On Christmas it will probably be at night my time so maybe around lunch your time or yearly afternoon and that should be really great.
This week was really good we were running around trying to contact a lot of references we have been given. We were able to talk to a lot of them but they didn't really pan out but I felt great knowing we did our part. But this week we are going to go with our ward mission leader and hit up a neighborhood that we all think will bring a lot of fruits and get many results. We are getting to be great friends with the members and we have had so many people invite us to Christmas it created conflicts. This ward is very capable with many well off members they work wonderfully together to plan activities and are very missionary minded and they are able to use their great influence to bring many people to actives so that we can then teach all of them.
Tchau
Elder Sands
Monday, December 3, 2012
That is great Acea that you are doing well in college it was my favorite part of high school and I learned a lot of how to study and spend a lot of time learning.
To answer your question I am in the city of Valinhos which is 10 min away from Campinas and 15 minutes away from the temple and it sounds like the family we helped baptized last year will be going to the temple the 22 of December so I will be going to the temple for that.
Something really cool happened on Saturday. We weren't with anyone to baptize this week and really no progressing investigators and all of the sudden we got a call of Flavio Cooper who is the first councilor to president Perroiti and said that his mom, Maria Thereza, after 38 years wants to be baptized so we hurried and called the district leader over and he gave her the interview and the next day she was baptized with her great grandson it was truly a miracle that helped us be even more excited to work here.
We are finding so more people, but in the meantime we are helping a young man in the ward get over his struggle with drugs and we are helping as much as we can this family. Really we are trying to serve this ward with anything we can find and they are starting to recognize that we are here to help and be a blessing rather than being a problem.
Let me know what time would be good for you guys for Skype on Christmas so we can plan it soon.
Love
Elder Sands
To answer your question I am in the city of Valinhos which is 10 min away from Campinas and 15 minutes away from the temple and it sounds like the family we helped baptized last year will be going to the temple the 22 of December so I will be going to the temple for that.
Something really cool happened on Saturday. We weren't with anyone to baptize this week and really no progressing investigators and all of the sudden we got a call of Flavio Cooper who is the first councilor to president Perroiti and said that his mom, Maria Thereza, after 38 years wants to be baptized so we hurried and called the district leader over and he gave her the interview and the next day she was baptized with her great grandson it was truly a miracle that helped us be even more excited to work here.
We are finding so more people, but in the meantime we are helping a young man in the ward get over his struggle with drugs and we are helping as much as we can this family. Really we are trying to serve this ward with anything we can find and they are starting to recognize that we are here to help and be a blessing rather than being a problem.
Let me know what time would be good for you guys for Skype on Christmas so we can plan it soon.
Love
Elder Sands
Monday, November 26, 2012
It Sounds like You, Dad and Acea are doing well and before I forget HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACEA you are old with 17 years that is just crazy. For the Christmas package you can stuff it full of candy and maple syrup extract, space is precious so please do fill it full of plastic shopping bags and declare the price really low so I doing have to pay 200 reals again. I will call you guys on Skype, but this time on Christmas probably at a member's house so that should be really good.
Well I was transferred and I will end my mission in the wonderful city of Valinhos I am so excited to work here and we will have a lot of baptisms here in a little bit. The members here are pretty well off and they are ready to helps us in our work.
My new companion is Elder Conner from Salt Lake and He is wonderful, he is the first one of my companions while I was senior that works independently and that helps a lot.
The Ward here is big, the biggest I have seen on my mission and we are having a lot of help from our ward mission leader.
We are helping Igor a young man of 15 who has been to church a few times but his mom is not letting him get baptized just yet but will soon. There are a few part member families we are trying to visit that they too can be baptized. On Sunday a member brought a coworker at a great Ice cream store that the bishop owns.
Well that is it for now.
Tchau
Elder Sands
Well I was transferred and I will end my mission in the wonderful city of Valinhos I am so excited to work here and we will have a lot of baptisms here in a little bit. The members here are pretty well off and they are ready to helps us in our work.
My new companion is Elder Conner from Salt Lake and He is wonderful, he is the first one of my companions while I was senior that works independently and that helps a lot.
The Ward here is big, the biggest I have seen on my mission and we are having a lot of help from our ward mission leader.
We are helping Igor a young man of 15 who has been to church a few times but his mom is not letting him get baptized just yet but will soon. There are a few part member families we are trying to visit that they too can be baptized. On Sunday a member brought a coworker at a great Ice cream store that the bishop owns.
Well that is it for now.
Tchau
Elder Sands
Monday, November 19, 2012
Congratulations Dad on your new calling; it would be really neat to talk with you in other wards.
I will be transferred so for the next 4 months I will be able to get out of drinking a lot of soda because it is affecting my health for sure. I don't know where I am going or who my companion is I will find out tomorrow. I learned a lot in this area in Piracicaba 6 of really learning how to better use the members in fellowshipping and teaching, following up on investigators and being a lot more bold in contacting and teaching. It was tough, but I have seen the blessings and miracles occurring in many ways. It will be sad to say good bye to the members here but change is something you get used to on a mission.
This last week there was a lot of good happening. This week a son of a investigator who is married to a less active member left prison, and he is also a member and this was how the Lord got this family to come back to church. A friend of a member named Alex went to church, that means that here soon he can be baptized and that makes us very excited.
The English Class is getting a little bit bigger, but this week we got 500 professional flyers that we handed out all on Saturday so that should help out a lot getting the word out to the neighborhood.
That is what is going on I will have more to report next week.
Love you all
Elder Sands
I will be transferred so for the next 4 months I will be able to get out of drinking a lot of soda because it is affecting my health for sure. I don't know where I am going or who my companion is I will find out tomorrow. I learned a lot in this area in Piracicaba 6 of really learning how to better use the members in fellowshipping and teaching, following up on investigators and being a lot more bold in contacting and teaching. It was tough, but I have seen the blessings and miracles occurring in many ways. It will be sad to say good bye to the members here but change is something you get used to on a mission.
This last week there was a lot of good happening. This week a son of a investigator who is married to a less active member left prison, and he is also a member and this was how the Lord got this family to come back to church. A friend of a member named Alex went to church, that means that here soon he can be baptized and that makes us very excited.
The English Class is getting a little bit bigger, but this week we got 500 professional flyers that we handed out all on Saturday so that should help out a lot getting the word out to the neighborhood.
That is what is going on I will have more to report next week.
Love you all
Elder Sands
Monday, November 12, 2012
Thanks for the work out tips, I will start doing that, and for a few days a week my companion and I have been running with some young men in the Ward and that has been helping. I think the main thing I need to cut back on in the Soda which we drink every day in the member's homes for Lunch, but I will watch more what I eat.
This week has been a roller coaster, the week started out great where we taught a few people and follow up about how they like the church. Then came the rain, the great Brazilian rain that poured from the skies, and when it rains like that, we get soaked and it makes it hard to work.
On Thursday was a sad day in where a member of the Church here named Joao had a heart attack and he died yesterday leaving two daughters and a 6 year old son. It was shocking and we all felt the sad atmosphere and today we went to the funeral. It is a good thing we understand the plan of salvation; that sting of death really is swallowed up in the atonement of Christ. This is the 5th person that I knew that has passed away while I have been on my mission and you can feel that comfort from the Spirit.
We have been teaching the couple of lindomar e Selma and they have really been progressing, they didn't go to church yesterday because they had a fight and didn't feel right going to church, We have been seeing this for the past week but it is hard too because they are not marry yet, but we have been bringing many members with us, and the bishop, to help them out with these things and we plan on doing a family home evening to help them with their relationship.
Transfers will be next week so we see if I will stay or go to finish my last part of the mission.
Love you all
Elder Sands
This week has been a roller coaster, the week started out great where we taught a few people and follow up about how they like the church. Then came the rain, the great Brazilian rain that poured from the skies, and when it rains like that, we get soaked and it makes it hard to work.
On Thursday was a sad day in where a member of the Church here named Joao had a heart attack and he died yesterday leaving two daughters and a 6 year old son. It was shocking and we all felt the sad atmosphere and today we went to the funeral. It is a good thing we understand the plan of salvation; that sting of death really is swallowed up in the atonement of Christ. This is the 5th person that I knew that has passed away while I have been on my mission and you can feel that comfort from the Spirit.
We have been teaching the couple of lindomar e Selma and they have really been progressing, they didn't go to church yesterday because they had a fight and didn't feel right going to church, We have been seeing this for the past week but it is hard too because they are not marry yet, but we have been bringing many members with us, and the bishop, to help them out with these things and we plan on doing a family home evening to help them with their relationship.
Transfers will be next week so we see if I will stay or go to finish my last part of the mission.
Love you all
Elder Sands
Monday, November 5, 2012
I am glad that you got the videos and even though my English is pretty bad, I remember enough to help teach English.
This week went well, we were able to find several great people and during an activity in the Ward we went door to door giving out pass along cards and members found a part member family that we didn't know lived in our area. The man is named Lindomar. He was baptized 5 years ago but his girlfriend is not and she really wanted to go to church. They need to get married, but we have been teaching them this last week and we brought the bishop and he gave them a ride to Church. She is really sincere to find out if this is really the true Church of Christ even though she was active in the Adventist of the seventh day Church a few years ago. They loved the church and what to come back.
Really some times when things are tough and you're working, but you are not seeing the results we can do just one thing, Trust in the Lord for help and doing everything we can do and control and we will receive the Blessings.
This Last week has been hot reaching temperatures of 107. That is pretty toasty, but Elder Lee has it way worse in Cuiaba with 120 degrees and that is normal.
I hope everything goes well for you all
Love Elder Sands
This week went well, we were able to find several great people and during an activity in the Ward we went door to door giving out pass along cards and members found a part member family that we didn't know lived in our area. The man is named Lindomar. He was baptized 5 years ago but his girlfriend is not and she really wanted to go to church. They need to get married, but we have been teaching them this last week and we brought the bishop and he gave them a ride to Church. She is really sincere to find out if this is really the true Church of Christ even though she was active in the Adventist of the seventh day Church a few years ago. They loved the church and what to come back.
Really some times when things are tough and you're working, but you are not seeing the results we can do just one thing, Trust in the Lord for help and doing everything we can do and control and we will receive the Blessings.
This Last week has been hot reaching temperatures of 107. That is pretty toasty, but Elder Lee has it way worse in Cuiaba with 120 degrees and that is normal.
I hope everything goes well for you all
Love Elder Sands
Monday, October 29, 2012
That is cool Acea that you are liking Eastern it was 100 percent harder for me but you have many wonderful talents that will help you a lot. Did you guys get the DVD I sent in the mail?
I have a few things to report to you guys this week. First, because of the nature of our area, to do things differently and to help change the people's vision of the church and find a new way to find people we starting an English class. A member made simple invites and we have already given out almost 200 invites to everyone we see on street. There wasn't anyone that went last week, but this week all of the members are inviting people and we are going to get a banner and professional invites here soon.
Work was a little difficult this week. First we had a lot of rain; last Friday we got caught with hurricane force winds and rain. We just got soaked. I don't know why we were literally dancing and singing in the rain because this is the Lords work and he is looking out for us.
This last week we found a great guy, his name is Daniel and he just loves having us over and he is reading and praying; wanted Heavenly Father change his heart, but he wasn't able to come to church this week, but he will.
I am glad to say that we are working our best finding new ways to find and teach people so they can accept the gospel through baptism and confirmation. This is truly a wonderful work we have the privilege to be a part of.
Tchau Family
Elder Sands
I have a few things to report to you guys this week. First, because of the nature of our area, to do things differently and to help change the people's vision of the church and find a new way to find people we starting an English class. A member made simple invites and we have already given out almost 200 invites to everyone we see on street. There wasn't anyone that went last week, but this week all of the members are inviting people and we are going to get a banner and professional invites here soon.
Work was a little difficult this week. First we had a lot of rain; last Friday we got caught with hurricane force winds and rain. We just got soaked. I don't know why we were literally dancing and singing in the rain because this is the Lords work and he is looking out for us.
This last week we found a great guy, his name is Daniel and he just loves having us over and he is reading and praying; wanted Heavenly Father change his heart, but he wasn't able to come to church this week, but he will.
I am glad to say that we are working our best finding new ways to find and teach people so they can accept the gospel through baptism and confirmation. This is truly a wonderful work we have the privilege to be a part of.
Tchau Family
Elder Sands
Monday, October 22, 2012
The great question was asked, how do you get someone to commit. In Brazil, many Brazilians don't know how to commit to things; they usually accept everything, but don't follow through. But there are a few things you can do that help a lot. Commitments are a good way to find the elect. If the investigator is not committing then really they need to be dropped or put off to the side a bit. It is important to find their interest level the first visit. You can tell they have a little interested because they accepted the missionaries to teach them and with that you can help someone to commit. The missionaries could say, are you wanting to know if the book of Mormon really is true? Do you want to receive blessings in your life? (Promise specific blessings) then you need to go to church. Something like that. Then you boldly commit them, will you read the book of Mormon tonight? Will you come to church with us this Sunday? Will you keep the word of wisdom? Will you be baptised by whom that has authority from God? if they accept then it is important to follow up every day whether by visit or by phone so that they remember their commitment and to get them excited. When committing, the missionaries always need to promise blessings and give there strong testimony like we learn in Preach my Gospel. If they just don't accept you can't do anything about it, they won't progress or get baptised so the only thing to do is leave the investigator in the Area book and move on. If they accept even if it is halfhearted you can show you excitement, and when they let you down by not doing what they promised to do, do like Elder Holland said, be devastated. Let them know they not only let down the missionaries, but more importantly they let down the Lord. Really inviting anyone to do anything in the first lesson is a great way to know if they will get baptised or not, and if they don't want to get baptised in the end then staying there is not fulfilling our missionary purpose. I hope this answers the question. Really is just depends on the agency of people if they want to accept or not, so the only thing we can really do is our part.
This week was great, we didn't find very many people, but we did our very best. Elder Millard and I were trying to come up with ideas of what we can do to find people. We had the idea to put a Book of Mormon in a tree and someone grabbed it, we started getting to know the workers in stores that we planned to visit every day like an ice cream shop, a small grocery store, and some other ideas. We didn't see much progress this week but we are happy and excited. Joao this week was hard to talk to, his is losing interest fast and we can never find him to teach and help him progress we are just hoping now that he will go to Church for a second time. Marcia too was hard to talk to this week because she wasn't at home at night the whole week. Tough times happen but the Lord will bless us for our effort in his time.
If you have any other question feel free to ask.
Love you all
Elder Sands
This week was great, we didn't find very many people, but we did our very best. Elder Millard and I were trying to come up with ideas of what we can do to find people. We had the idea to put a Book of Mormon in a tree and someone grabbed it, we started getting to know the workers in stores that we planned to visit every day like an ice cream shop, a small grocery store, and some other ideas. We didn't see much progress this week but we are happy and excited. Joao this week was hard to talk to, his is losing interest fast and we can never find him to teach and help him progress we are just hoping now that he will go to Church for a second time. Marcia too was hard to talk to this week because she wasn't at home at night the whole week. Tough times happen but the Lord will bless us for our effort in his time.
If you have any other question feel free to ask.
Love you all
Elder Sands
Monday, October 15, 2012
This last week we had transfers and I got another American named Elder Millard who is from the other Side of Washington. He is cool and has a lot of ideas of what we can to find more investigators. We are planning to teach an English class this next week to spark a new interest in the people in our area.
We are working with two people. One is Marcia who is ready to be baptised but wants her husband to do it. His is Ausgtino who is a member returning to activity and he don't feel ready at the moment because of the doubt he has about going back to the catholic church or not and thinks that he needs to be utterly perfect, but the bishop and us will do our best to prepare him as quickly as possible. We even had a wonderful FHE where we watched The Restoration and the Bishop dedicated the home. We are also teaching Joao Victor who is a friend of a member, we are teaching him and marked his baptism and he was excited, but the next day he was unsure about baptism but we gave him more excitement to read and pray. We haven't been to get a hold of him since Friday so I hope we can find him today.
I hope everyone is doing great
Have a great week
Love Elder Sands
We are working with two people. One is Marcia who is ready to be baptised but wants her husband to do it. His is Ausgtino who is a member returning to activity and he don't feel ready at the moment because of the doubt he has about going back to the catholic church or not and thinks that he needs to be utterly perfect, but the bishop and us will do our best to prepare him as quickly as possible. We even had a wonderful FHE where we watched The Restoration and the Bishop dedicated the home. We are also teaching Joao Victor who is a friend of a member, we are teaching him and marked his baptism and he was excited, but the next day he was unsure about baptism but we gave him more excitement to read and pray. We haven't been to get a hold of him since Friday so I hope we can find him today.
I hope everyone is doing great
Have a great week
Love Elder Sands
Monday, October 8, 2012
General conference was great, but each time it seems like it goes by faster and faster. I loved the talks by Elder Holland Elder Eyring in the Priesthood session and many more. The unspoken theme seemed to be how to really be converted to Christ. And the mission age was a little surprising. Today is the Last day of the transfer and my companion is getting transferred. I am excited to stay in the area we are going to have a few baptisms in a little bit, but we need to think of a different way to work here.
The time is passing by and we learn new things, I have seen that I have learn and changed quite a bit this past year and half and seeing how the Lord has helped me change through the refiners fire. The Ward is growing and the members have a lot, more excitement for the work last week our mission president came to our area and taught everyone how easy and natural it is sharing the gospel and also gave me more hope and excitement of how we can work in this area.
We are trying to help the same wife of a returning member get baptized but she wants to have her husband baptize her but his testimony is weak and there has been some problems and we are hoping with our help and of the Lord she will be baptized her in a little bit. We are teaching a young man who was brought to Church by his friend who was baptized 6 months ago, we trying teaching his parents but they are not really interested in the church but gave us permission to baptize there son so we will be on that her in a little bit.
I saw those pictures and everyone is a lot bigger it will be a little weird going back and see what has changed.
Love you all
Tchau
The time is passing by and we learn new things, I have seen that I have learn and changed quite a bit this past year and half and seeing how the Lord has helped me change through the refiners fire. The Ward is growing and the members have a lot, more excitement for the work last week our mission president came to our area and taught everyone how easy and natural it is sharing the gospel and also gave me more hope and excitement of how we can work in this area.
We are trying to help the same wife of a returning member get baptized but she wants to have her husband baptize her but his testimony is weak and there has been some problems and we are hoping with our help and of the Lord she will be baptized her in a little bit. We are teaching a young man who was brought to Church by his friend who was baptized 6 months ago, we trying teaching his parents but they are not really interested in the church but gave us permission to baptize there son so we will be on that her in a little bit.
I saw those pictures and everyone is a lot bigger it will be a little weird going back and see what has changed.
Love you all
Tchau
Monday, October 1, 2012
That is good you are liking college Acea it was way better but way harder than high school, just study until your eyes fall out and you will be ok!
This week was a lot better and we are seeing more progress and ideas of what we can do to work and find people in our area. Yesterday we had a fireside with our mission President in the ward and a lot of people went. We had invited him almost 3 months ago to get the ward excited for missionary work and to really talk to people about the gospel. He gave a lot of personal experiences to show how easy and natural sharing the gospel is. With any conversation it can quickly lead to opportunities to bear your testimony our give a pass-along card. It doesn't matter if people accept or not we need to plant seeds in any person at any time. I learned a lot about to not get down on myself if it seems things aren't going so well just give the Lord a chance in anything that you do.
I am excited to watch General Conference it may be my last one in the field.
Love Elder Sands
This week was a lot better and we are seeing more progress and ideas of what we can do to work and find people in our area. Yesterday we had a fireside with our mission President in the ward and a lot of people went. We had invited him almost 3 months ago to get the ward excited for missionary work and to really talk to people about the gospel. He gave a lot of personal experiences to show how easy and natural sharing the gospel is. With any conversation it can quickly lead to opportunities to bear your testimony our give a pass-along card. It doesn't matter if people accept or not we need to plant seeds in any person at any time. I learned a lot about to not get down on myself if it seems things aren't going so well just give the Lord a chance in anything that you do.
I am excited to watch General Conference it may be my last one in the field.
Love Elder Sands
Monday, September 24, 2012
I am doing great here, but it always seems that there isn't a lack of trail and hardships when you think you are doing everything right working hard that is when it is the hardest, but this is good it helps me grow a lot faster and when it is easier we know how to handle the hardship. We have been trying to Preach the Gospel, One thing that I just can't resist is telling people about the gospel I don't worry anymore if people accept or reject I will do my part at all costs that is where we find the most joy. The mission has just been one blurry but good memories where you forget all of the bad days and difficulties and just remember the people that you have baptized, the wonderful members and companions, and the fun with other missionaries.
This next week I will have 1 year and 6 months in the field and with this time remaining we will do a lot more good.
I forgot to take a picture with Sister Ward, but the next time I see her I will talk a picture of us for the newsletter.
Did you see the picture I took of the Campinas temple like you wanted? Is it good?
Love Elder Sands
This next week I will have 1 year and 6 months in the field and with this time remaining we will do a lot more good.
I forgot to take a picture with Sister Ward, but the next time I see her I will talk a picture of us for the newsletter.
Did you see the picture I took of the Campinas temple like you wanted? Is it good?
Love Elder Sands
Monday, September 17, 2012
How are you all doing today? That is great that Acea gave that talk it looks like was really good parabems.
The Work is going here in Piracicaba 6, we are trying are very best to do our part even though investigators don't really want to do their part.
Tomorrow we are having a special multi-zone conference with Elder Mazzagardi who is the second counselor of the Brazil area presidency which is going to be really good, and it will help a lot to be better missionaries and more effective to.
It is getting really hot here it is almost 40 degrees C 104 degrees F and dry as can be with the last rain fall 3 months ago.
We are also planning on baptizing the wife of a member that return and he is ready to baptize her we just need to mark her baptism and teach her the rest of the lessons and fill up the baptismal font and she is well on her way to get sealed and return to the presence of Heavenly Father.
There is not much more to report just keep me updated about the election and the family and I will talk to you all next week. Also I will send another DVD of all of my videos that I have taken on the mission so that you can see them; it is the easiest and fastest way to get them to you.
Love Elder Sands
The Work is going here in Piracicaba 6, we are trying are very best to do our part even though investigators don't really want to do their part.
Tomorrow we are having a special multi-zone conference with Elder Mazzagardi who is the second counselor of the Brazil area presidency which is going to be really good, and it will help a lot to be better missionaries and more effective to.
It is getting really hot here it is almost 40 degrees C 104 degrees F and dry as can be with the last rain fall 3 months ago.
We are also planning on baptizing the wife of a member that return and he is ready to baptize her we just need to mark her baptism and teach her the rest of the lessons and fill up the baptismal font and she is well on her way to get sealed and return to the presence of Heavenly Father.
There is not much more to report just keep me updated about the election and the family and I will talk to you all next week. Also I will send another DVD of all of my videos that I have taken on the mission so that you can see them; it is the easiest and fastest way to get them to you.
Love Elder Sands
Monday, September 10, 2012
Thanks for the email they are always good, and it is good to feel some support from home, and I received a letter from sister Schmauder last week that was great.
To answer the Question how I am doing on my mission I was just thinking what I could say. I am doing wonderful. My mission is the greatest where we can do some real good. My story on my mission hasn't been the one where we have baptized 300 people or been a grand leader, but I know the Lord has been pleased with my work and I have seen how he has changed me to be like him. I have been in gosh darn hard areas and I have seen the miracles that we have received after all of our hard work. Many times I have thought who can we baptize, how can we do it and it is crazy to see how the Lord has given us more than we were hoping. With this family that we have baptized these weeks It has been months were we haven't seen much progress in the work and baptisms, but we worked, we worked we did our part we cried a bit in our sweat, but the Lord was preparing us, teaching us, and taking care of us and we were rewarded with witnessing the gospel changing the lives of a family and to see the whole ward light up with hope and energy to work with us to save our fellow brothers and sisters. My mission is ending fast, but the work is far from over.
Thanks for all of your love and Support
Elder Sands
To answer the Question how I am doing on my mission I was just thinking what I could say. I am doing wonderful. My mission is the greatest where we can do some real good. My story on my mission hasn't been the one where we have baptized 300 people or been a grand leader, but I know the Lord has been pleased with my work and I have seen how he has changed me to be like him. I have been in gosh darn hard areas and I have seen the miracles that we have received after all of our hard work. Many times I have thought who can we baptize, how can we do it and it is crazy to see how the Lord has given us more than we were hoping. With this family that we have baptized these weeks It has been months were we haven't seen much progress in the work and baptisms, but we worked, we worked we did our part we cried a bit in our sweat, but the Lord was preparing us, teaching us, and taking care of us and we were rewarded with witnessing the gospel changing the lives of a family and to see the whole ward light up with hope and energy to work with us to save our fellow brothers and sisters. My mission is ending fast, but the work is far from over.
Thanks for all of your love and Support
Elder Sands
Monday, September 3, 2012
I will get your letters next week because P-Day moved today to Monday like I said a few times. I am so excited in everything.
We are planning the baptism of Cintia who is the wife of the man we baptized on the 25th this Saturday and we are all excited, Erico was confirmed yesterday and they are all wearing Sunday best and are so happy, and here in one year they will get sealed. After all of the difficulties that I have faced the lord is rewarding us for our patience and long suffering. We are also helping another wife of a member get baptized we are just waiting for him to be able to baptize her because she only wants him to do it which is perfectly fine and great.
We are working hard to reach all of our goals and pass the mission standard of excellence. When we try our best to reach and pass that standard I feel we are blessed with people to teach, are lessons don't fall through, and we are happy knowing that we are doing our part. My companion Elder Jamilson is a blast one of my favorite companions yet, he is funny had helps with that everyday stress that we all feel and he helps a lot because he knows how to work and we are a good team together.
I will get your emails next week but I am fine with that.
I will talk you all later.
Love Elder Sands
We are planning the baptism of Cintia who is the wife of the man we baptized on the 25th this Saturday and we are all excited, Erico was confirmed yesterday and they are all wearing Sunday best and are so happy, and here in one year they will get sealed. After all of the difficulties that I have faced the lord is rewarding us for our patience and long suffering. We are also helping another wife of a member get baptized we are just waiting for him to be able to baptize her because she only wants him to do it which is perfectly fine and great.
We are working hard to reach all of our goals and pass the mission standard of excellence. When we try our best to reach and pass that standard I feel we are blessed with people to teach, are lessons don't fall through, and we are happy knowing that we are doing our part. My companion Elder Jamilson is a blast one of my favorite companions yet, he is funny had helps with that everyday stress that we all feel and he helps a lot because he knows how to work and we are a good team together.
I will get your emails next week but I am fine with that.
I will talk you all later.
Love Elder Sands
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Thank you for the address to Elder Bailey's mission I got a letter from him yesterday. Can you tell Ryne's mom that I got it please and that I will write him soon.
Don't send for more shoes please, these shoe that I got would won't even be that worn out when I get home and I don't want to pay another 100$ to get my package.
Don't worry dad I haven't been serving a mission with regrets, it is just to get everything done that I want to do and become what I want to become in these final month and not wanting this wonderful mission to end, it has passed so darn fast because I have been giving my all in this work.
Yesterday we had transfers I stayed in Piracicaba 6 but Elder Melo left and went to Campinas, I am here with Elder Jamilson another Brazilian, he is a great guy and really funny, and we are going to do a lot of good together in this transfer. On Saturday we had the baptism of Erico and his two sons it was really special and all of the members are excited because this was the first baptisms in the ward in 6 months. We talked to his wife this last Monday and we marked her date for next week so that she has time to ask for that day off and so that Erico can baptize her next week after he receives the priesthood which will help this family become really united. And here in 1 year they will be going to the temple to get sealed.
Please too can you send me those family pictures that you took that would be nice to see and share with the member here.
Love Elder Sands
Don't send for more shoes please, these shoe that I got would won't even be that worn out when I get home and I don't want to pay another 100$ to get my package.
Don't worry dad I haven't been serving a mission with regrets, it is just to get everything done that I want to do and become what I want to become in these final month and not wanting this wonderful mission to end, it has passed so darn fast because I have been giving my all in this work.
Yesterday we had transfers I stayed in Piracicaba 6 but Elder Melo left and went to Campinas, I am here with Elder Jamilson another Brazilian, he is a great guy and really funny, and we are going to do a lot of good together in this transfer. On Saturday we had the baptism of Erico and his two sons it was really special and all of the members are excited because this was the first baptisms in the ward in 6 months. We talked to his wife this last Monday and we marked her date for next week so that she has time to ask for that day off and so that Erico can baptize her next week after he receives the priesthood which will help this family become really united. And here in 1 year they will be going to the temple to get sealed.
Please too can you send me those family pictures that you took that would be nice to see and share with the member here.
Love Elder Sands
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
This week I am so excited after almost 3 months without baptizing anyone we are going to baptize a family of 4 on Saturday I am so excited. After all of this difficulty and learning we are receiving a lot of blessings. This family is very special their names are Erico, Cintia, Murilio, and Victor they are relatives of a family of members here in the ward and they all want to be baptized a lot. We are having a little difficulty teaching them because their work schedule is really strange but everything will work out in the end.
There have been a lot of twists and turns here in the Field and from them all I have learned many things. I have had my bad days and good days, but I can see how the Lord has helped us. This is the final week of the transfer and I am almost sure my companion Elder Melo will be transferred and I will stay here. Time is flying by so fast and my goal for these last 5 transfers is just go crazy with the work, work harder than I have been working and to enjoy these last few months that I have here. I don't remember If I had already took you all but starting the 3 of September which is a Monday we will be having P-day, that will be a somewhat big change but it will be better I think.
I told myself I would never ask but I only have 7 months left, is that for those you know that have not written a letter to me yet I would be so grateful to receive some letters. I have only received 5-6 letters on my whole mission so encourage everyone to write please.
Love you all
Eu amo vocês muito
There have been a lot of twists and turns here in the Field and from them all I have learned many things. I have had my bad days and good days, but I can see how the Lord has helped us. This is the final week of the transfer and I am almost sure my companion Elder Melo will be transferred and I will stay here. Time is flying by so fast and my goal for these last 5 transfers is just go crazy with the work, work harder than I have been working and to enjoy these last few months that I have here. I don't remember If I had already took you all but starting the 3 of September which is a Monday we will be having P-day, that will be a somewhat big change but it will be better I think.
I told myself I would never ask but I only have 7 months left, is that for those you know that have not written a letter to me yet I would be so grateful to receive some letters. I have only received 5-6 letters on my whole mission so encourage everyone to write please.
Love you all
Eu amo vocês muito
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The work is getting better we were able to teach more people this week and help them prepare for baptism, but sometimes it feels that we are cutting more people than we are finding.
Yesterday I was able to go to a leadership meeting in Campinas and President Perrotti has given a new stress on reach the standard of excellence in our mission. Really by reaching this standard these goals we are able to do our part to show are sacrifice to the Lord and a way to build and maintain our teaching pool and help them be baptized. Every week here we are getting better, by finding more people, teaching them, teaching a lot more with members it is really neat. We are really focusing on getting a family of four baptized, they already have been to church several times, and what it sounds like they are wanting to be baptized but the hard thing is going and teaching them, we mark and something happens we remark a visit but something happens and they could be there, but today I have faith we will finally be able to teach them and mark there baptism.
One more thing p-day will change to Monday starting September 3 so don't forget I will be really sad if I didn't get emails that week.
Love Elder Sands
Yesterday I was able to go to a leadership meeting in Campinas and President Perrotti has given a new stress on reach the standard of excellence in our mission. Really by reaching this standard these goals we are able to do our part to show are sacrifice to the Lord and a way to build and maintain our teaching pool and help them be baptized. Every week here we are getting better, by finding more people, teaching them, teaching a lot more with members it is really neat. We are really focusing on getting a family of four baptized, they already have been to church several times, and what it sounds like they are wanting to be baptized but the hard thing is going and teaching them, we mark and something happens we remark a visit but something happens and they could be there, but today I have faith we will finally be able to teach them and mark there baptism.
One more thing p-day will change to Monday starting September 3 so don't forget I will be really sad if I didn't get emails that week.
Love Elder Sands
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The updates sounded wonderful it is great to see that everyone is doing well. But we will work even more harder so that everyone back home will receive lots of blessings.
This last week, I won't lie was tough. My companion was feeling down not baptizing his first transfer and half, we were not knowing what we could do in the small area to find more people and teach them. But on Sunday we had a miracle. We planned a last effort and punch to get the members to work with us or the area will close. What they decided to do is to do a door to door study asking them questions if they know that the true church of Christ was on the earth with a prophet and apostles will you join and other questions to gauge the interest level. They when out Sunday night in 4 groups and in 1 hour gave us 31 references only 4 streets, we are working a lot to contact and teach every one of them and we know that we will help many people to be baptized here very soon. We had interviews with President Perrotti and he helped a lot with support and words of advice that helped a lot. Elder Melo and I are going to do some great things here.
I will love to hear more from everyone por favor
Love
Elder Sands
This last week, I won't lie was tough. My companion was feeling down not baptizing his first transfer and half, we were not knowing what we could do in the small area to find more people and teach them. But on Sunday we had a miracle. We planned a last effort and punch to get the members to work with us or the area will close. What they decided to do is to do a door to door study asking them questions if they know that the true church of Christ was on the earth with a prophet and apostles will you join and other questions to gauge the interest level. They when out Sunday night in 4 groups and in 1 hour gave us 31 references only 4 streets, we are working a lot to contact and teach every one of them and we know that we will help many people to be baptized here very soon. We had interviews with President Perrotti and he helped a lot with support and words of advice that helped a lot. Elder Melo and I are going to do some great things here.
I will love to hear more from everyone por favor
Love
Elder Sands
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
That sounds like a lot of fun, I know now what I will do when I get back home and maybe in Logan with you guys. But here in Brazil we are having a lot more fun. Today we had a Zone Churrasco (BBQ) with a lot of meat, we played some soccer (Futebol) and some game that is like doge ball but with only one ball, it was a blast.
The work here is progressing and we are doing our very best in an area that isn't the easiest area. we are needing the help of the members to find people so that we can teach, we got a reference of a family that is ready to get baptized, but the problem is that they live in the boarders of another ward but it really far away from the church building and our ward is closer and they have really good friends here and they only want to be baptized here. Everyone in the stake and been pleading to change the ward boundary's that are out of date so we have to see what happens. We are also teaching a man named Bibi who is a friend of an inactive member, he is really good and wants to get baptized and we marked his baptism for the 12 of August he just needs to wake up early to go to church and he will be good to go. The inactive member named James is helping a lot by sharing his testimony with him and giving support.
This ward is great the members are good people, and it is the first ward I have seen here in Brazil were there are a lot of returned missionaries, which helps a lot and they know what we are going through and helps us with ways we can work here and have a focus of inviting people to go to church.
Thanks for the love and support always love, hugs, and kisses from Brazil.
Elder Sands
The work here is progressing and we are doing our very best in an area that isn't the easiest area. we are needing the help of the members to find people so that we can teach, we got a reference of a family that is ready to get baptized, but the problem is that they live in the boarders of another ward but it really far away from the church building and our ward is closer and they have really good friends here and they only want to be baptized here. Everyone in the stake and been pleading to change the ward boundary's that are out of date so we have to see what happens. We are also teaching a man named Bibi who is a friend of an inactive member, he is really good and wants to get baptized and we marked his baptism for the 12 of August he just needs to wake up early to go to church and he will be good to go. The inactive member named James is helping a lot by sharing his testimony with him and giving support.
This ward is great the members are good people, and it is the first ward I have seen here in Brazil were there are a lot of returned missionaries, which helps a lot and they know what we are going through and helps us with ways we can work here and have a focus of inviting people to go to church.
Thanks for the love and support always love, hugs, and kisses from Brazil.
Elder Sands
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