Monday, Aug 27, 2012

Hey everyone so I know it's been a while since I wrote anything but I am doing fine. I'm workin hard and tryin hard to be a good friend to my comp and help a bunch of people. It's getting hotter here, and it hasn't rained in a long time. So thats a bit of a bummer. But things are going good. Time is flying. And I really like the area that I'm in. Even though a majority of the roads are dirt and my shoes are always dirty, the members are super nice. But yeah anyways, I hope that all is well on the homefront. Until next time. 

Elder Bender

Monday, July 30, 2012

So this week was good. We had an awesome conference with the Brasil area president Elder Claudio R.M. Costa of the quorum of the Seventy. Twas super legit. He spoke about many things that I can apply and learn from in my mission and my life right now. So it was an awesome learning experience to say the least. We had to go to Rio super early in the morning to miss all the traffic and stuff. That was lame. But I got to see some cool places because we fell asleep on the bus and missed our stop. But the ride back to our area after the conference was totally lame. bus was full and we had to stand for like 3 hours on the bus in rush hour traffic. Took like 2 hours to cross the bridge from rio to Níteroi which normally takes only 7 minutes to cross. When we got back to the apartment I was dead tired. Passed out and didn't wake up till morning. And in the morning I was still tired. But anyways that is all, untill next week.

Elder Bender

Monday, July 23, 2012

So this week was good, and we baptized! Eva and João. Was a bit of a struggle to get everything ready and set for the baptism, We had to go to another chapel in another nearby city to have the baptism. But it was good. Had a good week workin well and helpin people. I would send pictures but at the moment I cannot send them using this LAN house. But I will send pictures in the future. I have continued to find a bunch of old coins here. Well older coins not super old. But thats cool. It's a cool area with lots of cool people. Well until next week.

Elder Bender

Monday, July 16, 2012

So I got transferred to Apolo. It's back in Rio. It's between the cities of São Gonçalo and Itaboraí. So it's really close to the area that I worked in about a year ago. Had a big stake party thing on Saturday. I got to see a bunch of the people that I met and worked with back in that area. Was super cool to see a ton of awesome people again. Especially one of my recent converts. Also got to see 2 of my past comps at transfers. So that was cool. One went home. Mission completed. Took a pic with him so that was cool. But yeah this week my comp and I worked decently. Brasillian. Only speaks portuguese. Awesome. Exactly what I wanted. Blessing for sure. Although I'm seeing that the mission is making me a little nit picky and easily annoyed. Not sure why. Maybe I need to learn more patience instead of losing it like I have been. Who knows maybe once you hit your maximum you just start to lose it. This new area is quite different. People are more receptive. And the Ward is far more willing to work with us and to help the work. So thats pretty legit. Also the chapel is a big house. And the baptismal font is a pool! It's big, and dirty. We get to clean it this week. Should be fun.......We're working with a few people at the moment. Nothing in particular has happened, thats super incredible anyways. Found a ton of old coins here in this area. Thats interesting. Found lioke 11 of them yesterday. It's easier to find them after it rains. But yeah thats pretty much it for this last week. It was a good week though.

Elder Bender