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Jacob, second from the left, back row, asks, "do my arms look big?" |
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Jacob, AKA Elder Anderson, wonders why there's this big hole in the street. |
I officially have 6 months!!! tomorrow... Kinda crazy.
The things I have learned and the progress I have made is awesome. But like
usually the Lords gives me opportunities to see that i have an eternity of
improvement to make.
Working with Elder Leite (milk) is really enjoyable. He
is very funny and everyone loves him. Just when I starting to feel like i know
Portuguese he makes a joke that every thinks is funny and i don't understand..
He has about a year on the mission. He is a convert, the only one is his
family. He family was totally against him serving a mission until the day he
arrived and then they accepted his decision and with time started to support
him.
His very fist day in our area we went out with Elder
Cruz. This is the second time that we have been able to be with Elder Cruz.
Going out with Elder Cruz is pretty legit. It was a little embarrassing because
I thought I had made super legit plans for out time with Elder Cruz but before
we even got to his house our plans fell plan a, b, c and d.
This is pretty normal on a mission. When we don't have
plans we usually just start making contacts and appointments for the next day.
We ended up teaching a less active family Before we
arrived i explained everything I knew about the family. Since i have been here
both Natalia (wife) and Edwardo (Husband) have been to church once.
Edwardo has been in and out of work 3 times. Elder Cruz
taught them a really good lesson and applied everything that i told him about
Edwardo and Natalia. The lesson didnt end until 930 (when we are supposed to be
in house) and after words he wanted to get food.
Getting back to your House is kinda a big deal. The
streets can start to get dangerous and mostly its just against the rules and
our president burns us to a polyp if we get back late. Normally telling a
member we needed to head back home is a member but it was a little more
difficult with Elder Cruz (he knows the mission rules). When I finally muscled
up the strength to tell he we couldnt eat with him and needed to get back to
our house ( we were already 15 min late). He just laughed, said sorry and
explained that President Lima is a good friend he will call him and explain
everything. So he did. President Lima basically said that when we are with
Elder Cruz we will do what ever he tells us to and he is not worried about. So
to say the least dinner with Elder Cruz was awesome. He gave us a lot of
advice... and when finally got back our ZL and DL had called us about 100
times..
Its not very often you get to return late without getting
an ear full from your DL, ZL, then President..
We have been blessed with the restored gospel. The same
gospel the Jesus Christ preached when we was on the earth. With prophets and
the authority of God. Love it, Live it and LEARN IT. Read the Scriptures they
can open your mind and eyes to see things you cannot even begin to imagine.
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And they call me
Elder Anderson
For behold I am a disciple of Jesus Christ
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