He Loves the People!
This is Daniel and Fernanda! Fernanda was baptized like a year ago and we're freakin workin our butts off to get Daniel baptized. His wife has lost her memory some and she just rambles off about the most random stuff, which is kinda sad, but at the same time is so freakin funny. Daniel and her have an awesome sense of humor about the whole thing, hahahaha, i usually leave the place crying cuz im laughing so hard, and daniel is so funny too, and he loves giving Elder O'Malley crap cuz hes from England, which i love hahaha. but we're hoping that Daniel will be baptized not this coming sunday, but next sunday!
and this is Cristiano! hes the 2 year old son of another lady we pass all the time, and he's fricken adorable and hilarious, a few days ago him and i were kicking a soccer ball back and forth, then he told me he was tired and so he sat down and motioned me to sit next to him. then he laid down, so i took the opportunity to share the gospel, but he didnt take it so well.... hahaha. it sucks so badly not being able to pick up little kids and stuff:/
GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAATTTTT!!!!! hahaha one of the old ladies that we pass by alot recently got a baby goat hahaha. its name is João (John) its actually pretty playful, and she let me bottle feed it a couple days ago!
So Proud of This BOY!
im good! but its been raining here this past week like fricken crazy! off and on multipl times a day, its really bizarre haha. so of course with the rain the work is slowing down a little which at times is a little frustrating just cuz there's not much to do, but it sure makes it nice when the sun comes out haha(;
Yea we're still working with the Angolan family, and im gonna try to get a picture of them this week, i freakin forgot last week:( The Mom's name is Joanna, she's 43 years old, then Leo is 21, Mauro is 18, Andrea is 17, Vivalda is 14, and Bruno is 10, its so freakin fun to spend time with that family(: i dont remember if i talked about it last week, but there's not much spicy food here in Portugal, so Joanna taught me how to make this fricken wicked hot sauce, and just today while O'Malley and i were shopping, i bought stuff for it, and i also bought tobasco sauce, so this week is already looking up(; haha
The português is coming along increadibly, and every time we have a zone meeting with a lot of missionaries, some of the older ones tell me how lucky i am cuz they didnt know anything until like they're third transfer or whatever, and im just sitting there like...... you have no idea how many prayer's i say hahaha(; but it's true, im super grateful for how easy it's been coming(: and i have had a couple dreams where other people or my self are speaking português, but no dreams completely in português yet, so im still waiting for that! haha, i did have a dream a couple weeks ago that this coming up transfer im gonna get bumped up to a District Leader, but personally i dont think i will, plus i really hope i dont haha, i dont want that responsibility... at least not yet haha. but my dreams are always weird, so im still hoping that i wont be(:
And no, next week O'Malley and i will just watch conference with our ward here at our chapel, which means português for me.... yipee hahaha, im excited cuz i think it'll be so rad, but at the same time i'd love to hear the messages in english too just to get a little more out of it, but it all comes from the same place, so im stoked regardless(:
And i've been dying to know about what the McBride boys are doing?! are they planning on going on missions?! THEY BETTER BE!!!!! haha, i wanna know what they're calls will be so badly haha(:
haha yea, brandon sent me a picture hahahaha that was so funny!! haha, make sure he knows that he's always fricken welcome at the house, i dont want him to get to lonely! could you guys invite him over for dinner sometimes or something?? maybe when dad takes the boys dirtbiking he can go and use my bike if he wants!(:
and im glad you like the recommendations, cuz i've got a few this week, haha, hope you dont mind(; throughout the week i was just making a small list of the ones i wanted to share, and i few i dont remember what they were, i just have the references haha, so i hope they're good and you like them, but here's the list(:
1 John 3:13-14, 18, 22 (i dont remember what this is, sorry hahaha)
1 Peter 3:15 (its about how we must always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks, but to me it kinda showed how we also need to not be ashamed of who we are, but rather always be willing to share it. if someone asks about our religion, not only is it our duty to share the light we have, but it should be our privilege and we should find joy in the opportunity we have to try and give a little light to someone who may be searching for it)
2 Nephi 9 (this chapter is a little long, but is all about the Atonement. i love how Jacob keeps saying things like "Oh how great our God" and "Oh how wonderful is His love and mercy" and all that stuff, like just try to imagine a man with such a powerful testimony that he can barely hold in his joy, and keeps shouting out praises, its just freakin awesome!!)
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (its one of my favorite hymns, but was taken out of the hymn book because i guess it's almost sacred and people were singing it so much because its so amazing, which i think is a little contradictory, but i guess thats why im not the prophet haha. anyways this song is just freakin heart wrenching every time, my favorite verse says
"Jesus saught me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God.
He to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood.
Prone to wander, Lord i feel it, prone to leave the God i love.
Here's my heart, oh take and seal it, seal it for Thy court's above."
if you can get MoTab's version of it, it'll make you cry, bet ya 10 bucks haha(;
and then two talks i really liked, "7 Pillars of Wisdom" by Gordon B. Hinckley, and "The American Challenge" by Ezra Taft Benson. the one by Hinckley gives such good advice and council for life, and also shows a little bit of his funny, loving side, and the one by Benson is all about how awesome America is, but that we need to make sure it stays awesome, and it's our responsibility to not let it slip up. if that talk doesnt fricken make you feel like a proud, patriotic American, i dont know what will haha(:
oh and one more, there's and awesome talk by John Bytheway, im pretty sure its called "Whats In Your Backpack" or something like that, i listened to it this morning and it's awesome(:
haha, sorry if thats alot, but its good for ya!!!!(; haha, i love you guys all so much, and ill write you all next week(: get some good videos of the boys playing lax and dirtbiking and other stuff for me to watch when i get home so i dont miss too much!!(; and let the ward know i love them all!!!(:
love love love the coolest elder ever,
Elder Dayton(:
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