t's Good to hear from you,
I
love you guys. Brady is leaving for the MTC in provo. that is good news
for now. we have a lot of missionaries that are in other missions
waiting for visas so this one month was good and he will be in provo for
at least 9 more weeks. We will be in the field at the same time. how
crazy is that??
I
always remember the way jake and cake prepared the fishing stuff and
practiced at home. they wanted to make a boat to fish in the lake...
they don't ever give up on their dreams. i believe they could have
caught more than 200!
So
it turns out that our idea to reopen that branch isn't a reality. all
the branches within 45 minutes of a chapel are being closed because
brasil wants to adopt the same system we have in the US- 2 or 3 wards in
the same chapel. we met with the stake presidency and we had a good
discussion. we can still work with the less actives and prepare them for
the day when the Lord provides them with a chapel. A lot of sin and
gossip sunk the branch. We have to be SO careful with this. gossip is
one of the many testimony attackers that exist and it can leave a deep
scar.
That is rad that
brady and mom went to teach. new experience for brady and old experience
for momma. but he can't get used to doing splits with sisters :P
Momma!
we have to kneel and pray when we don't know what else to do we have to
fall to our knees. we also had a neat experience with the stake
president with saying prayers on your feet too.
he
said that when the area 70 came to train the stake presidents they
would do the final prayer on their feet: "We pray on our feet bretheren,
to show the Lord that we are willing to leave this room and do what we
have discussed and what He has asked us to do."
I
love working with these leaders. as the AP i work right next to
president and the other leaders of the mission and church. i learn so
much from them and theirs examples. the church is true. it changes
lives. it helps all come unto Christ and partake of his eternal
salvation. the atonement can only be understood when we learn who He is
and live how He lived.
abração,
-Élder Grondel jr.
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