Well hey guys, how are ya'll? How's life? Things are going really well down here. Yesterday we had our Mission Christmas Conference, and we had a lot of fun and the whole mission got to see each other. It was a blast but unfortunately, I got no presents... yet. Oh well, here's to hoping that they get here next week. Actually, we had a bit of a... fun... experience coming back from the conference. Well, we had yet to recieve a closet for our house and we were just getting by without one. So, while we were at the mission office they gave us a closet to take back to our area and set up. Well, the sucker was HEAVY and the only way to get it home as to take it through the roller coaster known as the Curitiba bus system during the peak hour of activity. So, every time the bus hit a bump or took a turn the dang box went flying and either hit us or other people. We finally got it home, but I'm not anxious to repeat the experience.
Actually, we had an AMAZING experience this last week. So, last Wednesday, we went to a pizzaria to grab some pizza before we went home. While we were waiting for this pizza Elder Thorpe felt like he should talk to this one woman and her family. So he did, and taught her a lesson right there in the pizzaria. We marked a date to go by her house and teach her and when we got there we found out that she's pretty much the most elect woman ever. After she talked to us she went home to her abusive boyfriend and that night she prayed to the Lord that if He took the boyfriend out of her life she would repent and changer her life and follow Him. So, that night she had a dream where she talked with Christ and woke up the next morning and the boyfriend was gone. Also, by the time we got there, she had also quit smoking without us saying a word to her about it. She just said that she felt that it was what she needed to do. We challenged her to be baptized on Christmas but seeing that she won't be here for Christmas, we're going to baptize her this week. She went to church with her three kids and they all loved it. The members are helping them out and she said that she'll walk to church if she can't afford the bus (our area is REAAAALLLLLY far away from the chapel) Its great to see how the Lord is preparing his Elect in every situation and place and that miracles truly do happen! We've been working our tails off here and its all paying off now. I love missionary work!!!
So, I just got back from the temple. It rocks. 'Nuff said...
Can we do like a super Skype conference together? Lemme know
So I gotta run and write my letter to Prez, but I love you all and want you to know that the Gospel is true!
Love you all!!!!
-Elder MarxSo , I still haven't exactly figured out how I'm going to talk to ya'll but when I figure it out I'll let you know. Is there any way I can talk to everyone at the same time? Does everyone have Skype?
Hi
Well hey there, how's everyone doing? Life here is going on as usual. I'm crazy busy trying to be "mom" of a troop of missionaries, trying to find people to baptize, and fight trunkiness all at the same time. So, things are going well. Can you all believe that its December already? Wow, time is flying!!! About the Christmas call home, I can use Skype to talk to you all, I just need to find someone who has a webcam and internet. But when I do, I'll be ready to talk to you guys. Will you guys be all together or split up for this Christmas? Can we do a conference call via Skype so I can talk to you all at the same time (and most importantly see my nephew...)? Lemme know...
Well, this week we had a pretty hard experience actually. This Sunday was the Brazilian equivalent of the Super Bowl, and of course we worked as usual. So, we were standing on a street corner trying to find a street on our map just after the game finished and on the other side of the road we see this guy just drop like someone cut the strings. We ran over to him to try to help him but he was purple already, had no pulse, and was fading fast. We gave him a blessing and did everything we could to try to help him, but there wasn't anything we could do, and we watched him die in front of us, and in the hands of some of us. It was a pretty difficult experience, but at the same time I'm grateful that I know the Plan of Salvation and I know where he is now and that death isn't the end of life. We die spiritually to live physically, and we die physically to live spiritually again and return to the presence of our Father. The knowledge that we have made us completely different from the rest of the people that were there, especially his family when they arrived. I'm truly grateful for the gospel in my life and that I have this knowledge. Its made me re-double my efforts to help as many people as possible so that they can receive this knowledge and that they can return to the presence of God with a cleanliness, free from the spots of this world.
So, like I said, we're in a trio, which is pretty interesting. We actually finally got beds so I'm no longer sleeping on the ground (what a blessing!!), but we're still lacking several necessities, like a washing machin that works and a sink. But we make it work. We're have a few growing pains because we're not used to teaching in trio, but we're working it out. But its all lots of fun being in a group of more than just 2.
So, have I mentioned that its pretty stinking hot down here? In dad's words: "Disgusting!" Its nowhere as hot as Arizona, but in Arizona we have air conditioning...
So yeah, time's about up, so I'm gonna have to run. Hope you all have a wonderful week and in just a couple more weeks we can all have a nice, long, 45-minute long chat... I can't wait.
Love you all!!!!!
-Elder Marx
Well, this week we had a pretty hard experience actually. This Sunday was the Brazilian equivalent of the Super Bowl, and of course we worked as usual. So, we were standing on a street corner trying to find a street on our map just after the game finished and on the other side of the road we see this guy just drop like someone cut the strings. We ran over to him to try to help him but he was purple already, had no pulse, and was fading fast. We gave him a blessing and did everything we could to try to help him, but there wasn't anything we could do, and we watched him die in front of us, and in the hands of some of us. It was a pretty difficult experience, but at the same time I'm grateful that I know the Plan of Salvation and I know where he is now and that death isn't the end of life. We die spiritually to live physically, and we die physically to live spiritually again and return to the presence of our Father. The knowledge that we have made us completely different from the rest of the people that were there, especially his family when they arrived. I'm truly grateful for the gospel in my life and that I have this knowledge. Its made me re-double my efforts to help as many people as possible so that they can receive this knowledge and that they can return to the presence of God with a cleanliness, free from the spots of this world.
So, like I said, we're in a trio, which is pretty interesting. We actually finally got beds so I'm no longer sleeping on the ground (what a blessing!!), but we're still lacking several necessities, like a washing machin that works and a sink. But we make it work. We're have a few growing pains because we're not used to teaching in trio, but we're working it out. But its all lots of fun being in a group of more than just 2.
So, have I mentioned that its pretty stinking hot down here? In dad's words: "Disgusting!" Its nowhere as hot as Arizona, but in Arizona we have air conditioning...
So yeah, time's about up, so I'm gonna have to run. Hope you all have a wonderful week and in just a couple more weeks we can all have a nice, long, 45-minute long chat... I can't wait.
Love you all!!!!!
-Elder Marx
hey
Hey- so this email will be super short. Basically, we grabbed the wrong bus and we ended up´accidentally going to a completely different city and it took more than an hour longer to get to where we wanted to. I'm now hot, sweaty, frazzled, and I have very little time to send a quick email to ya'll and then we still have to take another bus to get back to our area where we have an appointment at 6. Yeah, things are kinda nuts. So really, really quick:
- life is good and we're working really hard and finding new people to teach (... but now we're knocking like crazy).
- So an Elder got sick and had to go home so we're now in a trio. There's me, Elder Thorpe, and now Elder Bezerra as well. He's from Recife, way up in the northeast. He's a good guy and we're all going to work our tails off. We just need the necessities in our house now, like another bed, a sink, closets, etc...
- Its getting pretty dang hot down here, be grateful for the cold.
- gotta run, the church is true. I'm alive... I'll talk to you next week. Buy ice cream for the missionaries. Its way hot down here
- love you all!!!!!
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