Esta Semana

Thanks for all your prayers and letters!

This week we started working in Pontal, the city between the two rivers here. It is going awesome so far! We had 18 visitors in the church this week, which was awesome! 7 of them have the potential to be baptized, (because of marriage, etc.) 

Holy cow this last week our washing machine broke, so we're doing it the good ol' fashioned way! I went to get a pair of pants one day and a huge spider crawled out of the pocket! I'll try and send a picture. I never had a fear of spiders but this was a different creature!

We see the craziest things here. The other night I saw two motorcylces get in a wreck. We went to visit one of our investigators, found out his dad's truck got hijacked, the dad was kidnapped for a day and luckily they left him tied up on the side of the road. We have a family waiting to have enough money to escape to Goiana because of family trouble here.

Count your blessings!!!

It's amazing how we can be happy in the hardest circumstances. If you're not happy, Repent!!! These people are happy.

Anyway Elder Cain was transfered, the branch here really loved him, but we have a different elder here now and he should be great.

Also I'll try to send a picture of the pig meat that antonio gave us, fresh from the pig... 

Love you tons!

Elder Wallace

Elder Winkel and Elder Wallace

I Have The Coolest And Best Family In The World!!

Not much time to write, thanks for all the great letters guys!

Holy cow, Tanner and Nate you guys are so awesome, as long as you're having fun and loving life that's good enough for me. Sounds like you guys are being pretty helpful around the house too?

This week I gave another talk in Sacrament, about our relationship with Heavenly father and Jesus Christ. I really have a testimony that they know us personally. John 15''16 and the verses before are some of my favorites. Greater love hath no man than this, than dieing for his friends, We are his friends, if we keep the commandments.

How cool is this church?!? We have a prophet, 12 apostles, the priesthood, ALL the truth.

This week we taught a TON, and all everyone who committed to come to church with us fell through... Ugh. But I won't get discouraged, just determined. I want to do better with studying and obedience, Jeffrey R. Holland said that the hours between 6:30 and 10:30 are the most important for us. This is something that I can do personally to make an even greater effort to help his children here.

Wow we met lots of druggies this week... Don't do drugs, they destroy people. Literally destroy. 

My companion Elder Winkel knows the bible, really really really well. He has the ability to answer almost any question with a scripture from it, but what is really impressive is his refraining from bible bashing, sometimes he gets close haha, something that is useful is to have the scriptures memorized so you don't pull out the bible confrontationally, we just testify of the truth leave with a prayer.The spirit is the teacher, and if he's not there, we won't accomplish anything.

I'm excited to try some new things this week, we will be inviting lots of people to be baptized. The church is true, the scriptures are awesome.

Just a thought Isaiah 55:8-9. God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours. He has soooo much in store for us. He requires some things of us like baptism, we are so lucky to be able to make covenants and have the opportunity to recieve all the blessings that are in store for us in the eternities. It's on his terms, not ours.

Love you all tons!

Elder Wallace

Marcamos Datas!

So President Prieto and the assistants were out here for a day and a half, he gave a presentation on the Origin of the Book of Mormon. It was great and I think some of the members are more excited. 

This month we have 5 Baptismal dates and We're looking for at least 2 more! 

Anna and Raissa, Anna lived in the US for 9 years. She was at a party in Rio de Janeiro and met a guy at a party. They didn't speak eachother's languages but got a translater and became good friends, He brought her to the US, paid for english lessons, and she was like a second mother to the kids. Raissa is her adopted daughter. Anna is super super super nice and takes care of everyone that she comes into contact with. She's sent us home with food more than once.

Eliene and Alessandra. Wow these girls are part of a family that we call Eleitos do senhor! They loved the church loved the first lesson we gave and accepted to be baptised. Last night we found out that they'll be sending the girls to Goiana.

I miss the temple and healthy families. It's hard to see people suffering in families because of decisions that one person made. It's a sacrifice to pay to get maried legally and a huge deal to get to the temple, 3 days by car and lot's of people don't have a car. let alone the time or money to get there.

Man we are so lucky.

The language is starting to feel a lot more natural!

So... Last week we were looking at the waterfalls, we were on a trail and I was last. One of the first two missionaries Hit a tree with a wasps nest or something and they started coming down on Elder Falcao and me. We're talking Giant monster Jungle Wasps. Bigger than your head! Well maybe not that big. Anyway kinda funny Elder Falcoa and I were yelling and swatting, we escaped almost unscathed, they got me in the back and him on the arm a couple times.

Love you tons

Elder Wallace