09-07-2009
Zone: Chapecó
Area: Pato Branco
Well I found out last night that Elder Neves will be transferred tomorrow and that my new companion will be Elder Fochetto, another Brazilian. I hear he is quite the regrão or if you will, STRICT. I think that President is wanting me to teach him how to calm down as he is apparently a mirror image of who I was when I got here.
At any rate, Karina was baptized this Sunday and that was a really great experience. She is a girl of seventeen years, who is now living independant. A rarity here in Brazil. Her family threatened to disown her, but she did not desist and was baptized anyway. It was good.
Matteus and Allyson have stopped progressing, sadly, they were so close to getting baptized too. Each of them had been marked for baptism and they disappeared a few hours before the baptisms. They were too nervous I suppose.
I will miss Elder Neves we have grown to become good friends. It will be sad to trade companions so quickly.
We are still working hard, and hoping that you all are as well back home.
Chase your dreams, never give up, be good. Don´t ever lose hope.
With Love,
-Elder Jacob L. Holdaway
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Monday August 31, 2009
08-31-2009
We are teaching several young men between the ages of thirteen and eighteen and we play soccer with them every week. They are all progressing and playing soccer to tract seems to be working far better than knocking doors. We are doing everything in our power to work with our heads and not with our legs!
We also are teaching a few couples who are only lacking a civil marriage in order to be baptized. They all have testimonies and it is a very good thing. I have a great deal of hope for them.
I gave two discourses the yesterday, one about missionary work using a discourse by Elder L. Tom Perry "Bing Souls unto Me" (I think it was called; It is in the ensign of the last conference) The discourse was actually in English which left me with the interesting task of translating the parts I wanted while I was in the middle of my talk. It went well and was only proof that the gift of tongues is amazing and makes things that should be hard and slow become easy and fast.
At any rate, I am quite happy and though it has taken nearly a year to learn how to forget myself I am trying every day to do so more and more. I am thankful for the support of everyone and would love to hear from anyone back home.. (Hint hint..) The more letters the better, I promise to write everyone back.
I hope you are all taking advantage of the Temple and doing your best to "lift where you stand."
All my love,
-Elder Jacob L. Holdaway
Zone:Chapecó
Area: Pato Branco
Tiago was baptized this week! It was an amazing experience and though he was baptized very quickly I feel like he is a very good person and will be a very good member. He is actually going to marry a member soon. He is twenty-two years old and miraculously drinks neither coffee nor alcohol and better still does not smoke. An elect.Area: Pato Branco
We are teaching several young men between the ages of thirteen and eighteen and we play soccer with them every week. They are all progressing and playing soccer to tract seems to be working far better than knocking doors. We are doing everything in our power to work with our heads and not with our legs!
We also are teaching a few couples who are only lacking a civil marriage in order to be baptized. They all have testimonies and it is a very good thing. I have a great deal of hope for them.
I gave two discourses the yesterday, one about missionary work using a discourse by Elder L. Tom Perry "Bing Souls unto Me" (I think it was called; It is in the ensign of the last conference) The discourse was actually in English which left me with the interesting task of translating the parts I wanted while I was in the middle of my talk. It went well and was only proof that the gift of tongues is amazing and makes things that should be hard and slow become easy and fast.
At any rate, I am quite happy and though it has taken nearly a year to learn how to forget myself I am trying every day to do so more and more. I am thankful for the support of everyone and would love to hear from anyone back home.. (Hint hint..) The more letters the better, I promise to write everyone back.
I hope you are all taking advantage of the Temple and doing your best to "lift where you stand."
All my love,
-Elder Jacob L. Holdaway
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