tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19817658441262228172024-03-05T11:46:52.701-05:00Elder Scott Anderson's Mission BlogWeekly updates on my adventures and experiences while serving the Lord as a missionary in Goiânia, BrazilScott Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192358139163831722noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-24107522439904871882017-06-15T11:19:00.030-04:002020-12-03T12:05:05.977-05:00Homecoming<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Written by mom on December 3, 2020) -Scott finished his mission with honor. His love for the people in Brazil was so evident when he came home! His arrival was pure joy for us all. It made me feel a bit of what heaven must feel like and I'm sure it'll be similar to what it's like when we arrive "home" in heaven above with loved ones who have been waiting for us. Scott missed Brazil the instant he left it! He kept saying to us "if you just dropped me off in any city or town in Brazil, I could be fine! I could get a job and be just great!" He really missed it but we sure were excited to have him home! It was so fun to hear all about his mission, see more pictures, drink and taste a bit of Brazil that he brought home for us to sample! His Homecoming talk was outstanding. He certainly had the "missionary glow". Scott, we are so proud of you and your service! Since your mission, you've had amazing experiences at BYU and now at the Mayo Clinic for Med School! We are so excited for you and your future. We are so proud of the man you have become and for your righteous desires to do good and continue to sharing the restored gospel in the world! May God continue to bless you in every endeavor and may you always know how much your parents love you and support you! These pictures maybe out of order a bit, but they recap the last bit of your mission and your Homecoming! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgtzNLYFizHhbptVZR_c2TWaDiwrc4YpG3pDrQTyntLbejgwDqFWzvIpbaGTvu41FWfyiFZdQfxgsjozYD8oBhEML2VddHyYPu_U_VNz85sHT-x-ICpJdtE6LT2ZBAccd9ixmL2OUXRM/s2048/DSCF4627.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgtzNLYFizHhbptVZR_c2TWaDiwrc4YpG3pDrQTyntLbejgwDqFWzvIpbaGTvu41FWfyiFZdQfxgsjozYD8oBhEML2VddHyYPu_U_VNz85sHT-x-ICpJdtE6LT2ZBAccd9ixmL2OUXRM/s320/DSCF4627.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsKljNHvrz6tp6N-plVu3dRGYs1Oppi0FSB9x4db3yBKNoo_iKVDzy8x3pBYYwQ2qdZB-iNY6H4I3h6owdyRz0B9yMjjDeEQTHuSrGak1PW8YtFOuqCLht3b09MXVlSA-j0-OHS-iSro/s2048/DSCF4628.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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While I was in Patos de Minas last Christmas season, Elder Sweet, who was my first zone leader, a great help to me when I was a new and lost financial secretary, and one of my best friends from the mission, sent me a Christmas package with a bunch of great American treats and a Christmas card. This card is open on top of my blanket right now; I just read it. He gave me some thoughtful and inspired advice that I have considered often in these last six months of my mission:</div>
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<i>Make the end of your mission the best part of it. You will see how much Heavenly Father has to teach you. Serve our Savior with all diligence until the end, and you will be able to feel His love like never before.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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This counsel (along with several others that I’ve received recently from my parents, family members, church leaders, and friends and for which I’m grateful) proved to be true—the end of my mission was the best part! As I tried to work my best during the last several weeks, I learned a ton about how to work effectively, how to plan, how to work with the members, how to follow the guidance of the Holy Ghost, and how to lead. Now that I’m finally figuring out how to be a successful missionary, my mission is ending haha. I remember when President Kuceki said the same thing about being a mission president a few weeks before he went home. It’s always like that! My mission was the best learning experience in my life, and Heavenly Father taught me until the very end. I learned much about Jesus Christ, our Savior, through constant study and even more through trying to be and serve like Him. During my whole mission, but especially during the end, I felt the love of the Savior for me and for others. It was kind of hard at the beginning of my mission but now it’s easy and natural to love those I serve. This is the Lord’s work, and it is a labor of love.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last week was awesome and shows why the final part of my mission has been the best. Enos and Ana Carla, the older two kids of the family we brought to church last week, are super excited for their baptism on Saturday and are loving church. Just about every time we teach them we bring a member. Yesterday we had a great family home evening activity with the youth and young single adults and they went and enjoyed it. I’m happy and grateful that we’ll baptize in the last week of my mission! It will be the first time I baptize two people from the same family and so it will be a special privilege. We taught a woman name Roberta this week who has already visited a ton of religions but never found satisfactory answers to some deep questions that she has like “What is my purpose in life?”, for example. We had two great lessons with her this week, and she came to church and loved it. One awesome thing is that the ward has really gotten excited about missionary work these last few weeks. When we got here is was pretty “morta” (dead) but after implementing a member missionary program in the whole ward with the help of the ward missionaries, everybody is praying to personally find people ready for the gospel and is way excited because of this. We’re establishing a great relationship with the members, and it’s really fun. Like I said in an earlier letter, I’d almost like to stay here another few months to harvest the fruits of our current labors!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We went to Goiania for a division with the assistants and for a multi-zone conference and leadership meeting. In the conference President Buhrer asked all the going-home missionaries to bear their testimony. I was one of them. I’ve seen a ton of missionaries give their last testimony in a meeting and am surprised that my turn has already come and gone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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E. Tanus and I are broth sad that I’m going home. It’s been really fun to work together. We are really united, have a lot of fun and joke a lot, and work well as a companionship and as zone leaders. I’ll certainly maintain contact with him after my mission and throughout life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week will be another great one—the last great week of my mission. I don’t think I’ll be able to access my email next week so I won’t write about it, but I will take a ton of pictures and post them later. This week will include: my last district meeting, my last interview with President Buhrer (we’re going to Going on Wednesday for it), a multi-zone meeting about family history, two baptisms (!!!), several thoughtfully offered going-away dinner with members, and a special visit from Jose Carlos! It will be memorable and I’ll take advantage of every last minute as a missionary in Brasil.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reflecting on my mission I feel an immense feeling of gratitude. I am so grateful for who the Lord has made me and the blessings He has given me. The word “agradecer” means “to thank” and the Portuguese phrase “so tenho o que agradever” has floated around my mind for some time. The translation is”I only have what to thank” but it doesn’t make quite as much sense nor has quite as much meaning in English as it does in Portuguese. After two years my greatest feeling is that of gratitude to my Heavenly Father for the best time of my life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">My family. Mom and Dad,
Dallin, Tyler, Heidi, Natalie, Katie, and Bryce, Grandparents, Cousins, Aunts
and Uncles—minha grande e amorosa parentela—thank you for two years worth of
constant love, prayers, and support. How great it was to hear from all of you
every Monday and feel inspired and encouraged to keep doing me best. I love you
and can't wait to see and hug all of you soon! That my entire family is strong
in the gospel of Jesus Christ is the greatest blessing I have.</span></div>
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-My calling and assignment. Being called to serve the Lord as a missionary is the greatest honor I have even received. Being assigned to serve in the Brasil Goiania Mission was incredible. I really wanted to leave the United States and learn a new language. I was blessed with those things, but they weren’t the reason I was assigned to serve here. The Lord wanted me to love and serve the people—members, investigators, and missionaries—in Central Brasil and as I tried my best to do so, He blessed me more than I could have imagined.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-My mission presidents. President Kuceki and President Buhrer were amazing. I was so blessed with the opportunities to serve close to both of them and learn from their Christlike example. I love and respect them and wish I can become half of what they are one day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-My companions. I could write 10 pages on this subject hahaha. I can clearly see why the Lord gave me each of the thirteen companions I had. I learned from all of them something vital to who I am now. I was really blessed because almost all of my companions were great and those who were difficult are now good friends. I, without a doubt, have thirteen brothers whom I will always be able to count on.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-My areas. From Jardim Curitiba to Flamboyant, I loved every area. I loved serving in several cities within the mission and getting to know many faithful members of the church who became great friends and examples to me. I vividly remember working, walking and sweating “ate o po” up and down the roads of Goias and Triangulo Mineiro. I will actually miss seeing muros, walking up hills in the hot sun, and getting rides on carrocas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-The people I taught. I know that God prepares His children for His gospel, and He uses His faithful servants to bring them the truth. I can’t fully express how grateful I am to have been an instrument in the Lord’s hands to lead souls to Christ and His restored gospel. I still communicate with Matheus from Araxa (who is preparing to serve his mission) and Jose Carlos from Patos de Minas (who receive the Aaronic Priesthood and whom I’ll get to see before I go home) and I’m so incredibly happy that they are experiencing the joy of the gospel just as I am. I hope to enter in contact with all of those I taught and baptized soon and encourage them to endure to the end. Helping people come unto Christ was worth all the sacrifice of these two years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-My leadership and administrative experiences. Serving in several different callings and capabilities during my mission shaped who I am and what I am capable of. I feel like I’m prepared to serve in any calling in which the Lord needs me—not because I’m capable, but because I know the Lord qualifies those He calls. My experiences as financial secretary changed my life. Not only did I gain a ton of experience and knowledge, but I also changed my career plan and surely my future will be different because of that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Portuguese. I love speaking another language, it has completely opened my min. I’m grateful the Lord helped me to learn it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Brasil. I love this country and this people! Getting to know a whole other country and culture was an incomparable experience. I hope to visit Brasil several times in my life and maybe even work here. It’s great because now I have two countries to cheer for in the World Cup.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-My testimony. The hymn “Testemunho” (English – Testimony) describes exactly how I feel about the mission. I don’t know how it goes in English because sometimes the meaning changes a little during the translation, but it should be similar. Before my mission I knew the church was true, the Book of Mormon was true, etc, but now my testimony is firmly rooted in my heart and soul and has been tested, tried, and strengthened by innumerous real life experiences.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-The restored gospel. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and was called to restore the true church to the Earth. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Kingdom of God on the Earth and the only church with the full truth, the authority of God, and a living prophet. I know that Thomas S. Monson is the prophet of God today. I know that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God. How great it is to see these truths change lives and to be an authorized messenger of the Fullness of the everlasting gospel!<o:p></o:p></div>
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-My Savior, Jesus Christ. I know that He lives, knows us, and loves us. He suffered and died so that we could escape by His grace and mercy the punishment of sin, yet fulfilling the demands of justice. He is the Son of God, the First and Only Begotten, by Him-and only by Him, we can be saved if we faithfully live His gospel. I love Him. I serve Him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I close my final letter with these words of testimony and gratitude with both mourning and great joy in my heart for completing my mission, in the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-49002077027334328542017-05-29T15:36:00.000-04:002017-06-04T15:58:48.259-04:00The Penultimate<div class="MsoNormal">
I just woke up. Since our schedule was modified a few months
ago we no longer have to exercise in the morning on P-Day. It’s 6:45 and 15
minutes ago I got out of bed and felt like starting my weekly letter, and so I
already am. As I go to bed or wake up each day now, I realize that the days of
my mission are quickly coming to an end—in 15 days I get on the plane—and I
feel a certain anxious tightness inside.
In a few lessons this week I started feeling really heavy, knowing that
soon I would no longer have the authority to preach the gospel to God’s
children or represent the Savior as a full-time missionary. It’s hard. E duro.</div>
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After studying Moses 6:52-62 (that you talked to me about a
few weeks ago mom, I studied it then and again today. What a clear and rich
passage of scripture: God the Father expounding the Plan of Salvation through
the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Adam, the first mortal and first prophet on the
Earth. Everyone: read it!), getting my hair cut for the last time in Brasil,
and cleaning the house, I’m back to writing my letter. It’s crazy that I’m
doing several things for the last time during my mission. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Finishing my mission is sad, but it’s reality and also it’s
really happy and awesome. I can’t wait to see all of you guys! I’m trying to
express the bitter-sweetness of ending my mission in the letter so I can fill
the next—the last letter--with more enriching and meaningful things. It’s understood that the last weeks of the
mission are simultaneously joyful and mournful. I am not experiencing anything
unordinary.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For a matter of days now I’ve been pondering about my return
home, the months of preparation before college, and the importantissimos (extremely
important) next few years of my life. Without yet being in my post-mission
country/society/environment or having full or frequent access to information
and counsel on the subject, my planning of the near future has been limited to
not much more than daydreams and mental conversations with myself. However, after a few P-Days and nights/worth
of thought and a bit of research on BYU’s website (I asked Pres. Buhrer if I
could take advantage of my time in the lan house to learn about my education
options; he approved), I plan to major in Finance and finish my degree in 3
years. I plan to get married in 2 years or less and also…actually, this is
pretty much all I’ve planned. I believe I’ll do an MBA, work internationally,
maybe study abroad in Mexico after a year of college (I think it’d be cool but
it’s improbable), have 4-5 kids (that will depend on who I marry—but I
certainly don’t want only a few!) and play golf frequently, but these and other
details will be decided a few months or years from now. The transition from
mission to post-mission life will be one of the biggest or the biggest (nah, I
think the transition to married life will be the biggest…or married life with
kids...I’ll only know when I get there) and starting this transition has
sparked quite a variety of futurist thoughts. It’s fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This really was a great week of work here in Anapolis. I
stayed with each of the elders in training in the zone for a day this week
while E. Tanus went on exchanges with the district leaders who are both
trainers as well. This week our teaching group grew a lot (which was a blessing
we were needing), and we now have 2 possibilities for baptisms next month! They
are two kids of a family we started teaching after a member from the Anapolis
ward took us to their house; they are the family of this brother, We’ve had 2
great lessons with them so far about baptisms for the dead (the mom, Livia, had
a big doubt about that…but doesn’t anymore!), the Restoration, and the Book of
Mormon. They all came to church yesterday, except the dad, and they loved it.
The parents can’t get baptized yet because they’re not married, but the mom
already asked us if her kids could be baptized in the church—“certainly!” We
had 8 people visiting church yesterday, and, during the whole 3 hours we were
running around helping out the investigators and planning to teach them with the
members in the coming week. It was awesome!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Right now we are getting ready to go to the lan house. It
will be the second-to –last time I access my email during my mission. I have
enjoyed so much talking to all of you during my mission (through email) and
thank you so much for your love and support. If anyone wants to send me a final
email, you can until next Monday (the 5<sup>th</sup>) morning, when I’ll check
my email for the last time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This mission has been the greatest thing I’ve done in my
life. I’m so grateful for who the Lord has made me as I’ve served Him. Jesus
Christ is our Lord and Savior. He lives.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-61585294240040260232017-05-22T23:13:00.000-04:002017-05-28T23:13:09.601-04:00Being a True Christian<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;">
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hours to sleep and rest. The last 3-4 P-Days E. Tanus went back to sleep as
soon as it was 8:00 and I tried to too but I couldn’t stand laying down and
doing nothing for even 2 minutes and so I got up, cleaned the house, and wrote
my weekly letter. After (almost ) two years of constant, hard work, I feel like
I always have to be doing something. Today I made myself keep laying down for a
few more minutes until I fell asleep, and it was actually pretty great. It’ll
be funny to see how I’ll be when I get home next month—I think I’ll always be
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couple from a volunteer organization. They were nice—they gave us a good snack
of toasted peanuts and lemonade—but it has been a long time since I’ve taught a
lesson to people so hard-hearted and closed-minded. I have found that atheists,
agnostics and Buddhists are generally more respectful, receptive, and open –minded
(even if they don’t believe in our message) that extreme “Christians” I put “Christians
in hyphens because Christians are those who profess belief in and follow Jesus
Christ as the Son of God but there are unfortunately quite a few “Christians”
that don’t act like Christ showed us to. We invited them to read and pray about
the Book of Mormon—if it’s true, God will tell you, and if it’s false, He’ll
tell you too. They didn’t allow themselves to conceive the possibility of
anything besides the Bible being capable of being the Word of God. We bore our testimonies
and left. I know, by the power of the Holy Ghost that testifies of all truth, that
the Book of Mormon is the Word of God. During my mission I’ve studied and
pondered about the Savior, and I hope to be, now and during all my life, a true
Christian—not just believing in Jesus, but becoming like Him. Why should we
ever limit ourselves to merely professing belief in Christ when, through
keeping His commandments, repenting of our sins, and dedicating our lives to
serve and follow Him, we can be completely transformed from our natural and
carnal state in His sons and His daughters! I invite you all to look up and
read Mosiah 5. This letter will not be complete without it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week. I love teaching the gospel and know I'll miss it a ton. I really hope to
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young single adults of the ward. We plan to do several activities with them to
involve them in the work. We played a game where we filled a cup with flour,
turned it upside down on top of a plate, and put a 5 cent coin on top of the
cup-shaped form of flour. Everyone had to use a knife to cut away an edge of
the flour with his teeth. Yep, I ended up having to put my face in the flour!
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-26801443683310115312017-05-15T16:10:00.000-04:002017-05-17T16:10:13.514-04:00I Love Skype and Hard Work!<div class="MsoNormal">
This was the most important week of my mission so far with
respect to preparing for my return home. The nest part of all of it was
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Mom, Dad, Tyler, Heidi, Natalie, Katie, Bryce, Grandma and
Grandpa at home and Dallin in Portugal, it was awesome being able to talk to you
all! I’m so happy President Buhrer gave us an hour and a half instead of just
40 minutes. It made a huge difference. Next month I’ll be able to speak
personally with all of you for 24 HOURS a day! Hahaha I can’t wait.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had a ton of fun speaking Portuguese with Dallin and
watching the family go crazy because they couldn’t understand. Hahaha speaking
another language is the coolest thing. I’ll teach you guys when I get back so
that you can participate in our conversations a little bit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I went to Goiania
this week for the self-sufficiency class that missionaries do a month before
they go home. I’m getting old in the
mission :o. We learned about how to prepare ourselves to enter the capital
world, studying resume, interview, and presentation techniques that should
actually be pretty helpful. My experience as financial secretary really looks
great when professionally explained and will certainly help me my whole life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh! Last P-Day we went to the chapel for an almost –the-whole-zone
P-Day and played football and basketball (with the balls you sent me for my
birthday) and ping-pong. Near the end of the activity I decided to kick the
football across the parking lot to see if my leg could handle it (it’s almost
100% now) and see if I still had the skill I had in high school. I warmed up a little
bit, and told an elder to go to the other end of the parking lot to catch the
ball. I took off my shoes and, with memories of the “glory days” passing
through my mind, kicked. The football went over the elder’s head, over the
plants behind him, and over the 15 foot wall behind the fence :o. I measured
the distance after recovering the ball and it would have been good from 45
yards—and my leg didn’t hurt. Maybe my NFL dreams are still alive…not! Kkkkk.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday morning we went to a member’s house for a service
project. Here in our mission we rarely do service projects; I like the
opportunity when it comes. The member, Euri was digging out his backyard to put
a pool in. We dug a big chunk out of the corner of the yard in 2 hours. It’s
been a while since I had had so much fun doing yard work! I remember I didn’t
like it and tried to avoid it before my mission, but now, the new and improved
Scott Anderson loves working hard in the yard. The biggest miracle of my
mission is who I’ve become as I’ve dedicated my time and effort to the Lord. He
has done so much more for me that I could have imagined. I like manual labor
now. That’s a big and good change, though not even near the greatest, which is
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Jefferson, the 10 year old son of the family of Gilvan who
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Saturday! It has been really rewarding to see how his family has changed the
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I’m going to create a program today called “Terminar no
Pique” or “Sprint to the Finish” which will be made of my goals and plans to
finish as well as I can my mission and prepare myself for the transition to
returned missionary life. I have learned on my mission that planning and organization
are what brings success. I plan to apply this knowledge my whole life. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After this letter I’ll only wrote three more! They will
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The ways we got to church the last two Sundays were pretty funny.
Neither was planned, nor imagined, but we showed up on time and didn’t sweat as
much as usual doing it. Two Sundays ago we were halfway to the chapel (a 45
minute walk) when the non-member husband of a woman from the ward passed by us
on a carroca (go look that word up on Google—“Carroca”) towed by a horse!!! We
waved to him and a few seconds later a lightbulb lit up in E. Tanus’ head. He
yelled for him to stop and we ran up to him and asked if he could give us a
ride. We went to church riding on a carroca with suits on—it was great! Hahaha.
Yesterday we passed by the house of Gilvan, the dad of a less-active family
whose 10 year old son we’re teaching, to talk to them real quick and walk the
rest of the way but they said “No, y’all can fit in our car.” (This central/western
region of Brazil is the “caipira” or “redneck” region of the country and so I
believe the use of “y’all” in the translation of what they said to us is appropriate).
We almost didn’t, but we did fit. All 8 of us packed into their nearly
destroyed car. The battery wasn’t functioning and so the car had to be pushed
to start it manually. Elder Tanus and I were squished on top of each other in
the back seat of the car and even though we asked him to open the door for us
(only the driver’s door opened from the inside ) so we could push the car for
him, Gilvan just let his wife push the car with one hand while holding a
4-month old baby in the other, and after several mental prayers that we
offered, the car started and we hobbled,/rolled/bounced to church—and got there
right at 9! I’ve felt more redneck these last two Sundays than I did living in
the Deep South of the United States for 15 years. At church yesterday Gilvan
and Nidia’s baby was blessed, and we marked the baptism of Jefferson (the 10
year old son) for this Saturday. He and his family are excited! It’s been neat to
see the change in their family since we started visiting them (after a great
family home evening at the home of a member who invited them). Last Sunday they
didn’t come to church because the dad was hung over and the rest of the family
without desire to go as a result. This Sunday when we arrived at their house
they were ready to go and Gilvan went in a white shirt and tie! The gospel
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We continue teaching Josy and her family, and we had an
awesome lesson with them this week about baptism, temples, baptism for the
dead, and eternal families (they are the family whose son recently died) and we
marked a baptismal date with her and 3 of her kids. They didn’t come to church
this week, and we discovered that Josy and her husband actually aren’t married
(but have lived together for 25 years and have 7 kids together…), but we’ll
keep helping them in spite of these obstacles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday we had a meeting with the ward mission leader and
the 4 new ward missionaries and established a plan to work closely with the
members. I almost wish I could stay 6 more months on my mission to work with
the members of this ward and baptize their family and friends! However, my time
is almost up, but I’m not complaining—I can’t wait to see you all, my dear
family and friends!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I CAN’T WAIT FOR SKYPE ON MOTHER’S DAY!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is a picture of a Carroca that I (Mom/Kristy) found on Google....adventurous way to travel to church! :)</div>
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President Bührer interviewed him and called me right after the interview to
tell me that he would be baptized to following day. I received lots of pictures
of the baptism from José Carlos and a letter in which he told me all about it.
Even though I was transferred well before he was baptized, my joy is the same.
I can't fully express how grateful I am to have known and taught him and helped
him discover and follow the truth. He will surely be an eternal friend of mine!
He sent me a birthday package which I got this week. It contained a bunch of
chocolate and a jersey of Cruzeiro, a soccer team from Minas Gerais. After a
long while living in Brasil, now I've decided which is my team hahaha.
CRUZEIRO!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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crazy to think that in 6 weeks I won’t be organizing the logistics of the
transfers within our zone or packing my bags and taking a bus to a new area.
All this will have ended and I’ll be back in the USA. I’ always knew the end
would come, but it still seems a little sudden. I’m so happy to be able to look
back at my nearly complete mission and know that I tried my best to fulfill my
calling and serve the Lord. I will continue to work as well as I can so I can
enjoy this same peaceful feeling of accomplishment, to a greater degree, when I
come home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with the stake president of Anápolis this week in which we talked about
missionary work in the stake and planned to do a fireside next month about the
Book of Mormon (an idea I've thought about for a while). It's marked to be on
the last Sunday of my mission! He's also going to fast with us this Sunday for
us to baptize two families soon! I thought about how Dad is fulfilling the same
calling in our stake and how grateful I am for his example.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">On Tuesday the whole zone went to Goiania for
a special meeting with Sister Cordon, the first counselor in the Primary Presidency!
It was awesome! I’ve been blessed to meet and learn from several great leaders
of the church while on my mission, (in addition to two excellent mission
presidents): Elder Costa (twice!), Elder Aidukatis, Elder Bassett, some area seventies,
and now, Sister Cordon. After her husband transmitted an inspiring message, she
gave us a dynamic training that involved some creative and fun examples. She
talked about how faith is a principle of proactivity, complete confidence in
God, and miracles, how as missionaries we need to have FOGO NOS OSSOS (FIRE IN
THE BONES), how we fully focus on the
work when we use all our heart, might, mind, and strength, and how the great miracle
is our personal conversion—becoming like Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Excelente!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Elder Tanus and I were back in Goiania on Thursday
for the monthly leadership meeting. Time flies so much between leadership
meetings that it feels like we have on every week. Inda bem—ama estas reunaios!
President Buhrere spoke about agency and how we are constantly being enticed by
good and by evil. Which side are we on? He briefly referenced it to the opposing
sides of the force in Star Wars, hahaha. The second part of the meeting was
about using time wisely, from chapter 8 of Preach My Gospel. Wow! I was inspired
to manage better the precious gift of time that I have—especially time on the
mission because it’s almost out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">I have been really, really blessed with great
mission presidents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tanus and I put into practice what we learned and had a great weekly planning
session—the best on my mission, I think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Another part of the meeting was the transfer.
President hadn’t completely finished it but told us just about all of the changes.
When he said that we would stay in Anapolis I got way excited!! Flamboyant is a
great area, E. Tanus is a great companion, and we’re teaching a special family
and have faith that we will have lots of success in this transfer. I’m happy
that I’ll finish my mission here!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the woman whose son passed away recently, and some members of her family this
week. We’re going to have a powerful lesson tomorrow about eternal families,
temples, and baptisms for the dead. I’m excited and hope that it goes well.
Being guided by the Holy Ghost, I’m sure it will! We’ve developed a good
friendship with their family and I’m grateful for the opportunity to help them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">One afternoon we were walking to another area
for a baptismal interview (it was the 3<sup>rd</sup> interview I’ve done on my
mission—he passed and was really excited!). We passed in front of a members’ home to stop and ask for water real quick. We entered and she said
“Elders, you came at the right time!” She was needing to move the stone top of
a kitchen table and had actually thought just a minute or two before “It would
be nice if the Elders passed here right now”. Haha, it was a cool little
experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">HAHAHA- Elder Tanus and I laughed a lot this
week and one of the reasons was the following: We were at a bus stop and there
was a homeless guy washing his clothes in a fountain in the park behind the bus
stop. E. Tanus felt pity for the guy and bought a Popsicle from a man selling
them next to us and went and gave it to the guy washing his clothes. Not 20
minutes later the homeless guy went and bought another Popsicle for himself and
we saw that he had almost more money than we did, hahaha! We had a good laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Family, I miss you guys so much. My love for
you all has multiplied on my mission. I didn’t know how special you were to me
until I came to the other side of the world and haven’t been able to see you
all for a long time. Mom and Dad, Dallin, Tyler, Heidi, Natalie, Katie, and
Bryce, I love you and can’t wait to see you next month (except Dallin, that’ll
take a bit longer). I pray for each one of you by name every day. I’m excited
to speak with you all on Mother’s Day and plan what we’ll do when I get home!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loving my time here, and I’m preparing myself for a big transition to a new
phase of life that will begin soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have on my mission. Pamanha isn’t as good on the way up as it is on the way
down. This may not be a great way to start a letter but it was an even worse
way to start the day, hahaha. Thankfully I got gradually better throughout the
day. I don’t exactly know what it was, but I think I ate something bad.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Speaking of eating this is the best area I’ve served in with
respect to food. Lunch with the members is great here. They make a lot of
lasagna, and it’s awesome! Brazilia lasagna is different; it usually incudes
presunto which is kind of like ham.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week started off great with an amazing multi-zone
conference in Goiania on Tuesday. The morning part of the meeting included 6-15
minute mini-trainings given by zone and sister training leaders. I gave a training
about goals, which is a topic I love. It was really fun! I talked about how our
goals measure our lives and how we should do everything within our power to
reach our goals while respecting the agency of other people (using the examples
of Abinadi and Ammon to show that although we give our best, the results aren’t
always what we want—though they certainly can be sometimes). As missionaries we
should set goals in harmony with the Lord’s calling in Matthew 28:19-20 –
preach, baptize; He is with us. I called for a “strong” volunteer in each
training to practice establishing a challenging yet reasonable goal of push-ups
and then I did the established number of push-ups along with the elder to
encourage him to reach his goal just as the Lord does with us when we make
worthy goals in order to serve him. I think it was a successful and dynamic training.
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We got home from Goiania and discovered that our power had
been cut (is that how it’s said in English?!)/ As we got ready for bed in the
dark, a member knocked on the door and gave us a pizza!! So we ate pizza in the
dark, and it was great. Elder Martin, the new financial secretary and one of my
good friends in the mission, was able to take care of the situation and a day
and a half later we had power again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had and inspired feeling early in the week as I looked
towards a bairro (neighborhood…kind of) waaaaaay out the edge of our area from
where we were walking, close to home. Later, looking at this bairro on our map
I felt that we needed to go to the road ‘I-10’. Thursday afternoon we decided
to walk there and find who the Lord wanted us to find. After knocking about 40
doors and with 5 houses left on the road, we were greeted by a nice woman who
is the mom of a young family. We taught her the first half of the Restoration
and will returned this week to teach the whole family. I believe they will
accept the restored gospel because we really were guided to them. We would never
have gone to that part of our area if not for inspiration.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We visited a few times this week and became good friends
with Josy, the woman whose son recently died, and her family. One day we
enjoyed a big churasco (barbecue) at her house and the next day a ton of
pamonha. I learned how to make pamonha! Hahaha it was way fun. Yesterday
morning she came to church with 3 of her kids and a little granddaughter. Elder
Tanus and I gave talks about missionary work and the bishop did too. It was a
special Sunday. After the ward had finished a 40 day fast (one member fasting
each day) for missionary work in the ward. I believe the results of this fast
will be miraculous. We’re actually already seeing them!<o:p></o:p></div>
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night we visited their church. On the mission we can't go to rock concerts, but
we can go to other churches if we're invited. It's usually kind of the same
thing hahaha. It was a cool experience, and I'm glad our church doesn't talk
about tithing, offerings, and donations for 30 minutes each meeting. I'm
grateful to be a member of the true church of Jesus Christ that was officially
restored to the Earth on April 6, 1830. In the words of E. Tanus "Every
time I visit another church it only strengthens me testimony of the true
one." We did meet a lot of kind people and enjoyed the experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really nice. We hope to help him return to the church and made a good
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It went by fast. Que sempre reconheçamos os milagres em nossas vidas!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-75240069051666442017-04-17T14:23:00.000-04:002017-04-20T14:56:42.530-04:00Easter and English<div class="MsoNormal">
Happy Easter to you all!!! The word for Easter here is ‘Pascoa’
which is the translation of ‘Passover’. After consulting the Bible Dictionary
(something interesting: in Portuguese there’s not a Topical Guide and Bible
Dictionary at the back of the Bible, but a ‘Guide to Scripture Study’ which is
like the two combined but much smaller) in English I learned that ‘Easter’ only
appears once in the Bible and that ‘Passover’ comes from “eastre’, “a Norse
goddess whose pagan festival was observed at the spring equinox” (Bible
Dictionary, “Easter”). This was one of the most interesting things I learned
this week. Independent of the roots of the holiday’s name, I’m grateful that
each year of we have a special springtime Sunday to remember the glorious
resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. President Buhrer came to Anapolis
this week for interviews, and he made a goal with the zone to talk to everyone
this week. I enjoyed fulfilling this goal, taking advantage of the Easter season
to talk to people about our Savior and invite them to visit the church’s site
to learn more about Him and ‘Pascoa’. President and Sister Buhrer thought my
haircut was too short kkkkk (hahaha). I’ll wait till after the mission to cut
it like that again.</div>
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Elder Tanus and I are trying to do creative missionary work.
We’re both tired of knocking doors and talking with people in the road.
Although we’re fully willing to find people that way, we’re trying to work more
effectively and intelligently and have fun doing it. This week I finally put
into action an idea that I’ve had for two months or so. We went to 4 English
schools on Thursday, and at each one I introduced myself, said I was American
and offered to participate in some conversation classes. Two schools got our contact information, and at the other two I spoke English with one of their
teachers who readily invited me to take part in their classes. I didn’t say
anything about the church, just offered to help—kind of like Ammon, Elder Tanus
and I thought. On Saturday morning we woke up early to go to the first school.
I participated in a class of just the teacher and one student. What I thought
would happen happened: the English conversation started with an assigned topic
and transitioned the subject of what we do as missionaries and what we believe
in the church. I taught almost the whole lesson of the Restoration as a natural
part of the flow of the class’s conversation. At the end, we got the address of
the woman taking the class and the missionaries of another area will go there
this week. The Mormon missionary program really sparks people’s interest, and
in a setting other than a roadside contact or knocking on someone’s door, it’s
great sharing the gospel because people actually want to hear us. We’re going
to keep thinking outside the box to preach the gospel. A youth activity of
American football is an idea that has crossed my mind. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We found a woman this week whose son recently died in a motorcycle
accident. We taught the Plan of Salvation, and she loved learning about the Fall
of Adam and Eve, the Spirit World, and eternal families. We’ll return this
week.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our teaching group is weak right now, and this week we’re
going to work hard to find lots of people prepared for the gospel! I love you
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A cool park. Anápolis is a really pretty city with some well-kept parks. If I lived in Brasil for a time it'd be a nice city to live in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Tabasco also exists in Brasil but it's too expensive for a poor missionary</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">This stuff looks awesome but I'm also too poor for it kkkkk</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Água com gás...incrível!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Maracuja...por fora</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I. Love. Dark. Chocolate. Especially. Mint. Dark. Chocolate.</span></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-14523120201082988542017-04-10T14:48:00.000-04:002017-04-12T14:54:38.206-04:00I'm 20!<div class="MsoNormal">
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This week was quite a memorable one. On Friday I entered a
whole new decade of my life—“the decade of adulthood.” Because of how much I’ve
grown on my mission, the same thing happened on Friday that happened on my
birthday last year—I actually felt older. Now when I say I’m 20 years old
(Tenho vinte anos), I don’t feel weird saying it; I feel more mature than I was
and prepared and ready to begin what will likely be the most eventful decade of
my life. The maturity and growth I’ve experienced on my mission are undoubtedly
great blessings from the Lord. As I’ve dedicated all my time and effort to
serving Him, He has blessed me more than I feel like I deserve—and I still have
more than two months’ work of miracles and blessings to enjoy on my mission! I
often think about what King Benjamin says in Mosiah 2:20-25. That Heavenly
Father has blessed me immensely and that compared to Him I’m nothing—not even
the dust of Earth!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had lunch with Itma Itaneuma on Friday (my birthday) and
she bought a little cake and candles of the numbers 2 and 0 and her son, Elder
Tanus, and she sung “Parabens!” (the Brazilian version of “Happy Birthday”) to
me. It was muito especial! That morning I opened my caixa (package) de
anicersario-so alegria! Thanks so much family for the card, Tabasco sauce,
toothpaste (I was needing that; it’s expensive here (at least, a good kind is
expensive here), Clif bars, candy, and the FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL!!! Without a
doubt the next 9 P-Days will be a blast.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had a great zone meeting on Tuesday, one of the best I’ve
been a part of during my time as a zone leader. <span lang="ES-US">Descobriu-se que eu sou o unico Americano na
zona—tem onze Brasileiros e eu kk. </span>I’m the only foreigner in the
12-missionary zone. My Portuguese will probably get better and my English and little
bit of Spanish will probably won’t.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are a ton of churches here in Anapolis!!! There‘s way
more than in any other city I’ve seen, and the other cities I’ve seen have a
lot of churches. More than once we’ve seen two churches facing each other on
each side of the road—once, two of the same denominations but of different ‘ministries’.
Crazy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Tanus started talking to a guy in the road this week
who took off running to avoid us hahahaha- we had a good laugh at that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had a meeting with the stake presidency this week to
discuss missionary work in the city. Our ward, Flamboyant, and on other ward in
the stake are doing a 40 day fast (one member fasts each day) for missionary
work. It was an idea that President Buhrer gave, and I believe it will result
in several miracles!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I realized this week that I’m getting better at following
the promptings of the Holy Ghost. I’m really grateful for having developed this
ability. This week I felt like I should knock on a door as we were returning
home. We found a receptive family and the son of the family came to church yesterday.
Bencao! Jose Pereira also came to church, and we taught him the Word of Wisdom.
He committed himself to stop drinking coffee and threw away all the coffee he
had. TOP! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I love this mission, I love the scriptures, I love my
Savior, Jesus Christ, and His wonderful gospel.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Feeling like an American again with my favorite birthday presents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A great</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><i style="font-size: 12.8px;">torta de limão</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">E. Tanus brought his slackline</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">E. Pinheiro consegue</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Eu não consigo então eu só faço isso</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">E. Tanus consegue</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">...Muito bem</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The said elders and also Elder Silva</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">E. Moraes didn't like it</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">How good to reunite with you, Chimarrão</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Happy Birthday to US! April 9, 5, and 7!</span></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-68890639188375952522017-04-03T15:23:00.002-04:002017-04-03T17:16:15.202-04:00Só Ouro!<div class="MsoNormal">
“S<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">ó</span> Ouro!” is an
optimistic phrase that my new companion, Elder Tanus, says often. It means “only
gold!” I’ll try to explain everything that happened this week. It was a huge
week of my mission and it was “S<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">ó</span>
ouro!”</div>
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On P-Day while we were playing volleyball, Elder McBride
called us and told Elder Ward and I part of the transfer. After three great
transfers in Patos de Minas I was…transferido!! I’m now in the city I always
wanted to serve in: Anapolis. I’ve always had a great desire to serve here ever
since I learned that it is the city with the most churches per capita in the
world! I’m excited for the challenge of helping people find the Lord’s true and
restored church in the midst of hundreds of other honorable yet incomplete ones.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before I left Patos, E. Ward and I enjoyed our last P-Day
together, (He was definitely one of my favorite companions) and we visited Jos<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">é</span> Carlos for the last time. He gave us
some incredibly thoughtful gifts (one is for you, Mom and Dad!) and thanked us
for our efforts to teach him. After
packing my bags on Tuesday (that was a challenge haha), he took us to the bus
station and I was off. E. Ward and E. Yapu will continue teaching Jos<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">é</span> Carlos, and I hope they will baptize
him. He’s one of the greatest friends I’ve
found on my mission.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was actually able to sleep okay on the overnight bus ride
to Goi<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">ã</span>nia—a huge blessing. In Goi<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">ã</span>nia I met up with E. Tanus, and
we went straight to Anapolis. He’s from Barra Monsa, Rio de Janeiro (Rio is a
state and its capital is the famous Rio that everyone knows), has a little over
a year on his mission, and is as excited to work as I am. I’ll be able to teach him how to be a zone
leader and he’ll be able to teach me how to work with members, something he’s
had great success with on his mission.
It’s likely that he’ll be my last companion and that the Flamboyant (in
Portuguese it’s pronounced ‘Flam-boy-ANT’) Ward in Anapolis will be my last
area because after this transfer I’ll be in my last. Nossa!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got straight to work here in Flamboyant, elders that were
here before us left the house totally trashed and we spent the entire first day
cleaning. Lovely. At least it’s nice and clean now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thursday we went to Goi<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">ã</span>nia
for the monthly leadership meeting with President and Sister Buhrer. As always,
it was excellent. Presidente always focuses on obedience. We reviewed the whole
missionary Manual and then talked about the mission’s inspired Pattern of
Excellence. The end of the meeting was incredible. He gave us an hour’s worth
of loving counsel and transmitted a peace so real it was almost palpable. Eu
amo Presidente Buhrer!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had an effective weekly planning session on Friday. We plan
to contact several people from the Area Book and work with member references
and families in which not everyone is a member. I usually feel like I’m working
diligently if I’m in the sun talking with people on the road and I’m knocking
doors all day. However, I realize that working with members is more effective,
even it if feels slower. I’m going to try this more effective form of
missionary work this transfer. I have faith it will ‘dar certo.’<o:p></o:p></div>
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GENERAL CONFERENCE!!! I’ll get straight to the point…A
TEMPLE WAS ANNOUNCED In BRASILIA!!!!! All the members here in central Brasil
have been wishing and praying years for this. As soon as ‘Brasilia, Brasil’
left President Monson’s mouth a wave of emotion, of joy and of the Spirit,
rushed through the chapel. What an incredible blessing for the Brazilian
saints! I’m really happy the temple was announced while I was on my mission
here and that it happened while I was serving in the city closest to Brasilia
in our mission—Anapolis is just two hours away. Que milagre.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The conference talks were amazing and I learned a ton. I thought
about it Saturday night: I have about another 160 General Conferences in my
life (unless Jesus returns soon…but even in the millennium there might be
General Conference. I hope so!) and I look forward to these several semiannual
spiritual feasts . In this conference I loved the focus on Jesus Christ, our
Savior, and His perfect love. Que sejomos como Ele e.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As we returned from the chapel Sunday night (last night) I
had he desire to mark a baptismal date and prayed that we could do so. As we tried to contact a member reference who
wasn’t home, we knocked the neighbor’s door. A man called Hose Pereira let us
in to his humble house. We taught him simply the Restoration, and then, when we
invited him to baptism, he accepted. I love being a missionary and having these
miraculous experiences! Pedi e recebereis.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next time I write to you all I’ll be 20 years old! I’m
excited to open my birthday package that’s carefully being stored until Friday.
Amo voc<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">ê</span>s!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-37253855816257214802017-03-27T13:46:00.000-04:002017-03-30T13:55:44.292-04:00Pamonha com Jose Carlos <div class="MsoNormal">
Happy Birthday Tyler!!! It’s crazy you’re already 17 and
crazier that in a year you might already have your mission call! This week we
worked a lot under the beating sun and rainy rain without any significant
results. A lot of people don’t keep commitments or already have another church.
I wish everyone would pause their lives for a moment to actually contemplate
and consider the real possibilities that God calls living prophets and that the
true church of Christ has been restored in its’ fullness. We’ll keep enduring
the UV rays until we find the elect.</div>
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P-Day was awesome. After finishing a good day of volleyball
and emailing we tracted in an upper class barro (neighborhood) and then ran to
the house of Jose Carlos as it started to rain. We had a good lesson about
conversion with him and then he took us to a famous pamonharia just outside the
city. Pamonharia is a place that sells ‘pamonha’ which is kind of like a
Mexican tamale but Brazilian and made of corn. The basic flavors are ‘com sal’—with
salt, and ‘doce’—sweet, and there are various combinations of cheese, chicken,
and pepper, I ate a pamonha ‘com sal’ with added ingredients. I had a ‘doce’ with
chocolate. Mmmm bom demais d<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">a</span> cena! We also drank quite a bit of ‘suco
de milho’—corn juice, which was actually more like corn milk, but was also
pretty great. Going to the famous pamonharia of the national capital of corm
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Jose Carlos is one of my favorite investigators I’ve taught
on my mission, right up there with Matheus from Araxa (whom I’ve talked to
recently and who’s preparing to go on his mission this year!). Jose greatly
admires our work and maturity as missionaries. I’m so grateful that the Lord
has shaped me into who I am today as I’ve dedicated my time and effort to Him.
It is only with His divine help that I’ve turned from an immature and
unexperienced boy into a missionary half-worthy of the praise Jose Carlos
offers us. I know I am doing Heavenly Father’s will. If I weren’t there is no conceivable
way I could be who I’ve come to be.
Obigato, Pai Celestial.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We actually did find a new, good investigator this week, a girl
name Francelle. We just couldn’t find her at home again. We’ll try again this week.<br />
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This week is transfer week! It’s been an awesome three
transfers here In Guanabara, and I’m excited to see if I’ll be blessed with
another or it the Lord is calling me to another area. As soon as I open my
email tomorrow (it’s Sunday night right now), I’ll see the transfer email sent
to all the zone leaders and will know what will happen with everybody in Patos.
It’ll be fun! E. Ward and I will think of a creative way to reveal the transfer
to the zone after district meeting on Tuesday. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Who’d excited for general conference???? MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Anderson<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">(and from a later email he gave this update: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I was transferred!!!!!!!!!!! To Anápolis, the city with the most churches per capita in the world. I've always wanted to serve there and I can't wait! I'll be a zone leader with a Brazilian named E. Tanus! It'll be awesome and probably my last area and companion.</span><br />
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-58732471096198464192017-03-20T22:16:00.000-04:002017-03-22T22:17:07.578-04:00Descandso do Senhor<div class="MsoNormal">
One thing I am really looking forward to is the “rest of the
Lord” that is promised to the faithful. Life is tiring and being a missionary
makes it three times more tiring. Last night I lay down at 10:30 and was so, so
grateful that It was finally time to sleep. I think it’ll be wholly worth living
the gospel until the end of this life just to experience the rest of the spirit
world’s paradise (Alma 40:11-12), but there will be way more blessings awaiting
us than only rest! Pao Celestial <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">é</span> bom!</div>
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The highlight of this week was President Buhrere’ visit to
Patos. We had interviews with him in the morning. I was the first to be interviewed,
and it was one of the best interviews of my mission! I asked his advice about
thinking about home and things after the mission—I felt that I was thinking too
much about that and losing part of my focus Presidente told me that thinking
about things outside the mission wasn’t a sin, but staying thinking about them
was. He admitted that he thinks about traveling, to the US sometimes and gets ‘trunky’
too haha but always reminds himself to focus on the work. Amo Presidente
Buhrer!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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During the afternoon Presidente worked with us! He’s really
excited when he talks to people on the road hahaha. We did companionship study
with him and then we went to teach Jos<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">é</span> Carlos. We had told Jos<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">é</span> Carlos that
our President would be with us and so he left work early so we could visit him.
We had a really spiritual lesson—on of the most memorable of my mission.
Teaching with the mission President was a rare and special opportunity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That night Presidente gave a great devotional about faith,
repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. It
was excellent!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The middle of this week was tough but this weekend was
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We spoke with some nard-hearted people this week and some
receptive people too. We found a good family that said they would go to church
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My mission has been the hardest and greatest experience of
my life. I’ve learned so much. This week I learned, in my personal study and in
Gospel Principles at church, about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I’m immensely
grateful for my Savior and Redeemer, and for the opportunity I have to
represent Him. Tenhom umo semana feliz!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I think this was the best week of my mission with respect to my daily personal study. I was inspired to buy a notebook to organize what I study each day, and it made an instant difference. Each day this week I felt like I really "feasted upon the words of Christ" and each day I felt spiritually enlightened and edified. I love reading the scriptures! Before my mission I read because I knew I should, not always because I wanted to. Now I wish personal study was 3 hours instead of just one! There is so, so much to be learned in the gospel. How grateful I am for what I've learned so far and how excited I am to keep learning "by study and by faith" for the rest of my life!</span></div>
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This week flew by and so did this P-Day! We played a ton of volleyball this morning (about 9 games to 21) and that took up a big part of the day and so we had to run to the lan house to do our e-mail time. I won't have time to write a long letter today, but nothing really out of the ordinary happened this week so não se exige uma carta grande.<br />
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We've been teaching Jose Carlos for over 2 months now, and he continues to progress in getting to know the restored gospel and church. It was funny: after asking E. Ward and I how many brothers and sister we have, he asked if there was some motive for increasing the American population hahahaha. We proceeded to explain that Mormons just like big families. I miss my big Mormon family! José Carlos went to church for the fifth consecutive time yesterday, and we also ate lunch with him and his wife this week—it was an amazing lunch!</div>
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It is a noticeable difference having lunch as the day's principal meal. Here in a few months I'll suffer a whole other round of culture readjustments!<br />
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I have 3 more months on my mission and I will work as hard and as well as I can to preach the gospel and fulfill my calling here in Missão Brasil Goiânia. This has been the most incredible experience of my life.</div>
Espero que vocês tenham uma semana excelente. Amo vocês e agradeço-lhes todo o amor e apoio constantes.</div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-85018577267374232612017-03-06T14:39:00.000-05:002017-03-10T14:40:06.336-05:00Gripado<div class="MsoNormal">
Estaou gripado. Gripado = with a cold/flu/sickness. We went to Goiania for the monthly leadership
meeting and two night long bus rides within 3 days caused a huge lack of sleep
and a sore throat, weak body, headache, and an incredibly runny rose. In these
last 3 days more substance has drained out of my nose than in the rest of my
time here in Brasil, I think. My nose is pretty raw after cleaning it a
thousand times a days with cheap toilet paper. The good thing about this is
that I realize how great of a blessing health is. I usually take it for
granted, but during these few days of sickness I because grateful for every
non-sick day that Heavenly Father blesses me with. From now on I will strive to
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The leadership meeting in Goiania was awesome; it always is.
Time had flown since the last one! Presidente Buhrer organized a training that
all the zone leaders will present to all the ward mission leaders within our
zones. Elder McBride reviewed the rules of the mission and taught about
Christlike attributes and Elder Gorman taught about the mission’s “Standard of
Excellence”, a pattern of weekly goals for the work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I really admire the leaders of the church. President Kuceki
had the same ability that President Buhrer demonstrated in the meeting. He
talked to us for at least two hours giving us counsel, teaching us how to be
better missionaries and leaders, showing us how to be like Christ, and
inspiring us to do so. I remembered part of a letter Uncle Taylor sent me that
said the instruction from his mission president was “spiritual Mana”. I feel
that the same is true each time throughout my mission as I have been taught by
an inspired leader called of God.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We stared in Goiania for another day to go on exchanges with
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We didn’t have much time in our own area this week and I
wasn’t feeling my best but we didn’t let those facts affect our work. Jose Carlos is reading the Book of Mormon a
ton and is already in the middle of Alma! He came to church for the fourth time
yesterday and is well integrated in the branch. It was raining yesterday before
church, so he picked us up at our house and drove us there!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also at church yesterday was Bishop Goncalves from the
Tibery ward! He was visiting Patos, where he previously lived. It was great to
see him and his family after over a year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope all is well in the US! In a few more months I’ll be
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-63519870509667688062017-02-27T22:27:00.000-05:002017-03-03T22:58:08.822-05:00With Elder Bassett in Uberlândia!<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Wednesday we went to Uberlandia for a meeting
with half of the mission, Presidente and Sister Buhrer, and ELDER BASSETT OF
THE Quorum OR THE SEVENTY AND HIS WIFE! It was an incredible meeting and quite
a privilege to be visited by a Seventy for the second time in three months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Uberlandia is three hours west of Patos de Minas,
and we arranged to rent a van to go there. We woke up at 4 a.m. to meet up with
the driver and pick up the other missionaries. They fact that we had contracted
a transportation company assured me that there wouldn’t be any problem. NOT!
The driver arrived 30 minutes late, didn’t know the route, and didn’t have a
GPS to guide him. I offered several silent prayers that he would put more
pressure on the pedal and that we could somehow make it to the chapel in
Uberlandia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">We were supposed to arrive at 8:30 because the
meeting started at 9. After a ton of calls to the zone leaders of Uberlandia
and another ton of quick stops along the road to ask the locals for directions,
we arrived at 9 or a minute or two later. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we would get to meet E. Bassett, who is the new second counselor in the
Presidency of Brasil, and of the 50 or so missionaries that would be there,
five would have an interview with E. Bassett and I was one of the them! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">We rushed in and Presidente Buhrer said to me “You’re
late and you won’t be able to have your interview.” My heart sank into my
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">I was so excited for my interview and was
looking forward to it so much and the sudden realization that it wouldn’t
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the driver’s fault and that I could quite easily “ficar braco” with him. I took
the decision in that same second to do exactly
what Jesus would=be patient and forgiving. I was a little devastated, but II
didn’t fuel any negative feelings toward the driver. It would have been so easy,
but I wanted to grow up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder and Sister Bassett. President Buhrer called me over and led me to have my
interview. He had joked with me about losing my interview! (President Buhrer is
hilarious …). I was so glad that I had decided to choose the right and not get
irritated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">The interview was great! More of like a conversation
really. Elder Bassett talked with me in English, hahaha . It turns out his
parents live in Buchanan! (note from mom: Scott didn’t know about the
connection beforehand!) That was a neat connection; it’s a small world. He gave
me the advice: “Be the missionary your mom thinks you are.” I will strive to
always be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spoke and then Sister Bassett talked about how obedience equals happiness. She
and Elder Bassett have been in Brasil for 6 months and only had known English
and Spanish before. They’re making a lot
of progress in speaking Portuguese, and it was cool to remember how it was for
me a year ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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last two hours of the meeting about Christ and of Heavenly Father, how love is
the great commandment, and how sacrifice is how we can come to “conhecer” Jesus
Christ (this was a big inspiration for me) and is a privilege. It was fantastic
and spiritual. I learned a ton!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">After a great lunch we had a leadership
meeting with him. He said we could ask him any question and so I asked: “What
is it like speaking in General Conference?” I had loved his conference talk in October.
He told us all about it! He talked about how as leaders we are called to
comfort and help others and gave us some valuable pieces of advice. Because I’m
from the same stake as his parents, he took a picture with me! Mom and Dad, I
hope he found a way to send it to you! It was an awesome meeting and a great
day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lot of people at the baptism, including José Carlos! She wasn't confirmed on
Sunday because she didn't come to church (usually goes with her sister who
was out of town), but this week we'll make sure all goes well for her to
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and be confirmed as a member of the church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">José Carlos is progressing really well. He
realizes that changing his religion will be a big step in his life, but he's
willing to take that step. We watched the Restoration with him this week, bore
our testimonies, and he talked about how he is searching for an answer as to
the truthfulness of the church. Afterwards he gave us some incredible pão de
queijo!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Today was a great P-Day! We played cards with
the 10 elders in the zone and then went and played a bunch of volleyball. Vólei
é bom demais! A fun thing from this week: Coca-Cola (Brazilians drink it more
than Americans, way more!) has been prohibited in the mission since before I
got here. Even Presidente didn't drink it. This week Elder Bassett drank Coca
at lunch with the missionaries in Goiânia and then Presidente allowed it for the
whole mission. Today we bought two 3 liters bottles and brought them to the
house in the area Patos where we met up with the zone and announced the
surprise. Everybody went crazy!!!!! Hahahaha it was great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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By study I learn a lot about conversion to the gospel. The Bible,
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the subject. This week I learned about conversion in another way—I saw it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I clearly remember the first time E. Gomez and I taught
Butima (Edson). He had already received a few lessons, and this time we invited
him to be baptized. He replied “Sou Muito de igreja nao”. (I don’t really like
going to church). We continued teaching him and a few weeks later he was
baptized (on Christmas Eve!). At first he came to church with a t-shirt and his
famous work boots (that’s where he gets his nickname).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday night we were having a meeting with the district
leaders and someone knocked on the door. It was Butina. He had just finished
attending church for the second time that day (our branch is in the morning and
there’s another in the afternoon) was dressed in a white shirt, tie, and dress
shoes, and asked me when he could visit people with us during the week.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That is conversion! In two months he went from uninterested
to active and eager to serve in the church. The friend who initially brought
him to church stopped coming for a few Sundays and Butina went to his house and
dragged him to church yesterday. It’s amazing to see how the Lord changes
people’s lives as they “yield their hearts unto God” (Helaman 3: 35). <o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s been a great first week working with Elder Ward. The
sisters in our branch were both transferred and now we’re the only missionaries
in the branch. Our teaching group has about doubled and we were really busy
this week as a result, we were running from one end of the area to another, preaching
the gospel in the hot sun of Brazil, helping people to accept the restored
gospel, and loving it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I really like having an American companion. There’s so many
thing that never made sense to other companions, like the American educational
system, football, and snow, but E. Ward understands it all haha. He’s from
Tacoma, Washington.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We’re going to have a baptism this week! Patricia, a member’s
sister whom the sisters were teaching, will be baptized tomorrow! Pray that it
all goes well!<o:p></o:p></div>
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A large part of our teaching group consists of people who
are interested in the church and what we teach, but won’t be baptized quickly
because they want to thoroughly analyze their decision. I like teaching people
like this, who keep commitments and really search to know the truth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jose Carlos went to church again this week, and it was
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is steadily growing. I really like this area.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m so grateful to be here in Brasil, fulfilling my duty to
God and serving with all my heart, might, mind, and strength. I realized every day
that I’m not perfect, but I have hope that I’ll become more and more like
Christ as I continue to serve him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I did 103 push-ups today. That’s a new record. Woohoo!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-15869899171461228522017-02-13T14:45:00.000-05:002017-02-14T15:04:16.019-05:00Faloouuu Elder Brandão!<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Elder Guzman, who was part of my MTC/CTM
group, is currently about to get his hair cut and while I’m waiting I’m writing
this. I’ll be with him for 1 or 2 days because Elder Brandao left last night
for Goiania. Tuesday he gets on a plane to go home! While finishing packing his
bags he asked me yet again for my football (he’s wanted it ever since we were
companions). Reluctantly I handed it over to him as he got in the car of the
member who took him to the bus station ON THE CONDITION that he would send me a
porcelain cuia—a special type of cup/mug used to drink chimarrao. I hope he fulfills
his part of the deal because if he doesn’t I’ll be pretty ticked. I already
miss my football!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Speaking of football, I got pretty sad when I
heard about the Super Bowl. BUT I’m happy the Falcons made it and am sure we’ll
win it next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my younger years, I now far prefer short hair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Just about every day I’ve been eating bread
and eggs for breakfast. With Tabasco sauce it’s pretty good Wait a second, I’m
calculating…It costs me less than 5 US Dollars a week. That’s a great blessing
of the mission—you learn how to live poor! When I’m a broke college student it
won’t be anything new. Actually, I’ll feel like a king because I’ll be in the
US and will therefore have air conditioning and carpet! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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following: I want to <u>conhecer</u> Jesus Christ, not just Saber about Him. I really
like Portuguese because in English it’s not easy to express that. It’s a
life-long process, but I hope and pray that I can <u>conhecer </u>my Savior much
better by the end of my mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Inspired by a conference talk by President
Eyring, I’ve started praying fervently to find, teach, and baptize families.
That’s a profound desire that I haven’t yet had the opportunity to fulfill
during my mission. I’m going to work, fast, and pray with diligence so that I
will be an instrument in the Lord’s hands to help a family start the beautiful path to eternal life and if it doesn’t happen, at least I’ll know that if wasn’t
for lack of effort on my part.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">E. Brandao and I taught a man called Jose
Carlos since early in the transfer. I don’t think I’ve written about him yet,
but teaching him has been a neat experience. At first he was petty 'duro’ but
as we continued teaching him we became great friends with him and his wife,
Vania, he read through Mosiah in the Book of Mormon, and we visited him with the
branch president. This Sacrament meeting was great. The four speakers were the
four missionaries, and the topics were faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift
of the Holy Ghost. I gave the talk about the gift of the Holy Ghost. It was
great! Gospel principles was also about the Holy Ghost which combined well. I
think José Carlos liked the church and thought it was a good kind of different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">This was a fast week, and I'm excited for the
next. It'll be the first of the new transfer. I received the information less
than an hour ago that my new companion will be E. Ward! He's already here in
Patos and I've liked going on exchanges with him. It'll be a good transfer here
in Patos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-69399508569971061572017-02-06T08:17:00.000-05:002017-02-10T08:17:22.034-05:00A Few Days In Goiania<div class="MsoNormal">
Alo galera!
Como estao voces? Estou com saudade. Senti muito feliz esta semana por estar aquí
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Hello everyone! How are you all? I miss you guys. This week
I was really happy—I love being a missionary!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday night E. Brandao and I packed up and headed to
Goiania for the monthly leadership meeting. When we travel between Goiania and
Patos we get on the bus at night and have to try to sleep until we get to the
destination around 4-6 o’clock in the morning. It’s a pretty tiring trip. Going
to Goiania this week wasn’t bad because I actually slept pretty well. On the
way back I didn’t, however, and it was pretty terrible haha.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The leadership meeting was great. President Buhrer spoke a
lot about repentance. He also spoke about how we measure our work and the new
daily schedule. So far I’m really liking the new schedule. There’s more time in
the morning and at night to prepare for the day and for bed so we’re not
running around like decapitated chickens anymore as we strive to obey the
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The assistants gave training on how to find people to teach
and how to follow up effectively, and at the end of the meeting, Pres. Buhrer asked
the going-away missionaries to bear their testimonies. E. Brandao was one of
them. It’s been crazy being companions with two missionaries in a row who are
in their last transfer! It’s been good working with E. Brandao the last month
or so.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We stayed in Goiania for 2 more days, going on exchanges
with the assistants to the President, E. McBride and E. Gorman. They’re two of
my great friends in the mission and I clearly remember when they arrived in the
mission field. It’s been fun to watch them progress as missionaries and now
have them help me in my responsibility. We worked with them in Parque Amazonia,
one of my old areas. It was cool to be back after almost a whole year! Time
flies, nossa (wow).<o:p></o:p></div>
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We didn’t get much done in Patos this week, but yesterday,
Sunday, I was really happy. Maria Helena was confirmed and is doing great (she
offered a great prayer at the end of our gospel principles class). Edson (o
Butina) bore his testimony in testimony meeting and received the Aaronic
Priesthood (Presidente Sa, one of the mission counselors, was present and
commented on how much his testimony had touched him). I love being a missionary
and am so grateful I am here in Brasil. Amo voces (I love you)!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Anderson<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-43889568970108001082017-01-30T20:33:00.003-05:002017-01-30T20:51:50.950-05:00Defending The Book of Mormon<div class="MsoNormal">
I didn’t think I was fat—When I weighed myself last week I
was only 64 kilograms—but during a lesson this week the plastic chair I was
sitting on broke. Haha!</div>
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Thursday I went on an exchange with Elder Ward in his area,
called California. After approving the apartment they wanted to rent, we had a
good afternoon of work, including marking two baptismal dates on the first door
we knocked. Elder Ward has a neat teaching style and it was fun teaching with him.
We talked with a guy on the road who said he was caught up in crime and drugs
and wanted to change his life and he went to church with the California elders,
yesterday. Bom!<o:p></o:p></div>
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That night we started talking to a family through their garage
(fence), and at first they didn’t want to talk to us because we were from a “different
church.” We started to briefly explain the Restoration, and their 10 year old
kid persuaded his parents to let us in. We taught about Christ’s church, the
Apostasy, the Prophet Joseph Smith, and when we began to teach the Book of
Mormon, their spiritual ignorance peaked. “God only gave us the Bible!” “The
Bible is the Word, it’s all in the Word, there’s nothing outside of the Word.” “Why
is there another book? We already have THE WORD!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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We patiently (and it did require a lot of patience) began to
explain exactly why Heavenly Father would reveal another book of Holy Scripture:<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To make known the communication of God with His children in
the Americas<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To uncover the story of a lost part of the House of Israel
(Matthew 15:24)<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To tell the story of Jesus’ ministry among His “other sheep”
(John 10:16) in the Americas<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To teach the doctrine of Christ (2 Nephi 31)<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To prove that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To prove that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints is the true church of Christ and the kingdom of God upon the Earth<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To restore to the original, true form much of Christ’s gospel
that had been distorted, corrupted, or lost after many centuries of apostasy<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To unite the stick of Joseph to the stick of Judah (Ezekiel
37:15-17)<o:p></o:p></div>
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-To serve as a testament that Jesus Christ is the Savior and
Redeemer of the world (2 Nephi 9, 2 Nephi 25, Mosiah 3, Mosiah 16, Alma 5, Alma
7, Alma 42, Helaman 5, 3 Nephi 11-18, 3 Nephi 27, Mormon 9, Ether 12, Moroni 7,
Moroni 10…etc. etc.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The group of family members and friends that had assembled
to hear our message didn’t accept anything we said (though one woman did accept
a Book of Mormon), but I know we did our part. The reason I know the Book of
Mormon is true is not because I read and prayed about it. If I ever received an
answer to a prayer about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, it was always
a small thought: “You already know.” My undeniable testimony of the Book of
Mormon I gained on my mission in the moments when I have to testify with all my
soul that it is true in order to defend the truth to an ignorant and mocking
opposition. This night was probably the most powerful of these experiences. I
felt a true Godly power flow through me as I testified without fear to that
group of spiritually blind men and women that the Book of Mormon is the word of
God. I know I spoke with the power of the Holy Ghost because with my own forces
I could never have spoken like I did. I looked at all of them and said “Why are
you complaining about and rejecting more of God’s word instead of gratefully
and faithfully receiving it? It is because you do not love God enough!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I know that I was strengthened by the power of the Lord as I
firmly defended the Book of Mormon. I know it is true. I know it came from God.
I know Heavenly Father believes in the Book of Mormon just as He does in the Bible
as His own Word. I don’t have any doubt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I left that tumultuous lesson peacefully, with the certainty
in my heart that I represented the Lord well.<br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">I almost forgot to write about the incredible
worldwide missionary broadcast that we had this week. The setting of the two
hour meeting was a meeting of the leaders of the missionary department,
including Elder Oaks, Bednar, and Andersen. I remember that E. Bednar started
the meeting with a powerful prayer. I felt a great spirit of unity and
power knowing that all the missionaries in the world were praying together
in that exact moment. After a ton of inspiration and advice from the apostles
and other board members, the big news was released: significant changes to the
missionary daily schedule, P-Days and key-indicators of work. This week E.
Brandão and I will go to a leadership meeting and hear how Pres. Bührer will
adapt all of these <i>novidades</i> to our mission.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">The greatest testimony I've gained on my
mission is that of the Book of Mormon. I've had plenty of experiences having to
really defend it, for which I'm grateful.</span></div>
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I’m really enjoying serving here in Patos de Minas. This
month the zone didn’t have many baptisms (just 1) but we’ll have 3 this first
week of February! I’m 90% sure I’ll stay here another transfer because E.
Brandao is finishing his mission, and I’m excited to continue the work. We
visited the Presbyterian Church this week, after an investigator invited us. It
was a cool experience. I’m really grateful to belong to a church with a clear
doctrinal foundation and divinely defined purpose. There’s a big difference!
Amo Voces! Tenham uma otima semana!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Água Tônica. I like it but no one else does kkkkkk</span></div>
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This week Sister Wilson (in the Patos branch) taught some English to her companion, Sister Scollo, from Argentina. During a phone call with me, S. Scollo practiced one of her newly learned phrases: “You’re the real MVP!” Hahahaha, it’s been a long time since I’ve heard that! It brought back pre-mission memories from Twitter and Kevin Durrant and the NBA. The real MVP here in Patos de Minas this week was definitely our district leader, Elder Ward.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maria Helena’s baptismal interview was marked for Friday afternoon, but she ended up having to work at the hospital that day until the end of the day. Well, haha, it just so happened (I believe the Lord’s logistics played a part in this ) that E. Ward suffered two kidney stones that same day and went to the same hospital for urgent care. To summarize the story, E. Ward performed the baptismal interview in the entrance of the hospital as he was waiting to be admitted and as Maria Helena was leaving work. I’m sure he was in some great pain as he did the interview and he certainly deserves an award for his effort to fulfill his responsibility.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="ES-US">Maria Helena foi batizada on tem! </span>Even though she worked all through the night, Sunday morning she was excited for her baptism. After church ended we had the baptismal service. It was muito legal to see her change from not reading the Book of Mormon or really wanting to go to church to exercising great faith, being an example to her family (whom we hope will follow her example of being baptized) and loving her new church family. If we follow the Savior Jesus Christ our lives will be changed!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I started my third mission journal this week. The first was all English, the second all Portuguese, and although I’m trying to reach a balance in between the two, the third is just about all Portuguese as well. It really is a challenge to write sensible English. Crazy!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Something happened this week that was a marvelous blessing: we gained an hour and a half of P-Day! Now we only do 30 minutes of personal study instead of 1 hour of personal and 1 hour of companionship study before P-Day begins! This morning we went and played volleyball with the zone for about 3 hours. We threw some American football too! It looked cloudy when we left the house so I didn’t put sunscreen on and WOW I got burned hahahaimcryinghahaha. I’ll be smarter next time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope you guys are enjoying the cold weather! I’m burning up here. Haha, but com certeza I’d rather be here! 5 more months of joy and miracles!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-30663169418612812772017-01-16T15:17:00.000-05:002017-01-22T19:34:54.414-05:00Fruits on Trees<div style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">It's like chimarrão but cold and sweet instead of hot and bitter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">My shirt still needed some ironing after I had already putten it on and so I improvised. Putting a book on the inside provides a solid surface on which to pass the hot iron :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">E. Brandão got to the apartment </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1251777867" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">4:00 am</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> after returning from a meeting in Goiânia and he brought the package from....Elder Sweet! Even though it was </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1251777868" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">4am</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> I got pretty excited</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Yum! (My tan line is bad, wow)...and that hair! (mom's comment!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">ESTE CHOCOLATE FOI INCRÍVEL</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">All kinds of good stuff</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">After a great day of missionary work</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A galera! Todos os Elderes de Patos de Minas</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I'm going to cut my hair today</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Patos de Minas is the national capital of corn (milho)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Eu amo Brasil</span></div>
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One of the greatest things about Brasil has to be that you
can frequently find a snack just dangling over your head as you walk down the
road. There’s a ton of fruit trees here. Just this week I ate acerola, goiaba,
and limao as we walked on the street during the day. It’s pretty great! A lot
of times there’s kids climbing trees to get mangoes and other fruits haha; one
time in Goiania some kids gave me 4 ripe
jambos! There’s lof of fruit here that doesn’t exist in the US. Go look up on
Google the ones I already have written and also maracuja, pequi (eu amo pequi! Mas
muitas pessoas nao gostam kk), jaca, and caja-manga. There’s quite a variety
and many fruits I don’t even know yet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are a lot of motorcycles here and I think it’d be
pretty cool to have one but it’s definitely not worth it. This week and
accident happened 80 yards behind us. A guy on a moped ran into a kid on a
bike. The kid walked away just fine, but the guy on a moped got scraped up
pretty bad and probably broke his leg and a few ribs. I pray he has a smooth recovery.
Within 3 minutes of the accident there had appeared a group of about 20 people
at the scene. Nobody knew the injured person, but all were willing to help him,
offering their phones for him to contact his family. It reminded me that “somos
todos irmaos”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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ELDER SWEET SENT ME A PACKAGE!! I got so happy haha. He sent me a bunch of great candy and a sincere letter about the mission that helped me a lot. He's one of the best friends from my mission, and it was neat to see that he still remembers me kkkk. A shout out to him if he ever reads this!</div>
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We worked hard this week, and it was awesome. The happy thing is that we found a bunch of good families to teach and felt the Spirit guiding us to find and teach them. We invited them all to church and had faith that all of them would come. The sad thing is that only one person came. It's hard to work with people! I know that I can't control the agency of other people, but I have faith that if we continue working diligently then the Lord will bless us with people to teach who are sincerely seeking the truth.</div>
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It was Maria Helena who came to church. we're going to help her be baptized this week! If not this week, soon afterwards her 12 year old son will be baptized too. Só milagres!</div>
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I PASSED THE YEAR AND A HALF MARK! Doido demais. My mission is passing quickly. I'm almost done with a fast that I'm doing to finish strong and receive inspiration to set goals that will help me work as well as I can until the end. I love being a missionary and am so glad I have 5 more months! Vai ser ótimo. Continuemos e cresçamos na fé!</div>
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Kristy Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797259941761188778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981765844126222817.post-46048667015059018732017-01-09T16:15:00.003-05:002017-01-09T16:15:37.434-05:00Some Good Manual Labor!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think Heavenly Father heard how many times I said “I miss working like this with my Dad at home”
to E. Gomez whenever we passed men working on a home improvement or construction
project alongside the road, because E. Guzman and I (I was with him for a day
while I waited for E. Brandao to get here. I was in the MTC with E. Guzman and
it was awesome to work with him for a day!) had the chance to do some good
manual labor. We were going to teach a family, and when we got there, they were
taking a break from moving a truckload of dirt from the front to the back of
their house. There was still a big pile left, and although they tried to convince
us to keep our white shirts clean, we got the shovel and wheelbarrow and
finished the job in about 30 minutes. It had been so long since I last did yard
work and it was awesome! It was 100% worth getting a little dirty. Just about
everyone the rest of the day asked us what had happened to make us so dirty
haha. After we finished carrying the dirt, we taught them a lesson from Alma 7,
invited them to church, and marked to visit them a few days later. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That was a good experience at that house. When we returned,
we had a bad one. The dad was totally drunk, sleeping on top of a pile of wood
outside the house. One of the 3 kids tried to wake him up. He entered a state
of stupid madness that I think only a drug could cause, picked up a large
brick, and hobbled/stumbled/ran around and through the tiny house to find the
kid who had awakened him. When he threw the brick, the kid had already
disappeared around the corner but it almost nailed E. Brandao in the shin.
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I immediately looked at E. Brandao and said “I’m so grateful for my parents!”—never, ever
have I had to fear a drunken parent. Mom and Dad, thank you so much for raising
me with kindness and love always. Here I constantly realize how incredibly
blessed I am to have you as parents. The gospel blesses families!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every week has its ups and downs, and this week had a lot
more ups than downs! My new companion, E. Brandao is awesome. He has a lot of
experience as a zone leader and with working efficiently. I know I’ll learn a
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We’re teaching a mom and son, Maria Helena and Joel, that
are progressing really well. After a few invitations they finally read the Book
of Mormon and loved it. This Sunday they came to church, like it a lot, and are
excited for a branch activity on Wednesday. We’re preparing them to be baptized
on the 21<sup>st</sup>! <o:p></o:p></div>
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6 of the 12 missionaries of Patos were transferred this
week, and 6 new ones arrived. They got here with energy and faith, and we’re going
to have a lot of success here with them! E. Brandao and I are going to work
with specific goals and effective plans and vai dar certo demais.<o:p></o:p></div>
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IT HAS BEEN SO HOT HERE!!!! Usually the cities in Minas
Gerais are cooler than those in Goias, but this week we about melted and fried.
I’m using sunscreen every day, but I still think I come home with a red face,
arms, and neck haha. Brazil is great mas quente pra caramba!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another picture from the baptism last week!</div>
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The only full year I might ever spend outside of the United
States ended this week. I clearly remember
December 31, 2015 because I thought about how crazy it was to be beginning the
first full year of my life in a foreign country, and since that day when I
thought that, time has flowwwwwwn. It was the greatest year of my life! I grew
and learned so much. This mission is incredible even though I haven’t gone to
school in a year and a half, I’ve learned more in this time that will
contribute to my mortal life than in 5 years of school. There are so many
blessings I could fill pages, but maybe I won’t write all of them this
week---it would take all P-Day to write the first third!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week we had an awesome leadership meeting with President
and Sister Buhrer. They’re great. President spoke a lot about obedience—it really
is important. He taught us how to lead a good zone meeting and gave us counsel
on how to lead our zones. Also, we were told the transfers that will happen
this week. E. Gomez is returning to Guatemala after two solid years and my new
companion will be Elder Brandoa from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m really excited to work with him, and I hope the rest of
the changes in the zone will help. E. Brandao, like E. Gomez, is at the end of
his mission and so I’ll be the last companion of two missionaries in a row
haha. It’ll be great. It’s crazy that now I have only 4 more transfers. Time
flies, and I think it flies more like a NASA space shuttle than a Brazilian
toucan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think cousin McKay in Taiwan explains a six-week transfer
very well in the following quote from one of his weekly emails, “<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">We were just talking about how crazy time is
out here. It seemed that when we were being trained, a transfer of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="m-1230548599337359467gmail-il">six</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m-1230548599337359467gmail-il">weeks</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> was so long. It seemed to have a full other
world packed into those<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="m-1230548599337359467gmail-il">six</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m-1230548599337359467gmail-il">weeks</span>. Now being in the field for a while, you blink
your eyes and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m-1230548599337359467gmail-il">six</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m-1230548599337359467gmail-il">weeks</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> go by. It seems that the same amount of
miracles, blessings, stories, salvation is still packed in, BUT TIME FLIES. So
strange. Anyways, transfers come and go.”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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One thing I often think here is this: I wish I could copy my
desire to work and paste it into the minds and hearts of other missionaries.
Well, it certainly doesn’t work like that. Anyway, a mission is an opportunity
to learn how to work with various people.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week my sister mission ends! The sisters that got here
with me will be going home. Doido! If 2 years is fast then 18 months if really,
really fast.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As for goals this year, I haven’t had much success in
reaching conclusions about my New Year’s resolutions. The only solid goal I’ve
made so far is to write in my journal every day until the end of my mission. I
was only writing 1-3 days a week, and I want to be able to remember well each
day I had during my mission. I’m 100% with this goal so far (easy—only one full
day has passed!).<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m excited for 2017, for the marvelous work of the Lord to
be done here in Patos de Minas, and for another great transfer of my mission. I
love the gospel of Jesus Christ!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Irmão Edinho tá cansado kk</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Christmas lunch, Almoço de Natal</span></div>
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This was a special Christmas! I think a white Christmas by
snow here in Patos de Minas is nearly impossible, but this year we had a white Christmas
by baptism! Edson, who’s more commonly known by his nick-name, Butina
(Boo-CHEE-na, kind of weird in English, I know kk), was baptized on Christmas Eve—na
vespera de Natal! His best friend Gabriel got baptized about two months ago,
and although he initially had no desire to visit the church, he eventually came
to the sound conclusion that it was the right thing for him. I think he looks
like a Brazilian version of Dallin haha.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The next day, Christmas Day, the sisters of our branch also
had a baptism, a great man called Helio. It was a neat experience to witness
people entering into a covenant with the Lord during the commemoration of the Savior’s
birth!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Even though it was Christmas week and lots of people were traveling,
we worked hard to find and teach people. It was nice being able to relax and
Christmas Day knowing that we had worked hard all week.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Christmas Eve we had an amazing little dinner with Irma
Ivanilda, a sweet old lady who loves us missionaries. She served us so well to
help us feel like we were at home, and I admired her example of charity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Certainly the best part of the week was……SKYPE!!!!! It was
incredible being able to talk to you guys—Dallin in Portugal (speaking some
Portuguese with him was so fun!) and Dad, Mom, Tyler, Heidi, Natalie, Katie,
and Bryce at home. I love and miss you all so much! I hope Mother’s Day comes
quick so we can Skype again <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas! I miss spending
the Christmas season in the US with the family, but I sure am glad I’m here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="ES-US">Feliz Natal
para todos e Feliz Ano Novo!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-US">Elder
Anderson <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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