Ta' Chapa Kente

12/10/2009

WOrst Experence ever:  Walking out of my house in flops today and passing 

in front of a bus stop i didn´t step in gum, but some how sandwiched it in 

between my foot and flop......gross.  And of crouse it must have been the 

biggest peice of gum i´ve ever seen.  Man o man, i smushed that sucker 

letting it just cover my heel just gleuing my foot to the sandal.  And the 

worst is that the situation lead to me leaving 5 reais in a bathroom where i 

attempted to clean it off.
 
But all is all IT WAS AN AWESOME DAY!!!
  A wise man once sad, ´´There are no bad days when skiing.´´  I believe 

that applies to the mission as well, maybe even life.
  O man, english is gunna be harder than normal today btw.  Hung out with 

my district today and we had a blast.  After walking along the berst stretch 

of boardwalk here my desires to live here in the future ski rocked.
  And as packed as today was i can´t say it was any more packed than the rest 

of the days this week.  We had weddings batisms, interviews, zone conference, 

and christmas parties.  Aka The week FLEW!!!.
  One highlight of the week, (that seems about a year ago was my comp using 

a members bathroom and then walking out toi tell me the toilet woudn´t flush.

I just told him not to worry aobut it which then resulted in a quick Karma 

when about ten seconds later he started talking in another worried voice to 

me.  Before i even listened to wat i had to say i told him ´Don´t Worry about 

it´´ again, then looked over to see that wat he had wanted to say was actually 

that something had bleached the intire front part of his croutch on the pants.

O man i could not stop laughing.  The rest of the day was interesting.
  THERE IS KUMON IN MACEIÒ, i saw it today and thought about Ali pra caramba.
  Testemunhos de saída were pretty crazy.  2 of my favorites came from elder 

Kartchner and elder Reis.  Elder Reis talked about how before the mission he 

had a calling, that was, heating the church benches.,  But now when he goes 

back he will truely have a calling.  And all the rest were pretty moving as well.
  Time is Short, think about these quotes this week:

Elder Steven SNow, ´´service is to be given unselfishly, with no thought of 

personal gain or reward. It is to be given as needed, not when convenient. 

Opportunities to serve may not always seem obvious, as it is human nature to 

worry about our own wants and needs. We must resist such tendencies and look 

for opportunities to serve. When we visit with those who are suffering from 

sickness, loss of loved ones, or other heartbreak, it is not enough to simply 

say, “Call if there is anything I can do.” Rather, look for ways to bless 

the lives of others through seemingly simple acts of service. It is better 

to do even things of little consequence than to do nothing at all.´´
DAllin H Oaks, As we consider various choices, we should remember that it 

is not enough that something is good. Other choices are better, and still 

others are best. Even though a particular choice is more costly, its far 

greater value may make it the best choice of all.
President Gordon B. Hinckley, also counseled: “You can’t do it alone. . . . 

You need the help of the Lord . . . and the marvelous thing is that you 

have the opportunity to pray, with the expectation that your prayers will 

be heard and answered. . . . He stands ready to help.”7
President Joseph Fielding Smith, in a tender testimony many years ago, 

said: “In my judgment the sacrament meeting is the most sacred, the most 

holy, of all the meetings of the Church. When I reflect upon the gathering 

of the Savior and his apostles on that memorable night when he introduced 

the sacrament . . . my heart is filled with wonderment and my feelings are 

touched. I consider that gathering one of the most solemn and wonderful 

since the beginning of time.”
 
And a Favorite from The Music Man, Live only for tomorrow, and you will 

have a lot of empty yesterdays today.
 
  I know this work is true because i´ve seen the spirit testify so many 

times.  Yesterday while teachinbg a family the plan of salvation many of us 

broke down to tears as we invited the famliy to be baptised and in result 

told the parenst the importance of marrige for eternal families.  After such 

an invlving lesson the mom was qyuick to say yes we need to but then 

reluctantly turn to her husb adn and told us how it would depend on him. 

Bowing a humble head, he then looked up at us a from the bottom of his 

heart said, Nós Vamos!
  Smile, some one else has been there before!
 
Alma 37:6-7,
Elder Neuberger