmed.)
This week was good and productive. We´re trying a lot harder to involve the members in the work, and the members seem a little more excited about it. Frequency is a little bit low though. As yesterday was pretty chilly, (I walked around in my sweater and suit coat, something I´ve never done before on this side of the equator) which unfortunately made about ½ of the ward stay at home instead of braving the icy winds of Londrina. (Maybe we could get some of Elder Magleby´s people from Russia to talk to them about cold weather and going to church.) Rod... and C. (the young couple that we´re teaching) didn´t go to church because their baby was pretty sick. We passed by there later and taught a lesson about priesthood blessings and gave one to the kid. Rod... seemed pretty touched when we told him that one day it would be his responsibility to bless his family with the Priesthood. They´re a really great family. Rod... is really curious and writes down every scripture reference that we use to read later. Their neighbors are a less-active family that we´re trying to work with to get reactivated as well. They´re good, just that the wife has a bit of a drinking problem, but is always willing to help.
Yesterday we were at lunch with a member who´s an immigrant from Yugoslavia. He speaks Portuguese and German, so I got to practice a bit of my horrible German with him. I guess two years of class weren't all in vain, as he could understand as I asked him important questions like “What´s your name?” and “Do you like bratwurst's or guitar?”. He told me to stick with the Portuguese, and I should be fine. His wife was a bit familiar with New Zealand, and when I said that Dad was from New Zealand, she asked “Oh, so you´re Maori then?” A nice family.
Welp, today we´re off to a BBQ at one of the chapels close to President Leal´s house. I guess it´s gonna be an activity with the two Zones here in Londrina, so I´ll get to see a couple of people that I haven´t seen in a while. He told us to bring shorts and sneakers as well, so maybe we´ll have a soccer game or something with the two Zones. Free food and a Zone activity. Nutin´ better.
That´s my time for today.
Congrats again to the future Elder Heperi, and I hope that you leave all your cool stuff for me. I´ll take good care of it come November. Heh.
-Elder Heperi
I guess it´s official now, huh? 4 yrs. without seeing each other. That´s really weird. So I left at 19, and won´t see Levi until I´m 23? Ha.
Well, any news that I have seems small in comparison, but I´ll try to give it. I was reflecting last night in bed, (I think because of the cold. It got down to about 7 degrees Celsius, and made me feel like it was Christmastime. Very cold in the apartment.) and got to thinking how much time it seems has passed. I mean, Levi with a mission call and Rob about to come home? Yeesh. (BTW: It was rumoured that we´d get a visit from an Apostle this year as well, but as yet it hasn´t been confirmed.)
This week was good and productive. We´re trying a lot harder to involve the members in the work, and the members seem a little more excited about it. Frequency is a little bit low though. As yesterday was pretty chilly, (I walked around in my sweater and suit coat, something I´ve never done before on this side of the equator) which unfortunately made about ½ of the ward stay at home instead of braving the icy winds of Londrina. (Maybe we could get some of Elder Magleby´s people from Russia to talk to them about cold weather and going to church.) Rod... and C. (the young couple that we´re teaching) didn´t go to church because their baby was pretty sick. We passed by there later and taught a lesson about priesthood blessings and gave one to the kid. Rod... seemed pretty touched when we told him that one day it would be his responsibility to bless his family with the Priesthood. They´re a really great family. Rod... is really curious and writes down every scripture reference that we use to read later. Their neighbors are a less-active family that we´re trying to work with to get reactivated as well. They´re good, just that the wife has a bit of a drinking problem, but is always willing to help.
Yesterday we were at lunch with a member who´s an immigrant from Yugoslavia. He speaks Portuguese and German, so I got to practice a bit of my horrible German with him. I guess two years of class weren't all in vain, as he could understand as I asked him important questions like “What´s your name?” and “Do you like bratwurst's or guitar?”. He told me to stick with the Portuguese, and I should be fine. His wife was a bit familiar with New Zealand, and when I said that Dad was from New Zealand, she asked “Oh, so you´re Maori then?” A nice family.
Welp, today we´re off to a BBQ at one of the chapels close to President Leal´s house. I guess it´s gonna be an activity with the two Zones here in Londrina, so I´ll get to see a couple of people that I haven´t seen in a while. He told us to bring shorts and sneakers as well, so maybe we´ll have a soccer game or something with the two Zones. Free food and a Zone activity. Nutin´ better.
That´s my time for today.
Congrats again to the future Elder Heperi, and I hope that you leave all your cool stuff for me. I´ll take good care of it come November. Heh.
-Elder Heperi
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