que bênção!!!
sounds like things are going well! mitt romney
is on fire then? what were they talking about when he got him stammering? they
waste so much time trying to come up with excuses that they cant move forward
its funny. elections were yesterday here...Dr. Ivar is the new mayor here
in town haha.
Conference was awesome! i got to see all of the
sessions! except the last hour of the saturday afternoon one and the first talk
on sunday morning. but i got to see priesthood!!! we woke up at 5 am on sunday
morning to watch it at 6-8...president said if it didnt get in the way of
teaching or picking up investigators to go to the other sessions we could go!
que bênção!! the talk that elder holland gave was almost the same talk he gave
to us when i was in the mtc. it was good, but the translation isnt nearly the
same thing....the translator doesnt get as fired up as elder holland haha. the talks
i liked most were president uchtdorf about finding happiness on the way and not
complaining. it reminded me of what you always have taught me, to find joy in
the work, no matter what the work is or how it is going. and president Monson
about how men can change and the story of that missionary...i like elder
bednars talk too, hes a really good speaker, but its even better to study his
talks haha. and elder nelson that talked about "ask the missionaries, they
can help" haha it was funny, i was thinking the whole time about his
grandson that went home last month and how he had probably taken a few things
from what he had said to him...a lot of people run from the missionaries here
haha a lot of people that i have baptized confessed to us that in the past they
had ran from missionaries and repented of it after accepting the gospel haha. i
cant wait to see nash and kobe
Elder Bergquist
Hey mom!! how're ya'll doin?? haha its funny sometimes i
speak to my comp in english and he understands some stuff, but i speak to him
sometimes in a texas accent and he goes crazy..."WHAT IS THAT??" haha
its funny. yeah i freaked out when they talked about the new mission age...the
YM here could already go at 18, so that didnt change for the guys here, but
thats a huge change for the girls...i thought he was going to say 20 for the
YW. but i got kinda sad, my choices will be a little slimmer at BYU hahahah,
but i quickly forgot about that and got back to the mission, the Lord will
provide. ha but chad thats super good! for the YM i think, a lot of them just
sit at home doing nothing from the time they graduate until they go at 19 and
thats dangerous. it was surely inspired!!
Did you get to go to Priesthood session? yeah we
got to go...at 6 am it started so we got up at 5 to go haha
Did you get to go to any of the sessions on
Saturday? yeah the morning session and half of the afternoon one! i missed my
namesakes talk...he spoke saturday afternoon i guess....?
Did any investigators go? yeah we had 3 that
went and were baptised between the sessions and 4 others...it was good :D
Which talk was your favorite and why? hmmm...i
think elder uchtdofs talk saturday morning when he talked about finding
happiness on the way...in every moment instead of complain, because in whatever
moment we can do whatever we want. dont complain about how small the peanut bag
is! haha
How was your week? wonderful. im super excited
these days. i love conference and were finding the elect children of God. what
a blessing!!!
What classes should I sign you up for at the Y?
(at least tell me a few...) portuguese. haha ill have to do some sort of
english too i think...i dunno, give me some option of what i need to do...did
you get my application in?? let me know because if not i gotta get it done from
here....?
Any baptisms? yeah, pics are on the way!
Anyone ready for baptism? theres a few that are
right on the edge, but they cant take that last step, we'll help them this week!
How is the lady doing that had the stroke? she
got baptized and her daughter too! theyre doing great, she lives like 5 houses
down from a member that has a car and they offered to take them to church on sundays! que
bênção!! shes walking faster and better everyday! she is a woman of huge faith!
she took The Book of Mormon in her hands the first day she got it and said a
prayer to know if it was true and got an answer!
So, does your comp leave to go home next week?
(Mon or Wed??) he goes home on the 17th! finally! haha jk...we'll see who my
new comp is. i have a feeling its gonna be elder jara or an elder from argentina
When did you feel the Spirit the strongest this
week? in the conference!!! i have been studying a lot about what president
monson said to the YW in the last conference about how many people come to him
with the doubt of how they can be faithful with so many weaknesses and he said
that all of us can be faithful for one day. and then one more after that, and
one more until one day we'll look up and realize we arrived in the presence of the
Lord...i really liked the story of ann rowley the pioneer that had to feed her
children and made a soup/stew out of two biscuits and water that turned out
filling the whole pot and feeding them all. and the words from the hymn lead
though me on...no quero luz a fim de longe ver, somente luz em cada passo ter.
i know that as each one of us just seeks to be
faithful for one day, as president told me we just have to wake up in the morning
and look in the mirror and say, today i'll be faithful, and as we do that,
before we know it, we'll be there in the kingdom of God with our family and
loved ones, faithful each day there too! i love you mom! boa semana!
Elder Bergquist
mom!!! i dont know whats
happening! its not letting me send pics anymore!! i get this email every time i
try!! ill try to send it to dad! (unfortunately, no pictures came)
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