Braden writes that there are two people very interested in the church;
It is a little tough having people keep their commitments here, but we have been praying this week so we will be blessed from the Lord.
Braden wrote;
It was way funny yesterday too on our way back from church, because the chapel (which is in an old house) is right on the beach, so when we were leaving, my trainer was like: Alright Elder, get ready to close your eyes. It was pretty funny. Not only are there women with basically no clothes on on the beaches, but men....very fat men with speedos. It isn´t pretty.
We have a Zone Conference this Thursday so we have to travel to Rio again for that at like three in the morning again. Yippee! It will be pretty awesome. Then we have General Conference on Saturday at one to three and then five to seven. I´m way excited for it, but I can´t believe it´s already time for conference again! Seems like it was just like two months ago. We have to try and bring all of our investigators to that as well so it is going to be very exciting.
Braden writes about visiting a home to eat,
Usually we dish up our own food because we know how much we can handle, but she did it for us last night and it was kind of depressing looking at all of this food that we had to find a way to get inside of us. It was really, really good though. Don´t worry, I´m not fat.
He writes about some experiences;
We had some good lessons this week for sure. We taught a lady who is having problems with going to church and it was a really Spiritual lesson for all of us. The Spirit was really strong there and I hope that we helped her out with her problems and that she finds her way back into the church again.
Hope everything is going great for you all and I will talk to you next week and make sure that you watched conference. :)
Love, Elder McDonald
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
1 Month out in the Mission Field
Braden had a busy day on his normal Preperation Day (P-Day). He writes,
The reason we are writing today instead of yesterday is because we had to drive to Rio yesterday and change our addresses from São Paulo to Rio. That was crazy. Sunday night we left Oyster town here and headed for Cabo Frio, spent the night there at the other Elders apartment (which is way nice: four bathrooms!!) And then we had to wake up at three in the morning and get a bus to Rio, which took another three hours or more. We got there at like 8 and waited for the other Elders, changed our address, left, got an expensive snack at the bus station, got back on the bus, got stuck in traffic on the same street for an hour (no joke) haha and then headed back to Cabo Frio... got back on the bus for Rio dos Ostras, and by that time our P-day was over and we were both tired from all the travelling, so naturally, we went to work until 9. It was pretty crazy. So today we are writing emails and trying to get groceries for this week cause I don´t have anything except some eggs I think and then we have a district meeting at 2. It´s great fun here!
He is getting the hang of the language better,
I have such a long way to go with this language but I absolutely love it. I´m not totally lost when people talk to me anymore and it feels awesome!
He's been out a month now and is in need of some things,
Another pillowcase would be nice too.
He's on a get-in-shape program:
Another elder and I are doing boot camp every morning trying to get ripped and in shape haha. It´s great, he´s hilarious. I love the mission and it just keeps getting better with learning the language and knowing more, I love it.
He is looking forward to General Conference this year,
I hope that you enjoy General Conference. I get to listen to it in Português this year so that will be cool; we are going up to Macaè to watch it, so that will be sweet.
He is still enjoying many spiritual moments, as they experienced someone joining the church last Sunday;
The Lord has blessed us in a way that we never would have expected and it is so amazing!
We are so proud of Braden. By the way, he said he is very grateful for those who have written to him recently and he said he will write back to you as soon as he can.
The reason we are writing today instead of yesterday is because we had to drive to Rio yesterday and change our addresses from São Paulo to Rio. That was crazy. Sunday night we left Oyster town here and headed for Cabo Frio, spent the night there at the other Elders apartment (which is way nice: four bathrooms!!) And then we had to wake up at three in the morning and get a bus to Rio, which took another three hours or more. We got there at like 8 and waited for the other Elders, changed our address, left, got an expensive snack at the bus station, got back on the bus, got stuck in traffic on the same street for an hour (no joke) haha and then headed back to Cabo Frio... got back on the bus for Rio dos Ostras, and by that time our P-day was over and we were both tired from all the travelling, so naturally, we went to work until 9. It was pretty crazy. So today we are writing emails and trying to get groceries for this week cause I don´t have anything except some eggs I think and then we have a district meeting at 2. It´s great fun here!
He is getting the hang of the language better,
I have such a long way to go with this language but I absolutely love it. I´m not totally lost when people talk to me anymore and it feels awesome!
He's been out a month now and is in need of some things,
Another pillowcase would be nice too.
He's on a get-in-shape program:
Another elder and I are doing boot camp every morning trying to get ripped and in shape haha. It´s great, he´s hilarious. I love the mission and it just keeps getting better with learning the language and knowing more, I love it.
He is looking forward to General Conference this year,
I hope that you enjoy General Conference. I get to listen to it in Português this year so that will be cool; we are going up to Macaè to watch it, so that will be sweet.
He is still enjoying many spiritual moments, as they experienced someone joining the church last Sunday;
The Lord has blessed us in a way that we never would have expected and it is so amazing!
We are so proud of Braden. By the way, he said he is very grateful for those who have written to him recently and he said he will write back to you as soon as he can.
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