Puxa, What a Week!

9/2/2009

I think my comp my be a little upset that i just made him walk all the way back 

home from the lan house, but i promise that makes for a better email.  Win win 

situation for you all.
 
PS, i don´t think i can trust a man named Fabio.......weird right, lol
 
Everyone feliz back home?
  Loads happened this week and i hope i´m able to translate all the joy to you 

guys in this short amount of time.  Travis didn´t write me this week so i guess 

that will give me more time sense i won´t be pouring my heart out to him, (and 

i´ll just cry about it later instead).  
  Thank you all in Frontenac for your warming letters. IN response to a few; 

Sarah Adams and the LArson boys have a great sense of humor.  And in answer to 

their questions I eat rice and beans every every day with out fail and my 

favorite food is fruit and the vitamins i make.  Also dno´t worry i don´t wear 

a suit down here, heck, i don´t even wear long sleeves.  
  Lastly, Yes Sara Bailey, i love you too.
Having four missionaries in Estancia now is pretty cool.  The new kid gave the 

exact same first message that i did on the mission.  The only difference was 

that he knows portuguese so.....he actually explained it afterwards.  As for 

my comp, he´s pure awesome sauce.  And more importantly we havn´t locked our 

selves out of the house yet, unlike the 7 times we did that last transfer.
  Some incredibly sad news tho is that it turns out the bikes truly did make 

a huge difference here.  I´ve had to revamp my planing in fact.  A member this 

week told us the Cidade Novo actually stays about 6-8 km away from our house 

(that's a hour walk for me and about a hour and a half for my comp who has 

knee trouble occasionally)  Needless to say, holy junk in my trunk! has been 

sore ever sense.  aka i´m so not use to walking.  (random fact: if i have one 

more comp on the mission who tels me i was fat before i got to brasil i will 

kill myself)
  Luckily one of the coolest things ever happened Friday.  We were starting 

the walk from Bom Fim to the Cidade Novo, when all of a sudden a car stopped 

beside us and said the pleasing words of, Wanna ride?  ummm....YES!!!  Turns 

out the only connection these ppl had to the church as that they'd talked to

missionaries once before, aka they were just really nice ppl who drop off 

cleaning supplies to ppl and happened to be headed in the same direction. 

So we made a few stops with them alonjg the way and by the time we got to the

Cidade novo they had put a bag of cleaning supplies together for us and bought 

us a snack (including chocolate milk).,  We naturally refused all of it 

(prolly a total of 20 R$)  but they insisted.  So walking with all this in 

hand i had the sweet idea to pass by Dany´s house, a onde we left everything 

we´d gained.  It was awesome to see how it made her day, and then of course 

made mine in return.
  Got stopped by the police on the way to Aracajú this week.....always have 

your ID on you! that´´s all i´ll say about that.
  Anyways in other news this transfer looks like its going to be incredible. 

To give you an idea let me just tell you about yesterday. Ã returned 

missionary got back in the Ward and we left with him.  He told us about a 

family reference he had for us.  Earlier on in the day we saw a member in 

the center who also had a family reference for us (premarried).  Later that 

night as we past by one of our investigators Holmes we finally encountered 

her entire family at home, and they´re all excited to go to church on Sunday.  
  And prolly the best was earlier on that day when we went to follow up with 

a lady who had gone to church Sunday.  As we went through the lesson she 

continually showed her faith in Christ.  Saying that she would give her all 

in trying to complete all the mondamentos.  Not gunna lie  she prollly has 

with all most every commandment.  But the thing is she´s willing to put forth 

all her effort.  Continuing with the lesson she told us house she had been 

praying at work for something to come along and change her life.  
  Now i dont want anyone to think that i was the answer to her pray, cause 

that would be completly false.  But the church is.  I just happen to to be 

lucky enough to be a tool in God´s hands.  I think that's why service is so 

important, cause you never know when your gunna be the answer to someones 

prayers.  In fact President Kimball said, ´´God really observes us and 

protects us, but it is generally by way of an other que He attends to our 

needs thus it is of vital importance that we serve one another.´´ (roughly 

translated from Portuguese.)  How cool is that! A common back up scripture 

to that would be Mosias 2:17?, i think, and though i would encourage you to 

read that, i would also like to direct your attention to Mosias 18:8-10. 

Stop pause read.  Do you realize how our baptismal covenants include being 

of service to others?  And its not like its always work.  Sometimes service 

simply means sharing your talents, actually i´m pretty sure thats why we 

have most of our talents- to enlighten others with them.  PMG says´´The c

hurch needs all the talents a abilities of every member to  fill the great 

variety of callings.  Doing this increases our faith, builds us new talents 

and a great capacity to serve e receive innumerable other blessings.´´
  .....nuff said?
Smile, the Lords blessed you with many talents.  Now go out and use them.
  In closing i didn´t think it would ever stop raining and all though it was

trunky at first i kinda got sick of the rain every single moment.  Now its 

making sol and it makes my think of being home because i feel like the last 

time i felt sun was last last summer with all of you.  O well, i love it here.
 
Jacó 1:19
Elder Neuberger
 
Ps, got sick of walking and carried my comp around on the frame of my bike 

yesterday. :-) good times