September 17, 2012

So mom didn't send a full email. That leaves me a little worried.       ( PS from Mom: I sent the email to his old address, arrghh!!! He only got a link to an Ensign article from me.  I re-sent the email and was hoping to hear he got it. But I have not heard from him.  Rats! )
So everything went well last week. I burned an old shirt that I found in the house. I burnt it at a members house, and we just hung out there for a little while telling mission stories. Nothing too special. No injuries or anything. Nothing to be worried about. And no more burning for me for another 6 months. 

This week we baptized Julia, who is a daughter of a in active member that is returning to activity. Her brother who is a very active member but in a neighboring stake performed the baptism. It was really great. I think this family will really turn into one of the strong members of the ward.

On Thursday we will be having another baptism. A little strange but it is because her daughter-in-law works and travels a lot and that is the only day for a month that really works. She is an older lady, but is very firm. She is already asking how she pays her tithing. Always a good sign for someone to stay active.

Milton is blessing the sacrament every week now. It's really awesome to see. And also there was a stake activity for the men, which the missionaries were invited to. CHURRASO!! or Brazilian BBQ. It was very delicious. Milton helped prepare the food since our ward was in charge of the BBQ. He was singing serteneja (brazilian country) the whole time with the stake president. He is going to be a leader here in the near future. But while we were there it just so happened to be that the Zone Leaders were in division (or doing splits) with the Assistants. So I grabbed the assistant and had him talk with Milton's son, Guilherme. Before I knew it they had dissapeared. Little did I know that Elder Torres (the assistant from Peru) had taken him into the chapel to do an impromtu interview. So now Guilherme will be baptized next Sunday. The assistants are assistants for a reason. He also went with us to do some other interviews and it was kind of amazing to see how he talked to people and everything. He really knows how to talk to people.

Well that's about all for this week. Tell mom to hurry up and send an email. Until next week.

com amor,
Elder Cameron Bruce