Boa tarde guris!
Well this week was really good even though hardly anyone went to church this week. It was good. We had divisions with Elder's Soares and Parada in Cacapava, which is 2.5 hours from Cachoeira. It was sweet. The city is full of crazies. I went with Elder Parada, who has a grand total of 4 months on the mission, and we contacted a guy and the conversation went like this:
Us - Do you know where you come from?
Gaucho - Yeah, Adao e Eva. Why did God use a rib make Eva?
Us - Uhhh trying to think of an answer.
Gaucho - I know.
Us - Why?
Gaucho - Because if he used filet minon it would have been too expensive and Adao wouldn't have wanted her. Bye (walks away).
Us - COMO ASSIM!?!?!?!? and dying of laughter
So yeah, just crazies in Cacapava. But in our own area we found some sweet new investigators and some of them accepted to be baptized!!! So that is always great, and we think that one of these couples are married legally!!!!! I SURE HOPE SO!!! If so it brings me hope that not all Brazilians don't like commitment. haha.
Well this may be my last email. Next week (my last few days) will be super busy, so if I can't email ya'll know why. But I just want all of ya'll to know that I have truly enjoyed my mission and that I have had countless spiritual experiences even if I haven't told all of them to ya'll. And I have truly learned a lot from Louisiana and Brasil. And I will come home changed. I hope for the better haha. But yeah, I love the mission. Too bad it flew by so fast.
Well that's all from me. I love ya'll!!!! Stay classy!!!
Elder Mackay
And I would send pics but the computer is being stupid.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Dia Das Maes e Doenca (5-11-15)
Boa tarde tudo mundo!
So this week was rather good. We had 6 investigators at church. We didn't teach as much as usual, due to Conselho da Missao which we had to travel to Porto Alegre and we had Distrito Amigo in one of the Sister's areas. So we had like 4 days to work in our area this week, and on top of that Elder Da Silva has a urinary infection and is sick. But he is doing a bit better now. This week he should be almost back to normal.
But we saw some cool miracles. Artur, our super legit rapaz, brought a friend to church. And Artur isn't even baptized yet!!! So that was super sick. But the uncool part of it all is that his mom will not sign the baptismal record until September, at the soonest. So that is frustrating. But he is super legit.
And Pasqualina brought her daughter who is here for about a month on vacation. And Pasqualina is almost smoke free!!!! So lots of good things are happening here. Which is good cause I only got 2 weeks left. I want to leave the mission busy haha.
Well that is all I got for this week. I love ya'll and stay classy!
Elder Mackay
So this week was rather good. We had 6 investigators at church. We didn't teach as much as usual, due to Conselho da Missao which we had to travel to Porto Alegre and we had Distrito Amigo in one of the Sister's areas. So we had like 4 days to work in our area this week, and on top of that Elder Da Silva has a urinary infection and is sick. But he is doing a bit better now. This week he should be almost back to normal.
But we saw some cool miracles. Artur, our super legit rapaz, brought a friend to church. And Artur isn't even baptized yet!!! So that was super sick. But the uncool part of it all is that his mom will not sign the baptismal record until September, at the soonest. So that is frustrating. But he is super legit.
And Pasqualina brought her daughter who is here for about a month on vacation. And Pasqualina is almost smoke free!!!! So lots of good things are happening here. Which is good cause I only got 2 weeks left. I want to leave the mission busy haha.
Well that is all I got for this week. I love ya'll and stay classy!
Elder Mackay
Elder Mackay and Elder Dartora at conselho
I FOUND STROOPWAFELS!!!!
The sunset
3 Summers Later and I Am a Whimp to the Cold (5-4-15)
Boa tarde,
So this week was full of the regular ups and downs of mission life. We taught well and had a sweet division with the assistants and had interviews with Presidente Castro. For some it was their last with him, but I still got one more :). But for the sad parts Mara and Daiara have basically given up on baptism and things are complicated with Artur's parents. But everything will turn out great. But a less active family we have been working with finally came back to church!!!! So that was great.
But I have taken the sweater of missionaries that have left clothes because it is getting cold, and I am a whimp. I know it isn't that cold out but it feels so dang cold haha. And the AP that I went on divisions with is from my group so we got to catch up and all that good stuff. So this week had some great parts.
And as for a funny moment...so yesterday my comp Elder Da Silva had to go to the hospital (that wasn't funny, he has a urinary infection) but while I was in the waiting room I saw a little kid puke everywhere and a SUPER drunk old guy who had his ear almost completely cut off. So that party must have been killer. Poor guy, he probably won't remember a thing, haha.
But yeah that was my week and this week will be a good one. We are traveling to Porto Alegre for Mission Council and I will see one of my old comps there, Elder Dartora. So that will be great.
Well as always, stay classy and FELIZ DIA DAS MAES!!!!!
Elder Mackay
So this week was full of the regular ups and downs of mission life. We taught well and had a sweet division with the assistants and had interviews with Presidente Castro. For some it was their last with him, but I still got one more :). But for the sad parts Mara and Daiara have basically given up on baptism and things are complicated with Artur's parents. But everything will turn out great. But a less active family we have been working with finally came back to church!!!! So that was great.
But I have taken the sweater of missionaries that have left clothes because it is getting cold, and I am a whimp. I know it isn't that cold out but it feels so dang cold haha. And the AP that I went on divisions with is from my group so we got to catch up and all that good stuff. So this week had some great parts.
And as for a funny moment...so yesterday my comp Elder Da Silva had to go to the hospital (that wasn't funny, he has a urinary infection) but while I was in the waiting room I saw a little kid puke everywhere and a SUPER drunk old guy who had his ear almost completely cut off. So that party must have been killer. Poor guy, he probably won't remember a thing, haha.
But yeah that was my week and this week will be a good one. We are traveling to Porto Alegre for Mission Council and I will see one of my old comps there, Elder Dartora. So that will be great.
Well as always, stay classy and FELIZ DIA DAS MAES!!!!!
Elder Mackay
At a member's house for surprise birthday cake
Elder Mackay and his companion with the Assistants
My obsession for LOTR has gone to a whole new level, Portuguese
Vai Altras De Mim Satanas (4-27-15)
Boa tarde gurizada!!!
So this week was full of ups and downs. It was transfers Tuesday which went fine. And I had a division with one of the other Elders because they had a baptism interview. Usually the District leader does them but when it is the DL that had a baptism, the Zone Leaders do it. And she was really sweet and knew her stuff. And the Elder I did the division with is Elder Purificacao, or Elder Purification. He has a legit name, and he played the crap out of Skyrim. We got along well.
But our two baptisms fell through, Mara Regina and Daiara. But they were remarked for the 9th. So they will still be baptized. Just that Satan was working overtime this week, and we have been running around so much that my shins are killing me. My body is getting ready for all this to be over, but my mind sure isn't!!!
But for happiness Artur is doing great!!! He came to church yesterday and he stopped drinking, and smoking pot!!! SO that is great. I was surprised that he smoked weed, he is only 15 haha, but he stopped!!!
And that is about all for this week. We will have interviews this week and it will be my last one before I sit in Pres. Castro's office where I have 99% certainty that he will just talk about marriage haha. But it will be great!!!
As always, I love ya'll!!! Stay classy and don't let Satan win in anything!
Elder Mackay
These are the pics from last week.
So this week was full of ups and downs. It was transfers Tuesday which went fine. And I had a division with one of the other Elders because they had a baptism interview. Usually the District leader does them but when it is the DL that had a baptism, the Zone Leaders do it. And she was really sweet and knew her stuff. And the Elder I did the division with is Elder Purificacao, or Elder Purification. He has a legit name, and he played the crap out of Skyrim. We got along well.
But our two baptisms fell through, Mara Regina and Daiara. But they were remarked for the 9th. So they will still be baptized. Just that Satan was working overtime this week, and we have been running around so much that my shins are killing me. My body is getting ready for all this to be over, but my mind sure isn't!!!
But for happiness Artur is doing great!!! He came to church yesterday and he stopped drinking, and smoking pot!!! SO that is great. I was surprised that he smoked weed, he is only 15 haha, but he stopped!!!
And that is about all for this week. We will have interviews this week and it will be my last one before I sit in Pres. Castro's office where I have 99% certainty that he will just talk about marriage haha. But it will be great!!!
As always, I love ya'll!!! Stay classy and don't let Satan win in anything!
Elder Mackay
These are the pics from last week.
Zone Brunch
The distance we walked one average day...the big number are steps.
FINAL ROUND.......BEGIN!!! (4-20-15)
OI!!!!
So today is transfer calls and nothing changed for us. So I will have my final breaths as a missionary here in Cachoeira do Sul with Elder Da Silva which is pretty great. I didn't want a change. And I think that I will be the only American in the zone, but I won't know till Wednesday. One of the Sister's is training so we don't know who she is yet haha. But I'm the only American.
This week was great. Mara Regina and Daira are super excited for their baptisms, which are Friday, and maybe Marcelo will be baptized too. And we learned that Daira's boyfriend is a less active, who is 19. SO WE ARE GETTING THIS KIDS BUTT TO THE MISSION FIELD!!! And another investigator, Artur, came to church and loved it and said that he will do what it takes to be baptized on the 2nd of Maio. And he is dating another less active as well. THE MORMON WORLD IS TINY!!!! haha
Other than that we just worked a ton and had lots of success. Some investigators that have never been to church came, and loved church and Pasqualina (another investigator) is making steady progress to stop smoking, which is great. I LOVE CACHOEIRA!!!
Well that's all I got, and I don't have pictures because we are in that little LAN house again and there is a line. I LOVE YA'LL!!!!
Elder Mackay
So today is transfer calls and nothing changed for us. So I will have my final breaths as a missionary here in Cachoeira do Sul with Elder Da Silva which is pretty great. I didn't want a change. And I think that I will be the only American in the zone, but I won't know till Wednesday. One of the Sister's is training so we don't know who she is yet haha. But I'm the only American.
This week was great. Mara Regina and Daira are super excited for their baptisms, which are Friday, and maybe Marcelo will be baptized too. And we learned that Daira's boyfriend is a less active, who is 19. SO WE ARE GETTING THIS KIDS BUTT TO THE MISSION FIELD!!! And another investigator, Artur, came to church and loved it and said that he will do what it takes to be baptized on the 2nd of Maio. And he is dating another less active as well. THE MORMON WORLD IS TINY!!!! haha
Other than that we just worked a ton and had lots of success. Some investigators that have never been to church came, and loved church and Pasqualina (another investigator) is making steady progress to stop smoking, which is great. I LOVE CACHOEIRA!!!
Well that's all I got, and I don't have pictures because we are in that little LAN house again and there is a line. I LOVE YA'LL!!!!
Elder Mackay
Trabalhando ate o po (4-13-15)
Oi guris!
This week was super busy. With traveling to Porto Alegre for my first Mission Leadership Council (which was great) and having to make up for a whole day in Porto Alegre we were super busy. But we marked tons of baptisms. We have 15 in total, and all of them are before I go home haha. So that is good haha. I want to see these people get in the water haha.
But we had a really cool miracle this week. So my comp and the Elder that was here before me found a lady that never wanted to be baptized, super religious, knows the Bible inside and out, a smidge crazy, but never wanted to be baptized. Well she called us and said, Elder we need to talk. So we go over and she says "I have gotten an answer. I will be baptized and if your baptism is complicated I will search for a baptist" haha. So we marked her baptismal date and for her daughter for the 25 of Abril. MILAGRES SAO REAIS!!!!
So that was the most noteworth story of the week. Sorry for the shortness but the LAN house we usually use had no internet so we are in a LAN house with only three computers so we have to be quick. But I LOVE YA'LL!!! STAY CLASSY!!!
PAZ
Elder Mackay
These are the pics I tried to send last week:
This week was super busy. With traveling to Porto Alegre for my first Mission Leadership Council (which was great) and having to make up for a whole day in Porto Alegre we were super busy. But we marked tons of baptisms. We have 15 in total, and all of them are before I go home haha. So that is good haha. I want to see these people get in the water haha.
But we had a really cool miracle this week. So my comp and the Elder that was here before me found a lady that never wanted to be baptized, super religious, knows the Bible inside and out, a smidge crazy, but never wanted to be baptized. Well she called us and said, Elder we need to talk. So we go over and she says "I have gotten an answer. I will be baptized and if your baptism is complicated I will search for a baptist" haha. So we marked her baptismal date and for her daughter for the 25 of Abril. MILAGRES SAO REAIS!!!!
So that was the most noteworth story of the week. Sorry for the shortness but the LAN house we usually use had no internet so we are in a LAN house with only three computers so we have to be quick. But I LOVE YA'LL!!! STAY CLASSY!!!
PAZ
Elder Mackay
These are the pics I tried to send last week:
Elder Mackay at Rio Jacui
Elder Mackay and the amazing Elder Pedro
The zone in the van coming home from zone conference
Semana de Conferencias (4-6-15)
Boa tarde!!!
So this week was really great. It was full of revelation because we had zone conference and general conference. So it was a lot of sitting and taking notes. But it was super awesome. I love Presidente Castro. But it was also really sad because it was my last zone conference, so it was the last time to see some of my friends that I have made. But even sadder...I had to give my farewell testimony. I hoped that day would never come. haha But I didn't cry. Sou homen entao nao choro. haha And general conference was great. It only talked about marriage! So that was a smidge trunky, so I guess God doesn't want me to take forever to get married haha. And we didn't get to see the last hour of the Sunday afternoon session, right when Elder Anderson was finishing up the power went out. Here in Brasil if it rains kinda hard the power goes out. Every time so that was unfortunate.
But other parts of the week were great. We found some sick families that have great potential and we are preparing Marcello to be baptized the 18th of Abril. So I'm excited for that!!!
Well my friends, that is all for this episode of my life, the end of this entry of the captain's log. But I wish ya'll a great week. AMO VOCES!!!
Elder Mackay
Sorry, not pics because this computer is terrible.
So this week was really great. It was full of revelation because we had zone conference and general conference. So it was a lot of sitting and taking notes. But it was super awesome. I love Presidente Castro. But it was also really sad because it was my last zone conference, so it was the last time to see some of my friends that I have made. But even sadder...I had to give my farewell testimony. I hoped that day would never come. haha But I didn't cry. Sou homen entao nao choro. haha And general conference was great. It only talked about marriage! So that was a smidge trunky, so I guess God doesn't want me to take forever to get married haha. And we didn't get to see the last hour of the Sunday afternoon session, right when Elder Anderson was finishing up the power went out. Here in Brasil if it rains kinda hard the power goes out. Every time so that was unfortunate.
But other parts of the week were great. We found some sick families that have great potential and we are preparing Marcello to be baptized the 18th of Abril. So I'm excited for that!!!
Well my friends, that is all for this episode of my life, the end of this entry of the captain's log. But I wish ya'll a great week. AMO VOCES!!!
Elder Mackay
Sorry, not pics because this computer is terrible.
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