Monday, April 30, 2012

Did you bring sunscreen?

Oi!
So, this week was super super busy, I will save the good part for last.
We had interviews with Pres. Swenson on tuesday. Fastest interview of my whole life ha. Basically, he asked if I wanted to talk about anything, I said I was good, he asked if it was good with Elder Cardoso, also with a positive reply, he read a scripture and we prayed and left. We talked a little bit later together about our zone and how it is progressing, but even that was pretty quick. No complaints. We are really wanting to unify our zone more, everybody seems to be just working alone, and when we are united and excited we will see a lot more progress.
We also had Zone Council one Thursday, it was good to see how some other zone leaders are moving ahead and what things we can learn together.
We didn´t really get to teach that much this week, it was really rushed, and a lot of a our appointments fell through, that is all part of being a missionary.
Then the good stuff!
On Friday our whole mission met with the mission POA North (Porto Alegre North) to have a conference with Elder Jeffery R. Holland! SOOO good! Wow, I wanna write a lot but I am super tired ha and having trouble focusing. One thing I have always noticed about the great spiritual giants that I have had the privilege of meeting, is that usually their wives are every bit as incredible and spiritual (if not, more so) as they are. Elder Hollands wife talked a lot with us about scriptures that inspire us to be our best and lift us up when we are feeling down. Ha, she told us about her favorite scripture regarding missionary work, Jeremaiah 16; 14-16, talking about fishers and hunters The Lord will send to find his people, and that we are part of that miracle.
Elder Muniz, brought sunblock and asked if we needed some because were going to all get a burning haha. Elder Hollands talk was super good. He asked told us about how important our mission is and told us that the word APOSTLE means ~one sent with a message~ and so that we need to be apostolic. The greatest compliment that The Lord could pay us is to call us His discliples, but now the big question. Do we measure up? That is a good question.
Afterwards he talked with us about WHY our mission is so important, how it will change our lives and the lives of others. The importance of the fall of Adam and Eve, and most important, The Atonement of The Lord Jesus Christ. The answer to every problem in the universe is The Atonement. All of my notes and everything we learned I won´t be passing on right now, it would take to long and there is lots of distraction where I am trying to write.
Ha not much of an email for such a great week. I hope everybody is good back home. Lots of love.

Seu Filho, Irmao, e Amigo
Elder David F. Morgan

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