tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79668692607981968722024-03-05T00:00:13.615-08:00Elder Avram TwitchellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-28677176803768005192013-08-19T07:35:00.002-07:002013-08-19T07:35:58.502-07:00LAST E-MAIL!!! Elder Twitchell will be home Saturday
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Well, I can´t believe it, but
the end has finally come. I´m not sure exactly what to write you guys,
because I’ll be able to tell everything in a few days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yesterday, we picked up Elder
Funk from Portão. He´s going to be my replacement. We´re going to
be in a trio until I leave. Elder Funk is a great guy, super
excited. He´s going to do great in the area. This will make things
a bit easier for Elder Morales, They´re not going to have to close our area
because of me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I actually ate lunch with
Amanda and family this last Tuesday, during exchanges in Bairro Novo, but
Juvencio invited me again. I´m going more to take pictures and say
good-bye. They´ve been so great to me. I think besides Amanda´s
family, and other missionaries, no one here knows that I’m going home this Friday.
It´s going to be a crazy week. I know that on Wednesday, I’m going to the
temple, so that´ll be good. I´m going with everyone from my group, so I’ll
see Elder Barkdull and Elder Reeves again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I´m about to leave to go
visit Juvencio, so I’m already going to wrap things up. I just want to
say three things that I learned on my mission, of greatest importance to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 1) I learned, without a
doubt, that the Book of Mormon is true. If anyone wants to get closer to
God, they should read this book. The Book of Mormon has given me the
answers to questions, time and time again on the mission, and has been a great
source of power in teaching others. I know that my investigators lives
have been touched, as they read the Book of Mormon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 2) I learned to
trust in the Spirit. I learned to invite, recognize, and follow the
Spirit. This was one of the hardest things to learn on the mission, but
when I learned to recognize the Spirit and follow it with consistency in my
mission, my mission transformed. It really is worthless to work without
the Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 3) I learned to
love others, even those who treat me poorly. I think that before the
mission, I really didn´t have a capacity to love anyone besides myself.
But on the mission, the Lord has helped me developed a great love for others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Well, I love you all
lots! I´ll see you in just a bit!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> LOVE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-32660651400949328652013-08-12T19:48:00.000-07:002013-08-15T19:49:31.404-07:00Last Hair Cut
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eiii family!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Wow, I guess I’ll have to go
shopping after this e-mail. I have a lot of things to get you! It´s
hard to believe, I only have this p-day and then one more after it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> That’s neat that you talked
to Amanda. I´m planning on buying a present for Danilo and Amanda today,
so that I can give it to them on Sunday. I´m also going to buy a present
for Wallison and Emanuelle. I´m going to develop photos from their
baptisms, and then buy a picture frame, and give it to them as a present.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Well, things on this end are
accelerating, each and every day. I´m trying to bear my testimony to as
many people as I possibly can. We´re still in search for new
investigators to baptize, but the Lord´s chosen are out there, and we´re going
to find them. Elder Morales and I are doing great as a companionship, I
feel kind of bad that I’ll have so little time with him. The time truly
is short, but during the week, I act as if I still have a lot of time left on
the mission. I´m going to continue learning, continue getting better, and
continue being a leader until the moment they take my Missionary Placket away
from me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Ben and Andrew both sent me
e-mails. Haha, I could tell just by Ben´s letter that he´s a little lost.
Andrew´s letter was great, too, it´s amazing to see the difference in him
just by the letter. However, I will say that his letter left me trunky
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Wish Autumn a Happy Birthday
for me!! She´s 18 already, I can´t believe. Her letter should be
getting there soon, I sent it a couple of weeks ago. I´m super excited to
see everyone, Alicia, Bentley, Mom, Dad, family! It´s going to be great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I got my hair cut today, for
the last time in Brasil. :( But the barber was one of the most
interesting barber´s I’ve ever met, he´s an old man of 63 years. He moved
to the US and lived there for 11 years. At one point, he decided to move
to Mexico, and lived there for 4 years. He then decided that he wanted to
try to cross the US-Mexican border, so he swam across the river. He was
telling me that a lot of Mexicans drown in the river, or die while they´re
crossing the desert. Hahaha, I thought it was the craziest story I’ve
ever heard. But then, his Mom called him, and told him to come back to
Brasil, so he did. What a life!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Well, I love you all lots!
Tell everyone I said hi, but I’ll see you soon anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Just one more e-mail from me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> LOVE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ELDER TWITCHELL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-69553038111017755192013-08-05T11:05:00.000-07:002013-08-07T11:05:57.690-07:00Leadership Council - got to see old friends
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This past week was pretty
fun, we had Leadership council with all of the Zone Leaders and District
Leaders. I got to see a lot of old friends--Elder Rex, Woodruff, Little,
Vighetto, Edgar, Rodriguez, etc. It´s great to see everyone, and see how
they´re doing. I don´t feel that much older as a missionary, but I feel
like everyone i know is getting a lot older. It was fun to get to know
President and Sister Fernandes better. They take our calling really
seriously, and gave us a lot of guidelines in maintaining the dignity of our
calling, but at the same time, they joke a lot. Sister Fernandes told us
all that we have to clean our houses more (Mom, I think you´ll be glad to know
that I have, in fact, learned how to clean on the mission) and keep ourselves
clean. President Fernandes spoke a lot about obedience and Faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> During the week, we continued
searching for new investigators. We visited a lot of them from last
week. We´re starting to develop a good teaching group here. It´s
funny because Parigot de Souza is really similar to Bairro Novo. Every
time I get transferred, it takes a bit to adjust, because each area is pretty
different one from another. But here, I’m not so much LEARNING how the
area is, but I’m REMEMBERING how it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This week we were helping a
less-active family come back to Church. They were baptized recently, but
stopped coming to church because they got offended. We planned well our
lesson, and brought a member with us to help us out. It was neat, because
we taught Obedience, which is a really simple principle. However, even
with such a simple principle, it turned out to be exactly what they needed to
hear. We used John 14:15 (if you love me, keep my commandments) and we
invited them to come back to church. Whereas before they didn´t want to
come back, this simple scripture helped them reflect about obedience, and have
the desire to keep the commandments. It was pretty neat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> So yeah, the area is doing
well. Elder Morales is great, he´s the best Chilean I know. We
share a lot of interests in common, such as eating rice and beans, teaching the
gospel, and helping others to be baptized. Elder Morales is a calm,
thoughtful missionary who likes to teach the gospel in a loving way. He´s
helping me a lot, because I, as a missionary, am a bit more spazzy and
frantic. I´m trying to think of a pop culture reference to describe our
companionship, but I am not remembering any movie that has a wise Chilean and a
spazzy American together...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The ward is doing well,
they´re helping us out. They have a lot of activities, which is great for
us, because we can invited investigators. A lot of them I kind of knew
already, which is fun, Parigot de Souza is a good ward. We had lunch with
our bishop yesterday, he´s a character! He´s way funny, I like him a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I can´t believe they changed
the film in the Temple!!! I´ll have to go check it out! I don´t
know, I kind of like the old ones, they have a special place in my heart.
But, I can´t judge, I haven´t seen the new ones yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I´m planning of buying some
things here in brazil so I can remember better. I´m planning on buying a
Soccer Jersey, and a Brazillian flag. Other than that, I’m trying to
think of things I can bring. Do you guys have any ideas? I´m
planning on returning with pretty much nothing in terms of clothing (yes, all
of my white shirts are going to be left behind), so I think I’ll have
space. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Well, I’ve gotta go, but I
love you lots!!! Keep praying for me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ELDER TWITCHELL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-12848274363880920602013-07-29T19:11:00.000-07:002013-07-30T19:15:02.948-07:00Porigot de Souza is a blessing!!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heeey family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Well, I guess I lost three
more days of my mission. I can´t even believe it. I really am excited to
get back, and see the whole family again and get back to studying, but I’m sad
to have to leave Brasil. It´s funny, because I took for granted brazil and the people since I’ve been here, but lately I’m starting to value it
all more. It´s like what everyone says, you don´t know what you´ve got
til it´s gone! Oh well, what can you do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> About seeing Alicia at
Atlanta, I’d be fine with it, but it seems like a great Hassle on Alicia’s
part. I´m sure I’ll see Alicia soon enough. I´d love to see her,
but I think it´d be easier not to. She´d have to get up like 3 in the
morning! haha, I love you Alicia!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> About who to invite, you can
invite whoever to the homecoming. I don´t know, I think it´d be cool to
have just family at the airport. At the home, you can invite whoever you
feel comfortable inviting. The day of the homecoming can be whichever.
You can leave my homecoming day the same day, if you´d like. Or you
can mark it on the 25th. Maybe I’ll be tired from the flight and the
mission, but it´ll be good to see everyone again, and have my mission fresh in
the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> One thing I DO want to leave
marked is a visit to the Temple, soon after I get back. I´m probably not
going to be able to go to the Temple here in Curitiba, but I need to go at some
point. I need to account to the Lord. Preferably the week after I
get back (because I imagine that on that Saturday, I’m going to be way tired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Ok, lets leave this topic for
now!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Parigot de Souza is a
blessing! It´s been a crazy week. So the Elders that were here
before baptized everyone that they were teaching, so now we´re kind of starting
from scratch again. We found a LOT of new investigators, like 7 different
families. The Lord blessed us a lot this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It´s weird beyond belief,
returning to this place. I´ve seen a LOT of familiar faces this week.
I saw several recent converts that I taught more than a year ago,
including Amanda, Thiago, Felipe, and Vera. Everyone that was pregnant
when I left all of a sudden have a baby. Everyone that had a baby while I
was in Bairro novo all of a sudden have a toddler. It´s been so strange.
Everyone was really excited to see me this week. It´s fun to see
everyone, but then again, I feel bad for Elder Morales, because we end up
losing time at activities and at Church! haha, I’m trying to avoid
catching up with all of these friends for TOO long, but it´s fun to see them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Elder Morales is great!
he´s a funny Chilean, and is a great teacher. He´s being an amazing
companion, I’m sad that I’m not going to stay with him for that long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Well, I gotta go (it´s hard
getting used to the 45 minutes again).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> LOVE YOU LOTS!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a letter, and I’ll send one more letter to the family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</o:p> </span>Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-33851315779621875892013-07-22T20:08:00.001-07:002013-07-22T20:08:44.487-07:00Amanda, Danio and Danny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> That’s neat that you got to
go to their homecoming!!! President and Sister Cordon were so great to
me. And yes, I recognize everyone that you took pictures with. I
can´t believe how long I’ve been out on the mission, it feels like it hasn´t
been that much time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> So today, I’m kind of short
on time, I think I’ll send a bunch of pictures so that you can see what I’ve
been up to. Today, I got TRANSFERRED. I got transferred to Parigot
de Souza, as a Zone Leader. It´s the area next to Bairro Novo, so I
pretty much know everything here already. And I’ll be seeing Amanda and
Danilo, along with everyone from Bairro Novo, every Sunday. So that´s
neat! I´m with Elder Morales here. He’s a Chilean, and great,
although he´s kind of hard to understand, with his Chilean accent. But I’m
really excited here! I´m not sure exactly when I’m coming home, they
haven´t told me yet, but I THOUGHT that it was on the 26th. Oh well,
we´ll see. For me, I hope it´s on the 26th, and not the 22.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Emanuele and Wallison got
baptized yesterday!!!! Wow, it was one of the best Baptismal
meetings I’ve had on the mission, the ward helped out a ton! There was a
special singing number, sung by the ward, there was cake, there was food, there
was drinks. Emanuele and Wallison liked it a lot. Also, at the
Baptismal, the ward already had chosen their Home Teachers and Visiting
teachers, so they got to meet them already. It was soooo neat. I
was pretty sad to have to leave Tatuquara, but I’m sure that Elder Rex will
take care of everyone there. Also, Elder Woodruff got called to
Tatuquara. So they´re in good hands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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callings! I´m sure you´ll love it. I want to do something with
scouting when I get back, I think it´ll be fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pictures, sorry for being in a rush today!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the baptism yesterday. Wallison´s work called him Saturday and asked him
to work on Sunday. This was the first time they called him to work on
Sunday, so we weren´t even expecting it. Emanuele didn´t want to get
baptized without her husband. So, we remarked the baptism for this next
Sunday. I´m just hoping that they don´t call him to work again.
We´re feeling pretty good about it, they both want to get baptized.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This week we had a ward
activity for missionary work. We got a long rope, and put it throughout
the chapel. At the end of the rope was the ´´Celestial Kingdom´´, and
along the way were several temptations. There was a room with a lot of
food, a room with video games, one with a movie playing, etc.. We blindfolded
them, and they had to hold on to the Rope. When they got to one of these
temptations, we let them take a peek at the temptation, and see what was there.
If they wanted, they could go, leaving the rope, but once they left, they
couldn´t come back. It was pretty funny, and a lot of ward members, and
investigators ended up coming. It actually turned out great. I
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Elder Little is going to the same Chapel as I do! There are two wards in
our chapel, Tatuquara and Rio Bonito. Elder Little and Elder Ritchie are
assigned to Rio Bonito.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we found a lot of new investigators, so we´re excited. Also, today, we´re
going to go have an activity with Elder Little´s district, so that should be
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spoken at church, but Bishop Nascimento told me yesterday that in a couple of
weeks we´d probably give a talk at church. I love giving talks on the
mission, it´s something different, and I always have something to talk about
with the ward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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REALLY cold, I just use the sweater for morning and at night. I don´t
know, I’m starting to think that everyone has been lying to me this whole time.
Curitiba doesn´t get all that cold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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President Fernandes this week. It was neat to talk to him. My interview lasted like 10-15 minutes. He
asked me a bit about my family, my weak and strong points, accomplishments that
I reached before the mission. Then he wrote down the things I said.
He´s really intelligent. He studies the scriptures like two
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to meet the new mission president! President Fernandes! He´s the
man, I’m way excited to serve with him, I think that there are going to be a
lot of changes here on the mission. President Fernandes is the second
youngest mission president to be called in this wave, so he´s got all of this
youthful vigor. Not that president Cordon is old! I feel like
anything good that I say about President Fernandes is taking away from
President Cordon! What inner conflict. But I’m super happy to be
here in the Curitiba South mission, because besides having the best mission
president in the world (President Cordon and President Fernandes being exactly
tied for first), Elder Barkdull is still our assistant to the president.
It´s fun having him as a leader.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sister Fernandes for like 3 months by mail, how weird! Haha, I don´t
think I could do it. He served in the Manaus mission, and he baptized
like a crazy man there, and he´s wanting to do the same here. It´ll be
interesting. It´s kind of hard to tell right now what´s it going to be
like with him, and maybe I’ll never see a lot of the changes he´ll bring.
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seriously doubt that I’ll get transferred, I’ve got a lot more to do here.
We´re preparing Wallisson and Emanoeli to get baptized this week, and for
sure it´ll be great, I’ll send pictures. wallisson came to Church
yesterday, after getting home at 3 in the morning from work. He was
pretty tired, but he was there, so that was great to see. Our area is
going well, too, the ward is helping us out a ton. Especially the bishop
here, he likes me a lot. He basically obligated the whole Elders Quorum
to go on visits with us. Also, the members are starting to give us a lot
of referrals. Some members brought friends to church this week, and we
marked with them to go visit them. I feel like the work is starting to
get some momentum here. I think i have another 9 or 10 baptisms before i
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he´s pretty new on the mission, so he hasn´t gotten all tired or lazy like some
missionaries get when they´ve been on the mission for a while. (not me, I’m
still going. I´m in a sort of frantic, feverish state of diligence right
now :) ) I´m enduring until the end, but unfortunately a lot
of my clothes are not. I think I’m going to come home with like two pairs
of garments (and the rest are going to be burned). My ´white´ shirts are
becoming parchment yellow. Don´t worry about my shoes. I discovered
this week that a lot of my clothes are getting mildew, because of the humidity.
Don´t worry, I’m being cleaner than I ever have been in my life, but there’s
some things that laundry detergent can´t solve. So yeah, the apartment is
good, it´s just the climate here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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David A. Bednar´s talk, converted unto the Lord. It´s a great talk, and
it has a lot of content and information about conversion and testimony.
I´m trying to deepen my own conversion, and become a truer disciple of
Jesus Christ. Ahhh, it´s hard, because there are so many things we need
to better in ourselves!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BYU, and hiked the Y. Ahhhh, BYU is such a great place. Freshman
year is such a great time. You´ve got to tell her to take advantage of
every moment, because the time goes by faaaast.. It sounds like the 4th
of July was fun for everyone. Here on our end, we didn´t do anything
special. To celebrate, I drew a little American flag on all of the
Teaching records I updated that night. It was nutz.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This is the Lords work. I don´t have any doubt about it. I
feel the Holy Ghost through me, every time I testify that the Book of Mormon is
true, and that Christ established his church again in our time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Curitiba mission, with President Cordon. We´re now the Curitiba South
mission, with President Fernandes taking the wheel. This last week, we
had a last zone conference with President Cordon, where he gave us some last
councils for the mission, and for life. During his training, he focused
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We should search for and teach families, and help them get sealed in the
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Missionary work, but I thought that these three topics also apply to normal
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new mission president, and the new mission. Our mission, before, was 15
stakes, and one district, with a total of 200 missionaries. Our mission
now has 7 stakes, two districts, and 100 missionaries. President
Fernandes is a young guy, 42 years old, and his wife is 40. They have 5
kids (and they´re all small still! wowow good luck). President
Fernandes is from Angola (in Africa) but lived in São Paulo most of his life,
and served a mission in brazil. His wife, Sister Fernandes, is from
Portugal, and also served a mission, in Portugal. I´m SUPER excited to
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Rex and I found some new families, including one family which was a referral
from the ward. I like it when we teach referrals. That Young Man is
doing well, he came to Church again yesterday. He´s preparing to go to
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to get baptized yesterday didn´t get baptized, but we remarked their baptismal
date, and we´re helping them out to get prepared. They´re a great couple,
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to work better with the members, so yesterday, we went out to visit some people
with our ward Clerk, Cesar, and his 12 year old son, Renan. Just to let
you know, Cesar is my new hero. He went with us, in the wind and the
rain, without even complaining. This, of course, being on his day off
from work. Certainly we got all wet, but he was still determined to help
us out. Way to go, Cesar! It´s nice to see this from the members.
They´re great examples for me, after the mission. Maybe I’ll feel
like I’ve already done my part, I’ve already served my mission, when i get
back, but members like Cesar inspire me to continue serving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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write a letter to Amanda and Danilo, because i knew the Elders from Bairro Novo
would be at the Zone conference. I gave it to these Elders, and they
brought the letter to Amanda and Danilo. Well, yesterday, before Church,
we went to go get some investigators, and bring them to church. The investigator´s
didn´t end up coming with us, but when we got back to Church, guess who was
there to visit me!? Amanda, Danilo, they´re little son, Daniel, and
Juvencio! Ahhhh, it was so great to see them again, and catch up with
them. They’re doing great. Daniel is way big already. It´s
hard to believe that when i got on the mission he wasn´t even born yet!
It was great to see them and catch up with them. We took some
pictures, and i told them to send these pictures to you. Amanda likes you
a lot, Mom, she said that you´re very dear! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loving BYU. I remember the first few weeks were so crazy, little wonder
she hasn´t called, I’m sure she´s having a blast. Freshman year is the
best year of life. And wow, Autumn´s running into all kinds of General
Authorities these days. How fun to have the little sleepover as well.
Haha, and tell Austin and Elaina thanks for the invite to play, I'm super
excited to play with dinosaurs when I get back, for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Stay true, firm, unmovable. Keep praying for me, Elder Rex, my
investigators, and President Fernandes. I think he´ll need lots of
prayers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> So you got to see the
Missionary transmission yesterday? We all got to go, it was fun, the
whole zone was there, with a ton of youth, and ward and stake leaders. I
liked it a lot, but a lot of the things they said, especially about technology,
will take a long time to get here in Brazil. I don´t think I’ll see that
many changes here. I liked how they were focusing a lot on the MEMBERS
working in missionary work. I´m hoping that the Lord will bless me with
more baptisms after the mission as well. But, for now, my responsibilities are
here in Tatuquara.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We had a lot of success with
less-active members this week. We´ve been working with a less active
young-man in our ward. Let´s call him John. (I think I should be a bit
more discretionary with the names of the people I use). Some of the youth
in our ward know John from seminary, so they were excited and willing to help
us out in bringing John to church. We visited John with these youth, and
we invited him to come to Church, and also to talk to the bishop at Church
about going to the Temple. Yesterday, these same youth from our ward went
to go get John in the morning, and brought him to Church. And, without
any incentive on OUR part, these youth encouraged John to go talk to the
Bishop. As I was leaving the Chapel, I saw the Bishop speaking with him
in his office. I felt great about being able to help him, because like
was said yesterday during the transmission, the same celebration in Heaven that
comes with someone getting baptized happens when someone takes the sacrament
worthily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Elder Rex and I have been
going great this week. We´ve been sharing ideas with each about how we
can work more effectively with the members. The focus of the transmission
yesterday seemed to be on how the ward and the missionaries can work together
more fully and effectively together, so we´re already making goals to involve
more the ward. It was good, because yesterday our Ward Mission Leader
took us to and from the transmission, so during the car ride after, we discussed
some plans to put in practice what the Prophet and Apostles taught. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It was exciting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> There have been some
political demonstrations here in Brazil this whole past week, in several
cities, including Curitiba. But you don´t need to worry about me, I’m far
away from where the protests are at, the protests are more in downtown
Curitiba, where there are a bunch of stores and stuff. Everyone´s been talking
about it here, and a lot of people are going to participate in these protests,
including a youth from our ward (he was there at the beginning of the protests
when it was peaceful. As soon as they started getting violent, he left).
Besides everyone talking about the protests here, the work continues the
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President Cordon. How sad! We do know that our new mission
president is from São Paulo, but besides that, I don´t know anything about him.
I´m also not exactly sure about what´s going to change for ME next week.
But, next Thursday, we should already be having Leadership Council with
him, so I’ll be able to tell you more. I don´t think that the Temple is
in our mission boundaries anymore, and I’m not sure if I get to go again.
But I think that we´ll still be able to go. We´ll see! Elder
Barkdull is in Curitiba South, and Elder Hobbs is in Curitiba North.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It must be hard for you guys,
now, being empty-nesters. It´s hard. That´s exciting for Autumn,
though, that she got to meet Quentin L. Cook. But that´s a lot of
pressure living with his granddaughter, she´s going to have to do everything
perfect! I´m sure that she´ll be hearing more about him. Elder
Olpin was dating Elder Holland’s granddaughter. A lot of times she would
send texts to Elder Holland, asking questions, and he would respond.
Neat, huh!?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I think Elder Rex likes the
new area. We made a lot of progress in Tatuquara. We focused a lot
this week in finding out which of our investigators really are willing to
change and repent, and which ones are not quite willing or ready. The
reason we´re doing this is because we have a BIG teaching group, but many of
these investigators we´ve been teaching a while now, and haven´t kept
commitments with us. We have stopped visiting some of them, so that we
have more time to focus on new families who are ready to be baptized now.
We discovered that even though each week we were teaching the lessons we
needed to, these lessons weren´t leading to baptisms, or investigators at
Church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We´re hoping that if we focus
more time on finding new families, we´ll see more progress and baptisms in our
area. This week the Lord has already blessed us with two new families.
One of these families is a new couple that is living with members in our
ward. They´re names are Wallison and Manoele, and they are doing great.
They came to church last week, but yesterday they didn´t come because the
members they are living with didn´t come as well (they all woke up late.
Come on! :P ). However, we had a family night with them this
week, which was fun. We watched the film ´´The Restoration´´ with them,
and then we ate Lasagna. They´re also reading the Book of Mormon, which
in and of itself is a miracle. We´re way excited for them, they have a
lot of potential to get baptized. We have their baptismal date marked for
30 of June, at the end of the month. The members they´re living with are
already planning the after-baptism-party! ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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better this week too. Mario, unfortunately, had a relapse with alcohol,
but he´s super sorry about it, and they all came to church yesterday.
This week we´re going to get everything ready so that they can get
married next month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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amazing, I think we´re going to be able to accomplish a lot this transfer.
I´m going to use the Rush Hour analogy again, but with a twist--this
time, I’m playing the role of the sassy black guy, and he´s more like the
Jackie Chan. And again, just wait for the photo to see why. I think
Elder Rex´s greatest strength is study and planning. He thinks things out
beforehand, and likes to really hone in on what the investigator is needing to
progress. He´s teaching me a lot! Also, i think out of all of my
companions, he likes companionship studying the most. The entire hour
that we study together, we´re practicing. He has just 7 months on the
mission, but he´s already got this whole missionary thing down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been learning more about having Charity for investigators, and working WITH
investigators instead of THROUGH them (in other words, focusing on the person,
instead of the numbers). It´s interesting, because Charity, like Faith,
leads to action. We have to be willing to work hard and make sacrifices
to really have charity for our investigators. And, a lot of the time,
it´s kind of hard to really love someone you´re teaching. It´s pretty
easy to love someone when there´s no commitment, and you´re just kind of
hanging out together, eating food, or playing video games. But, when
you´re calling is to invite someone to change their life and follow Christ, the
relationship is a lot different. If they´re prideful, our call to repentance
is not received well. Also, it´s a lot easier for us to see someone´s
defects and flaws. However, we have to love, love, love them, and be
willing to work hard to help them with their difficulties. This kind of
attitude will reflect in our teaching. Our investigators will likely not
want to go to church or get baptized, if our objective is just to show off to
other missionaries. But if our objective is sincere worry and love for
them, and a true desire to help them, they´ll see that. I´ve been trying
to apply this in our teaching, and I’m seeing how it is important.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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because on Saturday, apparently Brasil played against Japan in Soccer.
Japan lost, so since the game, everyone has been making fun of Elder Rex,
because he has Japanese ancestry. It´s been pretty funny to me, but maybe
not so much for him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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new trainers. Wow, I’m way excited with all of the missionaries in the
zone. Elder Woodruff is training here, Elder Little also is in the zone,
training an American named Elder Ritchie. Elder Reeves came also, and is
training a Brazilian. There´s also two other Elders, Elder Wurdel and
Elder Carvalho, both of whom are training new missionaries. I love having
new missionaries in the Zone, because they´re a lot more willing to learn and
work. Old missionaries may bring wisdom and experience to the zone, but
they also bring tiredness and laziness. The oldest people in the zone are
Me and Elder Little, and neither of us are tired nor lazy, so we don´t have
this problem anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Autumn goes to college. I think I can safely guess that Mom´s going to
start crying :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Happy Father´s day to dad!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Friend, Elder Yesquens. He was in my district in Bom Pastor. He´s
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Well, I stayed here in Tatuquara
one more transfer!!! So that means that I’m going to be in the <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Curitiba South mission</span>.</span></span>
Elder Rodrigues got transferred, and now I’m with an American from
Washington named Elder Rex. I´m waay excited to be with Elder Rex, I have
a feeling that the Baptisms will be raining from the heavens these next couple
of months. He has been on the mission for just 5 transfers (about 7
months) and already is a Zone Leader. I´m excited to start working with
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meeting, I saw a lot of familiar faces. A lot of missionaries going home,
unfortunately :( I felt old, seeing this group of missionaries finishing
the mission. Elder Sudweeks, Elder Soares da Silva, Elder Veiga, Sister
Mulhstein. Not to mention President Cordon and Sister Cordon. They
bore their testimonies to us today, the spirit was so strong. It was sad
to see them all saying goodbye (even though President and Sister Cordon will be
here for another three weeks.) But I do have some good news. At the
transfer meeting was also Elder Little, Elder Woodruff, AND Elder Vighetto.
And each one of them is going to train!!!!!!!! Wooohooo! Oh
man, I was suuuper happy to see this. I feel like an accomplished
trainer. There are a TON of new missionaries coming. Tomorrow will
arrive 28 missionaries, and there are 20-30 missionaries waiting for their
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Lord was helping us out quite a bit. We´ve been asking for referrals this
whole transfer, and until this week we only received two or three. But
this last weekend, a few members came forward and gave us several referrals,
which we´re going to visit. It was great! And yesterday, the
members brought a new family to Church, so we got to know this new family, and
we´re going to visit them during the week. They had a lot of interest in
the Book of Mormon. That’s good, because I like to GIVE the Book of
Mormon. We´re really excited with these referrals. It´s refreshing
when the Members bring people to Church. It reminds that we´re all
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been helping out our existing investigators this week progress for baptism.
We have a couple, Tiago and Larissa, that are going to get their Birth
Certificate this week (we were waiting for them to get together money for get
the certificate), and soon after we´re already going to mark the marriage.
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Aparecido, who came to Church yesterday. He had visited the church for
three months about two years ago, but stopped coming. We found him
street-contacting, and he has a lot of potential to be baptized in the coming
weeks. He´s pretty down in the dumps, because his Mother died a few
months ago, and he started drinking again. But since we started visiting
him, he´s already stopped drinking. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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This past week I’ve been thinking a lot about integrity (partly because
of a talk that Elder Woodruff gave me, from Elder Tad R. Callister about
integrity), and studying about this trait. It´s so important! It is
our spiritual and moral strength--are we steadfast and immoveable, do we do the
right things even when others aren´t looking, do we stay true to our word?
I liked a statement in this talk that says that in a written contract,
you can find loopholes, but in our Word should never have loopholes. I´ve
been thinking about this a lot. How much better would the world be if we
all had integrity? There wouldn´t be people taking advantage of one
another, putting on a mask of falsity, backstabbing. They’re wouldn´t be
corruption in politics, business, etc. It´s an interesting trait to think
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hope all is well with you guys! I´m loving the mission more every moment.
It´s not always easy, but it´s the best thing you can do. I´m so
thankful for this time I have to serve the Lord. Stop getting sad that I’m
gone, I’ll be home soon! But I still have families that need to get
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here in Tatuquara, our area has been progressing a lot. We´ve been able to work more closely with the ward this week, going on splits with our Ward Mission Leader, Eder, and the 2nd councilor in the bishopric, Serginho. We had a meeting with Eder this week as well, which helped us coordinate better with the ward. We discussed the needs of our investigators, and we received input from Eder, finding ways that the ward could help us more. With these kinds of meetings, and bringing new investigators to Church, we hope to conquer the confidence of the members. It´s always fun to remember members about their missionary obligations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, this week we had Leadership council, so I got to see everyone again--Elder Little, Hobbs, Barkdull, Trevisanut, etc. The council was great, it was exactly what I needed to turn our area more effective. We learned a lot about effective teaching, using questions and adapting our teaching according to our investigators needs. Elder Rodrigues and I have been putting into practice the various principles we learned. A lot of times, when we´re teaching, there is a gap between what we´re saying, and what the investigator is understanding. We talk and talk and talk about the Plan of Salvation, Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, etc, but the investigator gets lost! They´ve never heard of this Mormon Bible or good ole Joe Smith before! But through questions, that gap is eliminated. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Comfirmation! Joracir got confirmed
yesterday, so that was great. She came walking to church alone, which shows me
that she really wants to be here. I love seeing faith in action. There is no
better feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Lord was helping us out a lot
this week. The last few weeks we had problems in finding new investigators, but
this week we had a lot of success, and were able to teach the restoration to
people who had never heard this glorious message before. We even found a couple
who are LEGALLY MARRIED. That´s a miracle, because since I’ve arrived in
Tatuquara, I haven´t met anyone who was legally married. Their names are
Claudio and Adriana, and they have a son, Tiago, who is 9 years old. They were
a referral from some recent-converts in the ward, which was great. It reminds
me that one of the best sources of referrals in the ward are the Recent
converts. We were able to teach this family about the Restoration and the Book
of Mormon yesterday night, and it was a really spiritual lesson. We invited
them to be baptized, and although hesitant, they accepted to prepare themselves
for baptism.<br />
This week, besides focusing on finding new investigators, we were teaching a
9-year-old named Richard. His dad, Alexandre, is a less-active member who we´re
reactivating. His mom, Adriana, isn´t a member, but is interested in the
Church. The only problem (besides gaining a testimony, which we´re working on!)
is she needs to get married to Alexandre. Richard, however, is already living
all that he needs to, in order to get baptized. We spent the week teaching him
everything, but he was feeling unprepared for baptism this week, so we marked
his baptismal date for this next week. He´s really, really shy, so a lot of
times he doesn´t say how he really is feeling. We´re going to try to get him to
play Soccer with the other kids in the ward, so that maybe he´ll open himself
up a bit more to the Church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week? Well, it wasn´t really an experience, but Elder Rodrigues and I found a
Church close to the our Chapel here called ´´Evangelical Church: Jesus Christ,
path to the Restoration´´. We thought it was great, because it was like a
signpost. Yes, Brazilians, you are on the path to the Restored Church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with the president this week, for the last time. I´m excited and sad at the
same time. President Cordon has been the best for me. I won´t be surprised when
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Book of Mormon this week. The invite found in Moroni 10:3-5 is not applicable
only to investigators--we as members should ask for a confirmation, frequently,
if the Book of Mormon is true. This week, I finished the Book of Mormon again.
I fasted, with the specific purpose of asking if the Book of Mormon is true. It
is. I know it. It´s such a comfort to know this. Joseph Smith really is a
prophet, and this Church really is true. I know that the promise in Moroni 10
can be fulfilled in our lives.<br />
Well, I love you all lots!!! Have a great week. Oh, and congrats to Autumn,
when she graduates from High School and Seminary!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Batismooooo! We had the baptism of
Joracir yesterday. Remember during the Skype call I said that we had just
invited a woman to be baptized? Well, it was her! Her children were already
baptized last year in Jardim do Sol, but she still hadn´t been baptized. It was
a really special baptism. We were happy, too because she came walking to
church, and went home walking too. I don´t know if you remember me saying this,
but it´s like an hours walk to get to her house. I´m starting to be tough with
our investigators, I make them really prove their faith to get baptized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week, I also got to go on
exchanges with Elder Woodruff. It was back to good old times with him. Haha, it
was fun. He made me a little bit homesick. He kept saying, ´´Elder, I can´t
believe you´re going home!!!´ he also kept quoting Lord of the Rings with me.
He agrees with me, the two towers with fire coming out in my area are
definitely from the Two Tower. The funniest thing that happened this week was
with him. At night, we decided to buy a pizza, to celebrate, so we bought a big
pizza, with half of it being dessert pizza. It was really good, and we ate all
of it. The only thing is that at night, Elder Woodruff started talking in his
sleep and sleepwalking (because of the pizza, I think). At one point, he sat up
in his bed, and looked over at me, and asked ´´Elder, what do you think?´´ I
said I don´t know, and then he started talking gibberish, and fell out of his
bed. hahah, it was really funny. When I woke up again in the morning, I saw
that all of the lights in the house were on, because while he was sleepwalking,
he turned them on. ahhaaha it was great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, I’m excited to get to meet the
new ward, they seem like really great people. I´m sure that I’ll be well received.
I can´t believe that everyone is getting home already. Mitch, Kaleb, everyone.
These two years have gone by incredibly fast. I´m definitely in super mode, and
I’m sure that the Lord still has a lot of families for me to find and teach and
baptize. It´s going to be a great next few months. Don´t even worry about the
shoes, a member gave me another pair, so I’m set.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love you all LOTS!!! Well, I’m pretty
sure none of my birthday letters got to you guys in time, because last week the
Elder that I gave them to told me he still hadn´t sent them (ahhhh!), but happy
birthday to Amber, and Mom, and Dad. I was hoping you would get them for your
birthdays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Skype was great!!! It was great to
see you all again. I can´t believe how big the babies are! When Austin started
talking, I couldn´t believe it, he´s already speaking like a grown up. Elaina
too, she´s a little person now. It was nice to meet Ford and Bentley too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, this last week was pretty
crazy. I´m getting back into the rhythm of being a Zone Leader. It´s a lot
different, because instead of just worrying about your own area, or training
someone, you have to worry about a big group of missionaries. I went on
exchanges with Elder Machado in his area Rio Bonito (pretty river). It was fun,
we invited a few people to get baptized while we were there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It´s funny, because like I said
during Skype, I’m going super speed on the mission now, because I have so
little time left. I try to talk to everyone I see, and I’m always walking
really fast. Also, in every lesson, I’m talking about baptism with our
investigators. I´ve only got a few months left where my total focus is helping
people make covenants with our Heavenly Father through Baptism. So, long story
short, I’m getting crazier as my mission is coming to an end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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part of our ward. It seems like a nice neighborhood, and a nice house. Haha, I
kind of forgot how big the houses are in the US. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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signed me up for bowling!! That´ll be neat, Ben took bowling, and he loved it.
Speaking of, I heard from Spencer that Daniel Scott and Tania are getting
married, wo how crazy everyone´s getting married.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This last Skype call was the weirdest of the four, I wasn´t really sure what to
say, but it was great too. I hope I made sense when i was speaking. I kept
slipping back into Portuguese, because I’m not used to speaking in English. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A new area! Arriving in a new area
is always a great experience. Getting to know the area, the ward, the
investigators, helps me recognize that this same work is being done all over
Curitiba, and all over the world. It´s cool, too, because Elder Barkdull
already passed through this area. And Elder Brino, too! He finished his mission
here.<br />
Tatuquara is a blessed area. I´m having difficulty remembering all of our
investigators, because we have so many! We have a lot of people coming to
church, and want to be baptized. They just need to get married! This process
takes a while here, but while these investigators are trying to get together
all of the documents that they need, Elder Rodrigues and I are preparing them
for enduring until the end. We´re marking family nights and visits with members
with these investigators, so that they have this integration with the ward.
Also, a lot of the families that we´re teaching are part-member families. Elder
Rodrigues and I talked about these situations, and we´re wanting to complete
these families, or at least leave a great impression of the church with these
non-members. My vision while I’m here is to focus on the father and head of the
household. This work is a bit harder, but when coupled with working with the
ward, it leads to long lasting conversion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Rodrigues is actually from my
MTC group, but he was at São Paulo, while I was at Provo. He´s a Brazilian from
Minas Gerais (Elder Lopes is from Minas Gerais too). Elder Rodrigues is going
home a bit after me, in the beginning of October, because Brazilians have a bit
more time on the mission than Americans. He being a Brazilian, we decided that
speaking Portuguese would be best, because if we spoke in English, I would be
the only one understanding. I´m already loving it, being with Elder Rodrigues.
He´s like my trusty sidekick. You know in Rush Hour, there´s Jackie Chan and
Chris Tucker, beating up all of the bad guys? Well, I’m like Jackie Chan (but I’m
not Asian) and he´s Chris Tucker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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here named Tiago, and his (future) wife, Larissa. They haven´t been baptized
yet just because of marriage. So we´re just waiting for their marriage, but in
the meantime, they´re learning a lot about the gospel. Tiago got a
Triple-combination, and is studying Pearl of Great Price. He already finished
the Book of Mormon. He´s a really curious person, and he´s always giving us
tough questions. Questions that I’ve never had before on the mission. So it´s
good to have him, it keeps me on my toes. One of the questions he gave us was
about us being gods through celestial marriage. Wooow, where did he hear about
that!? He also made the infamous question, ´´Where is Laban´s sword!?´´ What I
would give to know. Last night he asked us if Abraham´s idolatrous father Terah
was a believer in God before. (well, at that moment, I got a bit frightened by
the question. But Terah had been, in fact, a follower of righteousness before.)
It´s been fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for you out there. Poor Austin, getting stitches is no fun. He´s seems like a
crazy baby. I´m going to get some questions ready for you all for Skype too.
This time, the time for Skype was increased to 1 hour!!! It was funny, we were
at the Leader Council last Thursday, and the topic of Skype came up. Someone
asked the President how long we would have on Skype. President Cordon looked
over at Sister Cordon, who quickly blurted out ´´An hour! One Hour!´´ President
Cordon then looked at us and said, ´´Ok, it´s going to be one hour this time.´´
haha, of course, this would come from the President´s wife. They´re great, I’m
going to miss them when they leave the mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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believe I’m getting to my last Skype call. Eeeesh, it´s going by so quick, I
can hardly believe it. Who said two years is a long time, it´s not all that
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">So I got transferred today!!! Ahhh!
I had to leave Elder Vighetto and Bom Pastor. Now I’m in Tatuquara, which is in
Curitiba. I´m serving as a Zone Leader again with Elder Rodrigues. He´s
actually from my group from the MTC, it´s just that he was at São Paulo, and I
was at Provo. Elder Woodruff is opening an Area in my zone, too, so that´s
exciting, I’m glad to be with him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Assistant to the President! Wow! I´m grateful to be part of this group from the
MTC. Our whole group of missionaries is amazing!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">I wasn´t able to go to the wedding, because I never found
out the time of the sealing. Thursday, no one called me or anything... That´s
too bad, but how great that they did get sealed. Send them a congratulations
from me, and apologize for not being there. I really would have liked to, but I
guess it didn´t work out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">This past week was great! Our main
focus was on preparing Reginaldo for the baptism. We made plans for each day of
the week, to help him arrive at baptism. We sent his home teachers, the Elder´s
Quorum president, and we taught special lessons. On Thursday, he was
interviewed, and on Saturday, in the morning, he got baptized. It was a really
special baptism. He came walking with his crutches to his baptism, and Elder
Vighetto performed the Ordinance. There were quite a lot of people there at the
baptism. <br />
I wasn´t able to go to Amanda and Danilo´s sealing, because I didn´t ever find
out what time it was going to be. But that´s ok, the baptism was at the same
time as the sealing, so I don´t think I could´ve gone anyway. But, they DID get
sealed, so that was great, I’m so happy for them. It´s a great feeling, knowing
that Heavenly Father let me participate in this miracle.<br />
So Elder Vighetto and I finished the first 12 weeks program. I let him invite
everyone to get baptized this week. He was happy to be able to finally baptize
someone, too! That was good for him. Elder Vighetto has always been a dedicated
and focused missionary, and I’m thankful that I had the opportunity to train
him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a new area, in a new zone. I´m guessing that this is going to be my last area,
so I want to make it count!!! It´s going to be crazy these next few months.</span></span></div>
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Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-41663641776295757482013-04-22T05:34:00.000-07:002013-04-27T05:35:33.270-07:00Excited for Sealing
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear family,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">President Cordon called me today, and told me
about the sealing, but I still haven´t had any word from Amanda or Danilo. I
can go, but I have to confirm what time is the sealing with President Cordon. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope we can get a hold of her, I really want
to go. You can ask Elder Vighetto, when President Cordon told me that they were
getting sealed, I was bouncing off the walls!!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hahaha, I’m so excited for them, they´re so
important to me. Baptism is great, but Sealing is best!<br />
So, this week, Elder Vighetto was senior! It was great, I let him have the
final say in all our planning and teaching situations. When he needed it, I
helped out, but I pretty much left him to lead our companionship. One inspired
decision that he made was to mark interviews with some of our investigators. In
the end, we were able to have one interview in our area, with Reginaldo. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reginaldo´s wife and kids are members of the
church. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It´s been a while that Reginaldo
has been taught by the missionaries, but he never was baptized. This week, he
was forcing himself to quick smoking, so we brought Elder Bramucci to interview
him, to strengthen his resolve to be baptized. The interview really helped out!
He is certain that he wants baptism, and knows that the only thing holding him
back is smoking and coffee. Right after the interview, Reginaldo got his
thermal canister full of coffee, and dumped it all out. He then gave me all the
coffee he had in the house. So, it seems like he´s not going to be drinking
coffee anymore! We made plans with him, and he´s going to get baptized this
week, if he´s able to keep away from smoking. To me, it strengthened my
testimony in the baptismal interview; it is powerful in helping investigators
progress for baptism.<br />
In our weekly planning, we made plans for Reginaldo every day until the
baptism, to help him stay away from temptation. We´re coordinating with the
members and the ward to visit him, and we´re inviting everyone. Until now, our
plans have gone smoothly. The Quorum president already visited him, and his
Home Teachers visited him too. We´re going to be diligent, and make sure that
he gets baptized this week.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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another job, but he´s still looking. He taught his son, Gustavo, the other day.
Everyone in the family wants to get baptized, but they want to wait for
Idalecio. So, we´ll see what happens, we´re going to keep visiting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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you mentioned. Elder Sudweeks, Rio, Morris, Gray, Reeves, Larsen, and Diamond.
They´re great, I was Zone Leader of all of them except Sudweeks and Diamond.
Tell their moms hi, they have great sons!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">So this next week is transfers, and I’m
not sure what´s going to happen, but I’m sure that one of us is going to leave.
I think that I´m probably going to leave, and Elder Vighetto will stay. Maybe
he´ll train, I’m not sure. But I think that I’ll leave and open another area,
like I did with Elder Vighetto. We´ll see. I just want to baptize someone here
before I leave. Reginaldo is our best chance! Well, there´s another person,
Adrian. He also is part of a part-member family, and he turned 8 this week. His
mom always goes to Church, but isn´t baptized yet. So he´ll be a mission
baptism, but he almost doesn´t count. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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everyone is doing well. I´m excited for Mothers day!!! I´m going to have a
STRONG accent when we talk! haha. I hope I don´t cry this time. I was talking
to Elder Vighetto the other day, I think I’m going to cry when Amanda gets
sealed. I also think that I’ll cry when the stake President takes my missionary
tag. Ahhh. I´ve got so little time left. But I’m excited, it´s going to be
great.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-44775159710849350332013-04-15T11:56:00.000-07:002013-04-16T11:56:59.691-07:00Week of Miracles!!!
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">We had a week of miracles here! The
Lord was truly working with us this week, which humbled me, and strengthened my
testimony that HE is in Charge. I can do almost nothing, which makes the
thought that the Lord is helping me reassuring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">In our own area, we had an amazing
weekend. We were teaching indoors almost the entire day, going from one appointment
to another. When some appointments fell through, the Lord blessed us in finding
new families! It was incredible; we found several new investigators (including
six families) in two days. Not ALL of them are super excited about the gospel,
but they do have a desire to receive answers from the Lord, which is the start!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">When we started noticing how much
the Lord was helping us, Elder Vighetto and I started to analyze our situation,
and what made the difference for us to receive so much help from the Lord. I
think it was our sincere desire to seek the Lord´s help. We did all of the
preparation necessary before: we planned well, we prayed for help, we studied
personally, and in companionship. It was just incredible to me how the Lord
helped us so much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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twelve investigators at our Sacrament meeting. I haven´t had so many
investigators at Church since I was in Gauraituba! Among them were two
families, Idalecio´s family and Cesar´s family. These two families have been
taught by the missionaries for a long time (especially Idalecio), and Elder
Vighetto and I have been praying, studying, and seeking inspiration in how we
can help them progress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Idalecio has a problem, because he
has to work almost every Sunday, and he doesn´t want to get baptized until he
gets a job where he doesn´t need to work Sundays. Well, the Lord always has a
way. During Elders quorum yesterday, the Quorum president mentioned SRE (The
Church´s organization to help with Employment). Cesar asked me what the SRE
was, so I explained to him, and then, he commented that there were several
positions available at his company. Wow! The first thing I thought was
Idalecio! After the Quorum, I sent Cesar to go talk to Idalecio, and tell him
about the job offerings. For me, it was a miracle. Of course, I’m not sure if
the job will work out for Idalecio, but it is a hope. It was funny, Cesar gave
Idalecio his business card, and when he handed him the card, Idalecio looked at
me and said ´See, I really am looking for another job!´ haha, he´s a good guy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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well, Elder Vighetto has always been a great missionary. He´s very proactive,
and seeks to learn everything he needs to, to be a great missionary. This last
week we learned more about the commandments, and inviting others to repent
through commitments. we´re on week ten, now, in the first twelve weeks program.
I´m really excited for this week, because Elder Vighetto is basically Senior
Companion this week, taking control of all teaching and planning situations.
It´ll be a great week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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week. I´m not sure if i want to do weights class (but leave it for now, unless
you find a cooler class, like bowling! :) ) I´m fairly confident with my
current physical stature :P Yikes, I was trying to remember some things from
economy this week, and I forgot a LOT. I think the first week I get back, I’ll
spend some time every day reviewing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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he´s doing well. It´s fun being able to write friends now. It´s been pretty
much two years that I haven´t really talked to any of them. He´s excited to get
back to BYU too. It´s going to be cool, we´re all going to be Brazilians
basically. Only Portuguese at home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Haha, so we´re now officially from
Utah, with Utah phones and everything. It just had to be done, we can´t go on
acting as if we´re Californians anymore. I´m excited for our new ward, it seems
like a strong ward. But with so many missionaries coming back, I don´t think
I’ll matter THAT much, just one more RM. I´ll have to give an extraordinary
homecoming talk to call their attention. Also, I’ll have to convert those 10
households that aren´t coming to church. Get the brownies ready.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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going to the Provo temple. That was always my favorite part of the week, I
never understood the missionaries that wanted to stay at home and sleep instead
of go to the temple. I found a lot of direction, peace, and learning at the
Temple. I never CRIED (I think that´s a Sister thing :P) but it was always
neat. Wow, missionaries getting sent all over the place. Elder Vighetto and I
have been talking about the second coming--it´s coming up! I think it´ll be in
60 years, Elder Vighetto thinks it´ll be 40 years. We talked to Bishop Miner
(remember, he´s an American) and he thinks in 10 months it´ll all be over.
ahah. it´s funny to hear everyone´s theories.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mission. AHHHH, it´s so neat, she´s going to love the mission. Also, Erica
Greenhall will LOVE Brazil, I’m excited for her. Speaking of, any word about
Lisa Barker? I think she´ll be arriving here in two weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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church is true, this is Christ´s Church. Keep up the good work!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-48109921530218696712013-04-08T11:54:00.000-07:002013-04-16T11:54:42.861-07:00WOW Conference was GREAT!!!
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such a blessing to have and hear from the prophet and the Apostles of the Lord!
But, before I talk about conference, I’ll talk a bit about the area.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Our area is going well. We had some
important progress in our investigators. We´ve had basically the same teaching
group for a while, so we´re trying to motivate them to make the necessary
changes in their lives so that they can get baptized! A lot of our
investigators are having the same problem, with keeping the Sabbath day holy.
They just need to come to Church!!! Elder Vighetto and I practiced a bunch,
teaching with power this commandment, and extending the appropriate invites. We
had a great experience with one of our families, Idalecio. He really does love
the Church, and about five years ago went to Church every week (I don´t know
why he wasn´t baptized then!). But since then, he´s has gotten a job where he
works Sundays, so it´s hard for him to come. Elder Vighetto and I, together
with Paulo, our Elder’s quorum president, went to teach him. We invited him to
keep the Sabbath day, by either asking not to work on Sunday, or finding
another job. Wow, it was one of the most bold, direct invites I’ve done on the
mission, and for that, Idalecio knew he needed to change. Paulo helped him out,
telling him about the Church´s services with finding employment. So Idalecio is
going to start looking for a new job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Elder Vighetto and I are doing
great; we´ve established a good pattern of work in our area. We´re far from
working perfect, but we seek revelation to solve our problems. When a day
doesn´t go as well as we would like, or a lesson doesn´t go like we wanted it
to, we talk a bit, and try to identify the problem, see what contributed to
that problem, and then find ways to resolve it. I´m amazed, I feel like I’m
receiving so much help from the Lord, because of simply seeking revelation to
help his Children.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">A lot of the time, we find our
solutions in our companionship study, and we try out our ideas in practices.
This week, in the ´first twelve weeks´ training program, we were studying about
inviting others to make commitments, which we applied during the week. We are
always, always, always, practicing. We practice the same situation a few times,
imagining different outcomes from the investigators. In this moment right now,
my study--both personal and companionship--is more effective than any other
time in my mission. It´s effective, and always applies to the day at hand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Conference, was, to say the least,
amazing! I did get to watch all 5 sessions, including the Priesthood session
(it starts at 9 PM and goes until 11 PM, so we get to stay up late!) I felt
like every conference talk was written for me, even the one from the Primary
President. Elder Vighetto and I came prepared to conference. I was in the
spirit of fasting, and I came with several questions that I wanted answered.
Almost all of my questions were answered (they only missed one, which was ´what
should I do with my life´. I was expecting the Prophet to say, at the Pulpit,
´Elder Twitchell, you need to study Economy!!!´ or something like that.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Something I learned while watching
is that, even if the talk is directed to another kind of person (mothers,
married men, children, deacons, etc.), they are always talking about eternal,
gospel principles. So, it applies to me, too. I liked the speaker who said that
the ultimate measure of success for a YM president is not if HE gives a great
lesson, but if one of his DEACONS gives a great lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">What a concept! For me, as a
trainer, or as a District Leader, I must be an example. But if my missionaries
aren´t doing well, I’m failing in my calling. I need to be a great example, and
help THEM do well, as well. It goes without saying that I loved each of the
talks from the first presidency, especially President Monson´s talks. He really
is a prophet inspired from God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">One idea that called my attention
was the story about the man who wrote a letter to his family, consisting of
only 25 words, about what is important in Life. I thought it´d be fun if you
guys each write me one of these letters, and I’ll write one to you. Let´s do
it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">I didn´t hear about this
announcement about Sisters, but sincerely, it makes sense. When I was in Ponta
Grossa, we saw the need for Sister Leadership, because we had 4 duplas of
Sisters in the Zone! We ended up using Sister Hass, sometimes, a Sister from my
group who went home a few weeks ago.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Speaking of, I didn´t get to meet
Sister Patton´s mom, but I did get packages from you guys, including one with
the Mini Preach my Gospel. THANKS!!! haha, I love it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Well, hey, I’ve gotta go, but I love
you guys a lot!!! thanks so much for everything, for the help with BYU. I´m
excited to get studying again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">ELDER TWITCHELL!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">We were able to e-mail
back and forth today to get Avram’s BYU schedule set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was GREAT, his personality really came
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really made me miss him, this is
a paragraph that makes me laugh it is so Avram.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">“So I tried finding
something to change, but as I was looking through the classes, I soon found out
that I have no idea about anything!!!! haha, so I think I’ll leave it as it is,
it looks great to me, thanks for the help. Ok, I’ll start writing my letter to
you guys now”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-43326129187706419332013-04-01T09:50:00.000-07:002013-04-03T09:50:53.688-07:00Happy Easter!!!
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">April 01, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Hey family!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Easter was fun for us here, we got a
lot of chocolate (although I have to say, I didn´t get as much as I did last
year. I got TOO MUCH chocolate last year :) )<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Wow, it seems like our ward is like
super Mormon. We´ve got the Bishop and the RS president all close. haha. That’s
great, good luck to you. I´m excited to give my homecoming talk there, it´s
gotta be good for a ward like that, with 15 missionaries. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Wowow, you decided not to get a TV.
Haha, that´s a big step, but it´s a good one too. I´ve already decided that I
don´t want to play video games when I get back (well, not a LOT of video
games). My companion, Elder Vighetto, gets really worried when I say stuff like
that to him, because he played a lot of video games before the mission. He´s
kind of like me in this sense. I also told him that I’m going to use a planner
when I get back. This frightens him even more :) But yeah, I think nowadays,
you can watch pretty much whatever you want on the internet. I think the only
things I’ll be watching are like movies and the new Avatar: Legend of Korrah!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">That´s neat that you got to go to
the YW conference. President Monson is amazing, I admire him so much. You can
be sure if you follow the prophet, you´re going to be blessed. It´s even better
for Autumn, because she´s going to be a missionary in a little bit. I´ll have
to study together with her after the mission from Preach My Gospel. Preach My
Gospel is great, it´s an inspired writing too! In my mind, it goes like this:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">1st Book of Mormon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">2nd Bible<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">2nd Preach My Gospel!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">As you can see, Preach My Gospel is
tied with the Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">For me, things are going pretty
good. I´m suuuper excited for General Conference!!! Woohoo!!! General Conference
is like going to a rock show for me. It´s just an intense experience with the
spirit! I´m going to find some questions that I want answered before
Conference, and then see how these questions are responded by the General
Authorities. It´ll be great.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">So I haven´t heard anything from
President Cordon about registering for classes, so I’m not really sure. Can you
guys help choose classes for me? I don´t really remember what I’m missing for
my generals, but if I’m missing anything, go ahead and choose a class for that
(please, no social dance class) I think I’m missing a religion class... but I
don´t remember. And with all the other classes, I’m thinking I’ll study
Economy. I don´t know, frankly I’m not sure what I’ll do with Economy... Maybe
what you can do is go ahead and choose these classes, but do some research for
me and see what I can do with economy. Right now, I have three things in mind:
Economy, Business, or Administration (a lot of people have recommended these
things for me here in brazil). But I’m not exactly sure what these things are,
or what my opportunities will be with each one. Economy is my choice, just
because I pretty much know what it is, and Professor Kearl wrote me that
letter, recommending that I study Economy. I don´t know, just go for it, I’ll
figure it out when I get back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Hey, try to sign me and Autumn up to
a class together!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that much about my week!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">LOVE YOU LOTS!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Elder Twitchell<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">PS I`m not a zone leader, I’m still
training Elder Vighetto. But I’m a district leader here, so I still do
interviews.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-56364903720370191532013-03-25T08:06:00.000-07:002013-04-03T08:07:49.802-07:00Crazy Week!!!
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">March 25, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">Hey Family,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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it´s just that it´s coming up so fast! I hit the 1 year six month mark this
week, how crazy! It kind of snuck up on me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">It sounds like you guys had a crazy
week too, with the move, picking dorms, and everything. Haha, I had to laugh
when you said that you are neighbors with the Bishop. Be careful, the Bishop is
watching you! And wow, 12 missionaries serving in the ward!? It must be a Utah
Ward. I´m excited to get to know everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">I did get some letters off last week, I
wrote you guys a letter, and also I sent a letter to Aaron, but I’m sure it
still hasn´t arrived, I sent it too late to get to him on his birthday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">My week here was pretty neat, Elder
Vighetto and I were running everywhere. We had the training in Curitiba for new
missionaries, and I had to do a few interviews in other areas. The training was
great, and I got to see Elder Little again, which was fun. Elder Little hit the
one year mark a few days ago. Ahhh!!!! I trained Elder Little, how does he have
1 year already!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">On Saturday, I interviewed couple for
baptism. They were really polite, but what caught my attention was their
wedding. So they´ve been taught by the missionaries for like 6 months, and it
was only this Saturday that they got married, so they had their marriage party
at the Chapel. They are a young couple, about 25 years old, and you´re going to
love the theme of their wedding--rock and roll!! :) haha, in the Chapel, they
had tables set up with black table cloth, and had little foam guitars and bats
hanging from the ceiling. I think that they played Rock and Metal music during
the party, I’m not sure, I left before. But it was kind of funny, all of this
rock and roll stuff in the Chapel. But they are way ready for baptism, both of
them have really strong testimonies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">Elder Vighetto and I are doing great,
we´re working a lot. We´re starting to have a strong teaching group, so lately
we´ve been teaching a lot in houses (which is nice, better than being out in
the rain!). <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">Well, the Church is true. I´m learning
a lot. I feel like every week, every day, the Lord is blessing us so much. Sure
the mission isn´t perfect, and there are things that aren´t so great, but it
helps when the Lord has helped me out so much. Like I said before, I think you
guys won´t even recognize me when I get back. One thing I’m learning now is
being organized. I´m organizing everything--even my money! I´m starting to keep
a little notebook to keep track of everything I spend (like you do mom). I want
to learn all of these little skills on the mission, so that when i get back, I
can succeed. The most important thing, however, will be getting help from the
Lord, through study and prayer. I promise that all of our problems and
questions can be responded by the scriptures and asking the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">Stay strong everyone!!! Good luck with
School, Autumn<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">LOVE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #999999;">Elder Twitchell<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
Klaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08054726983991696657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966869260798196872.post-22082413145380739652013-03-18T11:26:00.000-07:002013-03-18T11:26:05.699-07:00Absolutely LOVE Curitiba
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Hey family! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Well now I’m worried
about the letter that I sent you, I hope you still get it. I sent it to your address
in Erda!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">But yeah, I talked about
going to BYU in my letter to the President today, he should be able to tell me
a bit more about registering for classes. In my letter, I asked him to send me
home a week early, on the 26th of August. I also asked him about registering
for classes. I`m not really sure what´s the mission´s policy with registering
for classes, but I think that I should be able to here on the mission.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">That´s weird about
Autumns hair! Haha, she looks completely different! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Also, that´s amazing
about Grandpa, he truly is an amazing man! I look up to Grandpa a lot, maybe
it´s hard physically, but he´s still well spiritually.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">The mission is going well;
we have a lot of work to do still! The ward is really supporting us a lot, and
they´re giving us a lot of referrals, so we´re having a lot of people to teach.
Elder Vighetto is doing well, he´s a
good companion. It´s never boring when I’m with him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">We had a really funny
experience this week, Elder Vighetto and I went to visit a family, but we made
the mistake of visiting them Saturday night. They were basically having a
family reunion, and everyone was really drunk. We tried to leave quickly, but
one of them, who was especially drunk, wanted us to stay. We marked for another
day, during the afternoon when it wasn´t so busy. He let us go, but before we
left, he started telling us how good we were. He was saying stuff like ´You
guys are Saints!` and ´you guys are way way holy, bro´ and other such things.
Then he grabbed Elder Vighetto´s hand, and kissed him like three times on the
hand. I was already running to get away, but he also snuck a kiss on my hand :P
haha, it was way funny, Elder Vighetto and I were dying from laughter. Then we
quickly went to wash our hands :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Ok, I gotta go, but I’ll
write a letter to you guys today. And I’ll send it to the new address.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">LOVE<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">Elder Twitchell<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #999999;">PS I´m super excited to meet Lisa Barker. She´s going to
absolutely LOVE Curitiba.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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