Hola familia!
Thank you so much for the wonderful updates and the wonderful news!
Dad, Thank you as well for the research that you did for me. I am
thinking a lot about college and my future work. I'm am not one hundred
percent with anything, just looking at the options. I would love to
continue at one of the byu schools. If you could fill out the
requirements and send to me what I need to do, the essays, that would be
awesome! I really feel like I should go to Byu. To major in what field
is another question. I was thinking about Anatomy this week, because I
really enjoyed anatomy in highschool. I am hoping that being a returned
missionary will help me get in, I will also get a recommendation from
President Souza to help :) I think the special forces might be the
correct route for me.... I could live a little in hawaii ;) But I just
need to find a branch where I will not be forced to stay in the special
forces for years and years. Keep me updated on what I can do to get into
BYU :)
That is awesome that you marked the Book of Mormon and gave it to
your patient. I am very proud of you! That is awesome! Now remember to
follow up here this week. With her questions and how she felt! I'm sure
you probably have already done that. But that is awesome that you are
getting that missionary fire in your bones!
This week we had a really really amazing thing happen. We have been
searching for members of the church that have fallen away from the
church a little. We found a familia that has not been to church for
fourteen years! Some had been a couple times but never created the
routine going to church. We had a family home evening with them and we
taught them the lessons again, including the son that had never been
baptized. We prepared him for baptism and he was baptised and confirmed
this last weeked! We were able to reactivate his entire family as well! I
will send a picture of him and his family!!! Our sacrament meeting was a
little more full this week! ;)
This is the last week of the transfers and I think that I will be
transferred because I have six months here in this area. But I don't
want to leave, I have my family here and I don't want to leave Elder
Young. But we will see... maybe next e mail I will be in a different
area!
I love you all so much! And I know that the church is true. I know
that Joseph Smith was the prophet of the restoration and that the book
of mormon is one of the most treasurable gifts that we have.
Elder Heath
I also went and had an eye test this week and my vision has gotten a
little worse because of the sun here! The doctor explained that the sun
rays are so strong that, walking in the sun all day I need
something... So I might be getting glasses.... :) And I will send my new
vision to maybe get some new contacts. :)
I also took the x rays for Bishop Packard. They are simple x rays but I will be sending them next week.
October 1st, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cant believe that your birthday has already come around the
corner! How was the party? I was a little nervous when I heard that you
passed out on the floor...... But I loved the part that you wrote to me.
I actually understood about the renovations at the temple! I was
thinking here, I have never entered the Boise temple. That is definitely
on my to do list! What did everyone do for the birthday party? Was
there chocolate? Send pictures if you can!
Danielle, how was the dance? You are the most beautiful young woman
on this planet!!! Your dress looks exactly like a princess dress! Did
you have fun? What was the theme of the dance?
How did the follow up with the book of mormon go dad? We had a
training this last week about what to do when an investigator doesn't
read what they said they would. You have to make a sad face, and show
them that they are really missing out. (Preach my Gospel) But I'm sure
she read it. You are always such an example to me, keep it up!
So I have some news....... I am no longer in Fortaleza..... I
jumped on a bus last night at seven o'clock and I arrived in my new area
at six this morning!!!! I am at the very bottom of Ceará now. A place
called Juazeiro. We took a pretty sweet bus to Juazeiro that reclines
and It is sooooooooooo different here! I am in the middle of nowhere! It
is just desert here, and jungle! My new area is a branch, because the
church here is just starting! The church here has the same time as I do
on the mission! I am very excited to be here, to help the church grow!
Also I arrived at the bus stop and i meet my new companheiro....
Elder Queroz! But I meet him.. then I thought..... last time that I saw
Elder Queroz he was a zone leader.... And now he is my companion....
Then he gave me the surprise that I am now a zone leader! t is his
fourth transfer as a zone leader here and will be my first! Elder Queroz
is from Sau Paulo and he has been here one more transfer than me. He is
a surfer and he plays guitar too! We are going to have a blast! In our
zone we have twenty missionaries and a couple areas that are out of the
state! We will have to travel 4 more hours to get to them! I am very
very excited to be a zone leader and to serve the missionaries here in
Juazeiro. I have heard that the Catholic religion is super strong here,
and there is a saint (padre cicero) that everyone here adores. We
entered the market and we saw him, the bank, there was a statue, a
restaurant there he was, in a members house here he was again!
Missionary work will be very different here but I am ready for a god
challenge.
This week I also bought glasses! I decided I didn't want to have my
eyes get worse and worse so I got glasses! You should see all the
things that I can see now!!!! haha They also turn dark in the sun so my
eyes will be protected. Sorry if you don't believe it but I actually
like glasses ;) Ill send a picture next week!
Elder Heath
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