Thank you for the emails! I really look forward to them! Since transfers I'm in a new zone so our weekly meeting is on Thursdays now, so that's the new mail day, so I actually wasn't able to get that package, but that means it will most definitely be there this week. Thank you SOOO much! I can't wait for it! Speaking of, I will probably be sending home another package with some things that I would like to keep, but things that I don't need in brasil or things that I don't know if I can spare in the baggage. I'm sorry again because there really isn't anything I can buy here to include as gifts for you. To be honest with you, the wal-marts here in salt lake are quite similar to the one in spokane and therefore my market doesn't have many things that I think you would find cool. I could however include a university of utah bottle opener...I promise I'll make up for it in brasil!
Speaking of Brasil, (no, the visa is still m.i.a.) but we met a lady from Santa Maria at church, could it be a sign?? probably not haha. I think I let myself forget that the Lord has a purpose for having me here. When I forgot that, it made things more difficult, but I've been better at remembering that the past few days. I don't know what the purpose is, and I really might never know what it is, but that's where faith bridges the gap right? I still haven't done the electronic part, just so you know. That's about all I know haha. But, we received two portugues referrals this weekend and we're going to contact them tonight or tomorrow, so that will be really exciting. I'll be able to see E. Ramos really shine, but then again, he's always on his game. Let me say a little bit more about E. Ramos...now that I think about it, maybe the reason I'm in Salt Lake is so that I could learn from him. I'm so lucky to be able to work with him. He is so driven and so organized and so good at being a missionary. We had a really cool experience this weekend.
So we were tracting a little bit in an apartment complex (we cover a lot of complexes, it's just the kind of area we're in) and we met a young woman who had just had surgery and wasn't feeling very good, she also told us that she was a member and had served a mission herself. She told us a story from her mission and gave us some advice, advice that I think I was really needing that day. and she told us that she had a feeling that we were going to find someone today. It was one of those times that I was really glad that we knocked on that door. So we went on. And we left the complex. later in that day, we went this little culdesac of four really nice houses tucked away in the corner of some apartments and duplexes. We started knocking. Door one: nobody home...door two: not interested. door three: nobody. door four: Not interested, but he took so long in telling us that he wasn't interested that while he was talking to us, a car pulled into the driveway of house number one, and he pointed to the car and said in a suddenly, slightly more friendly way, "Them! They need a lesson!" A young couple got out of the car and laughed. the wife said, "yeah, my husband needs a lesson." Door four took the opportunity to close the door and we started talking to young couple. we helped them take in their groceries and they invited us in. We started talking and she told us that she doesn't go to church anymore, and that her husband is catholic. Their 2 year old son obviously isnt too concerned yet. But then she invited us over for dinner on Sunday! Which was a miracle because we actually didn't know what we were going to do for dinner that night anyway, and we don't get random dinner invitations from people, members or non-members, very often. We had a great time talking with them on saturday and I was SOO excited to go back on sunday. This is just one of those families that you can't help but love (like the Carpenters haha) and you just love being in their home. This is the second time on my mission where I just had this immediate love for someone we met. This is a family that could change so many lives in the Church, not to mention their own. It's a family that already wants to be together forever. The love that they have for their son is just incredible. There are soo many blessings waiting for this family! E. Ramos and I just have to do our jobs as missionaries and step out of the way of the Holy Ghost. If the Holy Ghost touches this family, so many lives will be effected! It's so amazing, so exciting. I can't wait to see them again.
Family, I'm doing well. Like I've probably said many times before, I'm learning so much every day.
I can't even really describe it, but I'm so lucky to be on a mission. It's not always a walk in the park (sometimes it literally is a walk in the park, but metaphorically, it rarely is), but what an amazing experience a mission is. like Bruce R. McConkie said, "How great is my call!"
I love you, family. Pray for me, and I'll keep praying for you.
E. Rogers
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