2/3/2010
Couldn´t the whole world just be brought to peace with a show down of Power
Ball sponsored by Hawkison and McGee? I feel like that would just bring
world peace in order.
How´s school started off? Here its just ended for everyone
THIS WEEK WAS PACKED. omGOSH, It all started with our integration night
where my comp and i a a rapaz from the ward put together a dance to the Loin
King (I just can´t wait to be king) I Sang and Dance and Pancaked and twisted
and Souted. It was basically awesome (the name of our group was Radical
Africa!) and soon after this Sister told me, ´´Gz i´m sure glad to know you
know all the words to the lion king, lol. Heck yeah i was a kid once!.....
might even still be
Nana would be more than happy to know that this week was full of Cinnomin
rolls! The inspiration started by a recipe for frosting Sis Beynon sent us
and the fact that we needed to return a pan to a member (and naturally you
can´t return things empty) but when the bakery wouldn´t sell us ready made
dough i knew it was time to pull out the scrape book. Turns out my Comp us
work in a bakery and so as i went measuring he went a kneading and tossing
and hand mixing the dough. they turned out so great that we decided to
double the batch and make them for our entire district today. 62 odd
cinnamon rolls later everyone was pretty satisfied.
Our baptism this week had his birthday last Saturday. I knew about it
but forgot about it in the moment we were talking to him until.....SLAM!
an egg drilled him right square in the head
´´Oh yeah, Happy Birthday Pra Béns!´´ (its tradition here to throw an egg
at the birthdayist)
Missionaries in our district will try to break a mission record this
baptizing a 90 year old lady.
I´ve been teaching English these past few weeks. I think the true joy
came when one of the alunos finally had an ´´AH-HA´´ moment, if you will .
(name that PNH teacher)
I feel as thought being a missionary has made me as swift as a coursing
river, yet tranquil as a forest with all the force of a great typhoon plus
all the strength of a raging fire within. SIgh..What can i say, I´m awesome
......and mulans been on repeat lately.
Gave one more talk in church this week and after a series of spontaneous
events i decided to disurse on paciência. It truned out to be just perfect
as the boy in front of me talked about the Love of Christ. I can´t say that
much of what i said was all that inspired but i certainly loved what the
apostles had to say about the subject. For example Elder Oaks, ´´The Book
of Mormon provides insight into the relationship between patience and
charity. Mormon, after pointing out that if a man “have not charity he
is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity,” goes on to name the
13 elements of charity, or the pure love of Christ. I find it most
interesting that 4 of the 13 elements of this must-have virtue relate to
patience (see Moroni 7:44–45).
First, “charity suffereth long.” That is what patience is all about. Charity
“is not easily provoked” is another aspect of this quality, as is charity
“beareth all things.” And finally, charity “endureth all things” is certainly
an expression of patience (Moroni 7:45). From these defining elements it is
evident that without patience gracing our soul, we would be seriously
lacking with respect to a Christlike character.
all this can be related to the why we need patience in Mos. 23:21-2 and
Eter 12:6. then President Monson talks about how life has unending problems
and for this we need to have unending faith (PMG). Naturally that's why it
is a Christ like attribute and becomes crucial in our search to become more
like him. President Uchtdorf gives an example of the opposite side of things
when a friend of his asks for advice to strengthen his caiing testimony.
After send a list of things to observe and try President was surprise to
quickly receive a return letter.
´´I tried wat you said. It didn´t work. What else do you have?´´
Truly none of these things come instantly. Eternal life is not by any means
an over night matter. As we say in portugues it's by the littles that we
achieve these things- rather than in the snap of a finger.
Christ was truly the gave the greatest example as he payed for each one
of our sins and then soon after hung on the cross saying ´´Forgive them
father, for they know not wat they do.´´ How many of us have such patience
or demonstrate even an ounce of such patience in the most stressful parts of
our day.
Stop, breath, thing potentially and Longmindedly. The Lord does not ask
for much, just keep the commandments he has given (Mos 2:22). When we have
such patience i promise that we will gain not only more control of the
situation but of our selves as well.
I know this church is true. And more than that i have testified of the
spirit it brings.
Double Check-Se Mos 3:19
Elder Neuberger
PS, its funny how my comp seems to be slightly offended or taken back ever
sense my talk lol.
PSS MOsias- best BoM book?
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