7 March 2016
Anther Week
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| This is what my area looks like (from the Bishop's house). |
There is not a whole lot to say about this week. Were
working with a lot of people right now, marrying a couple too, and helping them
get closer to Christ. Its pretty cool. Its sad when people don’t want
anything, because there are a LOT of people that just don’t want anything in
life. Almost no one rejects us at the door or says no to everything, they
just normally don’t want to accept a responsibility or a promise. But on
the other hand there are some really really good people here that we are
finding every day.
As for my companion, he's ending his mission here in 3
weeks, but isn’t very trunky. He’s a little nervous to go home, but is still
working hard. Were getting along very very well. We joke a lot with one
another and have almost the same sense of humor. He reminds me of a mix
of Elder Young, Bishop Mabb, and the Brain from Pinky and the Brain. So,
its pretty cool.
Also, one other thing. This week I woke up with a huge
bloody nose that lasted for about an hour (the first one I had since Trindade!)
That’s all.
Sorry for the short letter today and my time is already up. I love you
guys and will talk to you next week!
Elder Biggs
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14 March 2016
Just Two More Weeks
So if I haven’t already told you, Elder Belbin will be going
home in 2 weeks, which means he'll be my 3rd companion that has ended his
mission with me. That makes me a little trunky, especially with the news
Im hearing about Captain America 3 (Haven’t seen anything, because of rules,
but Ive heard some pretty cool stuff). But honestly, time is flying like
it never has before. Ive heard a lot of missionaries say that the days
pass slow and the weeks pass fast, but even the days are cruising. We
leave, do about 15 visits, then return home. We walk a lot in this area,
but we're really liking it. So, don’t have to worry about me being
trunky, I think about home and dream about it, but it doesn’t effect the work.
When the name tag of a missionary is loose, we joke that he's trunky. In a visit, Elder Belbin’s name tag was like this so I just took a picture of them, then told him after
With time passing so fast, there isn’t really much to
say. We went to the foot doctor for Elder Belbin. He had 2 SICK
ingrown toenails that were surgically removed which only Mom would like to
watch.
Yesterday, we had President Fusco, President Souza (Recife
Temple President and former Fortaleza Mission President) and Elder Grande (70)
in our ward. Afterword, I directed a choir of missionaries to "Come
thou fount" in Portuguese (It'll be sick), and on the way back, we found
ourselves in the middle of thousands of Soccer fans running to the stadium for
the biggest game of the year here in Fortaleza. First thing we saw was a
very violent police force stopping traffic and yelling and pointing guns, then
we saw thousands of dudes in black shirts running. We just about peed our
pants, but we got out of the way, and also they weren’t violent (I think)
:)
But yeah, that was some stuff from my week. I'm really
feeling the importance of being a missionary these last few transfers, and it
really doesn’t feel like it’ll be long that I'll be coming home too. But
I'll worry about that here in a few months. Also, sorry, Im not sure that
I'll be any less skinny than I am right now... But... I stopped this truck and asked if I could take a picture. It’s my current love!
Elder Biggs
PS I got the package today and loved the drawing that
Reygan did! Perfect. I saw a guy drawing people today for a lot of
money and I just leaned over to my comp and said "My sister's better"
Because it was totally true!
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21 March 2016
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The later and later I get on the mission, the less and less
I have to say. I think thats because in the beginning, its all new, but
now its just apart of life. But lets see, there are a couple of things...
This week, we went on splits (or exchanges, I don’t even
know in English) with the assistants. That was pretty cool, I was with
Elder Hadlock (who might be the grandson of Elder Neil L Anderson) and learned
a lot.
Elder Belbin is pretty excited to get on home. He's
sad that the mission is ending and is taking advantage of every second, but is
excited also, to return to his family next week. We've really become good
friends, and Im really happy for the opportunity Ive had to work with him.
We had a little fireside this week (actually the sisters in
our district had a fireside and wanted us to participate) which was to bring
investigators to the church and help them see that Mormons are
normal-ish. The week before I (yeah- I) had organized a choir of
missionaries and was the... director? (I don’t remember the right word in English)
It turned out really good. I also gave a talk about the
organization of the church and apostasy and restoration, which was also pretty
cool.
But, that’s about all I got on this last week. Its
super good to hear from you guys and I'll talk to you next week!
Elder Biggs
28 March 2016
Killed a 3rd and Maybe a 4th…
So when your companion ends his mission with you, you've
just "killed" him. This last week was basically just us trying
to not get too trunky. But lets look at some pictures (finally):
Last week I made Mac and Cheese which we both found very
good after 1-2 years without eating.
The missionaries in Limoeiro made t-shirts for the district
and Elder Gomes da Silva made one for me and sent it to me.
This week we went on splits a lot, one with Elder Lopes (who
bought me pizza) for two days and another with Elder Harker (my DL) (who also
bought me pizza). That’s one cool thing about being Zone leader, other
missionaries buy pizza for you all the time!
On Thursday, Elder Belbin had his last interview with
President along with Elder Da Hora who is also going home:
This week we had a 13-year-old kid, Lury, who has been
wanting to be baptized for a while but who’s mom never let him. We talked
with his mom like 10 times this week and she finally allowed him to be baptized.
By his best friend too! This friend was ordained to be a priest about 10
minutes before the baptism!
Today Elder Belbin headed out and my new companion
arrived. And guess who! .....
Elder Camargo! My 3rd comp will also be my 9th! But
this time as zone leaders! I had no idea it was him until I opened my
front door and he was standing there, and neither did he. It was super
funny how we both just started laughing. We like each other a lot, so this’ll
be good. ALSO, he only has two more transfers. If I kill one more companion,
Im gonna go crazy!
But anyway, that was my week. I'll try to send more
pictures because pictures are cool! But anyways, até mais!
Elder Biggs
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