September 26, 2016
More Baptisms!
So last week we baptized Sâmela who is 14 and this week Viniceus who is 2 months older than Gavin. Sâmela we found through some members who were close friends with her and she was actually already taught all of the missionary lessons but in that stage in her life I guess she wasn't ready to be baptized she said. But when we found her she had no problem accepting and being baptized last week! Through her we were able to reactivate a members sister and bring her older sister Samara to church this week which we are preparing to baptise this week! Viniceus really is a cool story for later but we found him through playing bball at the ward activity which is every Friday and now every Monday. Which is great bc on Mondays i can play(;
We went to Vinceus house and were able to teach his mom and him together. This Sunday was the first week that his mom went to church. It is hard for her to go places because she is taking care of her 96 yr old mom who lives with them. When we told her about Viniceus baptism she really wanted to go but wasn't able to because of her mother, she told us this on Saturday. But Sunday when we arrived at his house, Viniceus, his mom and grandma were already dressed and ready to go to church! They weren't able to stay for all of the classes and the baptism becasue of his gma but they were able to stay for the first 2 classes and loved the church! We really found them at the right time in their lives because they were looking for a new church to go to because of some problems that happened with them at their last church. But also Viniceus brought a friend Gustavo who's 16 and his girlfriend who went for the second time. But about his girlfriend she has suffered alot in her life but ill let you guys about her story next week. Her baptism is marked for this week too.
But just to let you guys know, transfers are today. The assistant pretty much told me that me and my comp will stay one more together! Which will be good because we have a lot of work to do and plus we are 7 straight weeks baptizing so we put up a goal to destroy this last month together and baptize everyone and plus baptize every week till I get home!But, love you guys. The owner of the computers in getting grumpy so i got to go hahaaté mais Elder Mauter
Elder Spencer Mauter
Monday, September 26, 2016
September 19, 2016
Oi Fam!
I don't have much time this week so I'm only going to write a little!
My comp got assaulted on Friday when he was with another missionary in my house so today we have to go the the mission office to get a new phone so that we can follow up with our zone. But last week was good other than that part. Last week I think our basketball activity spread throughout the city, because it seemed like everyone showed up to participate. So we had a really good turn out. Plus we were able to talk with alot of young people playing and visit their houses after!! And we took them to church on Sunday!
So im sure this week will be pretty busy for us to follow up with everyone and meet their families. Next week will already be transfers so we'll see who will have the honor to kill me in the mission! (mission slang talk for your last comp)
Ya mom, I'll need a new suit when I get home, so send me a pic of that blue suit I like that color!
And hope you get better mom and gavin!
Love,
Elder Mauter
Oi Fam!
I don't have much time this week so I'm only going to write a little!
My comp got assaulted on Friday when he was with another missionary in my house so today we have to go the the mission office to get a new phone so that we can follow up with our zone. But last week was good other than that part. Last week I think our basketball activity spread throughout the city, because it seemed like everyone showed up to participate. So we had a really good turn out. Plus we were able to talk with alot of young people playing and visit their houses after!! And we took them to church on Sunday!
So im sure this week will be pretty busy for us to follow up with everyone and meet their families. Next week will already be transfers so we'll see who will have the honor to kill me in the mission! (mission slang talk for your last comp)
Ya mom, I'll need a new suit when I get home, so send me a pic of that blue suit I like that color!
And hope you get better mom and gavin!
Love,
Elder Mauter
September 12, 2016
Dois Batismos!!! And a hot wife
Dois Batismos!!! And a hot wife
So last week was crazy with my replacement comp for the week(; Elder Flores he has 4 months in the mission. He came and stayed here to learn how to baptise! He's pretty crazy so we had a good time! But about the Baptisms we baptised Marcondes whose 18 and Mirian whose also 18. And i bet your wondering about what i meant about a hot wife haha. Its because of how much rain i took this week. Saturday we had to walk in the rain all the way to lunch which was at the other end of the world... I had so many clothes wet that I had to use some old missionaries clothes that were left in the house haha!
Marcondes was really an elite of the Lord. Teaching him was super spiritual watching him learn and gain a testemony. Everything we taught it seemed like he already knew. This week we started teaching him on Wednesday and marked his baptism for Saturday and everything was going smoothly even I thought it was weird until Saturday when it rained all day and when we arrived at his house we saw that his mom threw a huge party with drinks and people smoking. But when we got there and his mom saw us and called him out of his room where he stayed away from all of the people while he waited for us to go to his baptism.
We were super pumped up that he was ready for his baptism! So i wasnt to mad that we had to run through the rain to the church hahah!
Mirian is a girl we have been working with alot for a couple of weeks already. She was athiest and had really bad influences in her life. We helped her stop cutting herself, drinking and taking persciption drugs when she was depressed. Even though it was a fight we promised that all would be better if she showed her faith to the Lord that she is willing to follow his example and be baptized but first she would have to stop with all these addictions she had. From the first time we taught her until now she was literally a different person. From a girl that didnt want to hear our message and not going to church to a girl who fought for change. On the day of her baptism even with all the rain i could tell there was nothing that would hold her back. After i baptised her she came out of the water crying. This week was a big testimony builder for me!
but love you guys!
Elder Mauter
September 5, 2016
Oi fam!!
This week went by quick! Me and my comp have been working a ton in our area and were able to baptize Igor and Diego this week!Igor who will be 18 next month will participate in the quorum pretty soon and hopefully serve a mission! Diego is 11yrs old. We always thought he was a member because he comes to all of the activities and meetings alone. But last week we were talking to him and he told us he wasn't baptized so we talked with the bishop and the pres and they allowed him to be baptized because of his extensive time at church. We were going to also baptize Miriam but we found out her boyfriend who is a member was full of doubts about the church and telling her that she shouldn't be baptized. So this was a bummer but when she told us this she told us that she didn't want that to happen to her so we told her if she wanted to help him it would be by being an example. Which he should be to her... so we will continue to talk and help her. but also we have Marcondes who is 18 and Jennifer who is 15 all in the process to be baptized, pray for them!
Last week my comp will be going in another area to help the missionaries there who are having difficulties and ill stay here with elder flores who has like 3 months in the mission, so it will be cool! Tomorrow, we have a conference and then on wed we have a district meeting. So ya I'll be getting home a week earlier than planned. President Colleoni changed the transfers to only 5 weeks.
But love you guys
Elder Mauter
Something cool just happened right now. My comp had to look something up on his email so we stopped by again after i got my hair cut and one of the kids who plays basketball at the church who we weren't able to find last week showed up and sat next to me just now and we started talking about stuff at home and the mission. I told him slot about my experiences and what I've learned. He then told me how he would like to go on a mission one day!! We are reserving so many blessings-
Oi fam!!
This week went by quick! Me and my comp have been working a ton in our area and were able to baptize Igor and Diego this week!Igor who will be 18 next month will participate in the quorum pretty soon and hopefully serve a mission! Diego is 11yrs old. We always thought he was a member because he comes to all of the activities and meetings alone. But last week we were talking to him and he told us he wasn't baptized so we talked with the bishop and the pres and they allowed him to be baptized because of his extensive time at church. We were going to also baptize Miriam but we found out her boyfriend who is a member was full of doubts about the church and telling her that she shouldn't be baptized. So this was a bummer but when she told us this she told us that she didn't want that to happen to her so we told her if she wanted to help him it would be by being an example. Which he should be to her... so we will continue to talk and help her. but also we have Marcondes who is 18 and Jennifer who is 15 all in the process to be baptized, pray for them!
Last week my comp will be going in another area to help the missionaries there who are having difficulties and ill stay here with elder flores who has like 3 months in the mission, so it will be cool! Tomorrow, we have a conference and then on wed we have a district meeting. So ya I'll be getting home a week earlier than planned. President Colleoni changed the transfers to only 5 weeks.
But love you guys
Elder Mauter
Something cool just happened right now. My comp had to look something up on his email so we stopped by again after i got my hair cut and one of the kids who plays basketball at the church who we weren't able to find last week showed up and sat next to me just now and we started talking about stuff at home and the mission. I told him slot about my experiences and what I've learned. He then told me how he would like to go on a mission one day!! We are reserving so many blessings-
August 29, 2016
batismo!!!!!!
remember that kid i told you guys about last week ya well leônidas hes 16 years old, he was baptized this week!
So last week when we went to follow up with leônidas at seminary in the church, he pulled us aside and told us he didn't feel prepared and wanted to wait a little longer to be baptized. But this is normal so we didn't feel so bummed out after he told us this we just told him to finish seminary and then we'll talk to him. My comp was never able to teach him all the lessons before i got here because he lives super far away. So we were able to teach him and help him out with the questions he had after class and after he didn't have any doubts about what he wanted to do!
We also have 3 more baptisms for this week Jennifer who is 16, Igor who is 18 and Miriam whos 16! Pray for these names! we actually were teaching Igor and Miriam last week to mark their baptisms. But Miriam believes in the big bang theory and tells us she is athiest but we've already gotten her to pray so the process is going good its just we have some problems with her boyfriend in the church who doesn't help us alot.
But this past week we were able to find a bunch of people at the church activity playing basketball. So I had to destroy them to then get their adresses haha but this week we'll be passing in their houses to meet their families.
My comp & I are both zone leaders, everyday we call all the district leaders to find out what their doing in their areas and everyday we call to grab the numbers of every dupla and pass them to the assistants. We also do all the interviews of the dls, and go to areas in our zone that are needing help. But mom I'll answer your question about how many baptism's I've had when i return home but I know it's more than 50.
I finally received the package and my debit card so you can activate it now! and i also got a package from the Wagstaff's haha send them thank-you! i laughed so hard they sent me a huge sling shot l! So we'll for sure use it in our next zone pday!! But mom thanks for all the stuff and I love the peanut butter!!! The birthday brownies were a lil old but they were still good haha! The mission secretaries recently called me asking me were I wanted to land so im pretty sure I'll be getting my flight plan soon so I'll send it to you guys as soon as i get it.
but love you guys
elder mauter
batismo!!!!!!
remember that kid i told you guys about last week ya well leônidas hes 16 years old, he was baptized this week!
So last week when we went to follow up with leônidas at seminary in the church, he pulled us aside and told us he didn't feel prepared and wanted to wait a little longer to be baptized. But this is normal so we didn't feel so bummed out after he told us this we just told him to finish seminary and then we'll talk to him. My comp was never able to teach him all the lessons before i got here because he lives super far away. So we were able to teach him and help him out with the questions he had after class and after he didn't have any doubts about what he wanted to do!
We also have 3 more baptisms for this week Jennifer who is 16, Igor who is 18 and Miriam whos 16! Pray for these names! we actually were teaching Igor and Miriam last week to mark their baptisms. But Miriam believes in the big bang theory and tells us she is athiest but we've already gotten her to pray so the process is going good its just we have some problems with her boyfriend in the church who doesn't help us alot.
But this past week we were able to find a bunch of people at the church activity playing basketball. So I had to destroy them to then get their adresses haha but this week we'll be passing in their houses to meet their families.
My comp & I are both zone leaders, everyday we call all the district leaders to find out what their doing in their areas and everyday we call to grab the numbers of every dupla and pass them to the assistants. We also do all the interviews of the dls, and go to areas in our zone that are needing help. But mom I'll answer your question about how many baptism's I've had when i return home but I know it's more than 50.
I finally received the package and my debit card so you can activate it now! and i also got a package from the Wagstaff's haha send them thank-you! i laughed so hard they sent me a huge sling shot l! So we'll for sure use it in our next zone pday!! But mom thanks for all the stuff and I love the peanut butter!!! The birthday brownies were a lil old but they were still good haha! The mission secretaries recently called me asking me were I wanted to land so im pretty sure I'll be getting my flight plan soon so I'll send it to you guys as soon as i get it.
but love you guys
elder mauter
August 22, 2016
rosas dos ventos
my new and last area!!
So last week was pretty crazy because of transfers. I was transferred to a neighborhood called Rosas dos Ventos in Parnamirim and called to be the new zone leader here with elder Benito. If you remember Parnamirim was my 3rd area in the mission but last time I was here I was serving downtown and actually last time I was here I did a division for a week in the area that I’m at now. So i know some of the people here which is cool. So last week before I got here we got the call that I would be transferred after lunch so we went around saying tchau to everyone here which was difficult and showing my son(the companion I trained) what he's going to be doing when his new comp gets there.
When I got into my new area we went around getting to know everyone and the next day we had a zone meeting with our new zone so that everyone can get to know each other and so that we can pass our vision to them of what we want to accomplish this transfer. I can already see that this transfer will be alot busier now because i will be following up with 22 missionaries every day other than 6 which I was doing before haha. So wish me luck!
Last week my new comp already had a baptism marked for that week, Leonidas who is 16 but he injured his foot the day before his baptism so we had to remark it for this week. We still wanted to teach someone so we were at a ward activity and found a bunch of young men that we thought were members but they actually have been visiting the church a ton without anyone talking to them thinking they were also members. We started teaching a bunch of them and ended up baptizing João Paulo whose 14. It was good that we found him because his family was having a bunch of difficulties between themselves. We found out that his grandpa was letting his dad use his house while he got back on his feet and until he found a job. It turned out that his dad wasn't even looking to find a job and also spending a lot of money on useless stuff. So his grandpa was going to kick his family out of his house. We were able to talk to João paulos grandpa who was pretty mad when he found out and was telling us that he was going to kill him. It was good we were there to calm him down! But thats all for this week I need to send some paper work to the secretary right now so i got to go!
Love,
Elder Mauter
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