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Monday, December 13, 2010 by Sora Jay
Querida familia,
Glad to hear that everything is good. Things have gotten a lot better here as well. I can understand almost everything that people say now and I can carry on conversations without the help of my companion. The only problem is that the people laugh at me because of my accent. Probably because its so cool.
My companion and I are working a lot with the members. There were some fights shortly before I arrived, it´s so dumb when members fight, but brazilians can´t help but talk crap behind peoples backs. The best way to unify and strengthen a ward or branch is to get them involved in missionary work, so we started a class called the School of the Missionaries, where we will teach the members how to be missionaries, how to invite people to church, give a Book of Mormon, give a talk in church, teach a class, etc. Members always make excuses why they can´t do things so I am making a list of the excuses and finding scriptures, stories, and quotes from prophets to beat the excuses. Almost all the members have someone that lives with them or a family member that lives close to them that aren´t members and we are focusing on teaching those people.
We baptized 3 people yesterday, here in Brazil there are alot of people that are ready to listen. We just need to teach by the spirit and help them keep commitments, and get married, because no one is married.
Tchao, and have a good Christmas
Elder Tom
Glad to hear that everything is good. Things have gotten a lot better here as well. I can understand almost everything that people say now and I can carry on conversations without the help of my companion. The only problem is that the people laugh at me because of my accent. Probably because its so cool.
My companion and I are working a lot with the members. There were some fights shortly before I arrived, it´s so dumb when members fight, but brazilians can´t help but talk crap behind peoples backs. The best way to unify and strengthen a ward or branch is to get them involved in missionary work, so we started a class called the School of the Missionaries, where we will teach the members how to be missionaries, how to invite people to church, give a Book of Mormon, give a talk in church, teach a class, etc. Members always make excuses why they can´t do things so I am making a list of the excuses and finding scriptures, stories, and quotes from prophets to beat the excuses. Almost all the members have someone that lives with them or a family member that lives close to them that aren´t members and we are focusing on teaching those people.
We baptized 3 people yesterday, here in Brazil there are alot of people that are ready to listen. We just need to teach by the spirit and help them keep commitments, and get married, because no one is married.
Tchao, and have a good Christmas
Elder Tom
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