May is Coming to an End!

Well... I cant believe that it is already the end of May, and that next P-day I will be 19. It is weird to say :) but life here in Caucaia is great. I am absolutely loving it :) This week was yet again wonderful :) 

To start out. We are teaching two people that will be baptized on Sunday. Lucas and Adriano. This week I will snag a photo for you guys. But Lucas is 15 and has a great desire to do what is right:) He accepted the baptismal invite in the first lesson and is doing well to progress to his baptism. 

Adriano was a reference of the temple. He loves the church and was nervous at first to be baptized. We talked a lot with him and he always accepted the church, but it was difficult to be baptized. During a split Elder Waters and Castro challenged him to pray in the moment to be baptized :) and he accepted!!!! And they both will be baptized on my birthday :) what a birthday present ;) 

Elders Westover, Farias, Cook on Splits with Elder Iverson

As for some other news. Our recent Baptism Flavia has been studying a lot and asked something that I found quite hilarious :) We were talking to her and asked if she had any questions. And she went and grabbed The Pearl of Great Price, opened to the facsimile of Abraham and asked "What in the world is this?" haha I was like "What????" in my head of course :) she had been studying a lot and was learning a lot. haha I had never been asked about the facsimile before. 

We are teaching a guy that has a whole lot of problems. He was a user of Crack, but he stopped, but he is a heavy heavy drinker, and likes to smoke. I have seen the guy sober one time, and we are trying to help the guy stop. It is really sad, but with God nothing is impossible. :) he says somethings that are funny :) and this week he told Elder Castro that he is "meio gatão" trazlation: "kinda hot" ;) haha and he calls Elder Castro irmãozão  and me irmãozinho. :) 

We found a new family to teach. Of 4 people. They are great, Saturday we had a lesson with them and the dad calls me "Americano" he won’t call me by my name :) haha it is great. They ask a whole lot of questions, and we are able to teach very well to them. Their only problem, they cant wake up early. Saturday they woke up at 1 o´clock :) haha But that is just a small matter. 

Life is good here in Brasil. With a continuation of the bible I am reading now about the Law of Moses. Wow it has a lot to it. It was interesting I didn’t really know the story of the 10 commandments. How the Lord told Moses to prepare the people at the base of the mountain and then came the storm clouds and lightning. And the Lord talked to the people about the 10 commandments. Interesting. 

I also learned a few things interesting this week. Since the Fall of Adam God (the father) doesn’t work directly with man. He uses his son Jesus Christ to talk to the prophets. So we know that the 10 commandments were given to Moses through Jesus, that Jesus talked to Noah, to all the prophets of the Bible, until today. Thomas S. Monson talks with Jesus Christ to know what we need to learn :) Me and Elder Castro have been talking a lot about the Pearl of Great Price. Wow, this book is a winner. It has so much stuff :) I love to study and read. :) I challenge you guys to read a little of the Pearl of Great Price, it truly has some of Gods secrets in there. 

amo vcs :) fiquem fortes, e festejar sempre. ;) 

(I love you guys :) remain strong , and party ever. ;)

Élder Iverson 

ps Chess update, 66-11 ;) oops 

Enjoying the Dark

The headlamp actually came in handy with power outages and walking home in the dark.

The District

Photos

Missionary Life is Fabulous

Well, what a great week here in Caucaia. We had a great great week :) 

To start out we have found a few new people to teach. And they are all sorts of different. 

Maria, and her husband Luiz are super "crente" or they are really believers in their church. And she explained to us that she was having a tough time without a car, and that life was good, and God is good, but without a car life is hard. And we visited in 4 days, and she told us "Angels, I have good news for you!!!" and she was beaming with a smile and practically bouncing!!! And she told us that she was going to get a car????? WHAT???? like it was nuts.... she was crying and yelling, and praying, all at the same time, and it was incredible the fact that she was getting a car out of no where :) haha so that is the funny story of the week :) We had a good laugh just at the strangeness of the situation. 

This week we had a few service projects :) First we helped out a lady that isn’t a member, but her granddaughter is. She is super nice and loves that we help her, she just wants nothing, for now, to know about the church. But all is good. Also we helped a lady move houses. 

On Thursday we did a contact with a lady (Fernanda) and she said that she was moving two houses down and was really stressed out. (*side note: people seem to tell us everything because we are missionaries and it is really neat) We offered to help her out and she accepted. So Friday we helped her out. I am convinced that a mission is training to do everything in a white shirt and tie, when I get home, whatever you want, I think I will be able to do in a white shirt and tie :) but all is good. 

Something that I am really appreciating in the mission is the life that I have. I was raised in the gospel, and in the bubble of Plain City Utah, and am really appreciating the life I had. Without a whole lot of problems other than what socks I would wear, and if I could impress that cute girl on the other side of the classroom. :) Life here in Brasil is great. And everyone is great, but I sure do miss Plain City Utah :) take advantage of the life that you all have, one day you will miss it :) 

Life is good, as you will see this week we found a giant spider in the path.

and the mission life is difficult on the shoes :) 

Elder Castro after one month absolutely destroyed his shoes :) haha 

But the life of a missionary is fabulous... :) I am in love with Brasil, and it is weird to think that I will have to return home in 15 months... but it will be good :) 

Elder Iverson over and out, until next week :) 

as an update for chess... 48-8 :) haha 

Saying Goodbye to Tarias

I Love Brazil

I love Brazil. 

We met a sweet lady Maria she is the mother of another investigator. We got to her house and she was starting a bone fire, I was like "What?" it reminded me of back home and the campfires we would have :) what a treat :)