Familia,
I have never prayed so much in my
life! Haha. This week went very good! I have become accustomed to Brazil and
the culture quite well. I feel a lot more confident then the first transfer.
Definitely a great blessing that the Lord has blesses me with at this time when
I am training a new missionary. I have seen a jump in the language as well with
the new assignment to train Elder Gois. He is a great missionary and a goof! I
think we will have a great transfer together. He doesn't speak English, besides
a few words. He is from Parana, which is very close to us. Just one state over.
He is 18 and he is helping me a lot with the language. This week we had a lot
of success! I don’t know if it was just because we are both new to the area or
if God has changed this area, but we found 4 new investigators this week.
Monday, after emailing we ate and
then went to the Chapel and watched the Testaments and played board games.
Elder Silva and I saw a few people so he could say good-bye and we then had
dinner with Fatima and Marcio.
Tuesday, we woke up at 4:30 and got
ready for the long bus ride. Took the bus from Sâo Borja to Santa Maria (5
hours), got there and meet up with all the other transferring elders and
trainers. We then had lunch at McDonald’s!! That was super good! : ) Went to
the hotel and they said we could do whatever we wanted today so we went
throughout Santa Maria, which isn't too big, but super cool! It was super nice
to be able to relax for a while.
Wednesday, we woke up and had the
great hotel breakfast before going to our trainers meeting. President Parrela
and his wife are awesome! Haha. We then had the meeting where we meet our new
companions. We had 20 new missionaries. We then got on the bus and headed back
to Sâo Borja. We arrived home at about 9:30PM and Elder Gois was having some
problems with his leg cramping and he was a little nervous for the next day
because we walk so much. He asked me to give him a blessing and I did it in
Portuguese…Very cool!
Thursday, Elder Gois is doing great
and he could keep up with the work we needed to do. Went to a lot of members
homes to introduce Gois to them and we also found a new investigator. His name
is Arce. He is super friendly and an elderly fellow. Talked a little about our
beliefs and he invited us to return. The rest of the day we taught a few
investigators, but not much progress with them.
Friday, today was a success as well.
As we were walking to the Villa that is super far away we ran into 2 men under
a tree and we talked with them about our church. They told us to come back as
well after we taught them part of the Restoration. When I was talking with Arce
and these two men my Portuguese came out smoothly. Definitely felt the power
of God working through me. I could also understand quite a bit of what
they were saying! At the Villa we saw a lot of less-active members and after
the good weather came in! RAIN! : )
Saturday, I slept super well with he
cool weather. The whole day was overcast and it was nice to not be sweating all
day long. Haha! Had lunch with a part member family and during the lesson I
don’t know what happened, but I was prompted to invite the non-member Dad to be
baptized. He was hesitant, and said he needed to prepare more. I felt like he
is prepared. Kind of awkward, but I believe it went well. We then saw a few less-active
members and found a few potential investigators, but didn't have too much luck.
Finished the night’s work teaching Kelly and Katlin, but they are both pretty
weak. Had a night of ice cream here and it was awesome!
Sunday, church went great! We had
Kirstena and Marina there, who are investigators. We had a great lunch and then
went and taught Arce again. The lesson went super good!! He started crying when
we talked about how the gospel blesses families. Elder Gois invited him to be
baptized, but he has a problem because he believes he was already baptized. I
tried to resolve the concern with the little Portuguese I know, but we will
have to return and explain more of why Baptism is essential.
I am so grateful for this opportunity
to train. President must really trust Elder Johansson, Elder Arrendando and I
for letting us train already.
Mom, about missionties, I don’t know
if I would have time to write back on that system, but receiving letters like
that would be cool. If it cost money I don’t think its a good idea but if its
free then why not. : ) I don’t think I really need anything right now, but I
will continue to make a list of things I may need and get it to you. This week
I have prayed a ton! Every day I am a little nervous about the language,
because I have to take charge, but I know that Heavenly Father is helping me so
much. AMY congratulations!! Great work Amish! : ) I love the Pictures!
Dad, The language is much better now.
Every day it gets a little better. People can actually understand me a little
better, but I have to talk slow. My companion is awesome and I understand that
I shouldn't be too pushy, but he already is a pretty hard worker. I hope that
doesn’t go away. My health is much better and I feel a lot more comfortable
here. I know how to eat now.: ) I make French toast almost every morning with 2
bananas on top! : ) I will send a picture. That is awesome you met Elder
Polatis. He was a good missionary here. I didn't know that about President Parrela,
coming to Saint George frequently. That is cool! Thank you for the sports
update!
I love all of you so much! I can´t
believe I am almost half way done with this amazing service I get to do as a
servant of the Lord! : )
Have a great week.
Love,
Elder Hauck
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