Bom Dia minha família!
This week was transfer week and its
been a little crazier then usual.
This past Tuesday we had District
Meeting and right after District Meeting everyone rushed to the computer to see
the transfer sheets. Elder Cox has been transferred to Braga, Elder Gabbitas is
staying and training a new greenie, Elder Meza is staying as well and has
become the new District Leader, and I'm staying as well as a greenie haha. Also
on Wednesday brought home his new comp Elder Teixeira! Ele é um brasilero (He's
brazilian)! He's super cool and is fresh from the São Paulo MTC. He only knows
portuguese so we've been speaking a lot more portuguese, which is good cuz I
need to work on that.
We've been doing a lot more procura (finding)
this week.
On Friday we found this college
student named Alexandre. He's super cool! We knocked on the door, and he said
we could come inside. We were like yes! Before we even started teaching he told
us "You know, you guys (missionaries) do so much. Is there anything I can
do to help you?" I was like wat?! I turned to Elder Meza just to make sure
I had understood that right, and he was kinda like wat too, haha. Nobody has
asked us that before! We were like, "yeah be baptized!", haha, jk but
not really. We taught him the first lesson, left him a Book of Mormon, invited
him to read it and ask if it is true, and soft invited him to baptism, to which
he responded he had already been baptized as a catholic. Why am I not
surprised? Haha, he said though we could come back and continue to teach him,
so were going back today!
We found this other college student,
Christiana, who is a psychology major. We knocked on her door, she opened it
and we started talking to her. During the whole conversation, she was asking
all the right questions! I was like "shoot we gotta teach her". We
ended up going back and giving a short lesson to her about the Book of Mormon
and invited her to read and pray about the truthfulness. She said she would.
She's like yeah you guys can come back in like 10 after finals are over, I
should be done with the book by then. We were like wat??!! She's super cool.
On Friday we missed our train to
Águeda, like barely. Super bummed. We decided that as we waited for the
next train we would go knock doors. We were knocking this one prerio (apartment
building), and one of the rooms on that floor was blasting music, so we knocked
the door and ended up finding two more people to teach, about college age. We
taught them the first lesson, left a Book of Mormon and invited them to read
and say a prayer. They said they would. God is always preparing people for us.
Also I was thinking I wasn't gonna bring a Book of Mormon cuz we were going to
visit a família menos-ativa (less active family) but I felt like I should bring
one anyway, so I did and good thing I did or those two people wouldn't have
one. Thank goodness for the Spirit!
We also had a reference from a member
to go and visit named Celia. She's from Cabo Veirde. I guess he had gone to
teach her with the missionaries before, but then the missionaries dropped her
cuz she didn't want to get baptized. We found her record and decided to go
visit her. We taught her the first lesson again yesterday, and did a soft
commitment to baptism, which she accepted! Yay!
Sadly Idalina seems to have dropped
us. We taught her the 3rd lesson the other day and it went rather well. She is
still hesitant to be baptized though right now. Then the other day she called
us and basically told us to stop coming to teach her. She like dropped us
randomly. We're working on trying to talk to her so we can sort things out.
Rulanda is marked for this Sunday to
receive the Holy Ghost. We've been working with her, but she's been super sick
because of giving up smoking. We continue to work hard with her so she can have
the fullness of the blessings of baptism.
We helped a member move some
furniture in his house, and some boxes and other furniture into a storage thing
he had. Was awesome! I mean was nothing really, but just the opportunity to
serve and to work with my hands again was awesome! Plus my hands coming soft so
gotta make tough again, haha, bumbye everyone think I one fubeca (loser) when I
come back.
I did end up receiving your letter
mom with the recipes and some letters inside. I got um the night of last pday.
So I sent some letters in response. I also sent a letter to Grandma Odale
today. As far as sending me letters, sending it to the mission home is safer
but sending um straight to me should be okay as well. Just gotta be aware of
the time frame it may take to get to me, cuz if I get transferred and its sent
to me here in Aveiro, I may not ever get it.
Conference was awesome!!! I don't
think I can remember a time when I was so excited to attend General Conference.
Because of the time difference we watch from 5-7pm, then from 9-11pm. We
ended up watching the Priesthood Session on Sunday morning from 10-12am. We got
special permission to stay up late to watch. I got to watch the first two at a
members home with english subtitles (yay haha), watched the priesthood session
without at the chapel, and the second to last was kinda iffy cuz we watched it
at an investigators house but the internet was slow and glitchy so I couldn't
really understand. The last one was half and half, without then with subtitles
at that one members home.
While watching them in Portuguese I
was praying to Heavenly Father to help me understand the things He needed me to
hear. I didn't understand everything, but I understood a good amount and I felt
like I understood those things that pertained specifically to me. I am so
grateful to God for His continual help in my life, and especially in my work
here in Aveiro.
There was a lot of stuff I really
liked, but something I want to share is from Elder Holland's address at the
end. He said something like "When you're facing adversity and its hard, be
patient, sanctify yourself, for tomorrow the Lord will bless." I'm pretty
sure it was something like that. That really touched me cuz having a good
attitude about something and being patient has always been a trial for me. This
gives new perspective that I should just keep my head down, continue to work
hard and do those things I'm supposed to and have a good attitude, cuz the
trial is only for a season. God is waiting for us to pass so He can bless us.
Btw ua ike wau ia anakala Kulono Ikuwa e himeni and me ka mormon tabernacle
choir. Ua nui kou hauooli i ka ike i kahi maka kamaaina!
To the family I just want to suggest
that one talk that spoke about the family councils. I thought that was really
good advice. Also I'd like to suggest a talk I read this morning, called
"Tongues of Angels" by Elder Holland, from the May 2007 Ensign.
As far as weather here, it's been
pretty rainy and windy. The sun has shown itself here and there but always
returns to being rainy and cloudy. It's been good though.
I would like to add my testimony to
those of the prophets, by saying: He lives! He is among us! He loves us, and
has paid the price that we might have eternal happiness. With His help, we can
overcome! He speaks thru the prophets, and I sustain Thomas S. Monson as
prophet, seer, and revelator. I am so grateful for his inspired servants, and
their inspired words.
Family, I love you! I pray for you!
Please take care and keep up the good work!
Me ke aloha,
Elder Kim
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