Ok...ill start off with the bad news and then get to the better:
we didnt quite make our goal of new investigators.....we only got half....but weºre keeping on trying...its harder said then done haha, but weºre working hard, and i think here soon weºll get some good investigators. We went by a university the other day and talked to some people. Weºre gonna try to get a conference or presentation going there. Thatd be really cool. The assistants did really well with new investigators... they blew the goal out of the water and got 14! not i have a new thing going that if anyone in my district beats the APs Iºll buy them lunch. Hopefully it inspires them haha.
But we do have some good news, we have an investigator thats gonna be baptised on the 28th of feb! :D hes this brazilian (a roommate of a member) that is a new investigator of last week. hes been reading the book of mormon, and i asked him about it and he said that hes really mad and i asked why and he was like "cuz laman and lemuel are so stupid! they wont listen to anyone!" haha. hes awesome. We taught about the plan of salvation and about how everyone has a mission on earth and he said " well i think Franciels (his roommate) mission was to introduce me to the church and my mission is to bring it back to my family!" So even though we didnt make our goal of 10 investigators, 1 golden one makes up for it :D
Weve also been working with Fabio (i think i mentioned him in my last letter) hes doing really good. improving every day. we were going to go to a family night in the institute and we decided to swing by his house unanounced and see if he wanted to come. We got there and he was really excited to go so we went and he had a good time! So things are going good with him.
Then with Milton...hes still having troubles deciding if he wants to be baptised. he likes church and has a testimony of hte book of mormon, but we found out yesterday that he is having troubles believing Joseph Smith. So we had a good lesson with him, cuz I dont know if you guys even knew this, but i had doubts about Joseph Smith before the mission...but i knew the book of mormon was true...so i forced myself to beleive in him....but it wasnt untill the MTC that i really got a STRONG testimony of JS...instead of a forced one. So i shared that with him and i think it helped.
OH! guess what! this week, i was in the newspaper! Its this news paper called the Metro, and its daily for free in all the Metros here in Lisbon, so its a pretty widespread newspaper and me and few other elders were in it! they did an article on this Aquarium (almost as good as that aquarium we went to befoer my mission....almost :P) here in lisbon...and we were there last PDAY and we got our picture taken looking at otters and it was put in the paper! One other elder called us up and was like have you seen the metro today? and i was like...noo... and he was like...go get one right now! so we went and got one and we were in it! it was awesome!
I dont have any funny expericences this week...at least none that i can remember.....but it was a really good week. I really like this area, i know how to work it really well...so it makes work alot more enjoyable. Today weºre gonna have a fun Pday, its rainy so weºre gonna have a rainy day pday, play board games, watch best 2 years, etc with a bunch of elders. it should be fun.
And thats about it!
Untill next week!
-Elder Rhett
PS This coldplay music video is TRIPPY...it has paper butterflies and lazer pens and fireworks and whoa......(not that im watching it...cuz that wouldnt be good.....even though its in this internet cafe and right infront of me.....:D)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Bom Dia Todos!
heres the update for the week
I just got done with a 2 day division. I was out of my area for 2 full days doing divisions with other elders in my district, and i realized how attached I am to Campo Pequeno. I felt out of place in the other areas and wanted to get back to my area.....man...i didnt realized how good this area is.
While i was on division, we went to go visit an inactive member named Antonio Alves. He had sent us a text saying that he had a dream that he died and hes suffering alot (he has psycological problems, so he says interesting stuff alot) So we went to visit him and we opened the door to his hallway (its kinda like a Motel hallway, outside and then has doors to go into the individual appartments) and he was at the end laying on the ground. We go over to him and ask him whats wrong. He said he fell 2 days ago and dragged himself outside to get help, but hes been there for 2 days. and said he feels a pain in his bones all over his body. we called an ambulance and then gave him a blessing. then the medics came and checked him out. He was fine physically but just mentally he was a mess. He hadnt been talking his medication, so they took him to the hospital to visit with his doctor and get medication.
Then they went back (after the division) to clean his house cuz he left us his key while he was going to be in the hospital. and the front door had a hole in it. Apparently he was only in the hospital for a few minutes cuz his doctor wasnt there and he came home and just broke a hole in his door to go in. it was a pretty interesting experience.
I heard about Barrack Obama, and that he messed up on the oath. I found that funny that this man, that is pretty much a god here in portugal messed up. haha.
We got challenged in Zone Conference to get 10 investigators a week, so weºre striving to get that. and we have gotten 7 so far and 5 of those is from 1 member. This brazilian named Francel. he just started being active again. Heºs 26, served a mission and is married with a little girl but they live in brazil and hes here to work, but we went over to his house and we taught his roommate, his roommate loved it and even came to church the next day. Then after church we went to his house to eat and he invited TONS of his friends, so we got 4 new investigators from him. it was a fun dinner..and they want to go to this brazilian buffet with us sometime :)
We also have been working with this inactive kid named Fabio. Hes 20, has no job, or school...pretty much stays home, playing videogames, or goes out and smokes weed with his friends. But we started teaching him more and hes opening up more. so thats good. hopefully we can continue to help him.
now on to some bad news.....Elder Tuckers new comp (that he was training got sent home a few days ago. I dont really know why but Tucker said he was having problems. so that was sad....weve had 3 people go home early in the last few weeks...its been tough.
And Elder Watkins was sick with a fever for 2 days...that was killer....cuz we just stayed in for most of the day.......i was bored outta my mind...one day we played Settlers of Katan for like 3 hours straight....gah. we got to go out for a few hours each day and those hours felt so good.
And some bad news about Madelena. We were having a hard time marking and appointment with her and she didnt come to church. At church we talked to her friend whos a member and she said that she doesnt want to meet with us anymore....maybe sometime in the future, but not now.....so that was kinda hard....
but whatever...the work goes on and its still great here!
have an amazing week everyone
-Rhett
------- <<< No PS today.... :(
I just got done with a 2 day division. I was out of my area for 2 full days doing divisions with other elders in my district, and i realized how attached I am to Campo Pequeno. I felt out of place in the other areas and wanted to get back to my area.....man...i didnt realized how good this area is.
While i was on division, we went to go visit an inactive member named Antonio Alves. He had sent us a text saying that he had a dream that he died and hes suffering alot (he has psycological problems, so he says interesting stuff alot) So we went to visit him and we opened the door to his hallway (its kinda like a Motel hallway, outside and then has doors to go into the individual appartments) and he was at the end laying on the ground. We go over to him and ask him whats wrong. He said he fell 2 days ago and dragged himself outside to get help, but hes been there for 2 days. and said he feels a pain in his bones all over his body. we called an ambulance and then gave him a blessing. then the medics came and checked him out. He was fine physically but just mentally he was a mess. He hadnt been talking his medication, so they took him to the hospital to visit with his doctor and get medication.
Then they went back (after the division) to clean his house cuz he left us his key while he was going to be in the hospital. and the front door had a hole in it. Apparently he was only in the hospital for a few minutes cuz his doctor wasnt there and he came home and just broke a hole in his door to go in. it was a pretty interesting experience.
I heard about Barrack Obama, and that he messed up on the oath. I found that funny that this man, that is pretty much a god here in portugal messed up. haha.
We got challenged in Zone Conference to get 10 investigators a week, so weºre striving to get that. and we have gotten 7 so far and 5 of those is from 1 member. This brazilian named Francel. he just started being active again. Heºs 26, served a mission and is married with a little girl but they live in brazil and hes here to work, but we went over to his house and we taught his roommate, his roommate loved it and even came to church the next day. Then after church we went to his house to eat and he invited TONS of his friends, so we got 4 new investigators from him. it was a fun dinner..and they want to go to this brazilian buffet with us sometime :)
We also have been working with this inactive kid named Fabio. Hes 20, has no job, or school...pretty much stays home, playing videogames, or goes out and smokes weed with his friends. But we started teaching him more and hes opening up more. so thats good. hopefully we can continue to help him.
now on to some bad news.....Elder Tuckers new comp (that he was training got sent home a few days ago. I dont really know why but Tucker said he was having problems. so that was sad....weve had 3 people go home early in the last few weeks...its been tough.
And Elder Watkins was sick with a fever for 2 days...that was killer....cuz we just stayed in for most of the day.......i was bored outta my mind...one day we played Settlers of Katan for like 3 hours straight....gah. we got to go out for a few hours each day and those hours felt so good.
And some bad news about Madelena. We were having a hard time marking and appointment with her and she didnt come to church. At church we talked to her friend whos a member and she said that she doesnt want to meet with us anymore....maybe sometime in the future, but not now.....so that was kinda hard....
but whatever...the work goes on and its still great here!
have an amazing week everyone
-Rhett
------- <<< No PS today.... :(
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Hey peeps
This week....hmm....we had zone conference yesterday. That was good...its always SOOO LONG gah. I mean its really cool and i learn alot...but by the end im so brain dead i just want to sleep haha. Its really crazy that I only have 3 more Zone Conferences! the mission is too short...
Weºve also been helping out a member named Alcidio find and apply for work in Ireland. He is limited in english, but wants to learn...so hes going to ireland to work and learn english. But if you guys know of any good job that would hire someone that speaks limited english but would give him achance to learn, lemme know.
Weºve also started to teach pepiºs mom, We watched the testiments with him her and her boyfriend the other day and they really liked it. Afterwards we had a good question and answer session. Hopefully she shows more interess. I also had a division with one of the APs (elder Allen) luckily this transfer we have 2 very good APs, in contrast to the 2 not so good ones we had last transfer haha. We got alot of good ideas together on how to make the work go better. its gonna be a good transfer.
We also have a new investigator (i might have mentioned her already before) but her name is Madelena. Shes a neighbor of a member and we met her when we went to the members house for christmas. Buts shes come to church the last 2 times and loves it. We watched the restoration on saturday and invited her to pray. i asked her about it on sunday and she said she prayed and all she could think about was the movie! yay!
Things are going well with Elder Watkins. weºre getting along well, although im sick of playing Magic.....haha...he wants to play for almost every dinner break. But we get along well and its been really fun. He says hes from Scotsdale AZ, but really only lived there for 3 years...I say hes from smithfield UT...where hes lived longer.
Ive started writing more in my free time, like i used to in Jr high, cuz one of my APs talked about how he writes...so i started, mostly gospel based stuff (ya know...cuz im a missionary and stuff haha...) so thats been good.
My parents told me that guy with a claw hand was a hereditary disease.....but i think thats just a cover for the aliens we have among us :P haha
anyway....ate mais!
-Elder Rhett
Weºve also been helping out a member named Alcidio find and apply for work in Ireland. He is limited in english, but wants to learn...so hes going to ireland to work and learn english. But if you guys know of any good job that would hire someone that speaks limited english but would give him achance to learn, lemme know.
Weºve also started to teach pepiºs mom, We watched the testiments with him her and her boyfriend the other day and they really liked it. Afterwards we had a good question and answer session. Hopefully she shows more interess. I also had a division with one of the APs (elder Allen) luckily this transfer we have 2 very good APs, in contrast to the 2 not so good ones we had last transfer haha. We got alot of good ideas together on how to make the work go better. its gonna be a good transfer.
We also have a new investigator (i might have mentioned her already before) but her name is Madelena. Shes a neighbor of a member and we met her when we went to the members house for christmas. Buts shes come to church the last 2 times and loves it. We watched the restoration on saturday and invited her to pray. i asked her about it on sunday and she said she prayed and all she could think about was the movie! yay!
Things are going well with Elder Watkins. weºre getting along well, although im sick of playing Magic.....haha...he wants to play for almost every dinner break. But we get along well and its been really fun. He says hes from Scotsdale AZ, but really only lived there for 3 years...I say hes from smithfield UT...where hes lived longer.
Ive started writing more in my free time, like i used to in Jr high, cuz one of my APs talked about how he writes...so i started, mostly gospel based stuff (ya know...cuz im a missionary and stuff haha...) so thats been good.
My parents told me that guy with a claw hand was a hereditary disease.....but i think thats just a cover for the aliens we have among us :P haha
anyway....ate mais!
-Elder Rhett
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEARS!
I hope everyone had a great newyears....mine was kinda...nothin special, but whatever!
heres what has been happinin lately
things here.....are great as normal. I have my new comp, elder Watkins. Hes not as bad as other missionaries have said, we get along pretty well. Hes pretty nerdy (remember, geeky is good, nerdy is bad...geeky means you like computers and stuff but still have a social life and are not obsessed with stuff like that, nerdy is you would rather play on the computer instead of go on a date. haha) but we can connect with things like that. Ive been sick the last few days (dont worry, just a cold and its already passed...and it wasnt that bad) so we had to stay in a bit, so I spent the time either sleeping or we played Magic the card game or Settlers of Zarahemla (its this game like Settlers of Katan.,.a board game, but the mormon version. He actually bought it in a popular Media (movies books cds etc) store here called FNAC, i was amazed they had it) But i beat him at both games quite a bit, more than lose...he didnt like that haha, cuz i ddint even know how to play Magic at the start but last night I beat him pretty bad (ok...now i might be getting a little nerdy...bragging about beating someone at magic...haha)
Everyone was pretty surprised at me being in church...they were like....ummm what happened....i just had to tell them that im here for another 6 weeks! haha, everyone was happy at that though.
Oh the other day, Elder Watkins and I were waiting for a bus, and there was a guy in a parked car talking to some people outside of his car, and the guy in the car had claws for hands! and not like mechanical claws cuz his hands were chopped off, his hands were litterally claws, like the shape of a crab claw and they were big. it was INSANE i think it was an alien. Im pretty sure it was, cuz i couldnt see his face, he was wearing a hood, and had claws....definately and alien.
See, there are all these cartoons on TV and you watch them and all the cartoon characters have very exaggerated features, like big noses, long necks, etc...and you think...these characters are pretty crazy, but fake. WRONG, they are crazy, but im pretty sure that everyone that has made a cartoon got their inspiration from some people here in portugal! haha. Ive seen people here with perfectly round but huge noses, weird cartoon eyes...there are tons of cartoon characters here! haha, i love it here
A few nights ago we had an appointment with a member, but it got over early so we still had about 30 minutes to do something before heading home, so we decided to knock doors. Its about 8:30 and we start on this one building....and EVERYONE in that building got mad at us, they were yelling at us through the intercom and 3 people came out the windows and were yelling at us, 1 stayed out the window and yelled at us till we left that we cant be knocking all the doors and were disturbing people etc. It was funny how everyone was so mad, at 2 well groomed, and very handsome (at least on my part :P) young men trying to talk about Jesus Christ. Its a crazy world we live in. But we kept on going untill 9:00 where we decided to head home. While we were waiting for the bus, i started talking to this one lady that was really nice and we talked at the busstop, got on the bus and talked the whole way home. It was really cool, she was really receptive and hopefully she turns into a new investigator. It was just an interestign contrast in a matter of 30 minutes.
Our investigators are doing well, weºre still working with Milton, we invited him to fast and pray about getting baptised, even if its against his mothers wishes. We told him that if he gets baptised his earthly mother might be offended, but if he doesnt, his heavenly father might get offended. That put things in perspective for him.
Weve been working with Pepi alot, taking him to lessons and stuff. hes amazing. We had a lesson with his girlfriend in Brazil via webcam. And we invited her to find the missionaries and get a book of mormon. 2 days latter we were talking with pepi and he said that his girlfriend found the church closest to her, which was all the way on the other side of her city, she walked there only to find it locked shut. she waited a little but no one came, so she wrote on a note that she wanted a book of mormon with her number and her address and then threw it behind the gate, then she was looking at the note and thought.,..hmm that will probably blow away, so she went around back, jumped the fence, got her note and slid it under the chapel door and went home. On her way home the bishop called her and said that hed send the missionaries over with the book! its really cool...hopefully she gets baptised, pepi can go home marry her, create a nice little brazilian mormon family, etc.haha
We went to a members house here and he had these gel packs..from provo, a company called Agel. it like protein supplements and energy boosters etc. The purple on I had was good...the red one was disgusting, but had 10 grams of protein. have you guys heard of these...im guessing its prolly soem piramid scheme in utah, haha.
things here.....are great as normal. I have my new comp, elder Watkins. Hes not as bad as other missionaries have said, we get along pretty well. Hes pretty nerdy (remember, geeky is good, nerdy is bad...geeky means you like computers and stuff but still have a social life and are not obsessed with stuff like that, nerdy is you would rather play on the computer instead of go on a date. haha) but we can connect with things like that. Ive been sick the last few days (dont worry, just a cold and its already passed...and it wasnt that bad) so we had to stay in a bit, so I spent the time either sleeping or we played Magic the card game or Settlers of Zarahemla (its this game like Settlers of Katan.,.a board game, but the mormon version. He actually bought it in a popular Media (movies books cds etc) store here called FNAC, i was amazed they had it) But i beat him at both games quite a bit, more than lose...he didnt like that haha, cuz i ddint even know how to play Magic at the start but last night I beat him pretty bad (ok...now i might be getting a little nerdy...bragging about beating someone at magic...haha)
Everyone was pretty surprised at me being in church...they were like....ummm what happened....i just had to tell them that im here for another 6 weeks! haha, everyone was happy at that though.
Oh the other day, Elder Watkins and I were waiting for a bus, and there was a guy in a parked car talking to some people outside of his car, and the guy in the car had claws for hands! and not like mechanical claws cuz his hands were chopped off, his hands were litterally claws, like the shape of a crab claw and they were big. it was INSANE i think it was an alien. Im pretty sure it was, cuz i couldnt see his face, he was wearing a hood, and had claws....definately and alien.
See, there are all these cartoons on TV and you watch them and all the cartoon characters have very exaggerated features, like big noses, long necks, etc...and you think...these characters are pretty crazy, but fake. WRONG, they are crazy, but im pretty sure that everyone that has made a cartoon got their inspiration from some people here in portugal! haha. Ive seen people here with perfectly round but huge noses, weird cartoon eyes...there are tons of cartoon characters here! haha, i love it here
A few nights ago we had an appointment with a member, but it got over early so we still had about 30 minutes to do something before heading home, so we decided to knock doors. Its about 8:30 and we start on this one building....and EVERYONE in that building got mad at us, they were yelling at us through the intercom and 3 people came out the windows and were yelling at us, 1 stayed out the window and yelled at us till we left that we cant be knocking all the doors and were disturbing people etc. It was funny how everyone was so mad, at 2 well groomed, and very handsome (at least on my part :P) young men trying to talk about Jesus Christ. Its a crazy world we live in. But we kept on going untill 9:00 where we decided to head home. While we were waiting for the bus, i started talking to this one lady that was really nice and we talked at the busstop, got on the bus and talked the whole way home. It was really cool, she was really receptive and hopefully she turns into a new investigator. It was just an interestign contrast in a matter of 30 minutes.
Our investigators are doing well, weºre still working with Milton, we invited him to fast and pray about getting baptised, even if its against his mothers wishes. We told him that if he gets baptised his earthly mother might be offended, but if he doesnt, his heavenly father might get offended. That put things in perspective for him.
Weve been working with Pepi alot, taking him to lessons and stuff. hes amazing. We had a lesson with his girlfriend in Brazil via webcam. And we invited her to find the missionaries and get a book of mormon. 2 days latter we were talking with pepi and he said that his girlfriend found the church closest to her, which was all the way on the other side of her city, she walked there only to find it locked shut. she waited a little but no one came, so she wrote on a note that she wanted a book of mormon with her number and her address and then threw it behind the gate, then she was looking at the note and thought.,..hmm that will probably blow away, so she went around back, jumped the fence, got her note and slid it under the chapel door and went home. On her way home the bishop called her and said that hed send the missionaries over with the book! its really cool...hopefully she gets baptised, pepi can go home marry her, create a nice little brazilian mormon family, etc.haha
We went to a members house here and he had these gel packs..from provo, a company called Agel. it like protein supplements and energy boosters etc. The purple on I had was good...the red one was disgusting, but had 10 grams of protein. have you guys heard of these...im guessing its prolly soem pyramid scheme in utah, haha.
And thats about it! have an amazing week everyone!
-Elder Rhett "Dark Dungeon Ice Master" Hildebrandt! :P
heres what has been happinin lately
things here.....are great as normal. I have my new comp, elder Watkins. Hes not as bad as other missionaries have said, we get along pretty well. Hes pretty nerdy (remember, geeky is good, nerdy is bad...geeky means you like computers and stuff but still have a social life and are not obsessed with stuff like that, nerdy is you would rather play on the computer instead of go on a date. haha) but we can connect with things like that. Ive been sick the last few days (dont worry, just a cold and its already passed...and it wasnt that bad) so we had to stay in a bit, so I spent the time either sleeping or we played Magic the card game or Settlers of Zarahemla (its this game like Settlers of Katan.,.a board game, but the mormon version. He actually bought it in a popular Media (movies books cds etc) store here called FNAC, i was amazed they had it) But i beat him at both games quite a bit, more than lose...he didnt like that haha, cuz i ddint even know how to play Magic at the start but last night I beat him pretty bad (ok...now i might be getting a little nerdy...bragging about beating someone at magic...haha)
Everyone was pretty surprised at me being in church...they were like....ummm what happened....i just had to tell them that im here for another 6 weeks! haha, everyone was happy at that though.
Oh the other day, Elder Watkins and I were waiting for a bus, and there was a guy in a parked car talking to some people outside of his car, and the guy in the car had claws for hands! and not like mechanical claws cuz his hands were chopped off, his hands were litterally claws, like the shape of a crab claw and they were big. it was INSANE i think it was an alien. Im pretty sure it was, cuz i couldnt see his face, he was wearing a hood, and had claws....definately and alien.
See, there are all these cartoons on TV and you watch them and all the cartoon characters have very exaggerated features, like big noses, long necks, etc...and you think...these characters are pretty crazy, but fake. WRONG, they are crazy, but im pretty sure that everyone that has made a cartoon got their inspiration from some people here in portugal! haha. Ive seen people here with perfectly round but huge noses, weird cartoon eyes...there are tons of cartoon characters here! haha, i love it here
A few nights ago we had an appointment with a member, but it got over early so we still had about 30 minutes to do something before heading home, so we decided to knock doors. Its about 8:30 and we start on this one building....and EVERYONE in that building got mad at us, they were yelling at us through the intercom and 3 people came out the windows and were yelling at us, 1 stayed out the window and yelled at us till we left that we cant be knocking all the doors and were disturbing people etc. It was funny how everyone was so mad, at 2 well groomed, and very handsome (at least on my part :P) young men trying to talk about Jesus Christ. Its a crazy world we live in. But we kept on going untill 9:00 where we decided to head home. While we were waiting for the bus, i started talking to this one lady that was really nice and we talked at the busstop, got on the bus and talked the whole way home. It was really cool, she was really receptive and hopefully she turns into a new investigator. It was just an interestign contrast in a matter of 30 minutes.
Our investigators are doing well, weºre still working with Milton, we invited him to fast and pray about getting baptised, even if its against his mothers wishes. We told him that if he gets baptised his earthly mother might be offended, but if he doesnt, his heavenly father might get offended. That put things in perspective for him.
Weve been working with Pepi alot, taking him to lessons and stuff. hes amazing. We had a lesson with his girlfriend in Brazil via webcam. And we invited her to find the missionaries and get a book of mormon. 2 days latter we were talking with pepi and he said that his girlfriend found the church closest to her, which was all the way on the other side of her city, she walked there only to find it locked shut. she waited a little but no one came, so she wrote on a note that she wanted a book of mormon with her number and her address and then threw it behind the gate, then she was looking at the note and thought.,..hmm that will probably blow away, so she went around back, jumped the fence, got her note and slid it under the chapel door and went home. On her way home the bishop called her and said that hed send the missionaries over with the book! its really cool...hopefully she gets baptised, pepi can go home marry her, create a nice little brazilian mormon family, etc.haha
We went to a members house here and he had these gel packs..from provo, a company called Agel. it like protein supplements and energy boosters etc. The purple on I had was good...the red one was disgusting, but had 10 grams of protein. have you guys heard of these...im guessing its prolly soem piramid scheme in utah, haha.
things here.....are great as normal. I have my new comp, elder Watkins. Hes not as bad as other missionaries have said, we get along pretty well. Hes pretty nerdy (remember, geeky is good, nerdy is bad...geeky means you like computers and stuff but still have a social life and are not obsessed with stuff like that, nerdy is you would rather play on the computer instead of go on a date. haha) but we can connect with things like that. Ive been sick the last few days (dont worry, just a cold and its already passed...and it wasnt that bad) so we had to stay in a bit, so I spent the time either sleeping or we played Magic the card game or Settlers of Zarahemla (its this game like Settlers of Katan.,.a board game, but the mormon version. He actually bought it in a popular Media (movies books cds etc) store here called FNAC, i was amazed they had it) But i beat him at both games quite a bit, more than lose...he didnt like that haha, cuz i ddint even know how to play Magic at the start but last night I beat him pretty bad (ok...now i might be getting a little nerdy...bragging about beating someone at magic...haha)
Everyone was pretty surprised at me being in church...they were like....ummm what happened....i just had to tell them that im here for another 6 weeks! haha, everyone was happy at that though.
Oh the other day, Elder Watkins and I were waiting for a bus, and there was a guy in a parked car talking to some people outside of his car, and the guy in the car had claws for hands! and not like mechanical claws cuz his hands were chopped off, his hands were litterally claws, like the shape of a crab claw and they were big. it was INSANE i think it was an alien. Im pretty sure it was, cuz i couldnt see his face, he was wearing a hood, and had claws....definately and alien.
See, there are all these cartoons on TV and you watch them and all the cartoon characters have very exaggerated features, like big noses, long necks, etc...and you think...these characters are pretty crazy, but fake. WRONG, they are crazy, but im pretty sure that everyone that has made a cartoon got their inspiration from some people here in portugal! haha. Ive seen people here with perfectly round but huge noses, weird cartoon eyes...there are tons of cartoon characters here! haha, i love it here
A few nights ago we had an appointment with a member, but it got over early so we still had about 30 minutes to do something before heading home, so we decided to knock doors. Its about 8:30 and we start on this one building....and EVERYONE in that building got mad at us, they were yelling at us through the intercom and 3 people came out the windows and were yelling at us, 1 stayed out the window and yelled at us till we left that we cant be knocking all the doors and were disturbing people etc. It was funny how everyone was so mad, at 2 well groomed, and very handsome (at least on my part :P) young men trying to talk about Jesus Christ. Its a crazy world we live in. But we kept on going untill 9:00 where we decided to head home. While we were waiting for the bus, i started talking to this one lady that was really nice and we talked at the busstop, got on the bus and talked the whole way home. It was really cool, she was really receptive and hopefully she turns into a new investigator. It was just an interestign contrast in a matter of 30 minutes.
Our investigators are doing well, weºre still working with Milton, we invited him to fast and pray about getting baptised, even if its against his mothers wishes. We told him that if he gets baptised his earthly mother might be offended, but if he doesnt, his heavenly father might get offended. That put things in perspective for him.
Weve been working with Pepi alot, taking him to lessons and stuff. hes amazing. We had a lesson with his girlfriend in Brazil via webcam. And we invited her to find the missionaries and get a book of mormon. 2 days latter we were talking with pepi and he said that his girlfriend found the church closest to her, which was all the way on the other side of her city, she walked there only to find it locked shut. she waited a little but no one came, so she wrote on a note that she wanted a book of mormon with her number and her address and then threw it behind the gate, then she was looking at the note and thought.,..hmm that will probably blow away, so she went around back, jumped the fence, got her note and slid it under the chapel door and went home. On her way home the bishop called her and said that hed send the missionaries over with the book! its really cool...hopefully she gets baptised, pepi can go home marry her, create a nice little brazilian mormon family, etc.haha
We went to a members house here and he had these gel packs..from provo, a company called Agel. it like protein supplements and energy boosters etc. The purple on I had was good...the red one was disgusting, but had 10 grams of protein. have you guys heard of these...im guessing its prolly soem pyramid scheme in utah, haha.
And thats about it! have an amazing week everyone!
-Elder Rhett "Dark Dungeon Ice Master" Hildebrandt! :P
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