Oi Minha Família!
Como vai? Aqui em Jacareí, as coisas estão indo bem. Ainda eu estou aqui, então, tou bem. Nossa! Eu vou ter um ano aqui na missão aqui em pouco, cê é loco! não acredito! Mas, como estão as coisas, lá? estão indo bem? espero que sim, por que todo dia eu oro pra vocês todos.
Anyways, man! Crazy week... good week... tiring week... but I´m very very happy. For this it was a good week! My presidente gave his last conference which was awesome! Loved it to death! Bascially he said some really inspiring things and I know how I can have success in my life ;) haha. So much stuff happened this week that my brain is dead. I feel like so much happens and that I want to say it all, but when it comes time to email I already forgot it all. But I will write things down. So that way I can write down my expierences! I need to do that!
But that being said, I have a great expierence that happened! This intire transfer we have been working very very hard and just having no at church, no results. I just became very very desanimated. It wasn´[t fun. I didn´t know what else I could do. I got tired of investigators empty promises for everything. I just couldn´t find the right people. I was wanting to find the elects really bad. Well, this past week, we were teaching people and we got more or less 10 people that would say they would go to church. Like usual, but good. So anyways, we go and try and find them and finally a family of 6 (4 that could be baptized) goes! a miracle happens! We finally had people at church and a complete family nonetheless! It made the happiest little missionary you have ever seen. I think I didn´t stop smiling yesterday, I was just so FLIPPING happy it was awesome! I feel like I´m finally doing what Presidente always says: Mark a diference! And I marked one. Well, today morning we went to visit them, and another crazy thing happens! They adored church first off. The mom, was in love with everything, except she said the people could sing faster :P haha. (i agree, but that´s cause I play piano) She absoltuely loved it, all of them did! Basically to wrap things up what happened: we talked about the date we marked with them and how that they should be baptized this sunday, and the dad looks up. The mom says, just tell them now. But he said: no no after... no no just tell them now. So at this point I´m trying to figure out what he´ll say and freaking out because I was thinking that something bad was going to happen. he said: I´m already baptized. And I start thinking, alright lets explain about authority again and explain all that again. But before I could he said, I´m already baptized in this church! And I just got shocked! haha. Basically, the dad was already baptized and confirmed in the church since he was eleven years old but he had forgotten, but when he went to church, he completely remembered!!! It was crazy. So the dad is a member, but the rest of the family isn´t and we are expecting 3 baptizms this week :) :) I´m VERY excited and VERY happy now. :):):) This gives so much motivation. Also, I´ll explain more later but also we had a very inspiring meeting with the bishop and we are going to be working a lot more with the ala,.... ward doing ativityes and other fun things liek that! One of them envolving throwing water balloons/pies/cakes in the faces of the elderes! It´ll be GREAT!!! love it.... anyways, I´m very excited and I hope I don´t get transfered. it´s 6ish here and I still don´t know what will happen wth the transfers tomorrow! But I´m pretty sure I´ll stay because I have to complete my training with my newbie! just kidding... with my companheiro! :D Anyways, WAY DANG EXCITIED! :D Please pray for them! Eliane, Carlos, Rafaela with be the ones to be baptized!
NEW BABY!!! Crazy go nuts..... That´s dank man dank mesmo. Carumba! meu irmão é um pai de verdade, cara, não acredito. Eu acho que você está mentindo pra mim, né? man, I´m an uncle... again! Sweetness in the ..... what rhymes with that. Who knows, but I do know that my bro is a pai! father! congrats! I bet he is freaking out right now :) I am, Im super excited and very jealous that I can´t be there, but I´m here in Brasil,.... so yeah. I just like to say that :) But I don´t have a cute little younglinho to call my own, so that is pretty cool, congrats to the broski, tá? Please, everyone learn português, I can´t write in english. It makes it harder to recount my stories cause I have to translate. don´t like! hahaah :P
How´s the world in Medford going? I keep on here that Mitt Romney is doing awesome! how many states are left now? It should be getting close to done now right? Then does it start the race between Mitt and Obama? Hey I don´t know if I told you but, I would love short sleeve white shirts. that´d be awesome! my shirts are stinky! just kidding, except not! haha! What now... So yeah.
Man, refelecting on everything I learned from the presidente has really made me to appreciate him and what he has done for me! At the conference, all the missionaries sang to him and his wife, "Juntos Pra Sempre" (Together forever) and man, I just started crying during it. I couldn´t help it, I´m going to miss that man so much. I will very much visit him at the house by the beach (as he likes to say :P) in Portugal. Did you know that his wife is from Angola in africa? That´s cool, I did know that but I felt like saying it now, don´t ask me why! :) So anyways, I´m trying to apply the things I learn from him everyday, and I feel like I have changed a whole lot. I feel like I know how to get exactly what I want (like with a goal) The diligence and persistence that comes with it, is very required. I feel like I have changed a lot, but I don´t know. Anyways, I gots to go, still no call from the líderes de zona, so who knows what will happen, but I gots to go cleaning now! :) I love you guys and thanks for all your support and love! ps. I finished a letter to you guys p-units! Da hora? da hora :P tá? ta. LOve you guys! Be strong, mark a diference, and if you want sucess, do somthing never done before!
Com amor,
Élder Grant Shaw Merrill!
Como vai? Aqui em Jacareí, as coisas estão indo bem. Ainda eu estou aqui, então, tou bem. Nossa! Eu vou ter um ano aqui na missão aqui em pouco, cê é loco! não acredito! Mas, como estão as coisas, lá? estão indo bem? espero que sim, por que todo dia eu oro pra vocês todos.
Anyways, man! Crazy week... good week... tiring week... but I´m very very happy. For this it was a good week! My presidente gave his last conference which was awesome! Loved it to death! Bascially he said some really inspiring things and I know how I can have success in my life ;) haha. So much stuff happened this week that my brain is dead. I feel like so much happens and that I want to say it all, but when it comes time to email I already forgot it all. But I will write things down. So that way I can write down my expierences! I need to do that!
But that being said, I have a great expierence that happened! This intire transfer we have been working very very hard and just having no at church, no results. I just became very very desanimated. It wasn´[t fun. I didn´t know what else I could do. I got tired of investigators empty promises for everything. I just couldn´t find the right people. I was wanting to find the elects really bad. Well, this past week, we were teaching people and we got more or less 10 people that would say they would go to church. Like usual, but good. So anyways, we go and try and find them and finally a family of 6 (4 that could be baptized) goes! a miracle happens! We finally had people at church and a complete family nonetheless! It made the happiest little missionary you have ever seen. I think I didn´t stop smiling yesterday, I was just so FLIPPING happy it was awesome! I feel like I´m finally doing what Presidente always says: Mark a diference! And I marked one. Well, today morning we went to visit them, and another crazy thing happens! They adored church first off. The mom, was in love with everything, except she said the people could sing faster :P haha. (i agree, but that´s cause I play piano) She absoltuely loved it, all of them did! Basically to wrap things up what happened: we talked about the date we marked with them and how that they should be baptized this sunday, and the dad looks up. The mom says, just tell them now. But he said: no no after... no no just tell them now. So at this point I´m trying to figure out what he´ll say and freaking out because I was thinking that something bad was going to happen. he said: I´m already baptized. And I start thinking, alright lets explain about authority again and explain all that again. But before I could he said, I´m already baptized in this church! And I just got shocked! haha. Basically, the dad was already baptized and confirmed in the church since he was eleven years old but he had forgotten, but when he went to church, he completely remembered!!! It was crazy. So the dad is a member, but the rest of the family isn´t and we are expecting 3 baptizms this week :) :) I´m VERY excited and VERY happy now. :):):) This gives so much motivation. Also, I´ll explain more later but also we had a very inspiring meeting with the bishop and we are going to be working a lot more with the ala,.... ward doing ativityes and other fun things liek that! One of them envolving throwing water balloons/pies/cakes in the faces of the elderes! It´ll be GREAT!!! love it.... anyways, I´m very excited and I hope I don´t get transfered. it´s 6ish here and I still don´t know what will happen wth the transfers tomorrow! But I´m pretty sure I´ll stay because I have to complete my training with my newbie! just kidding... with my companheiro! :D Anyways, WAY DANG EXCITIED! :D Please pray for them! Eliane, Carlos, Rafaela with be the ones to be baptized!
NEW BABY!!! Crazy go nuts..... That´s dank man dank mesmo. Carumba! meu irmão é um pai de verdade, cara, não acredito. Eu acho que você está mentindo pra mim, né? man, I´m an uncle... again! Sweetness in the ..... what rhymes with that. Who knows, but I do know that my bro is a pai! father! congrats! I bet he is freaking out right now :) I am, Im super excited and very jealous that I can´t be there, but I´m here in Brasil,.... so yeah. I just like to say that :) But I don´t have a cute little younglinho to call my own, so that is pretty cool, congrats to the broski, tá? Please, everyone learn português, I can´t write in english. It makes it harder to recount my stories cause I have to translate. don´t like! hahaah :P
How´s the world in Medford going? I keep on here that Mitt Romney is doing awesome! how many states are left now? It should be getting close to done now right? Then does it start the race between Mitt and Obama? Hey I don´t know if I told you but, I would love short sleeve white shirts. that´d be awesome! my shirts are stinky! just kidding, except not! haha! What now... So yeah.
Man, refelecting on everything I learned from the presidente has really made me to appreciate him and what he has done for me! At the conference, all the missionaries sang to him and his wife, "Juntos Pra Sempre" (Together forever) and man, I just started crying during it. I couldn´t help it, I´m going to miss that man so much. I will very much visit him at the house by the beach (as he likes to say :P) in Portugal. Did you know that his wife is from Angola in africa? That´s cool, I did know that but I felt like saying it now, don´t ask me why! :) So anyways, I´m trying to apply the things I learn from him everyday, and I feel like I have changed a whole lot. I feel like I know how to get exactly what I want (like with a goal) The diligence and persistence that comes with it, is very required. I feel like I have changed a lot, but I don´t know. Anyways, I gots to go, still no call from the líderes de zona, so who knows what will happen, but I gots to go cleaning now! :) I love you guys and thanks for all your support and love! ps. I finished a letter to you guys p-units! Da hora? da hora :P tá? ta. LOve you guys! Be strong, mark a diference, and if you want sucess, do somthing never done before!
Com amor,
Élder Grant Shaw Merrill!
So I am very grateful for Phil, who also went on a mission to Brazil--I asked him to translate some of the Portuguese in Grant's letter:
Here is the translation from Grant's most recent e-mail.
"Oi Minha Família!"
Como vai? Aqui em Jacareí, as coisas estão indo bem. Ainda eu estou aqui, então, tou bem. Nossa! Eu vou ter um ano aqui na missão aqui em pouco, cê é loco! não acredito! Mas, como estão as coisas, lá? estão indo bem? espero que sim, por que todo dia eu oro pra vocês todos."
Hi my Family!
How are you? Here in Jacarei things are going well. I am still here, so I'm well. Wow! I will be on my mission for a year soon! I can't believe it! But, how are things there? Are they going well? I hope so, because everyday I pray for all of you.
"NEW BABY!!! Crazy go nuts..... That´s dank man dank mesmo. Carumba! meu irmão é um pai de verdade, cara, não acredito. Eu acho que você está mentindo pra mim, né?"
I don't know what "dank" is, not portuguese but also not any slang i know in english. Carumba! (like saying crazy! but the word doesn't translate to crazy, the word itself doesn't really have any particular meaning) My brother is a really a dad, dude, I don't believe it. I think that you're lying to me, right?
"Da hora? da hora :P tá? ta."
Cool? cool. ok? ok. (da hora doesn't mean cool directly it really means "of the hour" but it is a slang meaning cool or rad or awesome etc.)
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