Why I am serving a mission...

June 10, 2014

Ollo Família! This week was great! Irmão Glenio (he was baptized last Monday) was confirmed in Sacrament meeting! Also, the Sister Missionaries had three baptisms! Also we went to Santa Maria for the Mission Tour of Elder Mozart B Soares and got trained on how to do missionary work better.

One day of the week we had lunch at Irmão Delcis and he invited a bunch of members and another friend who isnt a member. It was yummy, but it was cow guts soup that we ate! They call it Mondongu or motaco. 

I am still the exact same weight I was before the mission and during the mission; it is funny though because people talk about how skinny I am, but I am just the same as always. I also got a happy birthday letter, so I am feeling a little old (just kidding, I will only be 19 when my birthday comes around). 

Elder Mozart B. Soares talked about how part of missionary work is helping people come to Christ and be saved spiritually. He talked about how we can always do more to help people out and that we should not abandon them when they need us most even if it seems like they are not doing the things they need to do to change. He shared how his parents were the first converts in Recife and how he was the first Mormon baby in Recife Brasil.  :) He also asked us to write why we are serving a mission to our family, so here is a short explanation:

Why I am serving a mission is quite simple, I want to help people be happy and I know that because of what I have learned, especially in the home because of my parents and siblings, that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior and that his Atonement makes it possible for all who will accept him to be perfected (not only me and my family, but the whole human family!) :)

I would say the most spiritual growth I have had on the mission is with seeing others how they can become and trying to understand their situation and why they do they things they do.

The soccer world cup starts this week, it is fun to see the people freaking out and getting super excited for it; however, as missionaries the rule is that we can study or proselyte like normal during the games, we cannot watch the games with people. :)

Com muitos sorrisos! :) :) Sincerely, Elder Vernon