Picture: Our district after General Conference
Yo Yo Minha Familia!
What a beautiful and spiritual week
it was! I hope you all were able to watch the sessions of General Conference!
How amazing and true is our prophet Thomas S. Monson and the wonderful Apostles
and leaders that we have in our church. They truly preach the word of God and
guide us to where we can receive a remission of our sins so that we can receive
Eternal Life! My testimony has grown this week greatly from the cause of those
2 days of General Conference! The days leading up to G.C. were awesome as
well! It continues to be pretty hot here and many of the São Borjanites are
wanting the cooler weather. We invited everyone to G.C.!! We had some great
success this week and found miracles through our increase of Faith and Works.
This is the work of the Lord!
Monday, had a normal p-day where we
emailed, hand washed our clothes and slept. Haha... Not too much else to do
here, plus we are always super tired here so sleep is what we call fun! We
taught a less-active man who has had some problem with depression. It is
amazing the joy the gospel can bring someone. During our lesson joy begun to
grow in him and I could tell his negative desires and depression was lifted
while he was searching the scriptures and learning with us.
Tuesday, Taught a new investigator
who was very blinded by her family traditions of Catholicism. She felt the
spirit very strong and understood well our message, but when we invited her to
be baptized she couldn't say yes. Many people are more focused on popularity or
family traditions than looking and finding the truth. Almost as if they have a
blindfold on that won’t let them change or want to find the truth. Very
difficult. Taught Anderson and his brother tonight and it went very well. He
understands well our purpose and that Christ lives! He feels the life of Christ
in us and in our message. It is awesome to see his faith grow every time we
meet with him. Had an awesome family night with a few non-members. Watched “The
Restoration” film and bore our testimonies of the Restoration.
Wednesday, Taught many people today
with Irmão Erriclides, a good member missionary here. We got 4 lessons in with
him in about 3 hours! Very powerful are the lessons with a member! I feel as if
Christ is helping us even more, by sending a stronger spirit, when we have
members with us. A strong purpose of member missionary work! Had a great lesson
with Roberta and her Mom. Roberta is 14 years old and loves the gospel. Her mom
is less-active, but is open to her learning the Gospel. Roberta watched 3
sessions of General Conference with us at the church!
Thursday, Today we received all the
stuff for our new house! We don’t need to hand wash all our clothes now and we
have a stove and oven! President and Sister Parrela brought everything and
helped us bring it all in the house! They are so awesome and have such sweet
spirits! Had a powerful lesson tonight with Maicon, the priest quorum
president. He is a great teacher and taught a powerful lesson with us! We
invited them to pray and receive and answer if Joseph Smith is a prophet and
that we would return tomorrow to follow-up.
Friday, Today we taught Arce again!
He is a little more open to us and accepted the invitation to visit G.C. with
us! Had an awesome lesson with Norma, and a member named Julia that taught with
us. We talked a lot about prophets with everyone this week, but we asked her to
go into her room after we leave and read Moroni´s promise and pray to know if
the BOM is true! I know she received and answer! The night we rushed to re-invite
everyone to G.C,! Many people confirmed they would and that made us sleep well
this night! : )
Saturday, General Conference is HERE!
It´s like Christmas! Wow did I love all the inspiration and revelation I felt
and received through the words of these great men and women! What a great
blessing we have to hear these words! I won’t write everything I loved about it
but I will name a few of the talks I really liked! Of course the first talk by
Jeffery R. Holland***, Neil L. Anderson*, Henry B. Eyring*, Russell M.
Nelson**, Robert D. Hales**. And from the Priesthood session: Dallin H. Oaks,
was super powerful! And Dieter F. Uchtdorf *** I loved all the talks, but
the stars can show how much I liked special ones. Also, I was able to watch all
the sessions in English, so this was a great blessing. It just isn´t the same
in Portuguese.
Sunday, Again we were treated with
more spirit and revelation from the Lord! Some talks I likes a lot were: Dieter
F. Uchtdorf ***, David A. Bednar***, Thomas S. Monson **, Boyd K. Packer*, L.
Tom Perry*, Lawrence E. Corbridge*** (I don’t know if you guys remember but he
spoke to us in my mission tour in Colorado! He has such a strong spirit!) And
lastly D. Todd Christofferson*** Loved his testimony of the Resurrection and
Savior! My three most favorite talks were Holland, Corbridge and
Christofferson!
What an awesome Conference we were
able to watch! We truly are so blessed! I cannot wait to study these words and
apply them in my life to be a better missionary, man, and follower of Christ!
Mom, about the Missionties thing, I
think it is pretty weak. I just barely received your letter. If it cost money,
you don’t need to continue. I love your emails every week! Plus we only visit
the mailbox, where we receive all our mail once a week before district meeting.
Great to hear you loved Conference! A response to your letter from Missionties:
Super cool about FHE with Amy and the family every week! Glad to hear Amanda’s
B-day went great! Mom, the white shirt doesn't make you look fat, you look
beautiful as always! I love the photo of Emme and the Ice cream! Ha-ha!! I am
so glad you got many answers to your questions through Conference! I had 5 questions
and every single one was answered! It is fine for you to send the Link of the
Piano guys new video. I am excited to see it! So glad to hear Aunt Kim is doing
well! Tell her I love her. And of course Mom, I love you!!! : )
Amy, you are my Sterling Scholar! : )
Dad, We watched all sessions in the
chapel. I don´t think it was a worldwide thing but they asked all of the
members here in Brazil to watch all conference sessions in the chapels. You are
right! I feel all charged up!! Ha-ha, It’s crazy to think I will be watching
G.C. with you next year!! The work in the Branch is improving and I see them organizing
thing more... I love the photo of everyone during Conference! : ) Does Emme
really know my name!!!?? I miss her so much! I love you Dad!
Everyone thank you for your prayers!
Remember to stay grateful in all situations!
I love you all!
Elder Hauck
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