Rise and Shout!

Hey everyone! Its football season! The whole town is buzzing with excitement here.... jk. Nobody even knows what football is here! That doesnt mean I didnt celebrate. On thursday I wore my BYU shirt under my white shirt and tie! Obviously, I wore a sweater over it and nobody saw but I needed to show my support! It was a fun day. I told everyone that football season was starting and I was so excited. every single time this happened, they just smiled and started talking about soccer:) I would crack up! Congratulations on the win BYU.

Its been another week in my new area and things are just great! We are in a small branch with about 40 active members. They are all so cool! We have a great relationship with the members which is always a huge help for us. My portuguese has been improving dramatically with my new companion. He has done a lot to help me. On the other end, I convinced him to follow his dream of learning english and going to BYU! I told him we would do it together. I am excited for him.

I want to tell you about one of our investigators here. Before I was transferred to this area, my companion was at a members house. They had a friend over who was very sick. She had been sick for the past 2 weeks and had barely eaten in a few days. My companion gave her a blessing. Within two days she changed dramatically and felt so much better. Because of this miracle, she wanted to take the lessons and hopefully in a few weeks she will be baptized. What a great story! It shows that the Lord prepares everyone in their own way. This investigator was an answer to our prayers!

I dont have too much time to write this week but I will write more later! Thanks for everything.

 I love you all.

Elder Horst

Elder Horst got the parcel I sent, looks like he is excited!

I made him another pillowcase :)

Preach my Gospel in Portuguese.

I think this might be Porto Alegre.

I think this is Sao Tome.

Pretty money!!!