i cant believe football is starting again already!!! crazy. you know
whats even crazier? ill be on the team next year...hahah but theyre
probably gonna be terrible again this year huh? the angels always do
that, in the middle of the season they look really good, then as the
playoffs get close they choke, then with like 10 games left till
playoffs they start playing again ha. terrible.
DAD! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
PARABÉNS PRA VOCÊ,
NESSA DATA QUERIDA,
MUITAS FELICIDADES,
MUITOS ANOS DE VIDA!
DAD! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
PARABÉNS PRA VOCÊ,
NESSA DATA QUERIDA,
MUITAS FELICIDADES,
MUITOS ANOS DE VIDA!
tell
derek to sing it to you!!! haha anyway pops, i love you. you'll hear
more about Elder Costa in moms email, but he was really good, his wife
too. im so glad i was born into this family with goodly parents who love
the Lord. Thanks dad!! and your present will be a little late, but you
will be getting one!
Elder Bergquist
Hey mom!
i got the package. thank you sooo much!! i was super happy! ive already
eaten like half a thing of peanut butter! haha but i need you guys to
activate my card for me if you can.
did you ask Larry if it was him? or if he knows Elder
Saturnino?? yeah it was sad with that girl. but we went back after her
baptism and she told us she knows the book of mormon is true and shes
gonna go to church on sunday.... thats all it is here...all
the other churches here are either catholic or they scream and play loud
"rock/gospel" music and jump and "cast out spirits" and talk about
tithing and offerings...when we teach people we have to tell them in the
church of Jesus Christ nobody will yell at you or knock you down on the
floor or ask for your money. theres no "gritaria" (shouting) haha
its really kinda funny to me. but its sad that people get fooled by
it...
sounds like the ces director is good. hes the stake
president too?? of what stake? your starting your 5th year already??
crazy!! what is it? New Testament? Natalia will be a good missionary, where is she going again? ill be praying
for devin and blake, and all of you! sounds like everyones got nice new
callings haha devin and diana are teaching primary? thats funny to think
of haha. its so weird, its like a new generation...weird...
How was your week? wonderfully great
Did you get to meet Elder Costa? yeah, it was really cool
Did he speak to your mission? yeah haha. i was there with half the mission on thursday and the other half met with him on friday.
Did you have a baptism this week? Was Amanda baptized on Friday? no :/ not yet.
Will
transfers be on Monday's now? Or will it stay on Wed? i have no idea
haha, i guess we'll see in a few weeks...or not...haha
How is the work going? great haha as always. even when its not going great, we learn a ton, so its great either way
How is your zone doing? i think they fell asleep! they have kinda stopped, but we're giving them a wake up call
Have you got anyone ready for baptism? not super ready,, but were working with a few...
When did you feel the Spirit the strongest this week? at the conference with Elder Costa! it was amazing! here's a few highlights:
Sister Costa was really good. she talked to us as if our
moms...so i talked to you on thursday too haha. she asked, son, why are
you on the mission? what do you guys do?? (she said her biggest
curiosity was to be able to see her sons on the mission but never could) and i stood up and said to help these people to know their Father
that they never knew, and to have a good relationship with Him and
converse with Him. and she goes, "and you son, do you have this
relationship?" it was a good question. a question that i pose to all that
are reading this. how is your relationship with your Father in Heaven?
Elder Costa talked about his conversion too, how the sisters went
to "teach a girl" at his house (his dad was the ward mission leader) and they spoke
really loud for him to hear in the other room. when they left he decided
to do what they said to the girl and read Joseph Smith history and pray about it,
but he did it a little different. he read each paragraph and prayed
after each one to know if it was true. he said it took 14 hours and 20
minutes for him to read all of it (he read from like 7 at night to like 9
in the morning without sleep) and when he finished, he went straight to
their house and waited for them to get home for lunch and said "i want
to get baptized NOW" haha but they thought, we cant do that, so they
talked to the LZ and the pres and arranged it for him to get baptised
the next day after receiving the 7 lessons in two days and never having
gone to church. ha QUE BÊNÇÃO!
i got a letter last week from Shirlei that i
baptized in Progresso, about 9 months ago. she went to the temple and
baptised like 4 generations of her family! it was really really good to
get that letter. one of the most gratifying moments on my mission! The
temple is the house of God and all of us need to participate in this
work whether it be indexing, doing family history, going to the temple,
or repenting to be worthy to go and help them. Elder Costa told us that
thats why God has done everything from the beginning of time: the
creation, the fall, the atonement, the restoration, all so that our
families can be sealed together forever. i miss the temple a lot here on
the mission and i cant wait to go again. may all of us participate in
our own saving ordinances and of those that have gone on to be one big
happy family in the Celestial Kingdom! Amo Vocês!! até logo!
Elder Bergquist
some pics...
when i went to cut my comps hair.
elder Helsten (Elder
Nelson of the 12's grandson) he goes home 1 transfer before me and were
gonna make an intramural soccer team at BYU together.
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