Mom and Dad,
I am really glad that you two had such a wonderful time at
Chris and jesses place. The kids sound like they are getting so big! Adriano, a
recent convert wanted to see our pictures on Facebook, so he got to my page and
I saw the picture of Chris and the babies. I gasped really loud and said `eles
tem cabelo!!` (THEY HAVE HAIR!!) they laughed really hard at me. But I was
excited! I am really jealous that you got to play with them and I couldn’t. Did
Carter like basketball? It sounded like he wanted to show off for you. That’s
always good.
You get to be a missionary too! How cool are
you?! You have no idea how much member missionaries are needed. I didn’t know
until my last meeting at the MTC. We use members as much as possible in
lessons. It helps the investigators gain a friend at church so they are more
comfortable with going. Mom is going to get tons of new friends! And you don’t
have to worry about it. Read Preach my Gospel that dad has and bear your
testimony lots! When I get home I can go on splits with you ;) you can tell me
when I start preaching in Portuguese.
Well this week I kind of don’t have a p-day. Today we get to
write emails. But the rest of the day is normal teaching and contacting. This
is because we get to go to the temple on Wednesday. I’m really excited for
that! I really miss the temple. I think I have needed it. My energy is getting
low and sad. I need a boost! When I get back to Rexburg I will have to go a
ton. Sister Conde told me that only the missionaries in the Porto Alegre city
area get to go. Those serving in the Pelotas area can’t go. They can’t bring
all of the missionaries in at once. It’s really sad. So I kind of hope I can
stay in this area at least through august so that I can go the next time. We
only get to go 2 times a year. That is a big difference from the MTC were we
saw the temple 2 times a week and did work once a week. So I guess they are
having our p-day then, instead of today. But so you don’t think I have died
until then, I get to write you!
So the story of our milagre famÃlia continues! so Fernando,
the husband had talked with some friends about the church and he got introduced
to some internet sites that were made by some members that no longer like the
church (who knows for what reason) and they wrote tons of horrible things about
the church and talked about all the things that we do in the temple and the
clothes we wear there. He also found sites that showed pictures of garments. Needless
to say, he doesn’t really like the church and he keeps trying to tell Sandra,
Sophia, and Tiago not to go to church and that the Sisters (us wonderful
innocent young women) are brain washing them. On Tuesday Sophia came to the
young women’s activity, so Sandra came with. She told us all about this. So we
told her to have a talk with the bishop (he was a little shocked when we told
him she wasn’t a member. but he still spoke with her). That really helped her
out a lot. He told her all that she needed to hear. Things that we weren’t sure
what we could and could not talk about. Later in the week we had a lesson with
Sandra and Sophia (Tiago had to work). They told us all about how they would
study the scriptures together and study all other church books. Sandra is
reading Daughters in my Kingdom and Sophia is reading the teachings my Joseph
F. Smith that we use in Sunday school. They have set goals for their studies
and are very excited for the day they can go to the temple. And through all of
this, they ignore Fernando. He would tell them he wouldn’t take them to the
church, and they would say fine, I will take the omnibus. Or when they would
study, he would come in, try to get them to stop (they wouldn’t), he would
leave, come back, leave. And continue this. I think they are setting a good
example for him by being so strong on their commitment to be baptized. It is so
funny to walk into their house. You would think they were a normal LDS family
this entire time. Not investigators. They are awesome examples for members
even. They were traveling this weekend, but Sandra got the address for the
church where they were going. So they planned to go to church anyways. Tiago
stayed here and came to stake conference with us. It was really awesome.
Other than that awesome family, we have also been teaching
Juliana. She has a crush on a guy in the ward. So I have volunteered to play up
my bad language skills and become cupid for her. Ok, ok, my language isn’t that
bad. I understand a lot more. I can actually mold together the words to try to
figure out what the person is meaning in the sentence. But sometimes I am way
off... that can happen... when it does, Sister Conde laughs at me really hard
and corrects me. But I do the same thing when she says ´I am the flesh!´ when
she really means ´I am the Flash´ so you know, it works both ways. I am normal!
Other than teaching and working hard, the week has been
pretty normal. It is really hot out. So we try to drink tons of water. I know
understand why the missionaries always ask for the bathroom the moment they
walk in the door... my first phrase here ´eu posso usar banheiro?` no joke.
Well, I love you tons. I am sorry that not much has happened
this week. But I hope that mom´s cold will go away and that all will be well.
Love you!
Love,Lindsay
I am doing really well. I have been reading the conference
talks from this last October. I think I am addicted to them. I am always
finding new things and inspiring words. It helps me as well as helps me teach
my investigators. I am so happy to hear that Emily likes her blanket! I really
hope it gets well used. Took a lot of time and energy to make it, and it’s all
for her!
I think mom will do really well in her calling. It will help
her a lot, and I think she needs a break from primary. She loves primary after
she leaves it. So this will help strengthen her testimony a lot. It sure has
me!
I am glad to hear that my emails are helping you. I want my
experience here to benefit more than just me.
I love you tons!!
Love,Your baby girl
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