bom dia!

Posted by Harry May 12, 2014

bom dia!

how is everyone doing today! Crazy to think our time to skype is already over, that definitely came and went haha. It was so nice to see you guys though! Pretty cool to be able to do a three way skype. I feel like I talked way to much though, you guys hardly said anything! Yet I feel like I had so much more to say.. evreyday is like that haha whenever my day ends I feel like I want to tell you all about it. Guess thats what P-day is for. Anyway. It was pretty weird to see you guys though, since its literally been like 4 months! Kimball and jake you guys are punks.. Kimball you can wear my clothes just not my elites.. those are valuable to me haha. Same with you jake. I was glad to see that you guys were doing well though. Fun listening to harry speak Portuguese though, I understood about half of it, then Elder Nugeira informed me of what you said.. wow haha.

This past week has been pretty good, been trying at times because its completely different then what Im used to! I think i´m in the swing of things again though. Still working on the language though! Probably will be my entire mission.. boa sorte. Once I get it down itll be good. Ive been able to do a lot of teaching this past week and door contacts. As a service project here the missionaries nget together and travel to different areas and deliver a message on behalf of the mayor about the disease Dengue. We pass out fliers and then give a brief message about the chuch afterwards! Did that for a couple of hours, taught the Restoration many times haha its pretty cool actually, the way we teach it is by drawing the whole restoration on paper as we teach. Its pretty helpfull. Ive been able to do the first vision a bunch of times which is so powerful, and awesome. I love that part. Its really the best feeling when you finish teaching and you ask the investigator `voce entende-o" meaning did you understand? and they say yes.. like that little word yes is the best answer ever, huge feeling of relief comes over me haha. But on the other hand I´ve had a couple experiences where people say no.. or mais o menos meaning more or less.. which can be really frustration because I have so much to add to the lesson but in that expereince it has no value..

In preach my Gospel an apostle wrote saying the language everyone can have in common with is the Spirit to testify to there hearts, thats all we need as missionaries is the spirit to teach and testify to our investigators. I had a couple cool experiences this week while teaching. We have an investigator who will not read the book of mormon because she wont believe in it. We read 2 nephi 29 with her which is a brutal chapter then read moroni 10;3-5 and had her pray right there with the things spoken about in those versus. The spirit was so strong, there was no response afterward but I know, and I did testify to her that that is the spirit telling you the Book of the word of God. People know it, The Spirit does not lie that and the Book of mormon are the greatest tools for conversion. I love being bold in missionary work because Whats there to fear? Its the Doctrine of Christ everyone needs to hear it. I love the Gospel. We had Zone meeting this week which was good too, practiced teaching in front of the whole zone.. so crazy.. but It was good I guess. This week we have zone conference I believe which im pretty excited! Nothing else special will happen that I know of. Thats all I really have considering that we skyped yesterday! I hope you guys have a great week though! I love you guys so much! Happy Mothers day Mom! I know it was yesterday but I dont think I told you enough times..

Love, Elder Kenning

Spiritual Thought: Alma 53 and 56 Talks about the 2000 Stripling warriors and how they were mighty young men, valiant and great examples to everyone. Only because they listened to their mothers. They really are called "mommas boys" if thats what a mommas boy is, then count me in! Love you mom, Happy mothers day! :)