Elders Linford and Gomes
Sao Judes Chapel
A true Texan!!Tuesday, November 3, 2009
HI FAMILY,
So Sunday night we found out about transfers. Seeing as how today is transfer day!
Well to my Great surprise Elder Cooper was transferred, he got sent really far away, I was rather sad seeing as how I wanted to work with him at least once more, but well it's not my choice. And to my great astonishment I’m Training again, and I have been Called as a District Leader.
So this AM, I went to Jabaquara (name of the place we do transfers) to drop off Elder Cooper and then to São Judes(a chapel where trainers meet new missionaries). And there I got my new comp. Elder Gomes. He is from a state way In the north of Brazil, he is pretty cool from what I can tell in our first 3 hours together!
This last week was an amazing week, Elder Cooper and I baptized Geilsa, it was a very very very Spiritual baptism! Which is just such a great thing when that happens, and then after the baptism, the ward threw Elder Cooper a surprise birthday party! Which was really amazing and he liked it a lot!
My work here is now going to be harder and challenging, but I’m looking forward to this because it will be a chance for me to stretch a lot more!
I just want to thank all of you for praying for me every day I can feel the spirit of the lord helping me each and every day!!!
Hope you all are doing well, and helping the lords work move along(that includes more then just giving dinner to the elders or sisters!!!!)
Love, Elder Linford
So Sunday night we found out about transfers. Seeing as how today is transfer day!
Well to my Great surprise Elder Cooper was transferred, he got sent really far away, I was rather sad seeing as how I wanted to work with him at least once more, but well it's not my choice. And to my great astonishment I’m Training again, and I have been Called as a District Leader.
So this AM, I went to Jabaquara (name of the place we do transfers) to drop off Elder Cooper and then to São Judes(a chapel where trainers meet new missionaries). And there I got my new comp. Elder Gomes. He is from a state way In the north of Brazil, he is pretty cool from what I can tell in our first 3 hours together!
This last week was an amazing week, Elder Cooper and I baptized Geilsa, it was a very very very Spiritual baptism! Which is just such a great thing when that happens, and then after the baptism, the ward threw Elder Cooper a surprise birthday party! Which was really amazing and he liked it a lot!
My work here is now going to be harder and challenging, but I’m looking forward to this because it will be a chance for me to stretch a lot more!
I just want to thank all of you for praying for me every day I can feel the spirit of the lord helping me each and every day!!!
Hope you all are doing well, and helping the lords work move along(that includes more then just giving dinner to the elders or sisters!!!!)
Love, Elder Linford
Monday, October 26, 2009
So yeah this week there is not a whole lot of time beacuse, well I lost my time at the temple today....
Any ways I'm really excited for Saturday, because Elder Richard G. Scott is coming to speak to us so that is really exciting! if you think about it!
Any ways all is good here in Santo Andre! I hope all is well for every sending my best wishes!
Any ways I'm really excited for Saturday, because Elder Richard G. Scott is coming to speak to us so that is really exciting! if you think about it!
Any ways all is good here in Santo Andre! I hope all is well for every sending my best wishes!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Boa Tarde,
So this week was good, but as normal it was a race of a week….
So mega, your questions I totally lost, sorry! It wasn’t my plan but I have like a million papers I'm always going "they're here a week so..." its hard to keep track.
So this week we are are getting a lot of help from the members. The work is running so fast, here and it is a really good example for my compannion to see how things are supposed to be working with members so he has a model for the rest of his mission. The things he is learning will be really good to help him work with members, and how to be a good missionary.
Life is good for me here really excited to keep doing the Lords, work especially now that my time is very limited here.
Love Elder Linford
So this week was good, but as normal it was a race of a week….
So mega, your questions I totally lost, sorry! It wasn’t my plan but I have like a million papers I'm always going "they're here a week so..." its hard to keep track.
So this week we are are getting a lot of help from the members. The work is running so fast, here and it is a really good example for my compannion to see how things are supposed to be working with members so he has a model for the rest of his mission. The things he is learning will be really good to help him work with members, and how to be a good missionary.
Life is good for me here really excited to keep doing the Lords, work especially now that my time is very limited here.
Love Elder Linford
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Dear Family,
It has recently come to my attention that my emails have not been very comprehensive, for that I am sorry for those of you who had problems understanding them.
So this week we started teaching 2 people I would like to talk about.
1. Gilza, she is a reference from a member, and before we could ask her about baptism, she asked to be baptised she is really a prefect investigator, I'm really looking forward to her baptism.
2. is Val, he is a husband and father of a family. We had lunch at their house and were giving the lunch message when out of the blue, I felt the need to ask him if he liked general conference,(I didn´t even see his family there) and his answer was even more shocking when he said "you know what I did, I truly felt like God was talking to me though those men." so to end that long story we will be baptising him very soon as well!
so that is my weekly update on the teaching side of life!
We had zone conference last Friday, and at zone conference the mission received cell phones.(well ld, lz already had them but now everyone does) so that was good news, because well it is rather expensive to call a cell phone from a pay phone here in Brazil. I also had the privilege of teaching a Gospel topic for everyone with scissors, it was really funny, because Elder Cooper and I had about 1 minute to come up with something, but it worked out well.
So general conference was really great. I really loved it. There were some really"firey" talks and a lot of "burning" from the Apostles it was a really great spiritual experience! Well I think that's about it I´m going to go if any of you have any question just send them.
Love you all
Elder Linford
Thursday, October 1, 2009
ELLO family!
So things are good for me here in Brazil.
This week was really a good week, on the side of spirtual experiences well I really don't have one to share this week, but I do have some funny stories of the week!
So yesterday we came home and my comp went downstairs to eat. I hear"elder come here quick RUN!!" I went running and did not know what the heck was going on. I get down there and he yells theres a rat in that back corner! I said you are kidding right???
Well he wasn't so we shut the door to the room, because well you have to kill it or else he keeps coming back!
so we were building a wall to trap him and he sees all this so he takes off. Well I try and stomp on him but he got away but i managed to kick him some how and he went air born and hit the wall. He fell but wasn't dead but couldn't move either, then the rest you don't need to know, but that was a "welcome to Brazil" moment for you all!
So last week we were at lunch and my comp. asked the family the famous question. "do you need help with anything?" (a very dangeous question I have learned) well she said well no, unless you can fix my iron, before I could say anything he says"oh my comp can fix almost anything bring it here".....of course I'm left thinking what is your problem.. well there was just a lose wire in the iron so it was okay. The only problem, sisters talk and well wouldn't you know it now every where I go they say "hey elder can you fix my..... yeah so I'm getting to know the insides of a lot of things lately lol its kinda fun tho beacuse as you know I like taking thinga apart!
well yeah thats about it for my week!!!
untill next week
ELder liNFORD
So things are good for me here in Brazil.
This week was really a good week, on the side of spirtual experiences well I really don't have one to share this week, but I do have some funny stories of the week!
So yesterday we came home and my comp went downstairs to eat. I hear"elder come here quick RUN!!" I went running and did not know what the heck was going on. I get down there and he yells theres a rat in that back corner! I said you are kidding right???
Well he wasn't so we shut the door to the room, because well you have to kill it or else he keeps coming back!
so we were building a wall to trap him and he sees all this so he takes off. Well I try and stomp on him but he got away but i managed to kick him some how and he went air born and hit the wall. He fell but wasn't dead but couldn't move either, then the rest you don't need to know, but that was a "welcome to Brazil" moment for you all!
So last week we were at lunch and my comp. asked the family the famous question. "do you need help with anything?" (a very dangeous question I have learned) well she said well no, unless you can fix my iron, before I could say anything he says"oh my comp can fix almost anything bring it here".....of course I'm left thinking what is your problem.. well there was just a lose wire in the iron so it was okay. The only problem, sisters talk and well wouldn't you know it now every where I go they say "hey elder can you fix my..... yeah so I'm getting to know the insides of a lot of things lately lol its kinda fun tho beacuse as you know I like taking thinga apart!
well yeah thats about it for my week!!!
untill next week
ELder liNFORD
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
hi FAMILY!
So things are going good for me as usual(I totally forgot how to spell that word)
I really like my new area dispite all the big hills I have the priviledge of climbing daily!and the rain.... that is just awesome!
So anyways a random note from this week.
1. Mr bean was actually Brazillian and lives in Santo Andre I'll try and get a
picture for you!
2. I don't like being cold! and it's cold here in Santo Andre
3. My companion never had to clean before in his life...... so he.s haveing a fun time learning
4. It's cold here
oh funny story Sunday a member said the opening prayer at Sacerment meeting and started off. "oh God of Jacob same God of Israel, and the same God of the Jews, and the same god of the mormons..." needless to say it took alot of self control not to laugh yeah these moments I like to say "welcome to Brazil" lol
Well other then that not a lot is new. I've been stuck inside my house beacuse my comp is sick, so I cleaned a lot and fixed everything that was broken that was a lot of fun....
well I don't know what else to say since no on has sent me questions!
well gotta jet love ya!
oh heres some pictures
Elder Linford
So things are going good for me as usual(I totally forgot how to spell that word)
I really like my new area dispite all the big hills I have the priviledge of climbing daily!and the rain.... that is just awesome!
So anyways a random note from this week.
1. Mr bean was actually Brazillian and lives in Santo Andre I'll try and get a
picture for you!
2. I don't like being cold! and it's cold here in Santo Andre
3. My companion never had to clean before in his life...... so he.s haveing a fun time learning
4. It's cold here
oh funny story Sunday a member said the opening prayer at Sacerment meeting and started off. "oh God of Jacob same God of Israel, and the same God of the Jews, and the same god of the mormons..." needless to say it took alot of self control not to laugh yeah these moments I like to say "welcome to Brazil" lol
Well other then that not a lot is new. I've been stuck inside my house beacuse my comp is sick, so I cleaned a lot and fixed everything that was broken that was a lot of fun....
well I don't know what else to say since no on has sent me questions!
well gotta jet love ya!
oh heres some pictures
Elder Linford
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
HI EVEYONE!!!!
So Today was/is transfer day! and I recived a Transfer for, Santo Andre, ala gurarara(or something like that) and Santo Andre 5th ward,(yeah 2 areas YAY!...)
My companions name is Elder Rechi, he is Brazilian, and only has 3 months out in the feild, and yes dad I am senior now, so that will be excting to direct the work. I'm really excited to be up and working Here in the ABC.
Megan you have a list of questions that you wanted answered so here goes,
1. winter is okay coldish but not to bad, and at night it is really COLD, it doesn't stop raining,
2. no I can't believe I almost have a year down!
3. no I have not trained yet, some times I dream in Portuguese,
4. Define dominating???,
5. no I did not get a new mission president. My current one came in July of 2008,
6. yea I like my companions, and
7. yes everyone still feels the need to tell me my president is black,
8. and yes I still hear "the booky ise on the tabley" daily!
9. news radio rocks!!!!! and byu will lose to OU by 24 points just letting you
know.... I hear OU is really good!
so yeah thats about it with all the question stuff anyone else have any questions????
I'll be letting you guys know about my new area in the coming weeks!!!!
Amo vocês
Elder Linford
So Today was/is transfer day! and I recived a Transfer for, Santo Andre, ala gurarara(or something like that) and Santo Andre 5th ward,(yeah 2 areas YAY!...)
My companions name is Elder Rechi, he is Brazilian, and only has 3 months out in the feild, and yes dad I am senior now, so that will be excting to direct the work. I'm really excited to be up and working Here in the ABC.
Megan you have a list of questions that you wanted answered so here goes,
1. winter is okay coldish but not to bad, and at night it is really COLD, it doesn't stop raining,
2. no I can't believe I almost have a year down!
3. no I have not trained yet, some times I dream in Portuguese,
4. Define dominating???,
5. no I did not get a new mission president. My current one came in July of 2008,
6. yea I like my companions, and
7. yes everyone still feels the need to tell me my president is black,
8. and yes I still hear "the booky ise on the tabley" daily!
9. news radio rocks!!!!! and byu will lose to OU by 24 points just letting you
know.... I hear OU is really good!
so yeah thats about it with all the question stuff anyone else have any questions????
I'll be letting you guys know about my new area in the coming weeks!!!!
Amo vocês
Elder Linford
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
HI ALL WORLD!(tudo mundo)
So this was a really bad week, it was raining cats and dogs the whole week, which makes it hard to find new investigators, but we prayed a lot for a really great Saturday and we had it... man it was a really good day found lots of people and taught a lot, to the fact we had 6 people at church Sunday. Just to have it al thrown away!
Yeah so why thrown away well I’ll tell you a little story (with names changed of course)
So Member A, has a niece who is dating Member B, now member B is or was inactive, we taught him and he is coming back to church changing his life, but he spent like 8 years of his youth away from the church so he is still learning some stuff, so when member A(who already has problems) start creating gossip about member B, and his girlfriend. Problems started.
Well really long story short member A, confronted member B after church in the parking lot and started screaming while member B, told him to calm down when he wouldn’t he said okay I’m leaving. member A, then as a joke, lightly tapped his face, member B then started to beat up member A, in which other members broke up and everyone saw, and now no one wants to learn more about the church….
SO yeah I’m great. The weather is getting better a lot better, and yeah I’m really excited for transfers Sunday!!!!
Well that’s about all the excitement you can take in for one week until next week
EU ama vocês
So this was a really bad week, it was raining cats and dogs the whole week, which makes it hard to find new investigators, but we prayed a lot for a really great Saturday and we had it... man it was a really good day found lots of people and taught a lot, to the fact we had 6 people at church Sunday. Just to have it al thrown away!
Yeah so why thrown away well I’ll tell you a little story (with names changed of course)
So Member A, has a niece who is dating Member B, now member B is or was inactive, we taught him and he is coming back to church changing his life, but he spent like 8 years of his youth away from the church so he is still learning some stuff, so when member A(who already has problems) start creating gossip about member B, and his girlfriend. Problems started.
Well really long story short member A, confronted member B after church in the parking lot and started screaming while member B, told him to calm down when he wouldn’t he said okay I’m leaving. member A, then as a joke, lightly tapped his face, member B then started to beat up member A, in which other members broke up and everyone saw, and now no one wants to learn more about the church….
SO yeah I’m great. The weather is getting better a lot better, and yeah I’m really excited for transfers Sunday!!!!
Well that’s about all the excitement you can take in for one week until next week
EU ama vocês
Monday, August 3, 2009
YouTube Video
Here is what the video says:
You are the proof that love still exists!
Because you are loved!
You know why?
You are love!
I love you my son!
FYI A member of the ward is a Policeman and gave the elders the vests and a gun without the clip to play act...boys will always be boys!!!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
OI,
Hi everyone!
So this week was good. Nothing really new happened, it rained for 6 days straight never stopping that was really annoying because no one lets you in when its raining or hears you when you call them! (because no has door bells)
We played soccer today and it was it got a little rough but not too bad.
The weather here is pretty awesome. It's in the 20’s here so that’s awesome! Not hot or cold!
Yeah so I’m all peachy here, hahaha so funny story well not really funny story something that just made me feel really good about my portuguese. So the first new group of Americas showed up here in our mission since me, and they are lost!!!! lol, It was the same when I first arrived. I know I had at zone conference it was really awesome because I got to see how far I’ve come with my portuguese!
Well other then that I mailed home some pictures, if you didn’t get them sorry ask mom for them.
Love steven
Hi everyone!
So this week was good. Nothing really new happened, it rained for 6 days straight never stopping that was really annoying because no one lets you in when its raining or hears you when you call them! (because no has door bells)
We played soccer today and it was it got a little rough but not too bad.
The weather here is pretty awesome. It's in the 20’s here so that’s awesome! Not hot or cold!
Yeah so I’m all peachy here, hahaha so funny story well not really funny story something that just made me feel really good about my portuguese. So the first new group of Americas showed up here in our mission since me, and they are lost!!!! lol, It was the same when I first arrived. I know I had at zone conference it was really awesome because I got to see how far I’ve come with my portuguese!
Well other then that I mailed home some pictures, if you didn’t get them sorry ask mom for them.
Love steven
Friday, July 10, 2009
July 10, 2009
Elder Linford and Elder d Ferriera
HI Family,
So how’s it going for everyone up there in America?
So today we went to the aquarium, and I must say after going to the aquarium in Atlanta(the largest in the world or so I’ve been told) this one really sucked lol…..
My New comp. is pretty good I like him. All is well for us here in Humaitá São Vicente.
Its gotten pretty nice outside lately, like its about 90 during the day, and 60 at night so that’s good to sleep….
Oh so yeah I’m feeling left out here Carrie and Laurie I mean I know I’m in Brazil but I have had a birthday too, I mean Chris got a shout out and I didn’t lol, actually I don’t even care I thought I would just give you a hard time.
I Found so some scriptures I would like to share with yall
ALMA 10:4- If Ron Bergandy had a Scripture it would be this one, just read it
ALMA 10:6- its kind of Strech but I read it on the 4th of july and so yeah that’s way
And Alma 22:3-4…. Ammon was Transferred hahaha it funny read it
Well Life is going great for me here! I hope you all stay safe and are doing well!
Ps. Carrie I got you letter, and photos, thanks!!!!
Love, Steveo
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Ola!
This week was pretty much wet, it didn't stop raining, (and it hasn't) so that is a lot of fun. The good news is my shoes are done. I can go pick them up tomorrow (i had to replace the sole on them as to the fact it had holes everywhere) So I'm pretty excited about that.
Apparently there is some kind of soccer cup right now and Brazil and the US will play and everyone keeps asking me if the US will win, and what I think is it's really annoying, so it sounds like next summer its going to be really hard.
Other then that all things are great here!
Love Elder Linford
This week was pretty much wet, it didn't stop raining, (and it hasn't) so that is a lot of fun. The good news is my shoes are done. I can go pick them up tomorrow (i had to replace the sole on them as to the fact it had holes everywhere) So I'm pretty excited about that.
Apparently there is some kind of soccer cup right now and Brazil and the US will play and everyone keeps asking me if the US will win, and what I think is it's really annoying, so it sounds like next summer its going to be really hard.
Other then that all things are great here!
Love Elder Linford
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Oi!
Hello so this week has been a pretty good one, busy and lots of things happen!
So I got to have a funny Saturday morning. A member of our ward, well we were at his house and he asked randomly “hey elder do you know anything about cars? I said a little why? He said my car won't start.” It was just really funny the way he said it, so I looked at the car, and it looked like the starter was dead, so we tested it and it was. So I said. "hey your starter is dead". (random note they call it the small motor starter lol) then he asks do you know how to replace it? I said well I’ve done it before but not on your car, I can help you if you would like. Well long story short I got to replace a Starter Saturday morning and a plastic radiator house that he broke “trying to help” it was actually a lot of fun. (on a side note a “Alan Linford tool box” is better equipped then what I got to work with”)
It also rained a lot which was well... “wet” We found this really great family, all but their 12 year old son are baptized, but they are inactive, sealed in the temple, he was in the branch presidency 4 years ago, and she was Relief society pres. Its so crazy to think about it they all have testimony’s just lack the want or motivation to return to church (aka get up Sunday morning) and so Saturday when we talked to them I told them if they didn’t answer us when we came Sunday morning I was coming into the house, they said that was okay. So Sunday morning when they did not wake up to us knocking at their gate I jumped the gate and knocked on everyone’s window and woke them up, and they all went to church, and they weren’t even mad but thought I was joking however. It was really funny my companion was mad at me... because well he is as stubborn as me and he just lets stuff like that go, but they promised they would be up and if they weren’t I could do anything to wake them up. So it was really fun to wake them up and bring them to church just a few more weeks.
I really love the area I’m in but there is just a couple of things I don’t like about it.
1. Just about every house has an inactive member. Our ward list is 20 pages long with like 140 active people……
That’s about it well I have to go now were going to go to this weird thing in down town (my companion wants to go so whatever!)
Chow
Love Elder Linford
Hello so this week has been a pretty good one, busy and lots of things happen!
So I got to have a funny Saturday morning. A member of our ward, well we were at his house and he asked randomly “hey elder do you know anything about cars? I said a little why? He said my car won't start.” It was just really funny the way he said it, so I looked at the car, and it looked like the starter was dead, so we tested it and it was. So I said. "hey your starter is dead". (random note they call it the small motor starter lol) then he asks do you know how to replace it? I said well I’ve done it before but not on your car, I can help you if you would like. Well long story short I got to replace a Starter Saturday morning and a plastic radiator house that he broke “trying to help” it was actually a lot of fun. (on a side note a “Alan Linford tool box” is better equipped then what I got to work with”)
It also rained a lot which was well... “wet” We found this really great family, all but their 12 year old son are baptized, but they are inactive, sealed in the temple, he was in the branch presidency 4 years ago, and she was Relief society pres. Its so crazy to think about it they all have testimony’s just lack the want or motivation to return to church (aka get up Sunday morning) and so Saturday when we talked to them I told them if they didn’t answer us when we came Sunday morning I was coming into the house, they said that was okay. So Sunday morning when they did not wake up to us knocking at their gate I jumped the gate and knocked on everyone’s window and woke them up, and they all went to church, and they weren’t even mad but thought I was joking however. It was really funny my companion was mad at me... because well he is as stubborn as me and he just lets stuff like that go, but they promised they would be up and if they weren’t I could do anything to wake them up. So it was really fun to wake them up and bring them to church just a few more weeks.
I really love the area I’m in but there is just a couple of things I don’t like about it.
1. Just about every house has an inactive member. Our ward list is 20 pages long with like 140 active people……
That’s about it well I have to go now were going to go to this weird thing in down town (my companion wants to go so whatever!)
Chow
Love Elder Linford
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Steven Linford to Pat, me, Alan
show details May 5 Reply
HI!!!!
okay here is the deal
Sunday Mothers Day.
I will be in a members house at 5:00pm (São Paulo Brazil, 3:00pm Texas)
There number is: (13) 3564-xxxx
I do not remember the country code sorry, look at old emails.
the city code is 13
if you have any questions I'll check my email before sunday so send them
okay??? love steven
oh mom I want some beef jerk too like 3 packs please!!!!!!
show details May 5 Reply
HI!!!!
okay here is the deal
Sunday Mothers Day.
I will be in a members house at 5:00pm (São Paulo Brazil, 3:00pm Texas)
There number is: (13) 3564-xxxx
I do not remember the country code sorry, look at old emails.
the city code is 13
if you have any questions I'll check my email before sunday so send them
okay??? love steven
oh mom I want some beef jerk too like 3 packs please!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
okay mom something for the box
1. Macaroni and cheese (kraft classic)
2. I like the chewy bars
3. granola bars
4. Reisons
5. just what ever
on another note, can you send me 3, of those vials for concretated oil with the window.... if that makes sense, you have the regular ones for the key chains then you have ones that are like open in a part, or see threw can you send those plz!!!
okay thats it!!! for the package
1. Macaroni and cheese (kraft classic)
2. I like the chewy bars
3. granola bars
4. Reisons
5. just what ever
on another note, can you send me 3, of those vials for concretated oil with the window.... if that makes sense, you have the regular ones for the key chains then you have ones that are like open in a part, or see threw can you send those plz!!!
okay thats it!!! for the package
Ola!
HI family hows life??
WEll the past couple weeks have been crazy I know I didn't email you guys last week, I didn't feel like I had anything to say sorry....
Any ways I got the package, and my wall is now covered in the pictures and drawings of the little kids, and the old kid(megan) haha
It is a really great package I love it alot!!!!
ohhhhhhhhhh who ever but Riesen's in the box wins favorite candy ever!
Well so John Peter Birth Holy Ghost gotta love the names here in Brazil) any who he was baptized it was really great.
We had Zone Confrence and Elder Ajuaja or something like that of the area 70 burned us about our work, then in the same sentence told us the São PAulo south mission was one of the most productive missions in Brazil, it made a lot of sense......(not really)
It's cooled off a little like a little not a lot like not 90 just 85, but it's better it's easier to sleep at night or I'm just used to it now!
So the work is going really great here I really love brazil and this is good so I have a chance to Teach people about the Church!
Mom and dad Sunday may 10th phone call.
1. I do not know where yet(you'll find out soon)
2. What hour works for you guys give me whats goingon this day, i don't want. what ever works for you! i want like who will be then when is the best time, details!
3.I'm excited to talk to you guys!
Love steven
HI family hows life??
WEll the past couple weeks have been crazy I know I didn't email you guys last week, I didn't feel like I had anything to say sorry....
Any ways I got the package, and my wall is now covered in the pictures and drawings of the little kids, and the old kid(megan) haha
It is a really great package I love it alot!!!!
ohhhhhhhhhh who ever but Riesen's in the box wins favorite candy ever!
Well so John Peter Birth Holy Ghost gotta love the names here in Brazil) any who he was baptized it was really great.
We had Zone Confrence and Elder Ajuaja or something like that of the area 70 burned us about our work, then in the same sentence told us the São PAulo south mission was one of the most productive missions in Brazil, it made a lot of sense......(not really)
It's cooled off a little like a little not a lot like not 90 just 85, but it's better it's easier to sleep at night or I'm just used to it now!
So the work is going really great here I really love brazil and this is good so I have a chance to Teach people about the Church!
Mom and dad Sunday may 10th phone call.
1. I do not know where yet(you'll find out soon)
2. What hour works for you guys give me whats goingon this day, i don't want. what ever works for you! i want like who will be then when is the best time, details!
3.I'm excited to talk to you guys!
Love steven
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
April 7,2009
hi!
So Elder Fonseca received a transfer He was sent to Santa Andre, he's a zone leader now, so thats good for him bad for me beacuse we worked really well together.
So it has fianlly happened, I can only speak portuguese now. My new companion. Elder Borges does not speak English. He knows a little but no where near being able to speak
I had lunch at a sisters house, it was really great a good cake in all!(NO EGGS thankfully)
Did you all like general Confrence? It is pretty awesome to have The Prophet called of God giving us guidance. I really enjoyed this confrence, a lot better then October(mainly becuse i was watching it not at the hospital!)
So anything new with anyone of yall?
I baptized that family last week. I have to get creative on how to get those pictures to you guys, beacuse well I can't from this LAN house (internet Cafe) so stay tunned pictures to come!
I hope all is well and all is staying well
Elder LInford
hi!
So Elder Fonseca received a transfer He was sent to Santa Andre, he's a zone leader now, so thats good for him bad for me beacuse we worked really well together.
So it has fianlly happened, I can only speak portuguese now. My new companion. Elder Borges does not speak English. He knows a little but no where near being able to speak
I had lunch at a sisters house, it was really great a good cake in all!(NO EGGS thankfully)
Did you all like general Confrence? It is pretty awesome to have The Prophet called of God giving us guidance. I really enjoyed this confrence, a lot better then October(mainly becuse i was watching it not at the hospital!)
So anything new with anyone of yall?
I baptized that family last week. I have to get creative on how to get those pictures to you guys, beacuse well I can't from this LAN house (internet Cafe) so stay tunned pictures to come!
I hope all is well and all is staying well
Elder LInford
Thursday, April 2, 2009
HI!
So this week was really slow! Elder Fonseca was sick, and so we didn’t leave the house for 3 days, which really stinks!
But all is well now, it really stinks when your companion is sick, because after so long you run out of things to do, and it’s boring, i cleaned a lot, finished the Old Testament, and D&C.
To answer mom’s question from what i hear, here in Humaitá it never gets cold, Just not really hot, just hot, but that’s okay I’m getting used to it. I got my package as well mom Thanks!
So how was the wedding???
I really like this all of you getting married stuff! I am glad you listened to me before I left!!!!!
Well there really isn’t a whole lot of new news to talk about!
So I’m going to GO and get ready to teach today!
Love,
Elder Linford
So this week was really slow! Elder Fonseca was sick, and so we didn’t leave the house for 3 days, which really stinks!
But all is well now, it really stinks when your companion is sick, because after so long you run out of things to do, and it’s boring, i cleaned a lot, finished the Old Testament, and D&C.
To answer mom’s question from what i hear, here in Humaitá it never gets cold, Just not really hot, just hot, but that’s okay I’m getting used to it. I got my package as well mom Thanks!
So how was the wedding???
I really like this all of you getting married stuff! I am glad you listened to me before I left!!!!!
Well there really isn’t a whole lot of new news to talk about!
So I’m going to GO and get ready to teach today!
Love,
Elder Linford
New Area:
The first thing I’m greeted with as I get off the bus last week, and while it’s not hell it sure is extremely hot down here! Last week it was 40 in our room at 10:30. It’s Nice and hot down here, buts it’s all good.
The ward here is good and bad. This ward, for the past 12 weeks (again) hasn’t had any real missionary work done so we have some work to do, but I’m excited about the possibilities.
It’s hard to describe my area; I am about a 45 minute bus ride away from any other area. It’s weird it is like a jungle (not really jungle more like forest I guess). Then my little area with about ohh 23,000ish people has very few paved roads, then forest again. I can’t think of a good way to explain it to y’all. I’ll work on that maybe if I can remember.
The chapel is in our area, is nice, and pretty new but just one ward Dad!
There is no wind down here. After the first week here I got a lot of sun (yes I’m using sunscreen before you ask big Al)
My house is really nice. It just was really dirty. I really don’t like to clean and my level of a livable mess is pretty high, as you know, but this is freaking crazy. So I spent today cleaning, and I really don’t like cleaning I think you guys know that!
It’s all good, so now we’re teaching English here so there’s a lot of people excited about that!
Oh yeah so Matthew was lucky, I’ve had 3 Brazilian companions they all speak English, that’s breaking the odds of life! its crazy only like 30 or so Brazilians speak English, so that helps me not go freaking crazy, but it is not helping me learn Portuguese.
There is a family in our ward, and they are really funny. Their brother in law looks like me a lot! Well, actually when I was bigger, and so they keep calling me Macel. It is funny, but they are a good family and they have helped us a lot here already.
That’s all for now.
Love,
Elder Linford
The first thing I’m greeted with as I get off the bus last week, and while it’s not hell it sure is extremely hot down here! Last week it was 40 in our room at 10:30. It’s Nice and hot down here, buts it’s all good.
The ward here is good and bad. This ward, for the past 12 weeks (again) hasn’t had any real missionary work done so we have some work to do, but I’m excited about the possibilities.
It’s hard to describe my area; I am about a 45 minute bus ride away from any other area. It’s weird it is like a jungle (not really jungle more like forest I guess). Then my little area with about ohh 23,000ish people has very few paved roads, then forest again. I can’t think of a good way to explain it to y’all. I’ll work on that maybe if I can remember.
The chapel is in our area, is nice, and pretty new but just one ward Dad!
There is no wind down here. After the first week here I got a lot of sun (yes I’m using sunscreen before you ask big Al)
My house is really nice. It just was really dirty. I really don’t like to clean and my level of a livable mess is pretty high, as you know, but this is freaking crazy. So I spent today cleaning, and I really don’t like cleaning I think you guys know that!
It’s all good, so now we’re teaching English here so there’s a lot of people excited about that!
Oh yeah so Matthew was lucky, I’ve had 3 Brazilian companions they all speak English, that’s breaking the odds of life! its crazy only like 30 or so Brazilians speak English, so that helps me not go freaking crazy, but it is not helping me learn Portuguese.
There is a family in our ward, and they are really funny. Their brother in law looks like me a lot! Well, actually when I was bigger, and so they keep calling me Macel. It is funny, but they are a good family and they have helped us a lot here already.
That’s all for now.
Love,
Elder Linford
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Elder Linford
3/31
So how’s life for everyone??
There is a Brazilian tradition I’m trying to avoid. On your birthday, people throw eggs at you and cover you in flour. It sounds stupid but I’ve seen it and yeah there’s a good chance some of the young men of the ward are going to try. But it’s okay… I think!
The work is just is going fine here in Brazil. We played soccer today up at the stake center, and it got a little to physical, and we had to stop, but it was fun. life’s going pretty good here I’m really loving living in Brazil and my misson.
How’s life going back home?
So the twins were baptized? How did that go? As i was informed, Dad baptized Caroline, and Ryan baptized Ali? Eric then confirmed them. That’s really good. I love baptisms!
I may have escaped 3 family weddings, but I’m in a bigger wedding heck here. I have 3 families, to get divorced, and married. We are doing all the work for it. So yeah I’m paying for it now!!!
So I hope all is well nothing cool happened this week so yeah I’m going to go now.
3/31
So how’s life for everyone??
There is a Brazilian tradition I’m trying to avoid. On your birthday, people throw eggs at you and cover you in flour. It sounds stupid but I’ve seen it and yeah there’s a good chance some of the young men of the ward are going to try. But it’s okay… I think!
The work is just is going fine here in Brazil. We played soccer today up at the stake center, and it got a little to physical, and we had to stop, but it was fun. life’s going pretty good here I’m really loving living in Brazil and my misson.
How’s life going back home?
So the twins were baptized? How did that go? As i was informed, Dad baptized Caroline, and Ryan baptized Ali? Eric then confirmed them. That’s really good. I love baptisms!
I may have escaped 3 family weddings, but I’m in a bigger wedding heck here. I have 3 families, to get divorced, and married. We are doing all the work for it. So yeah I’m paying for it now!!!
So I hope all is well nothing cool happened this week so yeah I’m going to go now.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
3/24/09
HI!
So this week was alot better! I have to tell all of you about this family we found, or a better way to put it they found us.
So last week (last p day) after all of our plans fell through, I’m not kidding when I say everything fell it was really gay. We decided to go get some food, and so we had the question Compre bem, or CUCA. Well the bread is better at compre bem so we went there. Well while were Elder Fonseca was looking at yogurts(sp) this man comes up to me, now I kid you not he looks and sounds like a pedifile (its his mustache mainly), and he asks “ I always walk past your church and its never open, when is it open so I can learn some more about your church.....” that never happens so at first I thought it was a joke . but I answered him, well actually we can help you learn more about the church and all that lovely stuff. So we took his address and marked an appointment for the next night.
Well we are on a division so I didn’t really know what happened till the next Day they marked for us to come back (Thursday). As I learned, the family has been looking for a church for a few months, and the oldest daughter who is 15 has a friend how is a member (in another town) and so their family wanted to know about our church. A whole family of 4. They don1t have s single problem. They are already married, (and she said were married legally but I’ve always felt we need another wedding something more). Do not have a problem with the Word of wisdom, even coffee which is a shocker because Brazilian culture has then drinking coffee in great amounts.
We have now taught them the first 2 lessons and they are perfect, not a problem, they all went to church Sunday and fell in love with it. The spirit has been so strong the 3 times we have been over, their baptism will be during conference on Sunday between the sessions with the whole stake there, I’m so excited for them. They are a really great family, and they have some money too, which is also a good thing. The ward has already gone and visited them, without us. This is going to be a really great conversion.
So everything else from me is going really great. The part I really love about this family is, it is a living promise that we have that the lord is putting us, or people in our path who are ready to hear the message of the restoration! It really has been a good week.
Fetch Mitch Lima Peru, NICE!!!! And Freak Derek I din’t know we had missionaries in Armenia, that’s awesome tho!!!
Well keep being safe everyone,
Love Elder Linford
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
March 10, 2009
The first thing I’m greated with as I get of the bus last week HOT HOT HOT, and while it's not hell it sure is extremely hot down here. Last week it was 40 in our room at 10:30 its Nice and hot down here, but it's all good.
So the ward here is good and bad. this ward for the past 12 weeks (again) hasn’t had any real missionary work done so we have some work to do, but I’m excited.
So its hard to describe my area, I’m like 45 minutes bus ride away from any other area. Its weird it is like jungles(not really jungle more like forest), then my little area with about ohh 23,000 ish has very few paved roads, then forest again. I can’t think of a good way to explain it to yall I’ll work on that maybe if I can remember.
The chapel is in our area, its nice, and pretty new but just one ward dad.
There is no wind down here. After the first week here I got a lot of sun(yes I’m using sunscreen before you ask big al)
My house is really nice just was really dirty, I really don’t like to clean and my level of live able mess is pretty high as you know, but this is just plain crazy. So I spent today cleaning, I really don’t like cleaning I think you guys know that!
It's all good, so now we are teaching English here, so there’s a lot of people excited about that!
Oh yeah so matt was lucky, I’ve only had 3 Brazilian companions that could speak English, that’s breaking the odds of life. Its crazy only like 30 or so Brazilians speak English, so that helps me not go crazy, but it is not helping me learn Portuguese.
Oh so this family in our ward , they are really funny. Their borther in law looks like me a lot well, actually when I was bigger, and so they keep calling me Macel it is funny, but they are a good family and they have helped us al ot here already.
Thats all for now.
Love,
Elder Linford
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
HI
So I was tranfered today. As of right now I'm no longer in the city of São Paulo. I'm in São vicente. The first city in Brazil. Pretty cool.
I'm stoked to be in my new area and work!
I Hope all is well at home?
Oh this week we baptized Johnny he's really cool he's only 13 but he's been going to church for 6 weeks, and his sister is a less active member. At his baptism the spirit was so strong his mother started to cry. She'll be baptized I'm pretty sure. It is kinda the same age gap of carrie and me and his sister and him.
The Baixda is a lot hotter then São Paulo we are right next to the beach, which is really apostate. All is well for me here I'm really excited for my new area and my new companion.
Sorry my English really sucks right now normally I just use word to help a little bit, but this computer does not have word, and iIhaven't spoken English in 12 weeks so sorry. My companion is still learning English so I'll be helping him and learning Portuguese so my English should get better or return a little.
Ummm yeah sorry no pictures this week (sorry mega)
I love the letters I get from you all and love all of you!
Com Amor,
Elder(Stevo) Linford
Monday, March 2, 2009
OI famila
So this week was fun. I was a bit under the weather this week, well actually alot but all is well now!
Today we had a 1/2 zone picnic/ played soccer and football!
Football since my zone and district has the most americans of all zones in the missions!
It was alot of fun. even when the rain came.
I have a lot of pictures of my neigbhood, but i think they'll have to wait till I send home the memory card and mom can load them onto the blog.
well life is pretty intresting here. The mission is going to change in time next transfer. We are loosing 24 missionarios and only getting 14 so 5 areas will shut down. So since my area is same and the area next to mine is small i'm 999999.9999999% percent sure i'm receiving a transfer!
oh mom I changed my mission ties address!
umm I'll send some pictures but this is a short letter I know, but i'll send out some other letters discribing the heck of carnavel, just as a preface clothes are optional, and yeah its a sucky 4 days we have to go home before 6.
well i gotta go
Love,
Elder Linford
So this week was fun. I was a bit under the weather this week, well actually alot but all is well now!
Today we had a 1/2 zone picnic/ played soccer and football!
Football since my zone and district has the most americans of all zones in the missions!
It was alot of fun. even when the rain came.
I have a lot of pictures of my neigbhood, but i think they'll have to wait till I send home the memory card and mom can load them onto the blog.
well life is pretty intresting here. The mission is going to change in time next transfer. We are loosing 24 missionarios and only getting 14 so 5 areas will shut down. So since my area is same and the area next to mine is small i'm 999999.9999999% percent sure i'm receiving a transfer!
oh mom I changed my mission ties address!
umm I'll send some pictures but this is a short letter I know, but i'll send out some other letters discribing the heck of carnavel, just as a preface clothes are optional, and yeah its a sucky 4 days we have to go home before 6.
well i gotta go
Love,
Elder Linford
Thursday, February 26, 2009
OI!!!
So this week we had our Baptism Nazaré, funny story elder Judd(my district leader) did the baptism… it was cool.
So it rain some more this week. And church was a lot calmer . things are going really great here for me!
How about back at home???
So there is this young man in our ward well he is like 10 ish, he hates church but his mom makes him go. So he came up with a way to make it fun for himself. He brings 5-8 other 10 year old kids to church its really crazy because they all don’t have parents but hey I don’t have to deal with it, and we get familys to go teach out of it. Its really funny to me thou.
Tomorrow I have my monthly interview with president Richardson. So that’s cool.
So we went downtown again today because my companion leaves in a month so he wanted to go shopping, and as you know I HATE SHOPPING!! So it sucked but it was all good, because I got my bus card today.
That’s really about it!
Questions??
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Araraguera, 27 Janeiro, 2009
Nice to meet you Linford’s family! In first place, I’m sorry for my English. I am still learning and trying to improve (lol).
My name is Elder Zamboni (now just brother Zamboni). Your son Steven Linford, was my last companion in the mission field and I was his first one. It was a great privilege to me to work side by side with him. He’s really good!
I want to share one specific experience with you. When Pres. Richardson came to the Brazil Mission I was with six months left in my missionary work. He asked for every missionary to greet him with a shake hand. When my turn came he said to me many things, and one of them was “I will make your six last months’ become the best of all your mission.
I remembered him about this promise in my interview before my last transfer and asked him to pray carefully about me to decide my last place and my last companion.
I need to explain that I was oftenly used as the missionary who “takes care” of “bad missionaries”. I don’t know how to explain it in English, but I cannot number how many times I got emergency transfers to stay with a “bad or rebel” missionary to take care of him. (And that was the reason that I asked Pres. Richardson pray carefully about my last companion) (lol) (lol)!!!
And the blessing is: I received Elder Linford! I really love him! He’s now a good friend to me. I explained to him that I was fisicaly (physically) tired but I would do my best to walk and teach him the best things I could.
I want to thank you for preparing and sending that great son to do the Lord’s Work. I’m aware that you have a big family. I Trust in Christ. He will do the best for us. And some day, our neighbor (even our family) will know about it. They will realize it in us.
I bear my testimony about Jesus Christ, the Lord, whom I’ve represented. He is our high Master and only Savior. The Church where we are, is his Church.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Elder Irmao Alessandro Manuel dos Santos Zamboni
Nice to meet you Linford’s family! In first place, I’m sorry for my English. I am still learning and trying to improve (lol).
My name is Elder Zamboni (now just brother Zamboni). Your son Steven Linford, was my last companion in the mission field and I was his first one. It was a great privilege to me to work side by side with him. He’s really good!
I want to share one specific experience with you. When Pres. Richardson came to the Brazil Mission I was with six months left in my missionary work. He asked for every missionary to greet him with a shake hand. When my turn came he said to me many things, and one of them was “I will make your six last months’ become the best of all your mission.
I remembered him about this promise in my interview before my last transfer and asked him to pray carefully about me to decide my last place and my last companion.
I need to explain that I was oftenly used as the missionary who “takes care” of “bad missionaries”. I don’t know how to explain it in English, but I cannot number how many times I got emergency transfers to stay with a “bad or rebel” missionary to take care of him. (And that was the reason that I asked Pres. Richardson pray carefully about my last companion) (lol) (lol)!!!
And the blessing is: I received Elder Linford! I really love him! He’s now a good friend to me. I explained to him that I was fisicaly (physically) tired but I would do my best to walk and teach him the best things I could.
I want to thank you for preparing and sending that great son to do the Lord’s Work. I’m aware that you have a big family. I Trust in Christ. He will do the best for us. And some day, our neighbor (even our family) will know about it. They will realize it in us.
I bear my testimony about Jesus Christ, the Lord, whom I’ve represented. He is our high Master and only Savior. The Church where we are, is his Church.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Elder Irmao Alessandro Manuel dos Santos Zamboni
Araraguera, 27 Janeiro, 2009
Nice to meet you Linford’s family! In first place, I’m sorry for my English. I am still learning and trying to improve (lol).
My name is Elder Zamboni (now just brother Zamboni). Your son Steven Linford, was my last companion in the mission field and I was his first one. It was a great privilege to me to work side by side with him. He’s really good!
I want to share one specific experience with you. When Pres. Richardson came to the Brazil Mission I was with six months left in my missionary work. He asked for every missionary to greet him with a shake hand. When my turn came he said to me many things, and one of them was “I will make your six last months’ become the best of all your mission.
I remembered him about this promise in my interview before my last transfer and asked him to pray carefully about me to decide my last place and my last companion.
I need to explain that I was oftenly used as the missionary who “takes care” of “bad missionaries”. I don’t know how to explain it in English, but I cannot number how many times I got emergency transfers to stay with a “bad or rebel” missionary to take care of him. (And that was the reason that I asked Pres. Richardson pray carefully about my last companion) (lol) (lol)!!!
And the blessing is: I received Elder Linford! I really love him! He’s now a good friend to me. I explained to him that I was fisicaly (physically) tired but I would do my best to walk and teach him the best things I could.
I want to thank you for preparing and sending that great son to do the Lord’s Work. I’m aware that you have a big family. I Trust in Christ. He will do the best for us. And some day, our neighbor (even our family) will know about it. They will realize it in us.
I bear my testimony about Jesus Christ, the Lord, whom I’ve represented. He is our high Master and only Savior. The Church where we are, is his Church.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Elder Irmao Alessandro Manuel dos Santos Zamboni
Nice to meet you Linford’s family! In first place, I’m sorry for my English. I am still learning and trying to improve (lol).
My name is Elder Zamboni (now just brother Zamboni). Your son Steven Linford, was my last companion in the mission field and I was his first one. It was a great privilege to me to work side by side with him. He’s really good!
I want to share one specific experience with you. When Pres. Richardson came to the Brazil Mission I was with six months left in my missionary work. He asked for every missionary to greet him with a shake hand. When my turn came he said to me many things, and one of them was “I will make your six last months’ become the best of all your mission.
I remembered him about this promise in my interview before my last transfer and asked him to pray carefully about me to decide my last place and my last companion.
I need to explain that I was oftenly used as the missionary who “takes care” of “bad missionaries”. I don’t know how to explain it in English, but I cannot number how many times I got emergency transfers to stay with a “bad or rebel” missionary to take care of him. (And that was the reason that I asked Pres. Richardson pray carefully about my last companion) (lol) (lol)!!!
And the blessing is: I received Elder Linford! I really love him! He’s now a good friend to me. I explained to him that I was fisicaly (physically) tired but I would do my best to walk and teach him the best things I could.
I want to thank you for preparing and sending that great son to do the Lord’s Work. I’m aware that you have a big family. I Trust in Christ. He will do the best for us. And some day, our neighbor (even our family) will know about it. They will realize it in us.
I bear my testimony about Jesus Christ, the Lord, whom I’ve represented. He is our high Master and only Savior. The Church where we are, is his Church.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Elder Irmao Alessandro Manuel dos Santos Zamboni
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
HI!
Well nothing new really happened this week, it hasn't stopped raining so thats pretty fun. the trasnfer is just about over so we're cleaning today and stuff. This was a pretty calm week just the normal stuff. teaching lessons,. people think we are stupid.
Oh and this same family thought Iraq was apart of the United States like the continental states. they are super smart down here.....
So the whole world likes to tell me when somthing horrible happens in the US, like Obama taking office, planes falling from the sky. They never say anything good.
um Ryan I'll smille if I want Iwas hungry okay!
Well theres is a chance for a baptism this week with Jonny but we will see. He was going to be baptized Sunday but his real Dad(who lives in another city) found out and was mad no one told him so put a stop to everything!
To answer a popular question yes. yes we had 5 in investigators at church for that funny Fast and Testimony metting. 1 is baptized, and 2 more will be when they are married....
Well thats about it. oh Dad pictures of me and a neighborhood will be hard, I can't really pull out my camra that offten, actually I don't carry it often. Sunday mornings are safe everyone is asleep so i'll try.
love
Elder Linford
Well nothing new really happened this week, it hasn't stopped raining so thats pretty fun. the trasnfer is just about over so we're cleaning today and stuff. This was a pretty calm week just the normal stuff. teaching lessons,. people think we are stupid.
Oh and this same family thought Iraq was apart of the United States like the continental states. they are super smart down here.....
So the whole world likes to tell me when somthing horrible happens in the US, like Obama taking office, planes falling from the sky. They never say anything good.
um Ryan I'll smille if I want Iwas hungry okay!
Well theres is a chance for a baptism this week with Jonny but we will see. He was going to be baptized Sunday but his real Dad(who lives in another city) found out and was mad no one told him so put a stop to everything!
To answer a popular question yes. yes we had 5 in investigators at church for that funny Fast and Testimony metting. 1 is baptized, and 2 more will be when they are married....
Well thats about it. oh Dad pictures of me and a neighborhood will be hard, I can't really pull out my camra that offten, actually I don't carry it often. Sunday mornings are safe everyone is asleep so i'll try.
love
Elder Linford
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
2/23
HI!
Well nothing new really happened this week, it hasn't stopped raining so thats pretty fun. The trasnfer is just about over so we are cleaning today and stuff.
This was a pretty calm week.. just the normal stuff. Teaching lessons, oh we had someone we WERE teaching. We asked if this is everyone here, "oh yeah all here". well you wanna tell your mom we see behind that curtain to come out too. People think we are stupid.
oh and this same family thought Iraq was apart of the United States like the continental(SP) states. They are super smartdown here.....
So the whole world likes to tell me when somthing horrible happens in the US, like Obama taking office, planes falling from the sky. never say anything good.
um ryan I'll smile if I want I was hungry okay!
well theres a chance for a baptisum this week with jonny but we will see. He was going to be baptized sunday but his real Dad(who lives in another city) found out and was mad no one told him so put a stop to everything!
To answer a popular question yes yes we had 5 investigators at church for that funny f&t 1 is baptized, and 2 more will be when they are married....
well thats about it. oh dad yeah pictures of me and a neighborhood will be hard, i can't really pull out my camera that often, actually I don't carry it often. but Sunday mornings are safe everyone is asleep so I'll try.
love
Elder Linford
HI!
Well nothing new really happened this week, it hasn't stopped raining so thats pretty fun. The trasnfer is just about over so we are cleaning today and stuff.
This was a pretty calm week.. just the normal stuff. Teaching lessons, oh we had someone we WERE teaching. We asked if this is everyone here, "oh yeah all here". well you wanna tell your mom we see behind that curtain to come out too. People think we are stupid.
oh and this same family thought Iraq was apart of the United States like the continental(SP) states. They are super smartdown here.....
So the whole world likes to tell me when somthing horrible happens in the US, like Obama taking office, planes falling from the sky. never say anything good.
um ryan I'll smile if I want I was hungry okay!
well theres a chance for a baptisum this week with jonny but we will see. He was going to be baptized sunday but his real Dad(who lives in another city) found out and was mad no one told him so put a stop to everything!
To answer a popular question yes yes we had 5 investigators at church for that funny f&t 1 is baptized, and 2 more will be when they are married....
well thats about it. oh dad yeah pictures of me and a neighborhood will be hard, i can't really pull out my camera that often, actually I don't carry it often. but Sunday mornings are safe everyone is asleep so I'll try.
love
Elder Linford
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
So it rained some more this week, and church was a lot calmer !!! Things are going really great here for me!
How about back at home???
So there is this young man in our ward well he is like 10 ish, he hates church but his mom makes him go. So he came up with a way to make it fun for himself. He brings 5-8 other 10 year old kids to church. It's really crazy because they all don’t have parents but hey I don’t have to deal with it, and we get families to go teach out of it. Its really funny to me tho.
Tomorrow I have my monthly interview with president Richardson. So that’s cool.
So we went downtown again today because my companion leaves in a month so he wanted to go shopping, and as you know I HATE SHOPPING!! So it sucked but it was all good, because I got my bus card today.
How about back at home???
So there is this young man in our ward well he is like 10 ish, he hates church but his mom makes him go. So he came up with a way to make it fun for himself. He brings 5-8 other 10 year old kids to church. It's really crazy because they all don’t have parents but hey I don’t have to deal with it, and we get families to go teach out of it. Its really funny to me tho.
Tomorrow I have my monthly interview with president Richardson. So that’s cool.
So we went downtown again today because my companion leaves in a month so he wanted to go shopping, and as you know I HATE SHOPPING!! So it sucked but it was all good, because I got my bus card today.
February 10, 2009
So this week we had our Baptism of Nazaré. Elder Judd(my district leader) did the baptism… it was cool.
So it rain some more this week. And church was a lot calmer. Things are going really great here for me!
How about back at home???
So there is this young man in our ward well he is like 10 ish. He hates church but his mom makes him go. So he came up with a way to make it fun for himself. He brings 5-8 other 10 year old kids to church Its really crazy because they all don’t have parents, but hey I don’t have to deal with it, and we get families to go teach out of it. It’s really funny to me.
Tomorrow I have my monthly interview with President Richardson. So that’s cool.
So we went downtown again today because my companion leaves in a month so he wanted to go shopping, and as you know I HATE SHOPPING!! So it sucked but it was all good, because I got my bus card today.
That’s really about it!
SO this week was pretty much just another week here in Basil. We worked a lot.... got rained on a lot. My shoes are still wet actually. But it was a lot of fun. We just gave up and put our umbrellas away because of the rain was so hard. We are going to have a baptism this Sunday and one next Sunday so we are pretty excited. The weather here is pretty much like Texas with its randomness. One day 95 next 72 its pretty much makes me feel like I'm at home. But Texas gets way hotter. So I really don`t have a whole lot of new news. Other then let me give you a short history of our fast and testimony meeting.
Fabao- he is mentally handicapped... sang a hymn as a testimony.
A 5 year old bore his testimony about Adam and Eve
A member of the ward said"borthers and sisters I`ve got a sin to confess, I committed adultery, with the relief society president" She then stands up calls him a nice name and liar, and he said
" no no no I committed it in my mind"
yeah that was a pretty awesome Sunday.... I`m still laughing lol.
Monday we had our interviews at the office with Presidente that was really fun. I really like president Richardson he is really cool, guy and definitely inspired that is for sure. Ummmmm I really don’t know what to write about oh actually that’s a lie. So today we went to downtown São Paulo (outside our mission) (but we got permission to go) and that was fun.
we got to go down to the black market. We bought some really cheap cool things! It was a lot of fun! Of yeah minus the fact that my Brasilian companion forgot that everwhere you go in Brasil you need your id, so when were going to go up this awesome tower... that’s like the Empire state building we couldn’t….. if he was an American it would make sense but yeah I was mad at him…. But oh welll.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
1/20/09
Ola
So yeah no new transfer, I’m staying one more transfer or so here in Caragutá. Elder Stefanini as well, So this will be fun.
We had a lot more success getting people to church this week we had 4 investigators there this week, still protesting, they love church once they get there just not going its lame……………
So nothing new happened this week. Well president closed my zone we merged with Saude. It has 24 missionaries now…. It had 10…… he closed 4 zones now there’s only 11 zones.
So to answer dad’s questions I see President Richardson about 2-3 times a transfer. As far as I know he likes me, I don’t know why he wouldn’t…. um I weight something like 175lbs or so now that’s only like 20 since I left, but I’ve been working out a lot in the mornings lately so it looks a lot more drastic. Yes 6 times a week I have a huge lunch with members that make me eat so much food….. yes I have enough money. I think that’s all of your questions.
So the hot dogs here come with some interesting things on them 1.its the hot dog and bun. 2. it has mashed potatoes 3. Mayonnaise 4. Corn 5. Fried potato strips 5. Mozzarella cheese…. Yeah it’s as gross as it sounds……
Some sister tried to feed me cow spine last week….. I became a vegetarian for a meal…. It smelled so bad. That’s really it for the nasty foods this week that I can think of…
Well I don’t really know what else to say so I’m going to go now
Until next week
Elder Linford!
Ola
So yeah no new transfer, I’m staying one more transfer or so here in Caragutá. Elder Stefanini as well, So this will be fun.
We had a lot more success getting people to church this week we had 4 investigators there this week, still protesting, they love church once they get there just not going its lame……………
So nothing new happened this week. Well president closed my zone we merged with Saude. It has 24 missionaries now…. It had 10…… he closed 4 zones now there’s only 11 zones.
So to answer dad’s questions I see President Richardson about 2-3 times a transfer. As far as I know he likes me, I don’t know why he wouldn’t…. um I weight something like 175lbs or so now that’s only like 20 since I left, but I’ve been working out a lot in the mornings lately so it looks a lot more drastic. Yes 6 times a week I have a huge lunch with members that make me eat so much food….. yes I have enough money. I think that’s all of your questions.
So the hot dogs here come with some interesting things on them 1.its the hot dog and bun. 2. it has mashed potatoes 3. Mayonnaise 4. Corn 5. Fried potato strips 5. Mozzarella cheese…. Yeah it’s as gross as it sounds……
Some sister tried to feed me cow spine last week….. I became a vegetarian for a meal…. It smelled so bad. That’s really it for the nasty foods this week that I can think of…
Well I don’t really know what else to say so I’m going to go now
Until next week
Elder Linford!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
6th pday second transfer
HI
So we went downtown today again, it was fun saw some historic sites, saw the Brazilian stock market, and the São Paulo Capitol.
Um yeah not a whole lot to report on, this computers being gay so no pictures this week.
It’s hot like really hot!
We are working a lot. But there’s this little detail that really stinks NO ONE WILL GO TO CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I kid you not to get one person to church Sunday .(the only one that went!) I carried him out of his house till he said he would walk! He likes church a lot. He is just like the rest of the wonderful people here.
Next p-day is Transfer day. NO mom I do NOT know yet if I’ll move! I’ll find out Monday morning. So next Tuesday when you get my email y’all will know.
PS there’s 6 weeks to every! Transfer so if you want to know when transfers are just look at the title of my email……………
It’s a nice 37 degrees Celsius right now that’s hot lol
Well that’s about it I got t0 write my letter to President right now so I’m
HI
So we went downtown today again, it was fun saw some historic sites, saw the Brazilian stock market, and the São Paulo Capitol.
Um yeah not a whole lot to report on, this computers being gay so no pictures this week.
It’s hot like really hot!
We are working a lot. But there’s this little detail that really stinks NO ONE WILL GO TO CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I kid you not to get one person to church Sunday .(the only one that went!) I carried him out of his house till he said he would walk! He likes church a lot. He is just like the rest of the wonderful people here.
Next p-day is Transfer day. NO mom I do NOT know yet if I’ll move! I’ll find out Monday morning. So next Tuesday when you get my email y’all will know.
PS there’s 6 weeks to every! Transfer so if you want to know when transfers are just look at the title of my email……………
It’s a nice 37 degrees Celsius right now that’s hot lol
Well that’s about it I got t0 write my letter to President right now so I’m
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
January 6, 2009
Dear family,
Whats up???? From what I hear Christmas was a blast up there in Dallas. Well my Christmas was awesome too when you get the memory card with the video of us opening Christmas you’ll laugh. The tree we found in the trash so it is about 100times cooler!
So pictures from last pday
Well this week was a bad week to teach, all of our good investigators were out of town, (everyone goes to the beach for new years, and not for the sun…….) and with New Year’s well it was extremely hard to teach and sleep. New Years Eve was something out of the streets of Iraq. It was livable till about 11:30-1:30 a loud fireworks show went on right over our house, and with everything being concrete it echoed very loudly so I got to bed like 2 ish it stunk a lot I was angry because I like my sleep.
I’m glad to hear everything went well with all of you guy’s I’m sending you all hand written letters soon, the Pearson family I have already done, (I’m going in age order sorry Michelle) so like a couple of months ish.
Well things are going great here we just got 2 really great references from the bishopric, they can be baptized it just depends if we can get them before this transfer ends….
Well I love you all lots and wish you all the best!, and I want a copy of the family picture soon, and I want to see pics of mom and big Al I hear they are dropping more weight than me???
Love Elder Linford
Dear family,
Whats up???? From what I hear Christmas was a blast up there in Dallas. Well my Christmas was awesome too when you get the memory card with the video of us opening Christmas you’ll laugh. The tree we found in the trash so it is about 100times cooler!
So pictures from last pday
Well this week was a bad week to teach, all of our good investigators were out of town, (everyone goes to the beach for new years, and not for the sun…….) and with New Year’s well it was extremely hard to teach and sleep. New Years Eve was something out of the streets of Iraq. It was livable till about 11:30-1:30 a loud fireworks show went on right over our house, and with everything being concrete it echoed very loudly so I got to bed like 2 ish it stunk a lot I was angry because I like my sleep.
I’m glad to hear everything went well with all of you guy’s I’m sending you all hand written letters soon, the Pearson family I have already done, (I’m going in age order sorry Michelle) so like a couple of months ish.
Well things are going great here we just got 2 really great references from the bishopric, they can be baptized it just depends if we can get them before this transfer ends….
Well I love you all lots and wish you all the best!, and I want a copy of the family picture soon, and I want to see pics of mom and big Al I hear they are dropping more weight than me???
Love Elder Linford
Saturday, January 3, 2009
January 09
HI!
SO this week was pretty much just another week here in Brazil. We worked a lot got rained on a lot my shoes are still wet actually. But it was a lot of fun, we just gave up and put our umbrellas away because of the rain was so hard.
We are going to have a baptism this Sunday and one next Sunday so were pretty excited. The weather here is pretty much like Texas with its randomness. One day 95 next 72 its pretty much makes me feel like I’m at home. But Texas gets way hotter.
So I really don`t have a whole lot of new news. Other then let me give you a short history of our fast and testimony meeting.
Fabao- he is mentality hand capped sang a hymn as a testimony.
A 5 year bore his testimony about Adam and Eve
A member of the ward said, ”brothers and sisters I`ve got a sin to confess, I have committed adultery, with the Relief Society president” she then stands up, calls him a nice name and liar, and he said, “no no no I committed it in my mind” yeah that was a pretty awesome Sunday.... i`m still laughing lol.
Yeah thats about it
OH MOM EAT SOME FREAKING FOOD! You look way to skinny!
Elder LINFORD
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