Hey family!
Here's some crazy news, our
mission president went to renew his visa but he went a bit late, after it had
already expired. He thought that they would just have to pay some extra tax but
it's actually a bit worse than that. They'll be returning to the United States
until they can renew the visa. He'll continue as mission president (I believe
via skype and what not) but he won't be in Brasil until they can resolve this.
I liked reading the letter and
loved the pictures of the kids and their pirate party :) It seems like they
invited another family too.
Since I've started to work out,
my muscles have really gotten big! Like not Arnold Schwartznegger big but a bit
bigger at least. I'm excited :) when I get home the ladys won't be able to
resist me ;) But I'm not worried about that right now, I'm worried about the
mission.
Quote of the week I was playing
guitar and Elder Rivera said "If the girls don't date your face, they'll
date your guitar" which doesn't seem to translate very well....but
basically if I don't have good looks, they'll at least go out with me because I
play the guitar well. We were at the house of an investigator family and one of
the sons plays guitar (acoustic and electric) since he was 10. Men he played a
bit on the electric guitar and that was Awesomeee. Made me want to learn. He
taught me one thing which I was happy to learn, I think it was by ACDC. It was
very legit. And then we ate a delicious lasagna and Churrascoooooo!!!! Man I
love brasilean BBQ.
We watched the other side of
heaven today this morning already. Very good movie, I forgot that that was Anne
Hathaway. I learned some things also that I think I'll be able to apply to my
mission. We're going to watch Ephraim's Rescue as well later today :)
I feel like if it was obligated
that Everyone in the world had to watch this film, that there would be millions
of converts to the church of Christ
How was your week?
This
week was a good one, my district is being more obedient and my companion and I
are doing better. We worked pretty hard this past week and we're seeing some of
the fruits.
Did you do anything
special for pday today?
Nope,
today we're keeping it chill, I really just wanted to rest today. I think my
companion and Elder Paulo, the Brasilean are gonna go play some soccer but me
and Elder Gilliat are gonna stay at home I think. at 6, we'll start to make our
rounds so Elder Paulo can say goodbye. We don't Know what's going to happen yet
but he has 6 months here so he'll probably be transferred. We'll see.
Do people comment on
your accent anymore?
That's
an interesting subject. The other day, a sister in the ward was praising me for
how well I speak portuguese and basically without accent. And the same day
someone couldn't manage to understand me when I was talking normally. Sooo it's
on the 2 sides. I don't know, maybe sometimes my accent is better than others,
maybe sometimes I'm more tired or lazy. I dunno but I feel like my accent is
pretty good. It doesn't help that I've only ever had 1 brasilean companion and
my current companion speaks with a strong spanish accent.
Do you speak
Portuguese with your companion?
Yeah,
that's our only common language. But I Am learning spanish with him which is
pretty cool. He learns some things in english too but doesn't try as hard to
learn or speak as I do.
Tell me about your
apartment in this area – I keep forgetting to ask about it!
Well....what
do you wanna hear? 2 rooms, study room, kitchen, bathroom, bathroom of death
too (as said by Elder Gilliat)
Did you say
transfers are this week? Seems like they’re coming up soon. It
seems like time is speeding up, do you feel it??
Yep,
the time is definitely speeding up. There's an Elder that's going home now, he
said in his last zone meeting that it doesn't feel like he's going home, it
feels like he's leaving it. He cried a lot too. The last time he followed up
with me, I asked if there was anything I could do to help him, he just said
"give me some of your time" I might could've cited that movie Time
and said some smart remark but I just offered to ask the presidnet if I could
give him a month of my mission haha.
What was your
favorite scripture you read or studied this week?
I like
2 Nephi 26:24-28 that talks a bit about the nature of Christ and it's an open
invite unto All men to come unto Christ and to be saved.
I love
you guys
Elder
Horton
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