Family
I loved
hearing about Liz's post on facebook :) That's super cute
Wow, that's
crazy about Bonnie, but at least she's in the US right and has medical help
there right? Imagine if she was in Brasil. Maybe that's why she never got her
visa
I was
telling the branch president here about how your wedding anniversary and
Chinese food saved my life and he chuckled a bit.
Have you
ever heard of Doctor Ray? He was in my area, Pindamonhongaba, this last
Saturday and one of the young woman of the church saw him and took a video with
him. I was hoping he would show up at church but he didn't, he's a fubeca. I
believe he's a member of the church.
This week,
we were knocking doors to find new investigators and we knocked (or really
clapped) one door and out came a man and we began to talk and he said he had a
cousin that was a missionary too. We entered in the house and we began to talk
and they were all very nice and receptive and we came to know that this cousin
of his that served a mission came to know the church because she did a foreign
exchange student type of thing and went and lived with a family in Las Vegas
that was a member of the church. There, she came to know the church and decided
to become a member. She came back to Brasil and then served a mission in Brasil
but now she teaches in the MTC here in São Paulo and her non-member mom is
"more Mormon than the other members of the church" according to the
missionaries there who go there monthly to eat lunch. And her entire family now
has that basic understanding and connection with the church and if it wasn't
for her, maybe this other family would never have let us in. Interesting right?
All because one LDS Family opened up their house :) It's a Marvelous idea :) I
loved it, I think I might do something like it haha.
This week
has been one of my best weeks with Elder Rivera. I've said a lot about him and
complained about some things and he does have some problems but I've been
really prideful as well and I recognized that this last week and a bit so I'm
trying to be more humble and be a better friend of him and loving him and it's
making a difference.
Any
news on Pres Ferrin’s visa?? I hope he doesn’t have to be gone
long! That IS crazy!
The
president was also wanting to return soon but in his weekly letter to the
missionaries, he said that that was his selfish desire getting in the way of
the will of the Lord so he and we are pretty well set that the Lord has a great
plan in all of this and that this new president that will end up coming will be
able to help in other ways that that the Lord wants the mission to be helped.
We'll see what happens.
What
is your bathroom of death?? I’m intrigued!
Oh it's
just a really disgusting 2nd bathroom that we have.
How
is the work going? Who are you teaching?
It's good,
we goign to start doing a night of integration weekly which is just like a fun
activity for the whole branch to participate and for the members to bring
friends and for the investigators to be integrated so I'm happy to get this
going. We've got some hopeful investigators but no one that's really Ready to
be baptized and time is short so I'm gonna continue. It sufficeth me to say
that it goes well. and I'm excited and happy.
Also,
in my unpacking I found a pocket size Book of Mormon. I think it was
Jonathan’s. It’s in a special cereal box case he must have made for
it. Do you want me to send it to you?
...nah just
hold onto it. I'll just stick with my regular Portuguese Book of Mormon
Also,
a new debit card came for your account. I should probably activate it and
send it to you. I’m just hesitant to send that in the mail… What do
you think? Have you used your card recently? I wonder if it still
works…? I should probably send it – maybe tucked in the pages of the Book
of Mormon.
Ummm...maybe
you can call the bank and see if the old card will still work?
Anything
else you need?
I believe
that here in a couple weeks there will come some colored pencil pens (2 of
them) from china that I ordered so just be waiting for that and then when it
comes, you can send it to me with anything else I'm wanting/needing at that
time. How much is it to send a package like that with 2 pens?
How
are those shoes holding up?
They're
holdin'. We'll see if they make it the whole 2 years.
Thanks for
the letter and the love and the prayers.
Elder
Horton
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