Oi! Como estao mues amigos?! Mihna vida esta bom de sempre. Eu divenlho eu sou nao dificial pazar :). Eu vou consiguir os coises bem.
So first off I would like to share a really funny story about Irmao W. He as a bit of thing for this defender on the BYU women's soccer team. Her name is ----. We call her ---- the defender of love to mess with him. But anyway at the BYU football game this Saturday the soccer team was honored at half time. Irmao W. was right by the tunnel for such an event. He saw her coming out of the tunnel and yelled in a very dignifying way "MARRY ME ----!!". He was also wearing a bright blue knitted beard to keep his face warm and this special hat he got form Portugal that is BYU blue. He basically looked like a possessed lumberjack.
A few days later he had a friend who had just returned from his mission who checked her out on FB. He saw she was in a relationship and that was kinda disappointing. The worst part was with whom though. It's Taysom Hill. The starting QB for BYU and one of the best in the nation. But he is not discouraged by this. The man has a lot of faith lol.
Speaking of Irmao W. he finally spoke English to us! It wasn't exactly mind blowing but it was still really weird to expect Portuguese and get English.
We had some mind blowing devotionals this week. I can't even begin to tell you 1/100 of the awesome things they said. But it suffices me to say these few things:
-When you consider in 3 Nephi 24 (I think) the savoir speaks about sitting like a purifier of silver it's actually a really cool metaphor. A purifier of silver sits at the furnace and holds the silver carefully in the fire because if it gets too hot it is ruined. If it's cool cold it won't be pure. And the way he can tell if it is done or not is if he can see his reflection. Kinda like receiving the Lord's countenance.
- Elder Don R. Clarke said "The day a missionary is happy is the day he cares more about others more than himself"
And since it is my last week in the MTC I figured that I will send you all some tips about surviving this place:
1. Be to lunch early, if you every want to get food before you die of hunger be there early
2. Eat the salads. The food here is good but it's too good. You'll gain 40 lbs before you know it. Oh and never eat the fish.
3. Speak you mission language as much as possible. If you let all you learn go misapplied it'll slip away faster than a greased pig.
4.Do the choir. There is nothing that invites the spirit more than a good song and you get the best seats for the devotional
5. Just because people are missionaries doesn't mean they are mature.
6. Take notes on absolutely everything. Not really, just mostly on devotionals and any sort of conference.
7. Find Narnia holes. These are little stashes that previous missionaries that had your room stash jokes, goodies or notes.
These are just a few of the things I've learned here and there is so much more to learn in the field. I hope these at least kind of help you future missionaries.
Well I hope that everyone is doing well and that I will get you all my new address by tomorrow (via my mom). I might even be able to use Facebook when we get out into the field. That'll be something else. Please don't try to message me or post all over my wall because that is not really supposed to happen. If you want to bear your testimony about something I wrote then please do or if you have a spiritual thought that's fine.
Ficam doce!
- Amor do execrito de Deus
Elder Teela
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