Well first of all. Happy Fathers Day everyone! I want to thank my Dad for all the support that he has given me on the mission! He is the best Dad ever.
This week turned out to be alot of work, and it passed by quickly too. Let me just give you the highlights. Monday was kinda lame. Elder Henderson and Cox went to Porto Alegre for a meeting and we were left with nothing to do! My companion took a nap and I read the scriptures! I worked really hard on reading the scriptures this week and got through a ton! More importantly, I learned alot of stories and verses to help out my investigators. The first year of the mission I kinda stayed away from the bible because its super hard to understand and its translated horribly! But the last few weeks I have been studying the bible and using it while I teach and its been a great help! It was a testimony to me that although the bible can have errors... its still inspired words written by prophets of old.
Tuesday was district meeting and I gave a training on Christlike attributes, It went really well. One of the companionships in our area is having a hard time but besides that all it well.
We have an investigator family. Ricardo, Carla, and their two daughters, Maria 6 and Sofia 2. They are so fun to teach and be with! Over the last few weeks they have grown so greatly! For example, all of them have learned how to pray and make it a habit every night and before every meal. Even Maria. She told all her friends at school and called her grandmother just to say that she knows how to pray! When she sees us in the road she jumps up and down and than gets shy haha. Ricardo and Carla are reading the book of mormon. This week we shared with them the video of the restoration and they lOVED It ! Especially Carla. She said that she watched it at least 5 times. I am really excited for their progress. We are trying to get them married and stop drinking coffie and they both have a desire to do that and get baptised. This week we are going over there to teach them how to have a family night.
Saturday was the anual Festa Julina... or the June Party! Its celebreated in all of brazil. Its just like a red neck party and I love it! Theres lots of traditional food drinks and candy. There were also lots of fun games. For one of the games there was a plate full of flower and we had to use our faces to find a coin that was hid at the bottom. I won the game:) There was the classic pin the tail on the donkey and fishing. Musical chairs was my companions favorite. He won that! We did a funny skit on how to make street contacts. We gave them 20 ways to do it. FOr example. Dress up like santa clause and give them the book of mormon as a present... talk to them when their using the bathroom so they cant run haha. It turned out to be a good day.
Lastly sunday was our Ward confrence. It was a very spiritual day. The whole ward worked hard to bring investigators and less actives to church and it worked well. All the priesthood in the ward sang a special hymn. I know that my redeemer lives. When it ended everyone was crying. The ground was truly shaking with the spirit. It was a great day!!
The lan house is closing... gotta go!
Love,
Elder Horst
The Fabulous Four missionaries who share a house together.
Pin the tail on the donkey
Lots of food!!! Yuck, close your mouth elder :)
Finding the coin in the flour!
Caught off guard?
They are always ready for a laugh!
This looks like snow, but it's humidity! Elder Horst said it looked like water in the air.
Drops of water were falling off of his eyelashes.
The area of Brazil that he is in, is the second most humid area in the world!
The other missionaries made Elder Horst's bed into a castle. His new bed comes today :)
No more sleeping on the floor!
His shoes don't very healthy.....
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