Que Emocionate

2/17/2010

Well it´s official.  Bucket showers are the most unifficiant way to take shower 

and worse, they´re also the most unpleasing.  I home (After not have water a 

few days this week) i never halfta pass through that again.
 
Speaking of water, how bout those Olympics.
  My new area is well....its a Sergipe asphalt jungle. Not my first pic but 

with the amount i laughing the street with my new comp, i tihnk i´ll make do. 

E Da SIlva is the man (with a plan) and when we´re not laughing we´re getting 

things done.  I also think i´m in the most beautiful chapel that i´ve ever 

been in. (excluding of course the gorgeous build of our X Bishop Nuckols. 

That San Deigo Ward really knows whats up.)
  I think the worst part about being in Sergipe though has already passed. 

That being the fact that i had to return back to maceió for what's called the 

Counsel in a tiny car with my comp and another dupla Friday.  Talk about 

5-6hr sardine car ride....I....can´t....breath!  But upon geting there it 

was great to final see Olson and Duerden and um monte de outra pessoal.  It 

also reestablished the fact in my head that the mission is kind of a boys 

club.  Needless to say it wasa  blast and i learned a ton from our Assistants 

and our Prez.
  Then Carnival happened and once again the area i happened to be in is 

apparently not fun around this time of year ,or in others words the place 

VACATED!  In between sucking on my thumb and kicking rocks however we managed 

to talk to some of the flakiest ppl in my life.  I think the worst excuse 

ever was given when a lady told us we wouldn´t be able to enter into her 

house because ther was a tiny monkey on her door.  Which of course meant 

living death upon anyone who dared enter lá.
  Then at church there was almost noon cause everyone was on camp outs 

avoiding carnival.  End Result: I gave yet another talk in church and a man 

that looked about 90 to me, passed the sacrament.
  Interesting i halfta give a training tomorrow but that's far from my 

biggest concern compared to the division i halfta do with the assistance 

(also tomorrow) in an area i hardly know yet....there's a finger nail biter 

for ya.
  Regardless best of all are the miracles i have seen throughout the week 

despite the madness.
  The best happened this week in church:  The story starts with a rapaz i 

got to know named Gladston.  He´s going to be baptized this 27th ], and 

member reference that Duerden taught once and that me and my comp have 

been teaching.  He reads like ....like alot.  And is very intellectual (a 

little bit of a change for me, not gunna lie), however we´ve been a little 

bit worried of were his testimony has been at as well as relationships with 

other things after meeting his friends.  All of this swiftly came to and end 

however as this week in principles of the gospel the instructor asked 

´´What is the hooly Ghost´´?  Casually raising his hand (after giving a 

sociable delay)  Glaston began to tear up as he described the feeling he 

gets everytime the missionaries leave his house after teach.  That it was 

something he wasn´t even planning on sharing with us until later but that 

he just couldn´t restrain from sharing.
  Truely this is the work of Christ.  When we want an answer, when we ask 

with real intent Heaven Father will let us know.  But the key word is 

real intent.  We can´t ask looking for the answer we want.  We must ask 

have done our all to find AN answer and then let him tie the loose ends 

together at his will, not ours.  Things done always work out the way we 

want the m to.  But if we put all in the Lords hand, we can have a certainty 

that things will work out in the way He wants them to.  Could anything 

possibly be better than that?  We can´t see nearly into the future as he 

can, but we are certainly invited to extend and exercise our faith as we 

trust in Him.
  I know he lives and hope to one day be able to say with even greater 

assurety in the words of His Apostles that I know- as i know i live- that 

He lives and loves us.  I know we all have a long way to go, but i also know 

that He has no intent to leave our side...
...so don´t leave His,
 
Elder Neubeger