Really good news! An investigator I was working really hard
with in Ft Apache was baptized last Saturday! Hurrah to Andrew!!
Anyways, here in Brazil, life is good. We spent a lot of
time this week finding new people to teach and we found some success. We found
a big family who live all over the city and they are neat. We hope to work more
with them! We are also starting to work with Paloma’s family! They are awesome
and all seem so prepared. They love the change they have seen in Paloma and are
very interested! We also found this wonderful family. They are wonderful not
just because they feed us the best food every time we go over but because they
are unbelievably sweet and kind. The parents are not too interested in the
church but their two teenage children have shown real interest. Marta and
Mateus. Marta is 19 years and Mateus is 16. They are so smart, a lot smarter than
me. Marta is almost done with her 3rd year of college and is planning on going
to study in England. She learned English from Americans when she was 5, and
still speaks well! They are awesome!
We have a baptism too, set up for this Saturday! His name is
Manuel and he has been looking into the church for about 4 months. Sunday was
really neat. He lives about 20 minutes (walking) from the church. He has really
messed up legs, so walking is hard for him. This weekend he didn’t have his car
so he walked the whole way, even though he was 30 minutes late to church!
The language is coming. I have had some real blessings, I
was able to explain the Atonement to Manuel and he understood EVERYTHING! He
told us he had never looked at it that way. Another blessing was that yesterday
we had family home evening with a family and friends. I was super nervous cause
we had the lesson and were not very prepared and there were a bunch of people
that came. I had no clue what I would say... but, we taught about eternal
families. When I spoke, I was able to say everything that I wanted (which was a
lot) and to me it felt perfect! I sure I made a lot of mistakes, but again,
everyone understood! One man said he thought I have been here for at least 6
months. What a blessing! The Lord gives us sweet tender mercies every day! Life
can be frustrating but I know through the Lord, it is SO much easier and
sweeter.
I had McDonalds today! That was very delicious! Sorry, I don’t
have any pictures, I am in a different city today and I left my camera at home.
Every day, while walking the streets, I practice my soccer
with rocks. I kick them around until I find a gutter hole in the street and I
kick it, trying to make a goal. I do have to say my soccer skills are improving.
We played this morning and I scored! That’s a big deal because the Brazilians
and Latino missionaries are very, very good...
Life is hot and dry, but great down here in Brazil! I can’t
wait for the world cup and for Elder Anderson’s visit! But, not in that
order... of course, I am much more excited for Elder Anderson!!
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| Elder Neil L. Andersen:an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Miss and love you all!
Elder Clark!
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