Maybe. If we want to take a p-day there, or if I'm transferred there. Maybe even a division. :)
What area do you prefer? The mountains or the plains?
Yes. They both have their benefits and beauty.
Are you the senior companion and how long has your companion been out on his mission?
I'm still senior. Elder Jasperson only has three months in the mission.
How do you mix up the language that badly? (In reference to his last letter)
You're taught by mischievous Brazilians. :P
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Best week ever! Alright, maybe not exactly, but this week we got to help in a service project: complete destruction of a Rita's house. :D What man would turn that opportunity down? The project used up two days of destruction under the force of the hammer, heavy lifting and then a lot of cleanup. Actually, a bulldozer could have done it all in like ten minutes, but that's more than we can afford, and loses all the fun of it. That, and we scored a dinner with them later. ;P (Hint: To win the friendship of Elders/Missionaries, give them food)
Anyway, before I stray off, the project turned out really well. Rita's husband, a non-member, was especially impressed and grateful for our help, and it appears that he's now a lot more open to us, and probably the gospel as well. I hope we can help the whole family enter the church.
Service is a great way to help others and to help them feel the love and charity received from God. As you help all those you can, you will be an instrument in the hands of the Lord for the salvation of his children. But beyond large service projects, people are affected by simple Acts of Random Kindness (yes, I stole that from a movie). My companion is an excellent example of this. As he says, "Many times we hate people, or people hate us only because we don't understand each other. If we begin to study people out, then greet, smile at, and joke around with them, they will begin to like us." He may appear like a big goofball when you come to know him, but with all of his fun comments and strange friendships, we've been able to find many people that were searching decades for the gospel, several of whom appeared to be the least likely of all people to accept it.
I guess that will be my message for today. Serve everyone, be it destroying a house or a simple smile.
Well... That's about it, so until next time. Abraços!
Elder Angus
Word of the week:
desculpe(deh-SKOOL-pee) Meaning sorry, like "sorry I forgot pictures again." My companion is using my pen-drive. :l Oh well, next time it's a promise.
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