well, hello there! how are you, family? i am...about to explain what is going on here.
scripture: D&C 43: 15 - 21
alright well this week has been a week of...miracles. i don´t know exactly when it started or what we did different, but dang. elder hardyman and i are just working our tails off and
tearing it up out here.
anésia is still on track and excited beyond belief about her baptism.
she just keeps telling us that the time isn´t passing quickly enough and she just wishes
that she had found out about the church years ago.
there is an old lady in the ward that sat with her at church that has been a member for 37 years and anésia just said that she was so sad that that could have been her. but she is happy because she said that God has his time for everything. we used one of those testimony gloves with her to help her understand. she thought it was really sweet. haha i guess it can work with primary children and nice, old ladies?? we did the activity in primary again with the extra gloves. the kids in ourinhos were little angels. the kids (well, 3 kids) in Palmital wouldn´t shut up and sit down. i almost pulled a mom...i wanted to just grab the kids and force them into a chair and tell them not to move again. but i can´t. i don´t think my future calling will be in the primary.
that just wouldn´t be good for my health.
and now for the miracles that just decided to start showing up. we have found some amazing families. we are teaching a member´s mom and sister. she was baptized a year ago and now her mom and sister are going to church and are preparing to be baptized on the 7th of august.
we are teaching a reference from a brother in the ward. the family is Renato, Cassia, Sará, Renan, Carol, and the cousin, Bianca. so far, cassia, carol, and bianca are preparing to be baptized on the 1st of august. carol and bianca have already said that they want to. cassia said that she wants to, but wants to learn more about the church. how great that we happen to be missionaries, huh?? we found a family Adilson, Andreia, and Alysson who have already gone to church several times a long time ago but stopped because the missionaries left. they are way cool and they are going to church this sunday. we found another family named Rogério, Silvanna, and Bianca who accepted a baptismal date for the 8th of August. they are way cool. the daughter, Bianca, is incredibly bright. when we went there, she said that she had prayed and that god told her in her heart that what we said was true. we also found a family of a mom and 2 sons - Ilma, Gabriel, and Leonardo. Maicon - the rapaz that was baptized - is Gabriel´s friend and already talked a bunch about the church and we didn´t even know.
he said that he received an answer about our message and that he will prepare to be baptized on the 1st of august. we also found an interesting family. the son - Gustavo - is only 7 years old. but he was with us when we taught gabriel and ilma, so he asked us to go to his house. his dad is Jehovah´s Witness and his mom is Catholic.
ummm....yeah that can´t be good. but we taught them and they loved it and told us that we were welcome back at any time. we are going back tomorow. and just two more that i am remembering right now. we found a lady named livia and she was way cool. she reminds me SO MUCH of eva from ourinhos. i am hoping she will be just as elect. and to finish us off...we went on a divison with some brothers from the ward and i went to a reference from the president of the young men. his name is junior. his wife is mariele and her parents are noemia and antônio.
his wife is due in september right around the same time as morgan. oh.
my. gosh. i was teaching the whole lesson, and when i got to the part about the restoration, i don´t know what happened but i just kinda stopped talking for a second after i explained the first vision and almost started crying but i don´t know why. it was just completely silent and then mariele said, "I feel really different. Do you feel that?" and junior just said, "it is different. it is good. but it is different." i explained about the holy ghost and then started talking about church and baptism and without even finishing my question about baptism, junior and mariele said that they will go to church this sunday and that they will prepare to be baptized on the 7th of august as soon as they get an answer about their prayer. and then junior said that he already had an answer. miracles. i am literally seeing miracles every day.
it started when h-man (hardyman) and i started focusing more about getting people to go to church. we started making that a priority and when we started explaining the important role of going to church to receive an answer, things started changing. i mean we are working until the last minute and it is just giving some crazy results.
i almost forgot. on that same divison, i went with one of the brothers to a friend of his who went to his baptism. her name is priscila. she was awesome, too. she said that she will go to church this sunday because she already had been and wants to get to know it better.
h-man and i gave a training in the district meeting about how we can help our investigators get to church and how we need to do that better, because it is the most difficult part. all of these people can receive an answer and want to be baptized, but without going to church, they can´t be prepared for baptism. so that is why we gave the training, and now their are a lot of people who are saying that they want to go to church. seriously a miracle.
sorry if that was confusing to follow. but that is what we are working with. it has been lots of work, but it is worth it. i will need to get some new shoes soon. but i don´t know
where i can buy good shoes like the ones i have.
lauren - i haven´t bought "warm clothes." we froze our tails off in 4 days or more of rain,
but now it is burning up again.
we are once again taking showers in cold water. but this time it is better...and funnier. so the elders moved to this house like 4 months ago. and since that time, they have never paid the water or electric bills. we weren´t aware that we had to. so this guy shows up at our gate on tuesday morning and yells at me before i can say a word, "ELECTRIC BILL!!!!!" then he gives me a piece of paper and takes off.
so we were like, "oh ok well we better pay this" thinking that we would have a few days to get everything situated and paid. NOPE! he cut our electricty at that moment! it was way funny because we were just chilling and then we hear a yelp from the shower because elder crosbie´s hot shower had suddenly gone ice cold. so we were planning and doing everything by candle light. it was really quite romantic as you can imagine.
but taking a shower by flashlight is quite difficult.
especially when the batteries die halfway through the shower. wanna know how i know?
cuz it happened to me!!
i am sad to hear that the era of american golf domination has ended.
that is quite upsetting. too bad tiger had to screw up huh?
well. the mish is the mish and it is crazy! we are working our butts off. we are seeing some great things and finding some great people. i am hoping that next week will have some great updates. thank you all for your support and know that i love you all so much.
we are going to play ultimate frisbee today and we are going to have an american cook-out. we are gunna make some real hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch. 4 americans in one house? our district of 8 missionaries has 7 americans. so come on. what can you expect?!
i love you all! tchau!
elder scott ghormley
scripture: D&C 43: 15 - 21
alright well this week has been a week of...miracles. i don´t know exactly when it started or what we did different, but dang. elder hardyman and i are just working our tails off and
tearing it up out here.
anésia is still on track and excited beyond belief about her baptism.
she just keeps telling us that the time isn´t passing quickly enough and she just wishes
that she had found out about the church years ago.
there is an old lady in the ward that sat with her at church that has been a member for 37 years and anésia just said that she was so sad that that could have been her. but she is happy because she said that God has his time for everything. we used one of those testimony gloves with her to help her understand. she thought it was really sweet. haha i guess it can work with primary children and nice, old ladies?? we did the activity in primary again with the extra gloves. the kids in ourinhos were little angels. the kids (well, 3 kids) in Palmital wouldn´t shut up and sit down. i almost pulled a mom...i wanted to just grab the kids and force them into a chair and tell them not to move again. but i can´t. i don´t think my future calling will be in the primary.
that just wouldn´t be good for my health.
and now for the miracles that just decided to start showing up. we have found some amazing families. we are teaching a member´s mom and sister. she was baptized a year ago and now her mom and sister are going to church and are preparing to be baptized on the 7th of august.
we are teaching a reference from a brother in the ward. the family is Renato, Cassia, Sará, Renan, Carol, and the cousin, Bianca. so far, cassia, carol, and bianca are preparing to be baptized on the 1st of august. carol and bianca have already said that they want to. cassia said that she wants to, but wants to learn more about the church. how great that we happen to be missionaries, huh?? we found a family Adilson, Andreia, and Alysson who have already gone to church several times a long time ago but stopped because the missionaries left. they are way cool and they are going to church this sunday. we found another family named Rogério, Silvanna, and Bianca who accepted a baptismal date for the 8th of August. they are way cool. the daughter, Bianca, is incredibly bright. when we went there, she said that she had prayed and that god told her in her heart that what we said was true. we also found a family of a mom and 2 sons - Ilma, Gabriel, and Leonardo. Maicon - the rapaz that was baptized - is Gabriel´s friend and already talked a bunch about the church and we didn´t even know.
he said that he received an answer about our message and that he will prepare to be baptized on the 1st of august. we also found an interesting family. the son - Gustavo - is only 7 years old. but he was with us when we taught gabriel and ilma, so he asked us to go to his house. his dad is Jehovah´s Witness and his mom is Catholic.
ummm....yeah that can´t be good. but we taught them and they loved it and told us that we were welcome back at any time. we are going back tomorow. and just two more that i am remembering right now. we found a lady named livia and she was way cool. she reminds me SO MUCH of eva from ourinhos. i am hoping she will be just as elect. and to finish us off...we went on a divison with some brothers from the ward and i went to a reference from the president of the young men. his name is junior. his wife is mariele and her parents are noemia and antônio.
his wife is due in september right around the same time as morgan. oh.
my. gosh. i was teaching the whole lesson, and when i got to the part about the restoration, i don´t know what happened but i just kinda stopped talking for a second after i explained the first vision and almost started crying but i don´t know why. it was just completely silent and then mariele said, "I feel really different. Do you feel that?" and junior just said, "it is different. it is good. but it is different." i explained about the holy ghost and then started talking about church and baptism and without even finishing my question about baptism, junior and mariele said that they will go to church this sunday and that they will prepare to be baptized on the 7th of august as soon as they get an answer about their prayer. and then junior said that he already had an answer. miracles. i am literally seeing miracles every day.
it started when h-man (hardyman) and i started focusing more about getting people to go to church. we started making that a priority and when we started explaining the important role of going to church to receive an answer, things started changing. i mean we are working until the last minute and it is just giving some crazy results.
i almost forgot. on that same divison, i went with one of the brothers to a friend of his who went to his baptism. her name is priscila. she was awesome, too. she said that she will go to church this sunday because she already had been and wants to get to know it better.
h-man and i gave a training in the district meeting about how we can help our investigators get to church and how we need to do that better, because it is the most difficult part. all of these people can receive an answer and want to be baptized, but without going to church, they can´t be prepared for baptism. so that is why we gave the training, and now their are a lot of people who are saying that they want to go to church. seriously a miracle.
sorry if that was confusing to follow. but that is what we are working with. it has been lots of work, but it is worth it. i will need to get some new shoes soon. but i don´t know
where i can buy good shoes like the ones i have.
lauren - i haven´t bought "warm clothes." we froze our tails off in 4 days or more of rain,
but now it is burning up again.
we are once again taking showers in cold water. but this time it is better...and funnier. so the elders moved to this house like 4 months ago. and since that time, they have never paid the water or electric bills. we weren´t aware that we had to. so this guy shows up at our gate on tuesday morning and yells at me before i can say a word, "ELECTRIC BILL!!!!!" then he gives me a piece of paper and takes off.
so we were like, "oh ok well we better pay this" thinking that we would have a few days to get everything situated and paid. NOPE! he cut our electricty at that moment! it was way funny because we were just chilling and then we hear a yelp from the shower because elder crosbie´s hot shower had suddenly gone ice cold. so we were planning and doing everything by candle light. it was really quite romantic as you can imagine.
but taking a shower by flashlight is quite difficult.
especially when the batteries die halfway through the shower. wanna know how i know?
cuz it happened to me!!
i am sad to hear that the era of american golf domination has ended.
that is quite upsetting. too bad tiger had to screw up huh?
well. the mish is the mish and it is crazy! we are working our butts off. we are seeing some great things and finding some great people. i am hoping that next week will have some great updates. thank you all for your support and know that i love you all so much.
we are going to play ultimate frisbee today and we are going to have an american cook-out. we are gunna make some real hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch. 4 americans in one house? our district of 8 missionaries has 7 americans. so come on. what can you expect?!
i love you all! tchau!
elder scott ghormley
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