I got to eat chicken hearts

Good to hear about Zach. Tell him to send me an email when he gets the chance.

We had another good week here. On Saturday we had a birthday party for one of our recent converts. We all went on the roof and grilled bbq. I also got to eat chicken hearts which were pretty good. The highlight was on Sunday. We had two more baptisms. One was the daughter of the lady we baptized last sunday and the other is her brother. Something I think is really cool is that he is special. Technically he doesnt need to be baptized because he is already perfect but he told us that he won’t come back to church until we baptize him. He has a real desire and he is really awesome. Personally I think thats a really cool story. He could never live on his own but he has a desire to keep the commandments. It was a really great week with more to come.

Love Elder Visser

Solomon's Temple her in Brasil? That's Crazy!

We went to 25 of march again today (the place with a bunch of shops)  We also visited Solomon’s Temple.  They have an exact replica of Solomon’s Temple here in Sao Paulo and it was crazy big.

We had another good week here in Jardim Odete.  The first week of the transfer is always a little bit slow which is normal.  We had another baptism on Sunday and this one was really cool.  Nintey percent of the baptism we have are member referals but this one was a street conctact that was made about 8 weeks ago.  We kept with it and this past Sunday she was baptized it was really awesome.  Next week we will baptize her daughter and hopefully her mom.  Her mom isn’t married but is moving out of the house so we will see where things go with that.  My Portuguese is getting better slowly but surley.  I love the area and my companion.  Thanks for the love and support!

Love Elder Visser

It's transfer time and I am staying!

I want to thank Grandma and Grandpa for the letter as well as the Hauwillers for the letter.  I really appreciated reading them.  I dont have any stamps though and if I could get there emails I will be able to respond to all the questions.

This week went by really fast and was honestly one of the best I’ve had here in Brasil.  It was the last week of the transfers and the last week is always a good one.  Sunday we had a baptism for Camila.  We have been teaching her for about 7 weeks now.  The reason she wasnt baptized sooner is because she wasnt married to her less active boyfriend.  We helped out with that and got them married and then she was able to be baptized.  I had the privlige to baptize her and it was awesome.  This was the first time I physically baptized someone in my life.  It was a great experience and one I’ll never forget.  After the baptism we went to a marriage party because we helped 3 less active part member couples get married.  It was so cool becuase they were so grateful for our help and it was a really good time.  Then after the party we went back to the church for two more baptism.  It was a super good day and I also found out I’ll be staying in the area with my companion for another 5 weeks.

Thanks for all the support and love.

Love Elder Visser

Strange weather we are having

It is starting to get really hot here but the weather is very strange.  One minute is will be crazy hot and the next raining and freezing cold.  We got a lot of rain the past two days which is a great thing.  We used those family mission game plans in Texas all the time, you better not be one of those families that always puts it off haha.  I hope your surgery goes well and everything is good.

 

This past week was really good.  We had the chance to go to the Campinas Temple.  It was a nice relaxed day and much needed.  We took a bus and it took about two hours to get there.  We were able to do one session and I did it in Portuguese which was interesting but went smoothly.  I loved sitting in the Celestial room and just the peacefulness was great.  I was thinking how I can’t wait until I have the chance to be able to go to the Temple whenever I would like.  They seriously are the most peacful places on earth.  We only have one more week of the transfer left and the last week is always a good one.  I’m grateful for all of your support and love.  I’m also grateful for this church in my life and all the blessings I’ve received because of it.

 

 

Love Elder Visser