Happy Birthday, Calvin!
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| Calvin in his new birthday greenie tie that his sister, Katelyn made! |
We just got back from cleaning the temple. It was Awesome! We cleaned the locker room and the sisters got to clean the chandeliers. The temple worker gave all of us a little piece of the original chandeliers from the celestial room. They are replacing them and they kept some of the pieces from the original when the temple was built.
Thanks so much for all the gifts! I got them a few days
ago. Love the tie Kate lol(MOM note: Calvin's sister Katelyn made him a greenie tie. That is what a new missionary is called)
The language is getting better. We tried to speak only Portuguese yesterday in
class and it was pretty quiet. The best way to learn the language is to
speak it. The devotionals are awesome.My teacher told us a few weeks ago something that was pretty cool. The
scripture that says "the field is white and ready to harvest". Well when
the field is yellow that means the wheat is ready to be harvested and
when it turns white that means the wheat needs to be harvested soon or
it will go bad and he related that to missionary work. It is pretty cool!
A sister in our district got her visa and 5 others got theirs in
2 other districts. The sister in our district will stay here and leave
for Brazil the same day we are scheduled to leave. Hopefully we all get
them soon! My mission president wrote all the elders and sisters a letter which I will enclose:
Elders and Sisters
We look forward awaiting his arrival in the mission ....
Our fasting is beginning to bear fruit and we already have 30 baptisms in 02 weeks and now we have two more weeks to baptize 45 more!! All want to inherit the celestial kingdom, and would like you to contemplate on these words of Nephi: Oh! How big is the plan of our God! Because, on the other hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous and the spirit and the body shall be reunited again, and all men will become incorruptible and immortal and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh, with the difference that our knowledge shall be perfect. We will therefore have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness, and the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, with the robe of righteousness. And what will happen when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, becoming immortal, they must appear before the court in the Holy One of Israel, and then cometh the judgment, and will be judged according to the holy judgment of God. (2 Nephi 9:13-15) We should take care of us and not worry about others and never be surprised when someone we know very, moves away from the gospel, or so it is unfair to us or to our next ... President J. Reuben Clark taught: "The ravening wolves are found among us, with our own members, and they, more than any other, find themselves dressed as evelhas because wear the garments of the priesthood" (Pres. J. Reuben Clark Jr.Conf. Report, Apr. 1949, p.168) The pres. John Taylor taught about the care that we have on our mind: "" ... He himself tells the story and testifies against him ... the man will not be judged and condemned by anyone saw or heard, but because the record he himself wrote on the tablets of the mind itself - record that can not lie - that day will be unveiled before God, angels, and those who will sit as judges. " (John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, 11:78-79) So, decide today to be faithful and never move away from the gospel, regardless of what will happen in the future! Never leave to decide the hour of trial, difficulty, temptation, etc ... I love you, I trust you, Pres. Fernandes
(MOM note: Calvin asked for ear plugs in one of his emails and we couldn't figure out why) The ear plugs are for getting a good
nights rest. It is kinda hard to sleep with 6 elders tossing and turning
all night long.Thanks so much! and thanks for the mints and pictures and
everything. I didn't get pictures with my teachers this week I will definately
get them next week. We will get our reassignments next week if we haven"t
gotten our visas. I hope it comes!! We all made bets on who will get
theirs next. I would send pic but this computer won't let me I will in a
few hours.
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| Calvin opening his birthday package |
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Love you All,
Elder Brown
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