FAMILY!!!! Sounds like you all had a great and busy week!! My week was a great one too. Good experiences and a little bit of travelling.
This week, we did a division in Curitibanos. I went all day with Elder Rodrigues who is from Brasilia. It was a great day! It was good going back to Curitibanos again. I saw a bunch of people I met there almost a year ago. It was a good experience! We also did three more baptism interviews for them. They are doing great there!
We did a division here in Lages with the elders here, and I spent all day with an argentinan named Elder Paiva. We visited Zenita and Adrianna who went to churfch last week and it was a great experience! They both prayed and recieved an answer that our message was true. They told us how much they were blessed this last week in everything. We taught them about the BOM and left it for them to read and pray about. We will be headin back tomorrow.
We did a family night with Tereza and a less active named Kaue. we taught about the atonement and about forgiveness. The spirit was way strong and it was a great family night! We still didnt get Kaue to church. He is a great guy, we just need to get him to come to church on sundays!
I love you all and hope that you have a great week!!!
Elder Howard
Monday, March 10, 2014
February 17, 2014
FAMILY!!!! This week was a really good one with some great experiences and was topped off with a great sacrament meeting yesterday! I gave a talk about us being children of a loving heavenly father. Then Maldonado talked about the restoration of the gospel. When he started talking about the first vision, I hopped on the piano and played quietly "Oh how lovely was the morning". The spirit filled the room. People crying and fillin that good old spirit! DOPE experience!
We taught this cool family. Antonio, Zenita, their daughter Adrianna and her daughter Carol. We taught them the first lesson and tears filled Zenitas eyes as the spirit was strong. We invited them to come to church and they all came except for Antonio. We are going to go back this week and visit them. If they recieve an answer that the church is true, they accepted baptism.
Maiara's friend Andreca went t church again this week, her second time. We visited her on saturday, taught the first lesson and gave her a BOM. She is the first counselors niece and is liking the church a lot. We will go back this week and try to mark her baptism for next saturday.
Tereza is doing great. She is helping the relief society a ton and is keeping the church clean. Her son Alex is the missions pschologist and is awesome. They help us so much, always feed us and always call us to make sure we are doing good. You guys will love to meet them!
I love you all and hope that you have a great week!!! Have a great time in Grand Canyon and take lots of pictures!!
Elder Howard
We taught this cool family. Antonio, Zenita, their daughter Adrianna and her daughter Carol. We taught them the first lesson and tears filled Zenitas eyes as the spirit was strong. We invited them to come to church and they all came except for Antonio. We are going to go back this week and visit them. If they recieve an answer that the church is true, they accepted baptism.
Maiara's friend Andreca went t church again this week, her second time. We visited her on saturday, taught the first lesson and gave her a BOM. She is the first counselors niece and is liking the church a lot. We will go back this week and try to mark her baptism for next saturday.
Tereza is doing great. She is helping the relief society a ton and is keeping the church clean. Her son Alex is the missions pschologist and is awesome. They help us so much, always feed us and always call us to make sure we are doing good. You guys will love to meet them!
I love you all and hope that you have a great week!!! Have a great time in Grand Canyon and take lots of pictures!!
Elder Howard
Monday, February 10, 2014
February 10, 2014
FAMILY!!! This week was a great one! We worked a ton and had some great experiences! We went to Floripa on Monday and Tuesday for a meeting with president! It went really well and was good to see some of the other missionaries! Also, I talked to President about my date going home. He said he would check on it for me. I just checked his email and he said that the system will allow me to go home August 6th!!! So looks like everything worked out in the end :)
We are teaching this girl named Ketney, her sister Larissa and Larissa's boyfriend Jadeil. They are all super cool. Ketney said that she feels like she has recieved an answer, but didnt come to church on Sunday. However, Larissa and Jadeil both came to church and I think that they enjoyed it! We will return to visit them this week.
On saturday we visited a member reference. The mom is named Tanha, and her two daughters Maria and Jessica. We got there and tanha is going through some difficulties because her son has been in jail for 4 months now. She is having a rough time with it. We taught them about Joseph and the Restoration of the gospel and they loved it. The spirit was so strong during the whole lesson. At the end, we invited them to pray about the message, and when they recieve an answer, to be baptized. They accepted the invite with ease. The crappy part is that they didnt go to church. I am not sure what happend, but we will go visit them again this week.
We visited Cassiano and taught him the first lesson. He is a good kid and has tons of questions which is great for a missionary. He accepted to read the BOM, pray about it, and when he recieves an answer, to be baptized. He didnt come to church either which was weird. We will see what happened. It is tought bringing people to church, even after having great lessons with them.
I love you all and hope that you have a great week!!!
Elder Howard
We are teaching this girl named Ketney, her sister Larissa and Larissa's boyfriend Jadeil. They are all super cool. Ketney said that she feels like she has recieved an answer, but didnt come to church on Sunday. However, Larissa and Jadeil both came to church and I think that they enjoyed it! We will return to visit them this week.
On saturday we visited a member reference. The mom is named Tanha, and her two daughters Maria and Jessica. We got there and tanha is going through some difficulties because her son has been in jail for 4 months now. She is having a rough time with it. We taught them about Joseph and the Restoration of the gospel and they loved it. The spirit was so strong during the whole lesson. At the end, we invited them to pray about the message, and when they recieve an answer, to be baptized. They accepted the invite with ease. The crappy part is that they didnt go to church. I am not sure what happend, but we will go visit them again this week.
We visited Cassiano and taught him the first lesson. He is a good kid and has tons of questions which is great for a missionary. He accepted to read the BOM, pray about it, and when he recieves an answer, to be baptized. He didnt come to church either which was weird. We will see what happened. It is tought bringing people to church, even after having great lessons with them.
I love you all and hope that you have a great week!!!
Elder Howard
Monday, February 3, 2014
February 3, 2014
FAMILY!!! How are you all doin?? I miss you all like crazy!!! This week was a good one and a busy one. Tereza is doing great and has truly changed so much. She takes us to visit less active members and investigators. She is great! On sunday, her son Alex who is the second counselor in the bishopric, bore his testimony. At the end he said he was so grateful that his mom was back in the church. He then said that he wished that me and Maldonado could stay in Lages forever as missionaries! haha it was good to hear that.
We started our English class and it went well! haha there were only 4 people that came, but it was still a lot of fun! Three members came and also a non member named Cassiano. We taught him about the BOM and he came to church yesterday! That was pretty cool. He had tons of questions in the gospel principles class and we will go back to visit him this week.
We are also working with more less actives and investigators. We are going to try to find new people to teach this week. That will be our goal! Tonight we are headin to Floripa again for the meeting with the Zone Leaders and Pres. It should be good!
I love you all and hope that you have a great week!!!
Elder Howard
We started our English class and it went well! haha there were only 4 people that came, but it was still a lot of fun! Three members came and also a non member named Cassiano. We taught him about the BOM and he came to church yesterday! That was pretty cool. He had tons of questions in the gospel principles class and we will go back to visit him this week.
We are also working with more less actives and investigators. We are going to try to find new people to teach this week. That will be our goal! Tonight we are headin to Floripa again for the meeting with the Zone Leaders and Pres. It should be good!
I love you all and hope that you have a great week!!!
Elder Howard
Monday, January 27, 2014
January 27, 2014
FAMILY!!!! How are you all doin?? I sure do miss you guys like crazy!!! This week was the transfer and me and MaldonadBRO will be staying one more transfer together. It should be a good one!
This week was a good one! Tereza is doing great! She made us lunch today! haha. But yesterday at church, Bianca which is Tereza's granddaughter, gave a talk. At the end she started crying about how happy she was that her grandma was finally at church with her and back firm in the church. She looked at me and at Maldonado and thanked us for everything that we did to get her back to the church. It was a dope experience! I started crying a little and the chills overtook me! haha. It was such an awesome thing to hear, and I was so happy to know that we made an impact on their lives.
Maiara went on a division with the Sisters here in Lages to see how the mission life is. She loved it and had a great experience! She talks about how she is planning on serving a mission here in a little.
We went to Curitibanos again this week to do a baptismal interview. We had lunch with Ari (reminds me of grandpa) and his wife Zeli. Seli has been inactive for about 16 years now. We left her a message and it was a very spiritual experience. They are great people and we will help them everytime we go there.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!!! Keep workin hard on Austins scholarship papers :):):) LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Elder Howard
This week was a good one! Tereza is doing great! She made us lunch today! haha. But yesterday at church, Bianca which is Tereza's granddaughter, gave a talk. At the end she started crying about how happy she was that her grandma was finally at church with her and back firm in the church. She looked at me and at Maldonado and thanked us for everything that we did to get her back to the church. It was a dope experience! I started crying a little and the chills overtook me! haha. It was such an awesome thing to hear, and I was so happy to know that we made an impact on their lives.
Maiara went on a division with the Sisters here in Lages to see how the mission life is. She loved it and had a great experience! She talks about how she is planning on serving a mission here in a little.
We went to Curitibanos again this week to do a baptismal interview. We had lunch with Ari (reminds me of grandpa) and his wife Zeli. Seli has been inactive for about 16 years now. We left her a message and it was a very spiritual experience. They are great people and we will help them everytime we go there.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!!! Keep workin hard on Austins scholarship papers :):):) LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Elder Howard
January 20, 2014
FAMILY!!! This week was a good one!! How is MLK day for you guys?? hahah I totally forgot about the holiday!
Maiara is doing great! We had a family nhight with her and her family this week. We ate pizza and gave a message. We are trying to get her family to read the BOM and pray about it. We will see how that goes. Also, Maiara is going on a division with the sisters here in Lages on Saturday. She talks about how she wants to serve a mission here in two years, so we told he she could go see what it is like. We are stoked for her!
Tereza wasnt able to go to church, but she is doing good. We are going to help her put some goals to stop smoking. That is the only thing holding her back from going to the temple. She is a great lady!
We are teaching this less active called Kauê. Dope guy! We taught him the story of Peter walking on the waters with Christ and how Kauê needs to show his faith and go back to church. He didnt come this week, but accepted our invitation to read and pray every single day. We will follow up on that this week.
We are trying to find new people to teach. This is the last week of the transfer and we are calling it the "Semana de Fé!" ("Week of faith"). hahah we are hoping for a good week!! I love you all and hope you have a great week!!
Elder Howard
Maiara is doing great! We had a family nhight with her and her family this week. We ate pizza and gave a message. We are trying to get her family to read the BOM and pray about it. We will see how that goes. Also, Maiara is going on a division with the sisters here in Lages on Saturday. She talks about how she wants to serve a mission here in two years, so we told he she could go see what it is like. We are stoked for her!
Tereza wasnt able to go to church, but she is doing good. We are going to help her put some goals to stop smoking. That is the only thing holding her back from going to the temple. She is a great lady!
We are teaching this less active called Kauê. Dope guy! We taught him the story of Peter walking on the waters with Christ and how Kauê needs to show his faith and go back to church. He didnt come this week, but accepted our invitation to read and pray every single day. We will follow up on that this week.
We are trying to find new people to teach. This is the last week of the transfer and we are calling it the "Semana de Fé!" ("Week of faith"). hahah we are hoping for a good week!! I love you all and hope you have a great week!!
Elder Howard
Monday, January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
FAMILY!!! How are you all doin?? Sounds like you guys had a great week other than Austin being sick!! I hope he got feeling better! This week was good for me. We went to Floripa on Monday and Tuesday, for a conference with the zone leaders and President. It was actually really good! There are tons of cool Zone LEaders so we had a good time!
Also, we traveled to Curitibanos for two days to do a division. Lots of traveling this week! haha. It was way cool going back to Curitibanos tho. I saw tons of members that I met while I was there and we were stoked to see eachtoher! haha. It was a blast. We also went back and visited some of my old investigators there, but they still dont want to accept the gospel.
Maiara is doing great. She is always invited friends and family to church. Recent Converts seriously are the best member missionaries out there. We started teaching her friend named Eliane, and it was great cuz she is going through some hard times. We taught her about the Atonement and gave her a BOM to read. WE will visit her again this week.
Tereza went to church again!!! Three weeks in a row after almost 30 years of being inactive. It truly is a miracle. She is a great lady. We had lunch with her today. Also, she has almost stopped smoking completely, so we will keep helping her with that.
Well I love you all and hope you have a great week!!! The church is true. Joseph Saw :)
Elder Howard
Also, we traveled to Curitibanos for two days to do a division. Lots of traveling this week! haha. It was way cool going back to Curitibanos tho. I saw tons of members that I met while I was there and we were stoked to see eachtoher! haha. It was a blast. We also went back and visited some of my old investigators there, but they still dont want to accept the gospel.
Maiara is doing great. She is always invited friends and family to church. Recent Converts seriously are the best member missionaries out there. We started teaching her friend named Eliane, and it was great cuz she is going through some hard times. We taught her about the Atonement and gave her a BOM to read. WE will visit her again this week.
Tereza went to church again!!! Three weeks in a row after almost 30 years of being inactive. It truly is a miracle. She is a great lady. We had lunch with her today. Also, she has almost stopped smoking completely, so we will keep helping her with that.
Well I love you all and hope you have a great week!!! The church is true. Joseph Saw :)
Elder Howard
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