April 13, 2015 Hello! :) This week was great! We had Zone Conference on Wednesday in Alegrete. The focus of the meeting was how we need to find people to teach so that they can get baptized and thus be prepared to go to the celestial kingdom with their families. As missionaries and as members we cannot have fear to share the gospel; there is even a scripture that says that those who have fear will not enter into the kingdom of God (I think it was Revelation chapter 4) Sister Parrela also gave a training about Jacob 5 which is about the tame and wild olive tree.  It is an allegory that shows the Lords love for us and how he keeps working with us. (and Irmão Alcir during the week was reading Jacob 5!). Irmão Cézar and irmão Luis and Irmão Alcir are all learning everything super fast. I like it! :) One thing that I recognize is hard for lots of people that investigate the church is that after their baptisms they need to keep changing and improving. Even though baptism is the first step, it is a step that people need to be prepared to take. After being baptized the people have a commitment with the Lord to always remember Jesus Christ, to serve our neighbor, and live the commandments (especially go to church and partake of the sacrament). One of the times that I felt the spirit this week was during fast and testimony meeting a returned missionary bore her testimony about how one of the people she taught on her mission made it to the temple. The testimony then explained that the worth of even one soul to our heavenly father and Jesus Christ is worth all of our work during the mission and more! Com muitos sorrisos! :) :) :) Atentamente, Élder Vernon :)

Another one bites the dust!

Capybaras run wild.   It is the only time I have seen them when they are not meat on my plate. 

A bus ride to zone conference!

Páscoa e Conferência Geral! :) :) :)

April 6, 2015 Páscoa e Conferência Geral! :) :) :)

Hello! :) This week was general conference so it was awesomer than normal. Because every time we get tho hear the prophet and apostles talk about our savior the spirit is always strong and felt.

One of the conference talks that I especially liked was Elder Dallin H Oaks because he talked about how we need to have our roots in the gospel of Jesus Christ and that our soil needs to be good so that we can one day partake of and share the fruit of the tree of life (eternal life with our Heavenly father and families).

We read 2 Nephi 31 with some investigators and when we read verse 18 with Irmão Cézar it was in response to a question that he had. It goes to show how the Lord uses the Book of Mormon to answer our questions. (Here is what that scripture says "And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, whichwitnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive."

We are also trying to use the video BecasueHeLives with people and it is going well because generally everybody wants to see a small video about our savior even if they do not want to be part of a lesson. We found one new family to teach using the video.

We also had a family home evening that we used the Liahona magazine´s preparation for Easter section that went really well even though it nearly fell through.

Lots more happened this week too, but there is not enough time to write everything. Happy Easter! :)

Com muitos sorrisos! :) :) :) :) :) :)

Atentamente, Elder Vernon :)