Oceans never listened to us anyway

November 1, 2010

Oi everyone, tudo bem?

This week started out really strong and kind of fizzled out toward the end.

On Monday we read a chapter from the Book of Mormon with a middle-aged couple and tried to teach them from it. It's so hard to help people get it, though. Like, they just don't get it. They were nice people, but they talked about the Book of Mormon as if we were trying to replace their Bible or something. I did my best to explain things tudo certinho, but to no avail. And then as we were about to leave, they started talking about this class they're taking about strengthening your marriage. It's called "Casados para Sempre" ("Married Forever"). In spite of myself, I took the bait and talked a little about eternal marriage and how it is possible for a family to literally be together forever. And guys, they just don't get it.

I don't mean to pick on that couple specifically; very few people really do get it.

This week we taught a nice family a little bit. A teenaged girl ordered Finding Faith in Christ (a DVD) a little while ago, and we delivered it last week. We taught her and her grandpa at the time. We visited them again this week, and the girl's grandma was there (I don't know what the deal is with her parents, but I know that they don't live there). We ran through the first lesson again and read 3 Nephi 11 with them. And I invited them to be baptized. They didn't exactly accept yet, but hopefully they'll start thinking about it now.

There was a presidential election yesterday (Dilma won, which means Brasil will now have a woman president for the first time ever), so no one agreed to go to church, including some of the members.

My Halloween was actually pretty underwhelming. I went to church, ate lunch with a nice couple, played their piano a little bit (they have a piano! in their house!), worked, visited a nice little Japanese lady and her daughter and played with their giant pit bull named "Killer," and had a p-day sleepover with some other missionários. I wish I could have eaten some chili and watched some scary-but-not-too-scary movies.

Sorry if this email is boring. What do you guys want to hear about?

My area is cool, but a lot of the members are discouraged about missionary work. My companion is a really nice guy, and we're getting along well. I love studying the scriptures every day and learning about the important things in life.

I love all of you! I hope you're doing well! The Book of Mormon is true!

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