Sunday, March 25, 2012

March 19, 2012

Tudo bem pessoal!

That sounds like an awesome spring break. How many square feet is the rental? Thats cool that Romney is doing so well. People here in Brasil all love Obama....they think the he saved America and Brasil from economic collapse.....oh mainstream media...fazer o que haha

I have good news. Jesus was baptized! I just saw the numbers for my old area in QuaraĆ­. It made me so happy to see that. I remember when I made the first contact with him. He seemed like a grumpy old man and he had yellow fingers because he smoked so much. One of the main reasons he was baptized was because of his sense of commitment. When he said he was going to do something he did it.

Here in Santa Rosa we are starting to find some great investigators, some great families. I´ve gained a stronger testimony about the importance of members in missionary work. Everything that went well this week is because we were using members. The testimony of someone that knows you personally will change you faster than anything. I saw this at the house of Luciano yesterday. We found Luciano knocking doors Friday and he was extremely interested. He is this huge german man. He talked about some struggles he was having with cancer. That day that we knocked his door he had gone home early from work. He felt inspired that he needed to go home early. Sunday, he brought a member there and this investigator opened up even more, because of this.

Something crazy also happened. When we got to church yesterday, right before we entered the gate, we heard some confusion andsomeone yelling. We looked over and one of the brothers was chasing a man in a blue shirt. We started to chase him for about 3 blocks. The district president cut him off after the 3rd. The guy dropped the car radio he had stolen and kept going. It was a pretty crazy chase.

I hope that everything is going great at home. I´m thankful that i´m working here as a missionary.

I LIKE LETTERS!
Com Amor, Elder Rollins

Monday, March 12, 2012

March 12, 2012

Hey family!

This week was very interesting.

I got both packages and I love them both. We already ate everything haha. I got the frame too which was way cool. It´s kind of broken but this guy in the branch says he can fix it. It works for like 5 mintues but than the screen turns off. The music keeps going but you can´t see anything. (don´t worry I saw all the pictures it was awesome). Grandpa's chocolate was also very delicious. My companion is Brazilian from Manaus (way from the amozan forest)- Elder Deleon. I dont think he likes me...so i´m trying to be better friends with him.


This area is great. They say this is one of the best areas in the mission. The members are ready to help too. We just need more people to teach to be able to use them. The investigators we do have are very good. Rafeal is one of them. He has changed alot and is progressing very well. He´s the most sincere investigator I´ve had on the mission. His desire to change is huge. He´s going to every activity and every meeting. He hasn´t been baptized because he has some worthiness issues but he will be ready in a month or two. His uncle is also very good. His nickname is Pipa. He will also be baptized but he has to quit smoking. When the Spirit is present in a lesson, it´s always very strong during the part of the first vision and also when we talk about families.


To answer your question about teaching- in this branch we are just attending and accompanying our investigators. In the other areas, I taught alot.


We are knocking alot of doors. haha Most the day is walking under the hot sun


We started an english class and we had are first class Saturday. We taught them how they can make a study plan to learn english. It was a cool experience.


I have to go back to work!


Com Amor,
Elder Rollins