Questions!
1. How are your investigators? How is Bernardo? What about Jorge. I haven't heard you talk of him much lately.
Bernardo is awesome! He´s been reading the Book of Mormon and praying to see if he needs to join our "ministry" as he says.. Jorge is a STUD! He´s still preparing to get the Melchizedek Priesthood, he´s kind of nervous, but he´s working towards it. He had 2 of his friends come over to listen to us, and they said they want to get baptized the 18th of February! It´s the week after changes, so I don´t know if I´ll be here... I´ve been in Santa Rita for 6 months!
2. How many of your 6 investigators were able to come to church? Do you feel that any of them will be baptized?
None of them came to church yesterday :( It´s ok though, they´ll be there next week! I feel like Bernardo will get baptized with his family..
None of them came to church yesterday :( It´s ok though, they´ll be there next week! I feel like Bernardo will get baptized with his family..
3. How is Elder Nielson's spanish coming along? You mentioned that your Spanish is fluent...What do you attribute that to?
He speaks really well! He feels like he doesn´t though. He was fluent in Portuguese before the mission and he said Spanish just messed it up. He understands everything people say in Portoguese and he´ll translate it for me in English, then I say what we need in Spanish.. It´s pretty cool! So yeah, his Spanish is really good. My Spanish is fluent... This means I can read, write, and say whatever I want. I´m to the point where I just study the dictionary in my language study every day, just to learn more words.
It was good to read about how everyone is doing! It sounds like Dan and Haley are doing great with the boys! That makes me happy :D Last week Drake said something about I might see him settled down by the time I get back..?! I don´t believe it.. I had a dream last night that Derrek came down here to visit me! We went to Bernardo´s house and Derrek started teaching him about the Book of Mormon! It was a sweet dream. It was like he was my companion, and instead of walking, we had bullet bikes. I WISH! Andamos por linea once todos los días... I remember last week when you said that Sy wrote you, I´ve been thinking about him quite a bit lately too. What´s his house number? I could write him a letter.. He was always one of my best friends, ever since kindergarten! I remember I met him in Mrs. Wilkin´s class- we went to show her that I could write the number 5 and the number 8, then I went back to the play area and met Sy. We were best buds ever since.
Mabel went back to Argentina on Monday :( It´s ok though, I´ll see her again someday! I think Jorge is kinda sad that she´s gone.. She said we need to go to Jorge´s house every day now and make him lunch because she won´t be there. Then she said to make sure that Jorge doesn´t marry a bruja, or else she won´t come back! Bruja means Witch.. Like with the broom and black cats and all that jazz.
So yeah, it was kind of a slow week, we´ve been weeding out the people who aren´t so serious from the people who are.. We went tracting in the rich part of Santa Rita.. The mansion area! These are where the rich Brazilians live with their super nice cars and big gates and security guards. We didn´t get in a single one of those houses :P But we found a guy that lives close to that part of town, his name is Neomar. He´s a way cool guy! He´s always laughing and saying "siempre!" or "always!" Even to something like, "Hey how are you?" And he says, "Si, siempre!! Ahaha!" But he came to church and he loved it! We taught baptism in the class and he told my companion it made him feel really good and he was like, "When are you guys gonna come by my house again? Can you come back and visit me and teach me more? Can I invite my friends??" So I think he might be one of the escogidos de Dios. I think he´ll be a great member! He used to work in a churrascurria and he´s got 2 freezers full of meat for making steaks. He said we could come over any time and make a steak!
This week, I studied a lot about the Restoration. I love that lesson!! Every time I teach it, it strengthens my testimony more and more that this is Christ´s church. I don´t have a single doubt about it. We talked to a Catholic guy and he tried to convert us. He told us we don´t even need to go back to the United States because the true church is right next to our house here! It was wierd.. I think 3 people told us this week that Jesus was Catholic.. I was scared we were going to get struck by lightning! No offense to anyone who is Catholic.. but Christ was NOT Catholic.. I´m not saying he was a "Mormon" either. He is CHRIST. He formed HIS Church. 1 Corinthians 12:28. How could it be His church if it doesn´t even have His name? 3 Nephi 27:3-8. For example, if a church was formed by a guy named John.. It´s John´s church! Christ formed the church I represent.. Not Joseph Smith. If that were the case, It would be called the Church of Joseph Smith of Latter-day Saints. But it´s not! It´s logical!! Not only that, but this is the only church that has the confidence to tell people to pray and find out for themselves if this is the true church or not. Everyone I´ve talked to says, "My pastor told me his church is the true church.." And they go to church every Sunday and sit and listen and don´t learn ANYTHING! So many people dont even know where Christ was born.. Or where the Bible was written.. Or what a Prophet is or an Apostle. Where is the original organization of the churh that Christ himself formed? Where is the living Prophet and the 12 Apostles.. Think about it.
I´m happy here :)
Hey can someone get me Stephanie Bateman´s address? She´s one of my best friends and I haven´t talked to her in 10 months.
Hey! I turn 20 soon.. What in the world.. Could I maybe get some legit shaving cream? I like the Edge gel stuff.. and maybe a jar of peanut butter. And Skittles! :D The candy here kinda sucks.. And the shaving cream. And people say they have peanut butter here, but I think they´re lying! I haven´t found any.
Alright, I think I´ve run out of things to say for now.. If I think of more, I´ll put it in my joural. "Dear Diary... Today I had a crazy drunk guy yell at me in Guaraní. He called me a dirty American.." Ha´e vaí kururucha.. ikininí chera´a..
AMO VOC ÊS!
Elder Heiner
In the pictures: My apartment (bottom left balcony) and the view from it.. Also some clouds n stuff!
He speaks really well! He feels like he doesn´t though. He was fluent in Portuguese before the mission and he said Spanish just messed it up. He understands everything people say in Portoguese and he´ll translate it for me in English, then I say what we need in Spanish.. It´s pretty cool! So yeah, his Spanish is really good. My Spanish is fluent... This means I can read, write, and say whatever I want. I´m to the point where I just study the dictionary in my language study every day, just to learn more words.
It was good to read about how everyone is doing! It sounds like Dan and Haley are doing great with the boys! That makes me happy :D Last week Drake said something about I might see him settled down by the time I get back..?! I don´t believe it.. I had a dream last night that Derrek came down here to visit me! We went to Bernardo´s house and Derrek started teaching him about the Book of Mormon! It was a sweet dream. It was like he was my companion, and instead of walking, we had bullet bikes. I WISH! Andamos por linea once todos los días... I remember last week when you said that Sy wrote you, I´ve been thinking about him quite a bit lately too. What´s his house number? I could write him a letter.. He was always one of my best friends, ever since kindergarten! I remember I met him in Mrs. Wilkin´s class- we went to show her that I could write the number 5 and the number 8, then I went back to the play area and met Sy. We were best buds ever since.
Mabel went back to Argentina on Monday :( It´s ok though, I´ll see her again someday! I think Jorge is kinda sad that she´s gone.. She said we need to go to Jorge´s house every day now and make him lunch because she won´t be there. Then she said to make sure that Jorge doesn´t marry a bruja, or else she won´t come back! Bruja means Witch.. Like with the broom and black cats and all that jazz.
So yeah, it was kind of a slow week, we´ve been weeding out the people who aren´t so serious from the people who are.. We went tracting in the rich part of Santa Rita.. The mansion area! These are where the rich Brazilians live with their super nice cars and big gates and security guards. We didn´t get in a single one of those houses :P But we found a guy that lives close to that part of town, his name is Neomar. He´s a way cool guy! He´s always laughing and saying "siempre!" or "always!" Even to something like, "Hey how are you?" And he says, "Si, siempre!! Ahaha!" But he came to church and he loved it! We taught baptism in the class and he told my companion it made him feel really good and he was like, "When are you guys gonna come by my house again? Can you come back and visit me and teach me more? Can I invite my friends??" So I think he might be one of the escogidos de Dios. I think he´ll be a great member! He used to work in a churrascurria and he´s got 2 freezers full of meat for making steaks. He said we could come over any time and make a steak!
This week, I studied a lot about the Restoration. I love that lesson!! Every time I teach it, it strengthens my testimony more and more that this is Christ´s church. I don´t have a single doubt about it. We talked to a Catholic guy and he tried to convert us. He told us we don´t even need to go back to the United States because the true church is right next to our house here! It was wierd.. I think 3 people told us this week that Jesus was Catholic.. I was scared we were going to get struck by lightning! No offense to anyone who is Catholic.. but Christ was NOT Catholic.. I´m not saying he was a "Mormon" either. He is CHRIST. He formed HIS Church. 1 Corinthians 12:28. How could it be His church if it doesn´t even have His name? 3 Nephi 27:3-8. For example, if a church was formed by a guy named John.. It´s John´s church! Christ formed the church I represent.. Not Joseph Smith. If that were the case, It would be called the Church of Joseph Smith of Latter-day Saints. But it´s not! It´s logical!! Not only that, but this is the only church that has the confidence to tell people to pray and find out for themselves if this is the true church or not. Everyone I´ve talked to says, "My pastor told me his church is the true church.." And they go to church every Sunday and sit and listen and don´t learn ANYTHING! So many people dont even know where Christ was born.. Or where the Bible was written.. Or what a Prophet is or an Apostle. Where is the original organization of the churh that Christ himself formed? Where is the living Prophet and the 12 Apostles.. Think about it.
I´m happy here :)
Hey can someone get me Stephanie Bateman´s address? She´s one of my best friends and I haven´t talked to her in 10 months.
Hey! I turn 20 soon.. What in the world.. Could I maybe get some legit shaving cream? I like the Edge gel stuff.. and maybe a jar of peanut butter. And Skittles! :D The candy here kinda sucks.. And the shaving cream. And people say they have peanut butter here, but I think they´re lying! I haven´t found any.
Alright, I think I´ve run out of things to say for now.. If I think of more, I´ll put it in my joural. "Dear Diary... Today I had a crazy drunk guy yell at me in Guaraní. He called me a dirty American.." Ha´e vaí kururucha.. ikininí chera´a..
AMO VOC ÊS!
Elder Heiner
In the pictures: My apartment (bottom left balcony) and the view from it.. Also some clouds n stuff!
