HELLO BOM DIA!
EMILY RAN A 2:21 ALREADY [in the 800 meter race]? IN MARCH? MY GOSH CONGRATULATIONS! THAT IS AWESOME. WOW I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SEVERAL TIMES THIS WEEK, AS ME AND MY COMP DECIDED TO START RUNNING EVERY MORNING. WE HAVE A QUARTER MILE DIRT TRACK CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE (IF IT IS NOT 400 METERS, IT IS EXTREMELY CLOSE). I HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY DOING SOME INTERVALS EVERY NOW AND THEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT... I RACED A 400 MYSELF AND RAN 61... IT FELT LIKE A 55 (IT HURT A LOT). BUT DANG EM, YOU’RE A STUD BY THE LOOKS OF IT. YOU’RE A CHAMPION IN MY EYES, YOUNG PUP!
YEAH I REMEMBER ELDER BUMGARDNER, I ALSO DON'T REMEMBER HIS FIRST NAME BUT I SAW HIM ONCE BEFORE I LEFT I THINK, AND I REMEMBER HIM FROM THE SOCCER TEAM. I PLAYED UKULELE WITH HIS GOOD FRIEND JAKE (I THINK THAT’S HIS NAME). AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JAKE ASDEL, THAT’S AWESOME HE IS GOING ON A MISSION.
ANYWAYS THE WEEK WENT ALRIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY NOT MANY PEOPLE THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR ENGLISH CLASS WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GOSPEL. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ORGANIZING THINGS WITH MEMBERS AND LEADERSHIP OF THE WARD TO HAVE FUTURE SUCCESS. WE WERE HAVING A DISAPPOINTING DAY ON SATURDAY, AND WE WERE THINKING AT 8 THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO, SO AS WE WALKED TOWARDS OUR SIDE OF TOWN HOPING FOR SOMETHING, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF KIDS PLAYING JUMP-ROPE WITH A BIG ROPE ACROSS THE STREET. WE ASKED THEM IF WE COULD SWING THE ROPE FOR THEM AND WE ENDED UP TAKING TWO OF THEM, PAULO AND BRENO, TO CHURCH THE NEXT MORNING AND TEACHING BRENO WITH HIS MOM AND MARKING TO TEACH PAULO'S FAMILY. THEY BOTH LIKED CHURCH, AND I WISH THAT ADULTS COULD FIND IT SO EASY AND ATTRACTIVE TO GO TO CHURCH AS THOSE KIDS DID. PAULO WAS BEGGING HIS MOM TO GO.
JAILSON RECEIVED THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD YESTERDAY ALREADY. HE SAID SOMETHING FUNNY- HIS FIRST WEEK AT CHURCH HE THOUGHT THAT UNDERNEATH THE SACRAMENT CLOTH WAS A DEAD BODY. BUT THEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE BREAD AND WATER.
TODAY WE ARE VISITING THE CITY OF CAMARAGIBE. BECAUSE IT IS ELDER HALVORSEN'S LAST TRANSFER, PRES LETS US GO VISIT SOME OF HIS OLD AREAS. WE HAD AN AMAZING LUNCH WITH A REALLY NICE LADY HERE WHO HE HELPED TO REACTIVATE.
What kind of responsibilities does a district leader have?
I GAVE A TRAINING ABOUT TEACHING PEOPLE, NOT LESSONS, ON TUESDAY AND I THINK IT WENT PRETTY WELL. IT'S FUN TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE MISSIONARIES IN THE OTHER AREAS AND HELP THEM WITH IDEAS AND STUFF FOR THEIR INVESTIGATORS.
YEAH ELDER HALVORSEN IS STILL GLAD TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE HERE. AND NOW WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE MORE ENERGY DURING THE DAY BECAUSE WE RUN EVERY MORNING AT 6 30. ITS IRONIC THAT THE ONLY TRANSFER HE ACTUALLY WORKED OUT MUCH IN HIS WHOLE MISSION WILL BE THE LAST!
[Catherine wants me to tell you that she sent you a really long letter...]
ALRIGHT I LOOK FORWARD TO MAIL ALWAYS. KEEP IT UP CATH.
IT WILL BE HARD TO GET INVESTIGATORS TO CONFERENCE, WE HAVE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT CITY, A HALF HOUR BUS RIDE AWAY.
WE SHOW UP WITHOUT A MESSAGE AT MANY MEETINGS OR LESSONS... AND THAN WE JUST GET TO KNOW WHAT THE PERSON NEEDS AND WE CAN GENERALLY HELP THE PEOPLE IN SOME WAY. WE WERE TEACHING AN INVESTIGATOR, LUANE, IN THE HOUSE OF A MEMBER LAST WEEK, CLAUDIA (WIFE OF MARINALDO), WHEN SHE ARRIVED AND WAS VERY STRESSED OUT. SHE JOKED AROUND WITH US BUT WE COULD TELL THAT SHE WAS REALLY STRESSED. SO ELDER HALVORSEN TOLD THIS STORY ABOUT 2 BUCKETS, WHO HAVE THE SAME LIFE AS EACH OTHER BUT ONE IS HAPPY AND ONE IS SAD. ONE IS ALWAYS SAD, CUZ NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES HE GOES UP THE WELL FULL, HE KNOWS HE WILL ALWAYS GO DOWN EMPTY. AND THE OTHER SAYS WELL I KNOW NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I GO DOWN EMPTY, I WILL ALWAYS COME UP FULL AGAIN! WE THEN TALKED ABOUT DECIDING TO BE HAPPY, LOOK AT THE GOOD STUFF. SHE TALKED TO US YESTERDAY AT WARD COUNCIL AND SAID THAT MESSAGE REALLY HELPED HER. IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE, AND WE WEREN'T EVEN THERE TO HELP HER, BUT HER NONMEMBER FRIEND, BUT I KNOW IT WAS CLAUDIA THAT BENEFITED. LUANE IS REALLY COOL, HAS A TESTIMONY, BUT HER HUSBAND DOESN'T WANT HER TO BE BAPTIZED.
THANK YOU FOR THE MAIL AND PRAYERS AND UPDATES! GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING THIS WEEK AND TALK TO YOU MONDAY!
LOVE
JON
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