6/27/12 i love the opportunity to feel the spirit everyday like this! and the great part is we all can! just do your part and seek to do the right things!!

hey pops. how are things with you?  i wont even comment about bball. trash. the angels are lookin good.... are they looking world series worthy? thats probably not a good question because they always look worthy until the playoffs come haha. i dont even wanna hear about american pizza haha especially in dutch ovens... (Brad was telling him about the family reunion that is coming up) are you trying to make me trunky?! haha and fiji. (a couple in our ward was called to serve at the Fiji temple) that was where i secretly wanted to go on my mish haha. but id never trade brasil belo horizonte. the best mission in the world! in may the Lord helped us to baptize more than any other mission in brasil. maybe in the world. im not sure. probably some mission in mexico baptized more hhaha. anyway i love the mish love you guys too. tell kaitlin not to interfere with chad making new friends hahaha. but thats cool she can pull some strings for that. (Chad is going to EFY and Kaitlin is there as a counselor and he is teasing her)  im excited for the new pres too but i dont think im gonna realize its changed until we have a meeting with him. i think it will be weird...but im excited to learn more stuff with a different pres called of God! big things in store! até a semana que vem! tchau! (until next week! bye!)




i dont know chads email! so this is for him. tell him to get the ladies at efy! and to get some for me too bacause i cant here! hahaha and to learn a lot about the gospel too of course!  seek the spirit and take notes of what HE teaches you!

hey mommy. how you doin? ha well things here are great as always. ha i cant believe its summer there...its all cold here haha...im wearing a sweater today haha. thanks for the pics! i love seeing those guys grow ha. (his 2 little nephews) chads going to efy again. good stuff. EFY was super good. as for the questions....

So, tell us about the city you are in...  its conselheiro lafaiete...its really catholic....kind of old i think, like kind of historic...sei lá

is it a big city? yeah, mais ou menos (more or less) ...i think its a little smaller than mo val...

Is it far from the mission home? its like 2 hours or so...

Are you the only missionaries in the town? no theres two branches here...the other one has sisters...youll see in the pics...we had a baptism together on sat...there not wards just becasue its not a stake yet. but it looks like next month its going to made into a stake...for now its a district...

how long has your comp been on the mish? hes been out longer than me. hes got like a month and a half more than me on the mish...he was a secretary too when i got here...

what kind of person is he?  Really serious or funny or what? hes pretty serious...kind of impatient haha he expects a lot of himself...like me ha so its good but kinda hard somtimes too. but hes a really good guy. hes the only member in his family but it looks like his parents and sister are going to church and getting ready to be baptized jus that they all have to get married before they can get baptized...

Tell us about the people you are teaching... is anyone ready for baptism? ainda não... (not yet) sandras boyfriend went to church on sunday but i dont know what his problem is, he doesnt want to get baptized "yet" as he says.....

Did the Sandra get baptized on Saturday?  yeah 

Did her son do it? no, hes kinda mole (weak), he goes to church most of the time but hasnt recieved the priesthood yet.....

Were there any investigators there?at the baptism? just sandras mom...

Tell us about the branch, do they give you referrals?  Do they feed you? they give some referrals but not a whole lot...they feed us sim (yes)

Were you just sick that one day? yeah...

Have you been sick a lot? not really

Was it the food you are eating? i dont know haha i dont think so...

When did you feel the Spirit the strongest? we had one lesson that was ridiculously spiritual... with a daughter and her mom...both old ladies...and her brother but both of them cried multiple times because the spirit was so strong...its hard to telll...i dont know how to describe it...the spirit doesnt have an easy description...i guess you had to be there haha. but the sad part is this: they didnt accept. its really sad when that happens. we tried and tried to resolve their doubts, but they just didnt want to change....kind of disappointing i know. but everyones got theyre arbitrio...but i love the opportunity to feel the spirit everyday like this! and the great part is we all can! just do your part and seek to do the right things!!

I am putting a package together for you, I need to know what you want/need... (I will send an SD card for the camera) do you need socks or anything???  peanut butter?  WHAT???  ;) send the sd card...and put some pics on there too...put the video of when i opened my call on there please!!! a couple of pairs of socks would be good...just like 4... peanut butter! reeses. i like those individual juices you sent last time too...hair glue...i think thats it...all i can remember...

anyway thats all i got for this week! love ya!
Élder Bergquist

sandra and cleosa that were baptized the same day!