Zach is getting settled in Beja!
Hey fellas!!!
haha dang i miss monsoon season!! its pretty warm here, probably about 90º - 100º, but its way humid haha, plus we're always in church clothes! but im atleast used to it, elder Boyd has been hurting a bit haha, Northern Ireland aint exactly a warm place haha(; and thank you! and if you haven't already sent the package, could you throw in a big bag of marshmallows please?!?! haha, i know its a weird request, but they dont sell marshmallows here, and im dying for some s'mores hahaha. if you already sent it, its definitely not an emergency, but i was just wondering! haha(:
and no i still haven't got through the Book of Mormon in portugues, we've been focusing a lot on a few investigators that are progressing incredibly. we had a lesson with an investigator on Saturday that was incredible. her name is Custodia, and she's about 40ish. she's dating a member here and he brought her to church, and she really liked it, so we've been working with her since then, and she's marked to be baptized on the 26th of July! she's never been baptized in any church and never really affiliated with any church because she's never felt that any of them were completely genuine. so it was a bit tricky to get her to want to be baptized and actually become a part of a church. but one thing i've been working on a lot is to really listen to the investigator and the spirit, and to try to not just teach lessons. and ive seen some gnarly improvements in the way the lessons go and the love i feel for the people, when we've got a lesson completely planned out, but as soon as it starts, we feel the impression to just toss it and go by the spirit, its so cool! the power that you can feel when you know that spirit is touching their hearts is just incredible and undeniable.
and thats awesome, i would've loved to hear Brents fairwell! and no, i haven't talked chandler in forever, but man that kid will be such a great missionary! and yea, im writing Holden and Brandon every week. Holden's doing great in Florida, i think he's gonna put up quite the fight when its time for that kid to come home haha, he's loving it out there!
yea im still trucking along, and im loving this area. most likely ill be here for at least 11 more weeks, and im really looking forward to it. the members and investigators here are awesome. the only downside of this area is that there is a huge public pool in the middle of the city, and we walk past it all the time haha. i never thought i would miss swimming so much haha!! oh well, there's plenty of time for that after the mission haha(:
oh and guess what?! yesterday i got to kick a door in, haha! a member here has been having problems with her lock on her door, so we walked home with her after church, and she couldnt get her door open, so she let me kick it in! haha, but i totally forgot to take a video of it haha, oh well(: and you guys might also get a kick out of the fact that im am the pianist here haha. so yes i do get to play the piano haha(:
dang luckies, that'll be a way fun trip haha, make sure to take lots of pictures please!! and dang that lucky jerk haha! yea i would freakin love to go hunting haha!
i love you guys so much, and ill talk to you again next week!!(: have fun in utah and wyoming!!(:
This is my hood gang!!! haha, this is (left to right) Franklin a recent convert, Simão (Simon) our ward mission leader, and Romeo Tavárez a returned missionary. Romeo served here in portugal, and so he's gonna be living here for a while to visit family and work, but it rocks for us cuz he loves going out and working with us haha, bonus points!!
Zach's new apartment has work out equipment, he's in heaven!
check out what i found!! one night i was sitting in the house all bored with nothing to do, so i went up to our roof, and there's fricken workout equipment up there!! hahaha, i was so stoked!! so i've definitely got myself a new workout program(:
the RoofGym even has a punching bag and a barbaque!! haha, its gonna be a nice stay here in Beja(:
the lady in the back sitting down is Maria João, and she's really wanting to get baptised here soon, so we've been working with he a lot lately, and this is just a bunch of friends and family all cramming into her little house haha, português houses are a wee bit smaller haha(;
This is our Branch President, Pres Ruberval, his wife Sheila, and their 1 year old son Miguel. They're brazilian, and this is the guy that reminds me of that old mexican cartoon character Speedy Gonzalez hahaha, this family is way cool, and Miguel is a tank and so fun to play with haha(:
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