Sousa
Monday, December 19, 2011 by Sora Jay
Querida família,
This week went well, but this branch is a litte difficult. Yesterday 37 people went to church and everyone said that the attendance at church has been dropping every week and that the branch will be closed. The members are depressed so we need get them excited and lift their spirits. This should be the best branch in the district because it was the first, the zone leaders work here, and the district president lives here, but right now it is the worst branch in the district. We talked with the District President yesterday and he showed that in our branch 3% of the members were visited this trimester. I think that I might stay here until the end of my mission and I want to see the chapel full before I leave.
They had a big "March for Jesus" for three days in the center of the city this week and one night we had to walk past to go home. A group of youngmen called us over and wanted to argue with us. I get so mad when people start talking crap about the church and the Book of Mormon. I think it is one of the only things that gets me mad, because the people have no ideia what they are talking about. They never went to church, never talked to the missionaries, never read the Book of Mormon and just regurgitate a couple of scriptures from the Bible that they heard from their pastor and don't understand. But, I didn't fight, I walked away, and when I got home put my matress against the wall and beat the crap out of it.
We brought a man named Paulo to church yesterday who is 26 or 27 and is about to finish his masters in Geography. I like teaching people that are inteligent and study. The church meetings were really disorganized and the teachers aren't very exerienced, but I was still able to feel the Spirit and I think he did too. We went to his house Sunday morning to take him to church and his aunt said he had left already. He went to church half an hour early and got there before most of the members.
Tomorrow will be our Christmas conference with some other zones. Elder Walton and I are in charge of the games and President Hall is going to let play wii. I hope they have Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart so I can destroy everyone.
They are doing three seperate Christmas Conferences this year so that the missionaries don't have to travel as long and every district has to make a dessert. They did the conference in Nata already and almost all of the missionaries got food poisoning and threw up afterward. Can't trust food made by Elders.
Gotta go,
Elder Jay
This week went well, but this branch is a litte difficult. Yesterday 37 people went to church and everyone said that the attendance at church has been dropping every week and that the branch will be closed. The members are depressed so we need get them excited and lift their spirits. This should be the best branch in the district because it was the first, the zone leaders work here, and the district president lives here, but right now it is the worst branch in the district. We talked with the District President yesterday and he showed that in our branch 3% of the members were visited this trimester. I think that I might stay here until the end of my mission and I want to see the chapel full before I leave.
They had a big "March for Jesus" for three days in the center of the city this week and one night we had to walk past to go home. A group of youngmen called us over and wanted to argue with us. I get so mad when people start talking crap about the church and the Book of Mormon. I think it is one of the only things that gets me mad, because the people have no ideia what they are talking about. They never went to church, never talked to the missionaries, never read the Book of Mormon and just regurgitate a couple of scriptures from the Bible that they heard from their pastor and don't understand. But, I didn't fight, I walked away, and when I got home put my matress against the wall and beat the crap out of it.
We brought a man named Paulo to church yesterday who is 26 or 27 and is about to finish his masters in Geography. I like teaching people that are inteligent and study. The church meetings were really disorganized and the teachers aren't very exerienced, but I was still able to feel the Spirit and I think he did too. We went to his house Sunday morning to take him to church and his aunt said he had left already. He went to church half an hour early and got there before most of the members.
Tomorrow will be our Christmas conference with some other zones. Elder Walton and I are in charge of the games and President Hall is going to let play wii. I hope they have Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart so I can destroy everyone.
They are doing three seperate Christmas Conferences this year so that the missionaries don't have to travel as long and every district has to make a dessert. They did the conference in Nata already and almost all of the missionaries got food poisoning and threw up afterward. Can't trust food made by Elders.
Gotta go,
Elder Jay
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