Brazil
Monday, July 4, 2011 by Sora Jay
Querida família,
Happy fourth of July! There are four elders living in my house and all four are from the US, so today we sang the National Anthem, pledged allegience to the flag, and decided to speak lots of English. I am also walking around with a flag sticking out of my belt. You don't know how good the US is until you leave, but now that I am used to Brazil when I back home it will be a culture shock.
This week some crazy things happened, the first thing is that a catholic school next to the church now has an anit-mormon curriculum and the second thing is that we found an elect. We have been teaching a lady names Sandra whose daughter is 14 and is already a member of the church. We had marked Sandra's baptism for this Sunday, but they live in a house that belongs to the Catholic school and the boss-lady of the school told them that they have to choose between the house and the school or the church. The school is funded by donations from Germany and there are lots of people from other religions that go to school there but the old lady doesn't want anyone to go the "Mormon Church." I talked to her for almost two hours the other day but she is stubborn and ignorant, and Satuday the had mass in the school where the subject was "The Mormons are trying to take the youth to there church." I almost got really mad and had "tompertantrum", but I didn't because I knew that it would just make things worse. Sandra still wants to get baptized, but she has to find a new house before she can come to church anymore. She and her daughter are really sad, maybe you guys can pray that God will soften the heart of the old, mean lady or help Sandra find a new house.
One night we brought a young man to seminary and when we were leaving a 20-year-old stopped on his motorcylce and asked at what time the church was open. I talked to him a little and we marked to visit him in his house. He lives really close to the church and he already had a Book of Mormon that he found in the garbage, brought home, and cleaned. We taught him and marked another visit, but the next day he passed on his motorcycle again and said that he had read and felt really good, that he had felt a great peace. He came to church on Sunday a half hour early and already wants to be a missionary. There really are people out there that aren't in the church and aren't keeping the commandments because they don't know any better. We just have to open our mouths.
Gotta go,
Elder Jay Brazil
Happy fourth of July! There are four elders living in my house and all four are from the US, so today we sang the National Anthem, pledged allegience to the flag, and decided to speak lots of English. I am also walking around with a flag sticking out of my belt. You don't know how good the US is until you leave, but now that I am used to Brazil when I back home it will be a culture shock.
This week some crazy things happened, the first thing is that a catholic school next to the church now has an anit-mormon curriculum and the second thing is that we found an elect. We have been teaching a lady names Sandra whose daughter is 14 and is already a member of the church. We had marked Sandra's baptism for this Sunday, but they live in a house that belongs to the Catholic school and the boss-lady of the school told them that they have to choose between the house and the school or the church. The school is funded by donations from Germany and there are lots of people from other religions that go to school there but the old lady doesn't want anyone to go the "Mormon Church." I talked to her for almost two hours the other day but she is stubborn and ignorant, and Satuday the had mass in the school where the subject was "The Mormons are trying to take the youth to there church." I almost got really mad and had "tompertantrum", but I didn't because I knew that it would just make things worse. Sandra still wants to get baptized, but she has to find a new house before she can come to church anymore. She and her daughter are really sad, maybe you guys can pray that God will soften the heart of the old, mean lady or help Sandra find a new house.
One night we brought a young man to seminary and when we were leaving a 20-year-old stopped on his motorcylce and asked at what time the church was open. I talked to him a little and we marked to visit him in his house. He lives really close to the church and he already had a Book of Mormon that he found in the garbage, brought home, and cleaned. We taught him and marked another visit, but the next day he passed on his motorcycle again and said that he had read and felt really good, that he had felt a great peace. He came to church on Sunday a half hour early and already wants to be a missionary. There really are people out there that aren't in the church and aren't keeping the commandments because they don't know any better. We just have to open our mouths.
Gotta go,
Elder Jay Brazil
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