Hello family! Happy Memorial Day (I think that’s what it is ha-ha). But it sounds like everyone is just great and the big old Utes had a great opening starter ha-ha. I realize that I'm writing once again on Saturday but something came up again yesterday and we had to go to the office and work again... sorry but next week I will be writing on FRIDAY. Well that is what we are planning... I don’t think that things will get in the way this time.... but who knows
So you guys are all going up to Sun Valley how awesome is that going to be! I love going up there, it’s always the best! Especially during the car show and everything. I hope that you guys have a great trip up and back! Drive safely ok!
So this week starting out has been pretty crazy. We have been dong a lot of stuff. So this next week some things are going to happen. We are going to have the mission tour where a member of the presidency of the area is going to be here which should be pretty cool. Also its transfers. (Which I find out that I will be here again, and I'm not even training yet… mixed feelings about it but whatever), also we have to prepare for the people leaving and the American’s and Brazilian’s that are coming. So our plate has been pretty fun this last week.
I swear that the weeks are flying. I’m not even seeing the time anymore… here in a week or so I will already have a year and one month in the mission I cant believe it. It something super sad!
So anyway this week in the office I didn’t even see the time, and also in the field. But we had something awesome happen! The marriage of Silvo and Nueza. It was such a wonderful day and they were so happy! The night before, the women in our ward threw like a little a party for them, it was suppose to be like a bachelorette party but us missionaries went ha-ha which was pretty funny… but they liked it because they dressed us up like clowns, which was pretty funny. So, yes I did go to my first and probably only bachelorette party here in Brazil and it was quite fun ha-ha.
Tonight will be the big baptism! I’m hoping that we are going to get some investigators there to watch it because it will be a night that is super special! Next week you guys will get all the pics and stuff!
The Church is true!! I know it is and it is a life changing decision! I know with all my heart that it is the true Church of Christ! I love this work and I love you all thanks for everything! Until next week!
Elder Wiscomb
Matthew 16:25-26
Hello family!! How is everyone doing on this fabulous Saturday! I hope all is well! So just quick I know that I am writing on Saturday again this week, I will have p -day on Friday but we had representatives of the church that came and did a training with the president because of the trade and we had to be there also so it was an all day thing and then we just decided to finish off the day working yesterday and do p-day this today. But next week will be p-day on Friday so don’t forget.
So this week, it had many ups and downs. I will start from the beginning. Saturday last week after I finished writing we decided to do something super awesome. We went paintballing! It was so much fun oh man, ya it was expensive but it was worth it ha-ha. Just for the record too we kicked butt ha-ha. I hope that you guys like the photos.
Also Sunday was amazing too. We had stake conference and we managed to take 9 investigations to that. We were sitting by them and then it was starting to get super, super full and we were right by the entrance, and we were asked to go sit up on the pulpit so we did. Sitting up there was kind of cool, because we got to watch the reactions of our investigators during the talks. All 9 of them absolutely loved the stake conference, and a women that we are teaching, Sellett, at one point during the talk about missionary work and the spirit, she was touched so hard that she started to cry.
We have such a great teaching pool right now. Our Heavenly Father is blessing us so much. The only thing that is a little difficult now is trying to find time to teach them all. But we have some dates marked which is good, we would have had some this week (tomorrow) but this old women isn’t able to let go of coffee, it’s something that she has drunk her entire life and it’s just a little difficult. But I have no doubt that the Lord will help her this week to let it go and be baptized on the 4th. It’s something so simple, it just requires a little force and will that’s all. So we are helping her!
We are also going to have another marriage here too, on the 30! Monday! . Silva and Neuza, those people that I have talked about so much are going to get married, then on Saturday the 4th they are going to get baptized!! It’s going to be awesome! Aw I’m so happy for them! They are so ready! These people are the most prepared that I have seen here in the mission field! I would like to tell you about him a little bit!
This man Silvio he is about 40 years old now, from the age of 24-33 he was a Jehovah Witness, ya good start huh ha-ha, but then he had a huge fall and became a drug addict… he was addicted to all types… cigarettes, marijuana, pills, crack, coke, and many, many other types, but I believe during this time he was still doing the work for the Jehovah Witnesses. He received missionaries many, many times just to fight with them (and a long story short) the powerful witness of the spirit in the work of us missionaries, and him being willing after many, many visits to open his heart just a little bit and feel the testifying of the spirit to him was all too strong to neglect! Have you ever heard about an investigator that carries around passing cards… that’s calls us to go on visits with us, that hands out reverences like none other, that has such a strong testimony that the wants to tell everyone about it, that already pays tithing and goes to priesthood meeting alone! And many other things! His baptism is going to be something sooooo important for him! It’s going to be an amazing day!
So the work is going just great! But this week I did something kind of stupid!
So for this past year I have been sending you guy’s sooo many photos…. Every week I send you most of the photos that I take throughout the week (some things I didn’t because I wanted to wait after the 2 years to sit down with you guys and explain what’s going on)… well know I know why I felt like I should send most of the pictures… the other day I was messing with my camera and I erased about 800 photos that I have taken here in Santa Maria… yaaaaaaaa I’m super, super sad. I called a bishop that works with these stuff to see if there is any way to save it and he said that their could be a way but it would cost about 80-200 reis so about a hundred dollars…. Anyway I'm super sad but I'm not going to pay for it… I figure that they are just photos, ill only have them for this life anyway. And you guys have some so I hope that you guys are saving everything as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So that was the down point of the week, but whatever I’m already over it!
But ya what a great week! Getting ready for the mission tour also along with transfers not next week but the next and we are going to have the president of the area of Brazil come here who actually was the mission president here some 8 years ago or something like that. So it should be a hectic 14 days which means they will pass by even faster... kind of sad!
But the mission what a great, great gift that we have in our life! We as young men and women have this wonderful chance to serve the Lord our God! But where does it all start. Why and how do we gain this desire to do so!! I think it all starts if we believe in Christ and our Heavenly Father, and then we have to gain a testimony about the restoration of the only true church here on the face of the Earth through the prophet Joseph Smith that is stated in the fist section of D and C! Then we will understand that it’s something that we don’t have to do nothing is that we have to do it its we should and in all we need to do it if we REALLY understand the importance of all this! I'm so grateful for everything! I'm so great for my eternal family and for this work and for the love of God in our life!
Love you all so much!! Have a great week and know that you all are always in my prayers!
Elder Wiscomb
P.S. usually I have a scripture but this week I will send a song... it’s my favorite song in the world. Just listen and that’s how I think too...
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