tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26316353246203862562024-03-14T07:40:08.641-05:00ELDER STEVEN UNTCH-Brazil Joao Pessoa MissionElder Steven Matthew Untch began his 2 year Full-Time Mission at the Provo Utah MTC on March 27, 2013.
On May 6, 2013 he headed to labor in the Florida Orlando Mission while waiting for his visa. On July 29, 2013 he flew from Orlando to Joao Pessoa Brazil. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-42049178746089440112014-02-04T11:39:00.001-06:002014-02-04T11:39:54.549-06:00February 3, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcE2K2bjuD-LxtRg2qxDIcQWknspc3zkhy6e65QLpplm5hgbZFAOD5mOMT0UTisLceOg70n0-WWgrFjvbZT8Jho41_nP1KXzqvcFTbcacGOs1olf2tzqh-KCR3H4tjuw9slFHlgpxE6c/s1600/20140202_201252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcE2K2bjuD-LxtRg2qxDIcQWknspc3zkhy6e65QLpplm5hgbZFAOD5mOMT0UTisLceOg70n0-WWgrFjvbZT8Jho41_nP1KXzqvcFTbcacGOs1olf2tzqh-KCR3H4tjuw9slFHlgpxE6c/s1600/20140202_201252.jpg" height="192" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oi! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week for me was good. Of course it had its rollercoaster rides but thats missionary work for ya. :) We had some success yesterday at Church when we brought a whole family of 5 to the Chapel. It was 5 adults and 2 little kids all in the same house and they really liked us so they accepted the invitation to Church. We were only able to mark 1 for baptism this Sunday but tomorrow we will go over and teach all of them the Restoration and try to mark them again. I also was a little punk because one of the adults had her birthday yesterday and I told her Saturday if she went, I would buy her a cake...which I did! :) Party after Church!!!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Oh! We almost baptized Tuesday too. Last Sunday we had a young women who visited and I didnt know until Monday that she has visited at least 15 times in our ward. She lives in another stakes boundary but she has family here and where she lives there isnt a Church building anywhere close so we got permission from the mission to baptize her. One problem, Tuesday morning we passed by in the morning to do her interview but the whole family decided to randomly go back to her home. We were soooooo close!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
During fast and testimony meeting I wanted to bear my testimony and so I did JUST on the will of God. One thing I said is how imperfect and worthless I am compared to God but a boy named Joseph Smith also felt those types of feelings too and look what he was able to accomplish. I dont know why but I like that analogy!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4lDS04JLgiJj0zo2XWC0iCEP8akgRxd4a58ZPNGe6dQ-ehkobWnOV69vhevriN_6cQweJPR5YbH0-lPWyz2T1Em-jXp-0C_bBZxnh2KRSh8bFnam5syzf-gGKmuq20YjKd0F0j_WUuk/s1600/IMG_0541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4lDS04JLgiJj0zo2XWC0iCEP8akgRxd4a58ZPNGe6dQ-ehkobWnOV69vhevriN_6cQweJPR5YbH0-lPWyz2T1Em-jXp-0C_bBZxnh2KRSh8bFnam5syzf-gGKmuq20YjKd0F0j_WUuk/s1600/IMG_0541.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We found these 5 kittens left homeless at the Church. The Ward Mission Leaders Family took 3 of them. I am not sure who took these last 2.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNdRyQOgIOJb5GgpWIgJyUunfbmBgKKDpYR7hhyphenhyphenM3B2N60kTgaRROjZZI-wDS2MNfj_q9Dpoh-BdnQKmff3_sN02Q_HQSohqO8TYSMfKwjpJtd8f9e2fZmvqk4vLvJDYJa-4nNhNQIHo/s1600/IMG_0539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNdRyQOgIOJb5GgpWIgJyUunfbmBgKKDpYR7hhyphenhyphenM3B2N60kTgaRROjZZI-wDS2MNfj_q9Dpoh-BdnQKmff3_sN02Q_HQSohqO8TYSMfKwjpJtd8f9e2fZmvqk4vLvJDYJa-4nNhNQIHo/s1600/IMG_0539.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
When we were on the street one day, we noticed a lady who needed help lifting something. So I asked and she accepted and I took the load on my shoulder. After like 5 seconds she said to just give me it and go away while staring at Motley. We were super confused and asked her what was wrong. She said that 1) Jesus only speaks English, Portuguese, and Italian and 2) Rodrigo is of the devil... Strange and random, right? It was super weird because she thought that Elder Motley was Mexican. It was quite the laugh afterwards!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
This week we had interviews with the President. I love President Nogueira as he always gives me this huge back-breaking hug. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The heat is terrible here but luckily its starting to rain more...thats always a good sign. I think its also been harder to find new investigators in the street because of this. I dont know why I dislike the heat so much. :P Hope you guys are surviving all the snow though. Haha</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HFIuIqccYysp5k51qGV_MN8SQx9nYot2yzt52ZrVwlSmZd_nNsazZttVAYWHn8pY2TQNk0vva0sDFBxwnA9t9RTkzT9yXioUP434mLuBYZN1XqBjohyphenhyphen0iv5sLT_FgBQerUy46sWBCmw/s1600/IMG_0550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HFIuIqccYysp5k51qGV_MN8SQx9nYot2yzt52ZrVwlSmZd_nNsazZttVAYWHn8pY2TQNk0vva0sDFBxwnA9t9RTkzT9yXioUP434mLuBYZN1XqBjohyphenhyphen0iv5sLT_FgBQerUy46sWBCmw/s1600/IMG_0550.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Me Burning Up In the Heat Outside and Inside</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1hwveOdHVeHjmOPNwvmnsisIBAbjiqzT3tS-5oIaZg0hn_3t1Riu6b8IBvK4nVClff0ZcnMnkSegMpQATTyniTB0OG6XzAwrOjZVWhF4mPKcXarZAShQXYgw7Zknv05hFdSbekXgmUQ/s1600/IMG_0556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1hwveOdHVeHjmOPNwvmnsisIBAbjiqzT3tS-5oIaZg0hn_3t1Riu6b8IBvK4nVClff0ZcnMnkSegMpQATTyniTB0OG6XzAwrOjZVWhF4mPKcXarZAShQXYgw7Zknv05hFdSbekXgmUQ/s1600/IMG_0556.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
That was my week! I LOVE YOU X ETERNITY! Thank you so much for your prayers and love. Until next week!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Your Son,</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elder Steven Untch</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
P.S. By the way...Im trying to send letters but guess what happened? THE POST OFFICE WENT ON STRIKE...again. I assume this is why we have had so many problems getting the package. We will see. Dont worry.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-6732958927894015832014-02-04T11:18:00.003-06:002014-02-04T11:39:46.895-06:00January 27, 2014 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I LOVE THE PEOPLE HERE!!!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06Myj108QVto0nGnDzgJqh1FOyZ_hLInagokMkYdMVilL-WIthmdA7zEJi_OdHkZ4FWzVPr6qtS9VdJkG63yLbS2xHLDDtbU9vkNEmO-AQ88j_y49BL8jyKE_mXAVxOS99Qb3gBzoi7M/s1600/IMG_0480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06Myj108QVto0nGnDzgJqh1FOyZ_hLInagokMkYdMVilL-WIthmdA7zEJi_OdHkZ4FWzVPr6qtS9VdJkG63yLbS2xHLDDtbU9vkNEmO-AQ88j_y49BL8jyKE_mXAVxOS99Qb3gBzoi7M/s1600/IMG_0480.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8BEFb2f3BP2PDMC4oDvfmllsoV5stIoZ03hdXWkrJaoyWssFAvvHqu5rY4ATy50N_kgAxok6dHq2kcsfQxGg-4UmQrbF7r4m8zG3s_iq5uCiP3Q5MBLPTd4rxtvYA-gAaj8zxpFwDwE/s1600/IMG_0427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8BEFb2f3BP2PDMC4oDvfmllsoV5stIoZ03hdXWkrJaoyWssFAvvHqu5rY4ATy50N_kgAxok6dHq2kcsfQxGg-4UmQrbF7r4m8zG3s_iq5uCiP3Q5MBLPTd4rxtvYA-gAaj8zxpFwDwE/s1600/IMG_0427.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
BEAUTIFUL BRASIL</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DpIRmw3P2EdUCxWKNQg2DUVh-kEvZKZfM5MRcXOEFQdX5Mhp5PediYMYPFgoIC1wXEInTqfx9COi9ZSJhYXLlTFcHKhv03TqeCPhAC0eKgpRyOCE4PgQsgYI5jamC6gbFqmI5uDH0Kg/s1600/IMG_0421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DpIRmw3P2EdUCxWKNQg2DUVh-kEvZKZfM5MRcXOEFQdX5Mhp5PediYMYPFgoIC1wXEInTqfx9COi9ZSJhYXLlTFcHKhv03TqeCPhAC0eKgpRyOCE4PgQsgYI5jamC6gbFqmI5uDH0Kg/s1600/IMG_0421.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCfFeFmdVdnXUzDDX0meLsKyjzhV6-6DQrSWrZQ3gKs9ML6hMz_lHAotrQEFKy6IWwqORp1vWkkTYJ8dro9rAEwphssSf791gY6y2BI_nVLBlIfOVclWdTp48kkYM3uVgBzBXO3aYMdU/s1600/IMG_0422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCfFeFmdVdnXUzDDX0meLsKyjzhV6-6DQrSWrZQ3gKs9ML6hMz_lHAotrQEFKy6IWwqORp1vWkkTYJ8dro9rAEwphssSf791gY6y2BI_nVLBlIfOVclWdTp48kkYM3uVgBzBXO3aYMdU/s1600/IMG_0422.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkTuVcpnxh21ZDvnvmzXuMpXbhEdJpZXlRO25dHFJZZz8GYwg_C0aoNwMQMbOzWGevbBdckI__DHFY26Pc14J3EnpcMGbkG-k6hbGGbjr0-U7KVXch6a0MjZK0LgUiq62vdIZQiTnCxo/s1600/IMG_0424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkTuVcpnxh21ZDvnvmzXuMpXbhEdJpZXlRO25dHFJZZz8GYwg_C0aoNwMQMbOzWGevbBdckI__DHFY26Pc14J3EnpcMGbkG-k6hbGGbjr0-U7KVXch6a0MjZK0LgUiq62vdIZQiTnCxo/s1600/IMG_0424.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOz3bCViVi5kq-1jABV4N9ByfMPr5pnuNZd5C8D2VhjrKc0XHKg4FajJsJU1sFXWvp7KghUxNLBwHzSvhLG7HD3Q8Z12s6PIH1NTD0gW_pmH4qySuD3ohIZUdaIkO-iMEJwxM-i4YKAwQ/s1600/IMG_0466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOz3bCViVi5kq-1jABV4N9ByfMPr5pnuNZd5C8D2VhjrKc0XHKg4FajJsJU1sFXWvp7KghUxNLBwHzSvhLG7HD3Q8Z12s6PIH1NTD0gW_pmH4qySuD3ohIZUdaIkO-iMEJwxM-i4YKAwQ/s1600/IMG_0466.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHl7NyQ_pbaBJurD_k_fsxMvelngeMXvZfkpQ6n2ATdg3rMzv-ZCudCXCU5ypqqwbKYLHpSejPAnUUq9C5qES-ZLyvhYa21xLsp1J0sm5YON6yAyZMI1k6zBUiUNHy7SBSqMg8t9-xFWI/s1600/IMG_0467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHl7NyQ_pbaBJurD_k_fsxMvelngeMXvZfkpQ6n2ATdg3rMzv-ZCudCXCU5ypqqwbKYLHpSejPAnUUq9C5qES-ZLyvhYa21xLsp1J0sm5YON6yAyZMI1k6zBUiUNHy7SBSqMg8t9-xFWI/s1600/IMG_0467.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kIkWGC0bYq8YLC1lTLr6WtpB2FfyKKJjxurtJuRiUIpBxKxAAOu_rDZAVGPGHUj1YWUrZ2Pk-HXWxBkKgfLLIWFty-iTxyLbZBSevdLiKXqrm9Hu6iy2EPMTzF9ONDLFWv9mYfWT2ik/s1600/IMG_0468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kIkWGC0bYq8YLC1lTLr6WtpB2FfyKKJjxurtJuRiUIpBxKxAAOu_rDZAVGPGHUj1YWUrZ2Pk-HXWxBkKgfLLIWFty-iTxyLbZBSevdLiKXqrm9Hu6iy2EPMTzF9ONDLFWv9mYfWT2ik/s1600/IMG_0468.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0K-Jwgq7j-kT1p2pyuf2UpMbKZk3X-QGGTmYGsg5sWmgAB76aMzQyaWUAIEnvEjQ3K5mmrhh1tqsjza32MKOFy0LTFN1jMRDRar-hFFa9-phae0S112P4dlnLfXPZWZgDJtFdvW8_MuI/s1600/IMG_0469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0K-Jwgq7j-kT1p2pyuf2UpMbKZk3X-QGGTmYGsg5sWmgAB76aMzQyaWUAIEnvEjQ3K5mmrhh1tqsjza32MKOFy0LTFN1jMRDRar-hFFa9-phae0S112P4dlnLfXPZWZgDJtFdvW8_MuI/s1600/IMG_0469.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZKWOrf04vB4NlZYbVL1RNufIIlhh08plHddNGcF2fGHx9J5P_R9TXfOYq_ltXK7pbDMzw1eW41iNM-7Cv40ocGW5fz8yf_fK8mPZYWb728JkhQwVBmpneC23pIovKj_zLYXR3LLxA78/s1600/IMG_0470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZKWOrf04vB4NlZYbVL1RNufIIlhh08plHddNGcF2fGHx9J5P_R9TXfOYq_ltXK7pbDMzw1eW41iNM-7Cv40ocGW5fz8yf_fK8mPZYWb728JkhQwVBmpneC23pIovKj_zLYXR3LLxA78/s1600/IMG_0470.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-yYHz7789zPw40wjohFCrAm0njc82Mna27BLDkFf6FPOOwe022UYVX5monf5WnJvpF6_wz98mKwMUh3I51NMy9L2P-KMbtvZr-eoP2NDGJCLAwdClr54qW-Nj3vMhKHvdls-q9U6C6U/s1600/IMG_0476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-yYHz7789zPw40wjohFCrAm0njc82Mna27BLDkFf6FPOOwe022UYVX5monf5WnJvpF6_wz98mKwMUh3I51NMy9L2P-KMbtvZr-eoP2NDGJCLAwdClr54qW-Nj3vMhKHvdls-q9U6C6U/s1600/IMG_0476.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwkcxa9OLi5t4mwChFTknXfmhdw8AC-WE1i59L6uikLcfbdI1HE05Ua2ys9rENc-CVbMMLYysROnQfG1Rq7ASpVt9_h_vlMR4cOINrNTZWWJbPliFGKnMvpnXSUCim1JC9gLUwv7pJQ8/s1600/IMG_0475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwkcxa9OLi5t4mwChFTknXfmhdw8AC-WE1i59L6uikLcfbdI1HE05Ua2ys9rENc-CVbMMLYysROnQfG1Rq7ASpVt9_h_vlMR4cOINrNTZWWJbPliFGKnMvpnXSUCim1JC9gLUwv7pJQ8/s1600/IMG_0475.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-69753456607714707942014-01-12T19:45:00.004-06:002014-01-12T19:45:59.215-06:00January 6, 2014<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70MFb-TznW-CYyVuhIaffspsV7U6r0eke0e7THokIycArre3vGpdTEqWyrQ6-CwLzb_Rc7aO6Vwzg1p0zdZPdE1-g67YwzTA2ein4pU51QzENhyo5F2_tCSAc_ATgPNdXG1QmIKKufDM/s1600/IMG_0351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70MFb-TznW-CYyVuhIaffspsV7U6r0eke0e7THokIycArre3vGpdTEqWyrQ6-CwLzb_Rc7aO6Vwzg1p0zdZPdE1-g67YwzTA2ein4pU51QzENhyo5F2_tCSAc_ATgPNdXG1QmIKKufDM/s320/IMG_0351.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So my week was pretty good. Elder Motley and I decided to work in another area thats a little closer and easier to get access to the chapel. On the first day which was Tuesday, Elder Terranova (my District Leader) and I worked in my area to find some people. Usually what happens is after Sundays, lots of people are cut so we need to start completely over to find the elects. We found some and I learned some things that really helped me this week. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNZPry4ceCcoeddQm4dYZ4xhLqJ-oq39fG3ayA_KcH7nzqKTZdeBYfj97U-EZ9AoLSFxLe6BvTzkZuKEu2ybNuQBi02pQ4Ig1f6Q8mnNmsW3XW1WKYWuzfvfYwyy7MDsNVUQJvQYnZWs/s1600/IMG_0348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNZPry4ceCcoeddQm4dYZ4xhLqJ-oq39fG3ayA_KcH7nzqKTZdeBYfj97U-EZ9AoLSFxLe6BvTzkZuKEu2ybNuQBi02pQ4Ig1f6Q8mnNmsW3XW1WKYWuzfvfYwyy7MDsNVUQJvQYnZWs/s320/IMG_0348.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then on Thursday, the APs and the ZLs has a blitz thing to where one dupla went around to other areas and did some things. Elder Motley and I had an appointment but they went around and found 4 people for us. Sadly none of them worked out but it was still nice to have that. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh...HAPPY NEW AND SUPER LATE YEAR! Sorry...I was kind of slow on that one. I cant believe the last time I talked to you was in 2013...feels like a long time, huh? Here, people hang at the beach and shoot off fireworks like crazy. Surprisingly, we all went to bed on time at 10 30pm but at midnight it was over. I woke up to the biggest booms and stuff I have ever experienced. I thought we were in a war or bombing. Here, they really dont have rules to where you can shoot off fireworks so we had some super close to our house. It was cool though...eventually I fell back to sleep. Normal day for missionaries...I sure miss the family parties. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
To add on to this week too, its been a personal battle. I feel like there are some super super big forces attacking me right now. I feel very unworthy and worth it for some weird reason. I think its because a mission turns you completely inside out. Ive been and continue to be super humbled. Its weird but I guess good at the same time. You guys said during Skype that Im a different looking man...I can testify that to looks and character...even though Im still super stubborn. ;) But this week Ive been trying to improve my prayers of faith. I learned this a lot from Brother Johnston in Seminary but on the mission Im learning even more. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We are using this prayer of faith thing on the members too. I think I already told you about the thing were doing with the members to where we share a message really special and in the end we have a kneeling prayer with the family and they make goals and stuff to do missionary work with the family. I tell the story of what you guys are doing every time. :) My family is wonderful!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
And the response here is absolutely amazing. We had a Priesthood Meeting yesterday and I told all the leaders some more about activating less actives and how referrals come in and they loved it. During the meetings all the leaders would mention stuff like that with the ward. People are starting to load our planners like crazy. I love the members here and never want to get transferred. Serious... </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Miracle story. Sunday morning was terrible...I literally almost broke down because we worked our rears off during the week and EVERY SINGLE PERSON we found fell through with visiting the Church or something like that. I was so ticked because we were getting attacked on every corner. A couple of things happened. I started to randomly think of the Savior and how he at times didnt even have success. The perfect, Savior of the world had difficulties with this...I humbled myself on that real quick. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Then we were walking to lunch before Church (we start at 2pm now) and we ran into the member (our ward mission leader) in whom we had lunch with and he said that him and the Bishop were going to pick up some people they thought of to Church. They brought these two less active young women whose Mom never was baptized. The Mom came and she should be baptized this Sunday now. What a miracle! </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Also, another member brought another person. Sadly this person has no desire to be baptized but she came and talked to us. Seriously, that was a miracle! Ive needed that for a long time!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So this week has been a roller coaster but really special for me. Im very excited to work my rear off with members this week. I love the work here! Thanks for your encouraging words last week.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Have a great week!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Your Son Forever,</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elder Steven Untch</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-31773152112401937812014-01-12T19:45:00.003-06:002014-01-12T19:45:51.926-06:00December 30, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLrP4nnla1YuNIHLf6TCimWgO_yFTm8gJhPc2LQz3e1u_m5-c3F3U36ch3CFdLEL11cAPGITWxgpqr8cKCb8BGLWkKhC5cClECQ7CpHEsXmTJcFrXhu-zYZDqEURm2cm5yvcCWEE6vdo/s1600/IMG_0397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLrP4nnla1YuNIHLf6TCimWgO_yFTm8gJhPc2LQz3e1u_m5-c3F3U36ch3CFdLEL11cAPGITWxgpqr8cKCb8BGLWkKhC5cClECQ7CpHEsXmTJcFrXhu-zYZDqEURm2cm5yvcCWEE6vdo/s320/IMG_0397.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A super super good positive about this week is the members. Seriously this ward is awesome! I love these people and I never want to get transferred from the ward. Our Bishop just loves us now after we gave him some candy and a card for Christmas and our WML is working well with us. We accepted the offer to help him to some painting at his house this morning. Fun but super hot! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlNsamuXGfEhLF17HLXt7vZDhcccUdTnZLsEmnp2WW7EtopgdrrVj5PbNm5Df11KAVSEYyGtzO_WQQr5pKxuS9gnxQOGhuso_n2-z2-RkW0JuGT9jm2oMPyB3mRfmjyvk-PHIoxdSKHs/s1600/IMG_0399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlNsamuXGfEhLF17HLXt7vZDhcccUdTnZLsEmnp2WW7EtopgdrrVj5PbNm5Df11KAVSEYyGtzO_WQQr5pKxuS9gnxQOGhuso_n2-z2-RkW0JuGT9jm2oMPyB3mRfmjyvk-PHIoxdSKHs/s320/IMG_0399.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the members and us are really starting to work together. Im so grateful to the Lord for this. I use in my lunch messages the story of my family setting to goal to bring someone to the Gospel. I also use that scripture (earlier in email) or the match trick to apply the doctrine. And now we are setting dates with all the members to help with references or invite people to Church. This ward is really responding well. I love the people here!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDrhY92TMfpqBV37igeU1P7klY6BFvme9ZKfCkBGmrU4Kllnq1ivKbznQsrpwswTPPSwTgrURU5JEK75_FANvNobXd2XLa5nKIq7EUD-Mi-sja10AneuU3MqFHSw5h5I1gUWEyFPp_as/s1600/IMG_0363.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDrhY92TMfpqBV37igeU1P7klY6BFvme9ZKfCkBGmrU4Kllnq1ivKbznQsrpwswTPPSwTgrURU5JEK75_FANvNobXd2XLa5nKIq7EUD-Mi-sja10AneuU3MqFHSw5h5I1gUWEyFPp_as/s320/IMG_0363.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It also rained for a couple of days here so that was super nice! I still miss snow... :)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But yeah I dont have too much else. Once we have more success I can share more miracles. Dont worry, Im not super down, just being attacked by the enemy. Im doing great and Im still seeing miracles everyday. (including my health) :)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I miss you and am truly grateful for all you do and will continue to do for me. I couldnt help but talk about my family after Skype. I LOVE YOU AND MY DEAR FAMILY SOOOOOOO MUCH X ETERNITY! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great week. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Son,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Steven Untch</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-74820343831959787662014-01-12T19:45:00.002-06:002014-01-12T19:45:42.523-06:00Random CHRISTmas Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGZF2f-YHeGZmDRriLprstnKu1lmJjJYxyHZ_OUVW4WQpcuEBzhN8fm16e_bp8Q3D7phWEnrgi7aJ1mDKDPIPcuwIrBF3spy9E1B1Us21B-hfvTs13cW0Ax_oode7gFMm7o7Xox8VEO4/s1600/IMG_0409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGZF2f-YHeGZmDRriLprstnKu1lmJjJYxyHZ_OUVW4WQpcuEBzhN8fm16e_bp8Q3D7phWEnrgi7aJ1mDKDPIPcuwIrBF3spy9E1B1Us21B-hfvTs13cW0Ax_oode7gFMm7o7Xox8VEO4/s320/IMG_0409.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Ward CHRISTmas Party</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXi6tE9Ct7TkgWDOERqxzCGiOGSXDLeEqqpx4wX9QHWYO1PHgPKmH3T8wyLkCTSTQ3YNU_KtAPTrXDqet88QPunLvwbwRIWKyzeZxIGkPrh_oRFpmnDkk6BL9hd80Md-OCuffDGpKfNvc/s1600/IMG_0359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXi6tE9Ct7TkgWDOERqxzCGiOGSXDLeEqqpx4wX9QHWYO1PHgPKmH3T8wyLkCTSTQ3YNU_KtAPTrXDqet88QPunLvwbwRIWKyzeZxIGkPrh_oRFpmnDkk6BL9hd80Md-OCuffDGpKfNvc/s320/IMG_0359.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-Wx552XWeQl4DU1DnLcNH0Qt3hnol3p8lMbeohK6cFME8jPx7-EB6GU_3pf37xly-t5hMFToUQqqdYbOzspH-_Nq4951LwbdSMzlEv3FzgcsdtTRHU_mvByF0-BTcOGBJOCQszYjGN8/s1600/IMG_0356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-Wx552XWeQl4DU1DnLcNH0Qt3hnol3p8lMbeohK6cFME8jPx7-EB6GU_3pf37xly-t5hMFToUQqqdYbOzspH-_Nq4951LwbdSMzlEv3FzgcsdtTRHU_mvByF0-BTcOGBJOCQszYjGN8/s320/IMG_0356.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kGR-gORkpWjv5Z_s3UIskcc69b9aLrnISqAhyphenhyphen_ry6bQowonRXHXbRbmbgTm5dlyHZZ8oojsYQ5VMah80UMOhtQ8KOn67v0jaDFhxwKEOdEP9Pzq9Pkq4HJorWn3d-YMp6UAjFoIX2XY/s1600/IMG_0354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kGR-gORkpWjv5Z_s3UIskcc69b9aLrnISqAhyphenhyphen_ry6bQowonRXHXbRbmbgTm5dlyHZZ8oojsYQ5VMah80UMOhtQ8KOn67v0jaDFhxwKEOdEP9Pzq9Pkq4HJorWn3d-YMp6UAjFoIX2XY/s320/IMG_0354.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Can you tell my Companion, Elder Motley,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
likes Duke Dynasty?</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMrd6Gpvhy-BTB_L-STWAz4RtzfmJEuEJsYVi84k_PLulQthlMTFAQIOSoTupI0DjvhCapH1jx8dYU8K4CtktYTGnHHC4muUk58ZXqGyTh9_poATQ2kJ0MelUFCCpPw5i991b5reJRgY/s1600/IMG_0389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMrd6Gpvhy-BTB_L-STWAz4RtzfmJEuEJsYVi84k_PLulQthlMTFAQIOSoTupI0DjvhCapH1jx8dYU8K4CtktYTGnHHC4muUk58ZXqGyTh9_poATQ2kJ0MelUFCCpPw5i991b5reJRgY/s320/IMG_0389.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GR1qCGt8R4aR4a2CHU3BXrG2SMw6jkEY3WMlN89UwFyjoLqTrFsskMCmlsymBi1RvwdSy7DvFQdXVEXP2JpoC3ecNgJzqeZUdl7wE_b4Uzcv9-jCmERWY7TMZYZf_jp0wbvxj1CFM2g/s1600/IMG_0390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GR1qCGt8R4aR4a2CHU3BXrG2SMw6jkEY3WMlN89UwFyjoLqTrFsskMCmlsymBi1RvwdSy7DvFQdXVEXP2JpoC3ecNgJzqeZUdl7wE_b4Uzcv9-jCmERWY7TMZYZf_jp0wbvxj1CFM2g/s320/IMG_0390.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCHQZ6bi5YiOBy_wawcSwaKmm4ovuXgeqbZPU4y_flHQ3NmNd4pKAwM8YhTR7CYeZae2Gnjxe5MlQN3syQPvW8mZaVBIfePzeqqZDXOJOFO5Oqm9ZO0RlMoZ40gJYTTV86f_i3bVAoAQ/s1600/IMG_0385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCHQZ6bi5YiOBy_wawcSwaKmm4ovuXgeqbZPU4y_flHQ3NmNd4pKAwM8YhTR7CYeZae2Gnjxe5MlQN3syQPvW8mZaVBIfePzeqqZDXOJOFO5Oqm9ZO0RlMoZ40gJYTTV86f_i3bVAoAQ/s320/IMG_0385.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipac2FLlghY_sK1N-PS0nqJKCRYagXr5tx6xB2SqijHm4sjtMAh1ukQ0ZW1aBVq2dKwm6l8mpPtNbLjKmvW_HBS63Y6yZWlSgX3XLb84kuOTyJejg07BMZqS6RHIRobSF3pJbWuq8SpWs/s1600/IMG_0386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipac2FLlghY_sK1N-PS0nqJKCRYagXr5tx6xB2SqijHm4sjtMAh1ukQ0ZW1aBVq2dKwm6l8mpPtNbLjKmvW_HBS63Y6yZWlSgX3XLb84kuOTyJejg07BMZqS6RHIRobSF3pJbWuq8SpWs/s320/IMG_0386.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbBCbA7bX4Q_FCgtJAk0uybbyNFKxJBEtVO23JaA2IRUzyR1_xGujYkOAYG0wAIv-_0nWfHkTvSqLjDg2eN4anB-nCMTtpGVPgUf54TbseWpU5yvK919IiYFlxS0KVBTsZumVMHWIlcU/s1600/IMG_0387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbBCbA7bX4Q_FCgtJAk0uybbyNFKxJBEtVO23JaA2IRUzyR1_xGujYkOAYG0wAIv-_0nWfHkTvSqLjDg2eN4anB-nCMTtpGVPgUf54TbseWpU5yvK919IiYFlxS0KVBTsZumVMHWIlcU/s320/IMG_0387.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBPm3k7-ZNoVqHk8d6cWf2o0tS8qPj72IQYMGeoWjEOR_3arbd8gSHt8ioxIy-by-kHnCy8WhXW5F5i_oP7k9HgxwD98kPxb6gF8jkzpRCez1Qzo_1-JDzq_mRn__wTaYLvbu-XMsiYY/s1600/IMG_0388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBPm3k7-ZNoVqHk8d6cWf2o0tS8qPj72IQYMGeoWjEOR_3arbd8gSHt8ioxIy-by-kHnCy8WhXW5F5i_oP7k9HgxwD98kPxb6gF8jkzpRCez1Qzo_1-JDzq_mRn__wTaYLvbu-XMsiYY/s320/IMG_0388.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-9364321936198309732013-12-25T18:17:00.000-06:002014-01-12T19:16:54.585-06:00December 25, 2013 -- CHRISTmas Day Skype<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYxztZzLuUV6GrCBgcv2E0YrzYR-zyT_NTG8u2uIyA97-4VaErDdCVHo2nk9Z0nw90Oja2iEd2EKE6YPCtl1nNmh3ZGpW38Q4oM45cZO775O_53OgMD1dnLE-af_NaycRcozvFbOYg3E/s1600/first.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYxztZzLuUV6GrCBgcv2E0YrzYR-zyT_NTG8u2uIyA97-4VaErDdCVHo2nk9Z0nw90Oja2iEd2EKE6YPCtl1nNmh3ZGpW38Q4oM45cZO775O_53OgMD1dnLE-af_NaycRcozvFbOYg3E/s320/first.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>CHRISTmas Day Skype 2013</u></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Written by Mom</i></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was WONDERFUL seeing Elder Untch today via Skype. Unfortunately, the internet connection streaming he had in Brazil didn't allow us to hear much of what he said. We had a fun "game" of charades trying to figure out most of what he said. However, he said he could hear everything we said very clearly. Even though we couldn't hear him well, at one point he bore his testimony in Portuguese and we were able to hear it. What a tender mercy, especially to this Momma!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>A few thoughts from him</u>:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-It is very hot there. He truly misses the cold we are experiencing here in Missouri. Crazy guy!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-He was at a Member's home. At one point, a sweet little girl came and laid her head on his shoulder while he was talking. Another guy to the right of him was trying to play the guitar. It's wonderful watching him interact with these sweet, humble people in such a patient, loving manner.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-He told us that most meals there consist of spaghetti, rice, beans, and salad with tomatoes and onion. Good thing he loves to eat all those things.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-He said he walks about 35-40 miles a day. He said his shoes are still holding up ok but are always covered in dust.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-He said the mail is shut down for 2-3 weeks, but he hopes to receive our little box soon, and that we will receive his letters. He cannot even buy stamps right now because of it.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is doing very well and is very happy! The 27th will mark his 9th month in the field. This was THE BEST CHRISTmas Present our Family received this year!!!!!! We love and miss you, Son!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWpLe8sPqxz5J0ktMtLEccXsNK9ReDvVP4-l4bR66Qbzv7HgBIjMOB73Lz8DUeMQDdPurXscuJsTbUQcTjwnimVzaE8Sf-vCCydDScVKh2xUTq38oWgqum3_Vc2-Q8OfFxZ7sRt7kp3k/s1600/SAM_0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWpLe8sPqxz5J0ktMtLEccXsNK9ReDvVP4-l4bR66Qbzv7HgBIjMOB73Lz8DUeMQDdPurXscuJsTbUQcTjwnimVzaE8Sf-vCCydDScVKh2xUTq38oWgqum3_Vc2-Q8OfFxZ7sRt7kp3k/s320/SAM_0037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdVnncrqgbPyPP2HkSAZstxSNWMMcZLY-352dANWeHheE8akNgYoqYRRAdxi77jDhqJCOQg7EqOyh_fdBq2fnWQZIM7CY2vg1ES5aWvEI-9RoJFJ023xyxwZQM38mmsxkM1eN7r_i-lU/s1600/SAM_0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdVnncrqgbPyPP2HkSAZstxSNWMMcZLY-352dANWeHheE8akNgYoqYRRAdxi77jDhqJCOQg7EqOyh_fdBq2fnWQZIM7CY2vg1ES5aWvEI-9RoJFJ023xyxwZQM38mmsxkM1eN7r_i-lU/s320/SAM_0038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5VQerjD1gd6x9SNOr5JO089LCNIVgYHaFHlaG8iy2IOVP26dGXX75wfTxIv4XLChffG9RejZocrra8UpWK7tEoT_-bp9Ao_pgcOhfqFAniGiOhEMGttBwvUzAUFXnQzjuGIqM72mapM/s1600/SAM_0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5VQerjD1gd6x9SNOr5JO089LCNIVgYHaFHlaG8iy2IOVP26dGXX75wfTxIv4XLChffG9RejZocrra8UpWK7tEoT_-bp9Ao_pgcOhfqFAniGiOhEMGttBwvUzAUFXnQzjuGIqM72mapM/s320/SAM_0039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteQmEBAv92AA5Qtk1Kt5d95W6Ei1upv2qrvnjBfvr3s4IkOc_pdVS4vXZK6o8DPttcRrCRYQ9WaLeDlqqTvQYO2-F9VESU6axBEsuxdGHiSBM9OgjBRQu70btkoDcM5U5cM6bipHotww/s1600/SAM_0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteQmEBAv92AA5Qtk1Kt5d95W6Ei1upv2qrvnjBfvr3s4IkOc_pdVS4vXZK6o8DPttcRrCRYQ9WaLeDlqqTvQYO2-F9VESU6axBEsuxdGHiSBM9OgjBRQu70btkoDcM5U5cM6bipHotww/s320/SAM_0048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>THE UNTCH AVENGERS</u></b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5one0Oxy7qtNM6bpe9urXhksR4I7yBZYj5PW4a_YK8UrDzfXMy2nCTb65nqLMrvZ2YQ_nk9EzMbmCfuecjff7tJ06UBSq62tqZFv194-3z0Aluda3nvGz54-77PorDOWkctGiwvL9Qw/s1600/SAM_0040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5one0Oxy7qtNM6bpe9urXhksR4I7yBZYj5PW4a_YK8UrDzfXMy2nCTb65nqLMrvZ2YQ_nk9EzMbmCfuecjff7tJ06UBSq62tqZFv194-3z0Aluda3nvGz54-77PorDOWkctGiwvL9Qw/s320/SAM_0040.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Elder Untch (Captain America)</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPk4puZ9S7crbv7qiEA6sjp7yrO6FcI-PzdMBiTze0Dh3I1cPH4RIBmO83OoYakPS0PUMsO0lcZ7RGW8jenKbvnyhtFD9DjqebXPKZ4SlELTe9yPjPenyD_KMyML3U5u4gFFNmo3jtf1U/s1600/rsz_sam_0044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPk4puZ9S7crbv7qiEA6sjp7yrO6FcI-PzdMBiTze0Dh3I1cPH4RIBmO83OoYakPS0PUMsO0lcZ7RGW8jenKbvnyhtFD9DjqebXPKZ4SlELTe9yPjPenyD_KMyML3U5u4gFFNmo3jtf1U/s320/rsz_sam_0044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mom (Black Widow) and Dad (The Hulk)</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lrpIrgwISl9KuX5DsmFAFPWg7gw1hFKkgo4XiqS6SpHUqXJjmRwT65nweQHwgO2t5GmaGum479a9fe86UnSedKiBY0ura8SklvyFP6_nK-jM2zSHOJMMp03kmQ8M9KaUeyMKBE4SZW0/s1600/SAM_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lrpIrgwISl9KuX5DsmFAFPWg7gw1hFKkgo4XiqS6SpHUqXJjmRwT65nweQHwgO2t5GmaGum479a9fe86UnSedKiBY0ura8SklvyFP6_nK-jM2zSHOJMMp03kmQ8M9KaUeyMKBE4SZW0/s320/SAM_0043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Rachel (Bat Girl), Joshua (Iron Man),</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Jeremy (Hawkeye), & Amber (Super Girl)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXg4F_yyXa-elq90FR1jwK4EQoJK-Y_RocBX7pByHE12sy1T_KFCTcOeax9nRLQvhEfVE9_55d91XrxtSTslE0MAAX55TD0gB9zaPtlOKZTOGi2iaE7wooV_daLU5qxw57HCVS0gdcEs/s1600/2013+Family+Christmas+-+1-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXg4F_yyXa-elq90FR1jwK4EQoJK-Y_RocBX7pByHE12sy1T_KFCTcOeax9nRLQvhEfVE9_55d91XrxtSTslE0MAAX55TD0gB9zaPtlOKZTOGi2iaE7wooV_daLU5qxw57HCVS0gdcEs/s320/2013+Family+Christmas+-+1-1.JPG" width="198" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-46010692580455608482013-12-25T17:56:00.004-06:002013-12-25T18:48:17.461-06:00December 23, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35MLJ64tYXVBFWZMQQe14bHMKhIvC2wW-rWnDCZAC6QJ4DjWg1DsnFmbG4TNEw2ZX_24RTyFNEW1uiKi3uwSW3jze3N3UAbuS_1HD4goyK3N5L2fFsk8tWTj6G_omMB2mEqqfBfmxq3w/s1600/Edivan+12+19+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35MLJ64tYXVBFWZMQQe14bHMKhIvC2wW-rWnDCZAC6QJ4DjWg1DsnFmbG4TNEw2ZX_24RTyFNEW1uiKi3uwSW3jze3N3UAbuS_1HD4goyK3N5L2fFsk8tWTj6G_omMB2mEqqfBfmxq3w/s320/Edivan+12+19+13.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Edivan</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Oi! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">First thing you should know...this keyboard is awful and doesnt even have a question mark...hope you can understand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjXp86gGqXkscxZUlqvF-fKL6sKUJY-HMteByCGr35xr59S0etOwqaJ1rSUYZntpFosC2wpPqh7zhYCSqxfdRQ-mcnpK5NoPzM62AQTSKhEsYMvfoRlIvreR26SmlgWF_YuTjec-LpjA/s1600/IMG_0331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjXp86gGqXkscxZUlqvF-fKL6sKUJY-HMteByCGr35xr59S0etOwqaJ1rSUYZntpFosC2wpPqh7zhYCSqxfdRQ-mcnpK5NoPzM62AQTSKhEsYMvfoRlIvreR26SmlgWF_YuTjec-LpjA/s320/IMG_0331.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0wnFgmQ_diiNrTx58R74-rO_8UBka5QROeS1kJzJRlwGj19bD57NsLL24Zeb97VjWZ0MmBnzDZG3gnCAyY8baGPuRJryKHA_uxtTK_cLWFTg4Z0IX_qB32p684EfUXrc0LQ6fWblSZU/s1600/Elder+Bond.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0wnFgmQ_diiNrTx58R74-rO_8UBka5QROeS1kJzJRlwGj19bD57NsLL24Zeb97VjWZ0MmBnzDZG3gnCAyY8baGPuRJryKHA_uxtTK_cLWFTg4Z0IX_qB32p684EfUXrc0LQ6fWblSZU/s320/Elder+Bond.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkv_Rgvr9rWmG5kjL3CkMwrSqjuSVd0PBEFx03pdImkquoqV1YTttPyMp9UB5KX3fxG6BeXzQhJ8PK9_Tg15LqCc1qd40j-obmn3YnqN_OnRDPLDSyWMetrZ-Jh36je3DLN5mdlvUPEw/s1600/Elder+Yciano+and+Sister+Herrick.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkv_Rgvr9rWmG5kjL3CkMwrSqjuSVd0PBEFx03pdImkquoqV1YTttPyMp9UB5KX3fxG6BeXzQhJ8PK9_Tg15LqCc1qd40j-obmn3YnqN_OnRDPLDSyWMetrZ-Jh36je3DLN5mdlvUPEw/s320/Elder+Yciano+and+Sister+Herrick.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJ15osvbw9z7KCGwfomJ9SMQfd0J2VkxIQn5Rv_8-h-qtU5VfNE0o3cNF5qY8_Aoy565oQM5W3IIMUWYj2ugQJ8u6AzjOIEVTpH_r8rcZnmOCJUFwWTPv9FmzBI0wAfcVIGm8kSe2o5A/s1600/IMG_0328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJ15osvbw9z7KCGwfomJ9SMQfd0J2VkxIQn5Rv_8-h-qtU5VfNE0o3cNF5qY8_Aoy565oQM5W3IIMUWYj2ugQJ8u6AzjOIEVTpH_r8rcZnmOCJUFwWTPv9FmzBI0wAfcVIGm8kSe2o5A/s320/IMG_0328.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-9oHEzqVP0GMespnHPMd87Qqycks5RZqGaODHmfTXPmYA-ghS3ZBQVA_bpgNCw5sFJaJE3dyeZ3MkVD0n65tGhkPM9tAD2Z4MNvuGheNbRM2KuqfyPtJxa25iuXSClnirPu0-OcxRwU/s1600/IMG_0333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-9oHEzqVP0GMespnHPMd87Qqycks5RZqGaODHmfTXPmYA-ghS3ZBQVA_bpgNCw5sFJaJE3dyeZ3MkVD0n65tGhkPM9tAD2Z4MNvuGheNbRM2KuqfyPtJxa25iuXSClnirPu0-OcxRwU/s320/IMG_0333.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Im very excited to Skype on Wednesday Mom... I still have to figure out the details but Im 90 percent certain we will do Skype. HAPPY EARLY CHRISTMAS by the way!!!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKI7AichPyBVuNHE24IC8r3YpUmtCdoHxR-sApa7z-tfu124r124RxRWoxNjzx7LqlRHMyDBPvtSJJdYQsPUWRN_NxpMxUCi0QCE6lbPPCcJ2Pa-RBRVBn1SEC_kaiiixXNRokpORMm0/s1600/Bishop+in+Motiaro.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKI7AichPyBVuNHE24IC8r3YpUmtCdoHxR-sApa7z-tfu124r124RxRWoxNjzx7LqlRHMyDBPvtSJJdYQsPUWRN_NxpMxUCi0QCE6lbPPCcJ2Pa-RBRVBn1SEC_kaiiixXNRokpORMm0/s320/Bishop+in+Motiaro.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Our Bishop</b></span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I bet youre wondering how my week was... it was alright. We didnt baptize...again. Im still trying to figure out how to get out of this funk were in. I think my last area has taken a toll on me and right now Im still trying to figure things out like the very complicated area and where members live. Also Im trying to make changes in my teaching and contacting to improve my abilities. Im doing good though. Seriously...this ward is absolutely amazing. The Bishop is a very low key guy but now hes really upbeat with me and just all the members here are pretty amazing. I already never want to get transferred out of this area.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wnT8FiBKMaBUSOB5dJcJ-F27RqXxcQ4axiZ0YLEKjzF4KhAgJckOC4swtowwb49yDp9K-oSgN2pxJXwN5HI_ql5B414QAkFNMTkeuEOii35g8-szwWigXZdy2mSO0yRTmjpxRRjtJvg/s1600/more+members.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wnT8FiBKMaBUSOB5dJcJ-F27RqXxcQ4axiZ0YLEKjzF4KhAgJckOC4swtowwb49yDp9K-oSgN2pxJXwN5HI_ql5B414QAkFNMTkeuEOii35g8-szwWigXZdy2mSO0yRTmjpxRRjtJvg/s320/more+members.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dXK1z3d7TrXUVQBpmI8VXZbrnRdmWIOKnWpt3FZmNzrwQtyVtcbiA0fTFzRs2WqmAuNSVPhtojQXqub0TuF-4xN6DhKmrqL8zjjFJ1e9ZIXM6ulrK6gih600hlhZnjBdQa-ob5DPo_w/s1600/Members.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dXK1z3d7TrXUVQBpmI8VXZbrnRdmWIOKnWpt3FZmNzrwQtyVtcbiA0fTFzRs2WqmAuNSVPhtojQXqub0TuF-4xN6DhKmrqL8zjjFJ1e9ZIXM6ulrK6gih600hlhZnjBdQa-ob5DPo_w/s320/Members.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday our ward had the annual Christmas party. We had it outside because unlike at home, Im burning up here during Christmas. Here, during Christmas, everyone hits the beach... But anyway, Irmao Acrisio, our WML of the ward called and said that they needed us to stop by and help said up so we went. I got to do some heavy labor but also I got to make some crafty things. I felt like someone in the Relief Society or Young Womens. Ill show you a photo of what I did next week. (THIS COMPUTER CANT REALLY DO PHOTOS)..ugh. But the party was really cool. For some reason it started super super late. It was supposed to start at 7pm but didnt until 8:40pm. Yeah, we didnt get to stay too long but we did get some amazing food! We got to watch the Joy to the World movie again too. I absolutely love that movie!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week too we have started to change our zone. Zone Rangel used to be pretty pretty bad but we have a new Zone Leader, Elder Herrera. He is from Chile but he has really helped change this area. He came from Zone Mamaguape which baptizes like crazy and really is helping out here. So every companionship last week made a Covenant with God. So we had to do our part and God would do his. So Elder Motley and I shot for the skies...we did 40+ contacts each day, marking 4+ baptisms each day, and visiting 2+ members each day. Let me just say that wore me out...Haha but its good. We didnt get a baptism but we did see miracles. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One is a lady we found who I feel is going through an abusive relationship. We contacted here on the road during the evening and she has two younger children. She lives with here husband but isnt married to him.. (as is most of Brasil). We could baptize here this week but she needs to marry. The thing is, she said she has many problems with may Churches because she never feels good. But after a visit yesterday she said she felt very very different. Well see if we can help the family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE YOU X ETERNITY! UNTIL TWO DAYS!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merry Christmas!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Son,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Steven Untch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">=====================================</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(please post this message for all to see) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!</span> </span>I HOPE AND PRAY THAT ALL OF US REMEMBER THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"></span> </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Love you all!</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"></span> </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Elder Steven Untch<img goomoji="ezweb_ne_jp.4F6" height="15" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/ezweb_ne_jp/4F6" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" width="15" /> </span><---I add this to show how much Im burning up while you are all cold. :)</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-83761369513551977502013-12-25T17:56:00.003-06:002013-12-25T17:56:42.120-06:00Random Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeLhmOgyTNrZvCS_RzF-vUvbgXHrUbNBZtaixamQLdrdTPJOORixngW83pFEqftrhvR7lY8KeJ8ujU-e3_CnPOvb2R1-JfvXGVrV9KV-fwijA6eEX8uO3YbWOFpK3BoEOf7lNFE1z20w/s1600/Elder+Pierce.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeLhmOgyTNrZvCS_RzF-vUvbgXHrUbNBZtaixamQLdrdTPJOORixngW83pFEqftrhvR7lY8KeJ8ujU-e3_CnPOvb2R1-JfvXGVrV9KV-fwijA6eEX8uO3YbWOFpK3BoEOf7lNFE1z20w/s320/Elder+Pierce.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Elder Pierce</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZMs427jAYYZkNZS3eC4lGCH3CGNDXrrGvoQG7OSMb87S8Q1eiPkq-Fsfn8nOWiruGlnRZ8hF1SdaGx98lXK0YP6zMMdbrgSTkr0hRjIWhqhCPJ3057V4xzwXpWKYwmO_ubYcJKY7mBA/s1600/members+in+Mutiaro+12+19+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZMs427jAYYZkNZS3eC4lGCH3CGNDXrrGvoQG7OSMb87S8Q1eiPkq-Fsfn8nOWiruGlnRZ8hF1SdaGx98lXK0YP6zMMdbrgSTkr0hRjIWhqhCPJ3057V4xzwXpWKYwmO_ubYcJKY7mBA/s320/members+in+Mutiaro+12+19+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>Ward Member with Elder Pierce</b></div>
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCFvEaI1d-jhun4FGFXT_kNO36TQ_cx1XwCLJnkZkHjUwIsTEgDdi9daNFLF8TROLKYPR23T8RdJIUzfuDpQwZLUijp16DdwmIw0HtqYoBzHp2GGgU5yMQ0FjCVMGISyAPF02991dqtY/s1600/members+in+Mutiaro+2+12+19+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCFvEaI1d-jhun4FGFXT_kNO36TQ_cx1XwCLJnkZkHjUwIsTEgDdi9daNFLF8TROLKYPR23T8RdJIUzfuDpQwZLUijp16DdwmIw0HtqYoBzHp2GGgU5yMQ0FjCVMGISyAPF02991dqtY/s320/members+in+Mutiaro+2+12+19+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b>More Ward Members</b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJljvDVLTNzrONvqLc1Ml7LrkY0xQS1AXyRpmVPquc6Bg9KdMz31Mj-WU05uQ_8mTnVR5kUbqFPT1ZEBJLYrs-t79h1NyiWcOpFjvZtZnkM4NcyNuCu7AHZClcTnWoxkeQGohA5D30tUk/s1600/Elder+Matareco.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJljvDVLTNzrONvqLc1Ml7LrkY0xQS1AXyRpmVPquc6Bg9KdMz31Mj-WU05uQ_8mTnVR5kUbqFPT1ZEBJLYrs-t79h1NyiWcOpFjvZtZnkM4NcyNuCu7AHZClcTnWoxkeQGohA5D30tUk/s320/Elder+Matareco.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Elder Matareco</b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NlrWVodJksWNFa8VfwR_wWf-XtuxEmuC0gFVVusB8TysN5rZrmVhZMAi-C0I7knS4ObSlT2ygqLoYND1__Q75nm2ZdEfi-818BLzkk-a5hgBkAfs4-Jd31zupmzVCUGvnLIe53CBAVA/s1600/Thanksgiving+Pizza.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NlrWVodJksWNFa8VfwR_wWf-XtuxEmuC0gFVVusB8TysN5rZrmVhZMAi-C0I7knS4ObSlT2ygqLoYND1__Q75nm2ZdEfi-818BLzkk-a5hgBkAfs4-Jd31zupmzVCUGvnLIe53CBAVA/s320/Thanksgiving+Pizza.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>Pizza Anyone?</b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPvdfLtl0hUwuJ6Bdph94Mwse7X_-vDxn0EfNOztN6UxO1KG88G_9GDXjQoj09wsZDL6Sd6ryc66vNp6t1ooJrBj35TfSGi8iCDG5kLOq3MB7llsUf0taX5vlPqYDMoOQhsSXamXG9q8/s1600/turkey+and+chicks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPvdfLtl0hUwuJ6Bdph94Mwse7X_-vDxn0EfNOztN6UxO1KG88G_9GDXjQoj09wsZDL6Sd6ryc66vNp6t1ooJrBj35TfSGi8iCDG5kLOq3MB7llsUf0taX5vlPqYDMoOQhsSXamXG9q8/s320/turkey+and+chicks.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>Real Turkey and Chicks at a Members House (on Thanksgiving)</b></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-78460194371412349592013-12-25T17:56:00.002-06:002013-12-25T17:56:34.347-06:00December 16, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCq6t6JiWDqS5a3w8VnrwK7eZwedCmNncY8oAhPD_CY8zPg2DhL5-cYv4J7RkKMOqe9gQXMZWOnWxaQMvBLOvnGr3syaGjEe2tp34TTSSiX8xqFPzLuHrTwj-nGQLTn9gJJ_C2zA99-94/s1600/Pedro.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCq6t6JiWDqS5a3w8VnrwK7eZwedCmNncY8oAhPD_CY8zPg2DhL5-cYv4J7RkKMOqe9gQXMZWOnWxaQMvBLOvnGr3syaGjEe2tp34TTSSiX8xqFPzLuHrTwj-nGQLTn9gJJ_C2zA99-94/s320/Pedro.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pedro</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oi! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The work in our area was pretty great this week. Last week I told you about what I said in the Ward Council Meeting about not working without the members. Well since then our numbers with Member Presents has shot up to the sky. Its really great here and I absolutely LOVE the members! Elder Bond said that there are some really sad members in Bayeux now that I left...that was touching. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But eveything was going great throughout the week. We marked 7 baptisms but then Sunday came along. We confirmed Saturday that they would visit Church but Sunday Morning before Stake Conference, ALL THE BAPTISM MARKS fell through...We went down to nothing. Talk about a blow. So what did we do? That afternoon we went on a contacting hunt. We found 7 new investigators and marked 4 baptism in 2 hours. Talk about nice. And then we received a miracle referral from a member who she be baptized here soon. Talk about testimony builder Mom. So it was a good week. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNpSZALOvpKPe_kTLW_5CNlp6Y6cFHCX0qzgzmv4AmE4Hb5GHRbS6PW5c7xSwu_u0egjuKyJ1cNjLZ-a2Pdaa8uqrhiFDscD8DrPGoMVp_5BeCvVC8iggOdBiWdOnDJE03zz_rkqvFw4/s1600/Elder+Motley+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNpSZALOvpKPe_kTLW_5CNlp6Y6cFHCX0qzgzmv4AmE4Hb5GHRbS6PW5c7xSwu_u0egjuKyJ1cNjLZ-a2Pdaa8uqrhiFDscD8DrPGoMVp_5BeCvVC8iggOdBiWdOnDJE03zz_rkqvFw4/s320/Elder+Motley+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Elder Motley</b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elder Motley is great. Hes struggling to talk like I still do but hes progressing and really has a desire to work. Im a lucky companion.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TMLlIyMBsVSHFTeihup1t_nqDjDe9Gv0KuxLxHAWQRhukevs-Rw8bi4WkFl2zSzv4v4DDHpe9o4-8696ax8825PhwNxhQHzWbK14ig2ms8-FCk1CQUOpOLeF4JdhTPK4QaE__tG1_QY/s1600/Ride+Home+Stake+Conf+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TMLlIyMBsVSHFTeihup1t_nqDjDe9Gv0KuxLxHAWQRhukevs-Rw8bi4WkFl2zSzv4v4DDHpe9o4-8696ax8825PhwNxhQHzWbK14ig2ms8-FCk1CQUOpOLeF4JdhTPK4QaE__tG1_QY/s320/Ride+Home+Stake+Conf+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Coming Home From Stake Conference</b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Oh, so Stake Conference was special. We received a broadcast from Salt Lake where a Seventy, 2nd Counselor in the YM Presidency, Elder Soares from the First Presidency of the Seventy, the Brasil Presidency, and Elder Ballard spoke. Looking the list you can probably assume it was on Missionary Work. It was absolutely stunning and inspiring. After a super long and rough morning, thats what sparked the afternoon run. I need to study notes and find scripts of it sometime. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I love you so much Mom and am super stoked for next week. Dont forget how much I LOVE YOU! Until Christmas time! :)</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Your Son,</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elder Steven Untch</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-84066377422168750012013-12-25T17:56:00.001-06:002013-12-25T17:56:25.319-06:00December 9, 2013 -- 20th Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWXY7mXNdz24fNTExGD-bUAAual8A4_zLWYagWYhATzAxeoUEcmglyRU6nH6KjC8-aRlLn4e7y1T35dSO19s7sotA1LUzEI9c-ay-vevWhlFonfsm3ZdUsefN4d0lzY4kDZGiDT3lQkg/s1600/bday+cake+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWXY7mXNdz24fNTExGD-bUAAual8A4_zLWYagWYhATzAxeoUEcmglyRU6nH6KjC8-aRlLn4e7y1T35dSO19s7sotA1LUzEI9c-ay-vevWhlFonfsm3ZdUsefN4d0lzY4kDZGiDT3lQkg/s320/bday+cake+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Wonderful Cake and Celebration by Dear Ward Members</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipv2dd9r0A2udjoH9iRrkrYIofP2mLa8cAwtFPu9gEZzUTRoMeiSyTE6FbT3QbDKrDYe7XTd_zBvqRVWcvuSbU58PMDSloCO53u4RDA3MUMaN8yF7uuWjnxtHmSarZDJbVp5bqtkR8MH8/s1600/bday+cake+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipv2dd9r0A2udjoH9iRrkrYIofP2mLa8cAwtFPu9gEZzUTRoMeiSyTE6FbT3QbDKrDYe7XTd_zBvqRVWcvuSbU58PMDSloCO53u4RDA3MUMaN8yF7uuWjnxtHmSarZDJbVp5bqtkR8MH8/s320/bday+cake+1.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwJn8VuI23H57JLHkJ4NqiJqAxWhAfSMo9lGJ3rGHXAtobMMLdHu9kERNutQXPbcJzNBNYq0txefaBVMWbk9ukinzaBfWNUtHcqinKP4tsiX_qnXnKlGytdzidtkZ8UDub0hb7VURDAg/s1600/bday+cake+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwJn8VuI23H57JLHkJ4NqiJqAxWhAfSMo9lGJ3rGHXAtobMMLdHu9kERNutQXPbcJzNBNYq0txefaBVMWbk9ukinzaBfWNUtHcqinKP4tsiX_qnXnKlGytdzidtkZ8UDub0hb7VURDAg/s320/bday+cake+3.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oi! Im lucky I get to spend my BDay on PDay!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So my week was pretty good...very very busy and crazy! Mangabeira is a very big but super complicated area. Elder Motley and I spent this week talking to a bunch of people on the street and visiting members...especially the leaders of the ward. Other missionaries have been talking about difficulties with the members here but so far we have had much success. After visiting the leaders and having a very effective ward counsel meeting, we have 3 or more leaders going on team ups to visit less actives and investigators. The work here will progress!!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Im teaching Elder Motley now how to take each week as a Só Batiza week (Just Baptize attitude...). He served in Idaho, Boise as a VISA waiter just like me and hes feeling the pressure for sure. Walking for him has been rough but hes going to do great. He has a desire to work! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found a couple of cool people this week and we just contacted like crazy...this week will be even worse... I love being the senior. >:)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow we have Conference for Christmas. Im super pumped for this one! It will be a fun day. Ill take photos!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geez...Im really bad at thinking what happened this week. It was just contacts and working with members. Oh, we are working with a recent convert, Joao Batista! He was baptized by Elder Peirce :) Yes, Elder Peirce worked this area before Bayeux!!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ill do so much better next week with details...well have cool investigators and baptisms next week too so Im excited!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqntWfaEq6hFDRLRgFJPNjK9SiNFj_W9G1WQBCQLcImq2w1R1cqu5-uIlySQGHSdceMi2kLe93YjWxDtM1i2dteo9Tv9nn3bZa8SOw6usFT2be2TbCWzPpoZrd_pRZ-g4XPv5tWaMeSJs/s1600/soccer+on+bday+12+9+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqntWfaEq6hFDRLRgFJPNjK9SiNFj_W9G1WQBCQLcImq2w1R1cqu5-uIlySQGHSdceMi2kLe93YjWxDtM1i2dteo9Tv9nn3bZa8SOw6usFT2be2TbCWzPpoZrd_pRZ-g4XPv5tWaMeSJs/s320/soccer+on+bday+12+9+13.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Soccer on My Bday</b></span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But thanks so much for everything! I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!! Dont worry...photos will come in a bunch!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOOOOOVVVVEEEEE YYYYOOOOOUUUUUU!!!!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Steven Untch</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-84340681702239822012013-12-25T17:56:00.000-06:002013-12-25T17:56:14.586-06:00December 9, 2013 - Rule Change for Communication<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK72_U4RVGtQMffys3etuYjmVeCiZNW4Wud7XST_xH1Hqd6jPnGDIZeuP8IFmQwyVm24aM4Mb7M8mY16dojnk4MfjF6OANY2CQaIVWYbhHEI4o2VMqzh86jTjllQXkOZ3qtG9ZtOduR7c/s1600/important.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK72_U4RVGtQMffys3etuYjmVeCiZNW4Wud7XST_xH1Hqd6jPnGDIZeuP8IFmQwyVm24aM4Mb7M8mY16dojnk4MfjF6OANY2CQaIVWYbhHEI4o2VMqzh86jTjllQXkOZ3qtG9ZtOduR7c/s200/important.png" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>IMPORTANT RULE CHANGE</u></b></span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President has decided that effectively immediately missionaries cant email other missionaries in any spot in the world nor email anyone of the opposite sex directly (that isnt family).</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He didnt say we couldnt talk at all, just that I cant email directly. So I will mail actual letters or <u>write emails but send them through you, Mom, to forward for me</u>. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-75691643554055620342013-12-05T17:06:00.000-06:002013-12-25T15:44:35.825-06:00December 4, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VCckpgx5sSUwcoM2hsxPcnj4bWRl4r2aXuvHdAhDMkRbuyEQ1C5hXn1ZEBe-jtJq0f0TIt6bxs6hrWgteIMRvCLZwVsKZRHtlPsdKrtmitwnkdmOASmyjWbqlkD1GSgQuVqQ_3anIfE/s1600/Elder+Motley+12+9+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VCckpgx5sSUwcoM2hsxPcnj4bWRl4r2aXuvHdAhDMkRbuyEQ1C5hXn1ZEBe-jtJq0f0TIt6bxs6hrWgteIMRvCLZwVsKZRHtlPsdKrtmitwnkdmOASmyjWbqlkD1GSgQuVqQ_3anIfE/s320/Elder+Motley+12+9+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>Elder Motley</b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuifbsnI6bQkcISdXGtcOOadp8FFP2TuQrCBTUZGh0QbQEnJIJYtbBH7TsskqlXIv_NYMN9u59s0azNOROgr4x4Vt2ahqO4v3h55c5MqmDz1CVQbyQzFG8DSz9X47X5b1MUoZ39_k0rc/s1600/mangabeira+map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuifbsnI6bQkcISdXGtcOOadp8FFP2TuQrCBTUZGh0QbQEnJIJYtbBH7TsskqlXIv_NYMN9u59s0azNOROgr4x4Vt2ahqO4v3h55c5MqmDz1CVQbyQzFG8DSz9X47X5b1MUoZ39_k0rc/s320/mangabeira+map.jpg" width="236" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TRANSFERRED TO MANGABEIRA AREA</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oi! This has been a busy week. On Sunday night, Elder Southwick last minute got called to the Mission Office to be transferred. He will eventually next transfer be the new executive secretary of the mission. Anyway so Elders Bond, Peirce, and I went with him and the assistent Elder Razeira started to talk to us. He said that Elder Bond as a Zone Leader would still have to go to a leadership meeting that next day but ALSO said that it would be best if he stayed at the mission office all day Tuesday because Elder Peirce and I would have to pick up our new missionaries. You should of seen my face...I was super shocked! I am super excited! So now I am a trainer. My new trainee is Elder Motley from Ohio. He served as a VISA Waiter for two transfers in Idaho. Ill send a comp photo next week. Hes a super fun and humble guy. We will work great together. Elder Peirce stayed in Bayeux CTR II so I got transferred and have whitewashed an area. Its in the Rangel Zone, Mangabeira area. One thing about this new area is it was SUPER HARD to find a computer to email my Mom. :(</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
So I survived my first Thanksgiving without my family in Brasil. It was absolutely awesome! We had this special training by the Assistants to the President. Afterwards they went with the Zone Leaders to all of our areas to see how the work is doing. At the end of the day we bought $100 worth of pizza and we ate till we died! With the APs we had 5 Americans and 1 Brasilian so we took advantage of it. Oh, and we ate at a members house who has a turkey walking around in the yard. What a wonderful Thanksgiving! :)</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
In regards to the events in Bayeux last week...nothing worked out. Time for a new experience. :)</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
Im also very excited to hear soooo many people from home are going on missions. Thats super incredible! I love missionary work!</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE YOU TONS! Até proxima semana! </span><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Until next week!)</span></i></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Te Amo! Seu Filho para sempre, </span><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (I love you! Your son forever,)</span></i></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
Elder Steven Untch<br />
<br />
P.S. Sorry for no pictures. I will send some on Monday when I email again.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-79187601103928250892013-11-25T10:26:00.001-06:002013-11-25T10:26:05.644-06:00November 25, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vHPO4-tRfuZhDY0GVAN5w5CDSg3z1i138Kx94dcdgCETLKOHdCDKiqElLeIPCfy3hbSaPz3a93uiwbJSCdmzRaZIV6Sbi2UtNrQRYnpvyU3Va5KppY9_Vz7_-BzMtMlcGOGNCgUlr7c/s1600/IMG_0161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vHPO4-tRfuZhDY0GVAN5w5CDSg3z1i138Kx94dcdgCETLKOHdCDKiqElLeIPCfy3hbSaPz3a93uiwbJSCdmzRaZIV6Sbi2UtNrQRYnpvyU3Va5KppY9_Vz7_-BzMtMlcGOGNCgUlr7c/s1600/IMG_0161.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>PIZZA</b></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
HEY! Momma I missed you this week! I just enjoyed reading your email last week. Its just a refreshing thing everytime I read my families stuff...especially my Mothers.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
By the way...I absolutely LOVE the whole Avengers thing. I wrote it all in a super compact notebook with notes, cut out Ensign talks, etc. And since Im involved Ill come up with my abilities and say that Captain America is to bear a bold, strong, and firm testimony of the love (Atonement) of Christ. Like the Captain America/Avenger movies, he gets to experience two different kinds of evil in two different parts of time and the world. I kind of connect that with my mission so far. What do you think?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Soooooo, my week. Ill say that 6 days went pretty darn well. It was a humbling but definently spiritually uplifting week for the most part. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I like to have an attitude of just baptizing everyone and at least finding someone to baptism each week. To get baptized, people that arent primary age need to go twice so I assume if I can get them to go twice then we will baptize. Well Elder Bond and I went together because the ZLs came and blitzed our area. (meaning two duplas of missionaries in our area) I told him we would finish a ficha (or application for baptism) for whatever person today. Sure enough we go to this one house to a less active young man to ask him if his friend (a potencial investigator) returned from a trip. He said no but his brother whose the same age was there and he talked about wanting to be baptized. Missionaries have been working with him for FOREVER but never was baptized. Well I told him we would do the ficha that moment. So we completed it. It was all good. One problem, he was super firm for baptism till the last minute when I brought baptism clothes to bring to the Church. He couldnt even get out of bed. Elder Peirce and I think that the family (the nonmembers) gave him stuff to drink and also drugged him up to where he was way to tired. I was absolutely livid but was cool. So were still working with that this week but Im grateful for this experience to show me my faith will do some wonders here on the mission. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zuxu4tO8ARcguQN7_J1gauzAwUDO5X0e-rbsn-HuGlIRLY4AGT-0FZl13UHk66aB3TNaULa0cguEF5orqUKjMivNnWxdjIQHtm4u4Jfv0s_c58AhntNWLHK_nSplbvhLCzD_qLwK8dI/s1600/IMG_0164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zuxu4tO8ARcguQN7_J1gauzAwUDO5X0e-rbsn-HuGlIRLY4AGT-0FZl13UHk66aB3TNaULa0cguEF5orqUKjMivNnWxdjIQHtm4u4Jfv0s_c58AhntNWLHK_nSplbvhLCzD_qLwK8dI/s1600/IMG_0164.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Carolinas grandma wants to be baptized but needs to stop smoking. Please pray for her.</b></div>
<div>
<br />We also have this girl who wants to Bible Bash with us. During the week, she tried to rip me apart on my beliefs and I bore a firm testimony on the prophet Joseph Smith. It wasnt till that I moment I realized how much I love my testimony! Its super special to me. I love those experiences. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpbn3fqWlrjYvgg2tOEbzmUUyoHi09040edUQ0JRfqiDQwY_bxLi9Yr9Yvr_IsAvR6RXgUXEkPsDJPdlXD6elwe4Z_aYhNeU2qqZbQ3Dtk3IXyGwG8G83bmQlhXX8HFJpbDpg-zWKWu0/s1600/IMG_0179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpbn3fqWlrjYvgg2tOEbzmUUyoHi09040edUQ0JRfqiDQwY_bxLi9Yr9Yvr_IsAvR6RXgUXEkPsDJPdlXD6elwe4Z_aYhNeU2qqZbQ3Dtk3IXyGwG8G83bmQlhXX8HFJpbDpg-zWKWu0/s1600/IMG_0179.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>A YUMMY, YUMMY DESSERT</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><br /></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0_zgYSMFAmLDtAhNJfpyWybdjTmywXbTgFPsk_HDm3fc8vE4Zfppeoyi-1LAV6_PnB8fNVzONyHVgIi46ksmcVR8PeHxhUEBfgvDpvi4XU2FoO1xXLOE8G46wRW9FZ7kK8kgzoTtR3Y/s1600/IMG_0182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0_zgYSMFAmLDtAhNJfpyWybdjTmywXbTgFPsk_HDm3fc8vE4Zfppeoyi-1LAV6_PnB8fNVzONyHVgIi46ksmcVR8PeHxhUEBfgvDpvi4XU2FoO1xXLOE8G46wRW9FZ7kK8kgzoTtR3Y/s1600/IMG_0182.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>BEAUTIFUL VIEWS</b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7svdZyNEfw36VkenCoUFjqqry9T1gsW7M4pPq76jOEhc-m_rAh5RHXQUnXFq3laK5IS2tSL-NIKBwbn_LA7VA1XT0TN9K2tBUJN9sGR2eJfa44ntlXRbkhwJSiYqGYdcs3WhPOOfhTD8/s1600/IMG_0183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7svdZyNEfw36VkenCoUFjqqry9T1gsW7M4pPq76jOEhc-m_rAh5RHXQUnXFq3laK5IS2tSL-NIKBwbn_LA7VA1XT0TN9K2tBUJN9sGR2eJfa44ntlXRbkhwJSiYqGYdcs3WhPOOfhTD8/s1600/IMG_0183.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRY3aRpctP49zjRVi70aY4e4mQ8ZNINnhWC0ZdAWgjzCVr23zMwCoGQu2_0BH4KrAeQVwdnZgWTL48o6srItplEcv3Ql45cuaL8JmYU8TMZru9VecF_u7Nv1LXBGszNPbeLGUyd6h_ZNg/s1600/IMG_0139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRY3aRpctP49zjRVi70aY4e4mQ8ZNINnhWC0ZdAWgjzCVr23zMwCoGQu2_0BH4KrAeQVwdnZgWTL48o6srItplEcv3Ql45cuaL8JmYU8TMZru9VecF_u7Nv1LXBGszNPbeLGUyd6h_ZNg/s1600/IMG_0139.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Soda CHRISTmas Tree</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH! I have PDay next Wednesday due to transfers so Ill email then.<br /><br />Sincerely,<div>
<br />Elder Steven Untch aka Captain America</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-14637851901528688252013-11-25T10:06:00.000-06:002013-11-25T10:06:04.268-06:00November 18, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4J1kGs76Y3rChSMmARSD8GB3PhUXB1RzHPv4JXW9AMTYycseNBQ_1B5xj3-ZkCUS-NwGfFPQZDc7BqRMi_itchmn3qM7pcJw3YAx6w42jUfYw-XrAOuBS6-SrY66nMPrlFG8rtY2qOc/s1600/IMG_0086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4J1kGs76Y3rChSMmARSD8GB3PhUXB1RzHPv4JXW9AMTYycseNBQ_1B5xj3-ZkCUS-NwGfFPQZDc7BqRMi_itchmn3qM7pcJw3YAx6w42jUfYw-XrAOuBS6-SrY66nMPrlFG8rtY2qOc/s1600/IMG_0086.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My District</b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Im glad to hear everything is doing pretty good at home and that everyone is starting to grow up so big and progress with everything. It will be such a super exciting thing to see them all when I get home. Also, I love whats going on with everything with FHE and the Avengers! Thats so cool and Im super honored to be Captain America. I can tell Dad... HEY DAD....SMASH!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>------------------------------</i><i><u><br /></u></i></span><div>
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Insert by Mom</u> -- Part of our FHE lesson was to discuss how we must pull together and work as a team, each using our individual strengths. Thus, the UNTCH AVENGERS! :)</span></i></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><div>
<div>
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Hulk: Dad<br />Black Widow: Mom<br />Captain America: Steve<br />Bat Girl: Rachel<br />Hawkeye: Jeremy<br />Superwoman: Amber<br />Iron Man: Joshua</span></i></div>
<div>
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">------------------------------</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So about my week...another really rough one. My zone is literally the hardest place to get the work moving forward. I think personally its because of two things, disobedience of commandments and members. Here is super difficult with obeying the commandments of the Word of Wisdom and Law of Chastity. You think the US is bad?...come to Brasil. Its really sad because no one is progressing and now no one wants to here the message in our area. Elder Peirce and I are really starting to crack down on some teaching strategies and stuff to help progress the work. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
On a more positive note...tons of people are commenting on my weight...Im starting to be super happy about this because Ive been wanting that for sooooo long!<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>A Little Puppy We Like to Visit Every Once in a while</b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU593IoYXRIoDv8kbKsataueqENu_aSWGKxBM28qN2hyGz0P_51aCCmiQo3kbmfWjiqNif1wK6ssBV3TGLq2dqKw2pX8xr1KZdELG2fH_qAFt6DEICyWDo-0LA-QPD9k9bOVd0KTKlT-0/s1600/IMG_0096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU593IoYXRIoDv8kbKsataueqENu_aSWGKxBM28qN2hyGz0P_51aCCmiQo3kbmfWjiqNif1wK6ssBV3TGLq2dqKw2pX8xr1KZdELG2fH_qAFt6DEICyWDo-0LA-QPD9k9bOVd0KTKlT-0/s1600/IMG_0096.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnSBV1yzDKfcFeLUHSPp0qGdCEBAfaIdV_arzlkbw2ilnGfbEqhrmOJ1uv29UcwlaomKF30augxKn553Mo3c2k9sbriX9wXqXKsw0inhsMXTy_lqeV14prKdw1cvV3ESqQs1YSkasGu8/s1600/IMG_0097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnSBV1yzDKfcFeLUHSPp0qGdCEBAfaIdV_arzlkbw2ilnGfbEqhrmOJ1uv29UcwlaomKF30augxKn553Mo3c2k9sbriX9wXqXKsw0inhsMXTy_lqeV14prKdw1cvV3ESqQs1YSkasGu8/s1600/IMG_0097.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ewiG732dyVKBkTuxZU_mtAqtcdIouNTDgM0KMve024DfXS3RCPVx8Je6oLbpAVvKuT43W6NAEAc-d79UTsKbOHa7bL2El1hyjbxw3r56Lpl-Cccj-lJqeqkmqyHe4f-dzBokIXSVySA/s1600/IMG_0092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ewiG732dyVKBkTuxZU_mtAqtcdIouNTDgM0KMve024DfXS3RCPVx8Je6oLbpAVvKuT43W6NAEAc-d79UTsKbOHa7bL2El1hyjbxw3r56Lpl-Cccj-lJqeqkmqyHe4f-dzBokIXSVySA/s1600/IMG_0092.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
Last Tuesday, I was on an exchange in the area Santa Rita with my Argentino friend, Elder Bianco. They are loaded with hills and the area is absolutely huge. What was really fun was the cheapest and best way to get into the area is by train. Its only 50 centavos to get on one. You know how much I loved trains when I was younger and it sure made me think of Grandpa... good day. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Yesterday, Edivan (our baptism last week) got confirmed and is super duper animated. He told us yesterday he wants to fast because he heard the word and that it was a commandment. Hes super duper prepared to be an active member forever. He is starting to load us up with some references that we could possibly baptize this week. Im excited...</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Right now we only have 2 investigators that were actually teaching. One is the Bishops neice who could be baptized this Sunday but here Mom is super duper into here Church. Well see how that goes...were going there today after PDay. And also we have this lady who has a problem with the 2 commandments but is taking the lessons so again I dont know...she was partying this weekend which was super upsetting for us. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH X ETERNITY and I will email you next week! Best of wishes and prayers.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Your Son,</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elder Steven Untch aka Captain America</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
</span></div>
</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-14566883155801147882013-11-11T23:53:00.001-06:002013-11-25T09:48:31.580-06:00Edivan's Baptism -- November 11, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://mormon.org/what-do-mormons-believe" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGJqtiDAxIN7IK-v9kJrbNUewDxD5aMm8m3Gr_kIythIQl5aS1xVP9eBxsIiXOmXCN3lthMm5ABHibHG8gftDqJMyJWAAsyWYUVyULCb8i7fjU7654YrLkzvOS1SCMDlMocnMFEV-u0c/s320/Edivan+Bapt4++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edivan's Baptism</b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My week was pretty interesting. We had our monthly Zone Training Meeting again this week which was super good. Elder Peirce and I set a goal to baptize 7 people this month, including 2 men, and 1 family. The missions focus on men a lot just due to the lack of Priesthood in these Brasilian wards. The meeting though went great.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also had an exchange with Elder Andre in my old area in Bayeux. It went pretty well. I got to see Lucas, my first baptism! That was very exciting. He gave me this HUGE hug! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HUkHjdbyEmSSFFwjiqdAW4DWZ7cZvcguL8KVCOf64zo7zVpQb9y904xQk0atVv8THTI1xWKrP4_pe7ybrDDInBGsWwlpBXpSG7_sO8Xc09i3Y0MxTYvSAx8u0wvqGoYD_M0IaZR8TTE/s1600/Edivan+Bapt6++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HUkHjdbyEmSSFFwjiqdAW4DWZ7cZvcguL8KVCOf64zo7zVpQb9y904xQk0atVv8THTI1xWKrP4_pe7ybrDDInBGsWwlpBXpSG7_sO8Xc09i3Y0MxTYvSAx8u0wvqGoYD_M0IaZR8TTE/s320/Edivan+Bapt6++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was another hard week finding people to teach. After absolutely nothing happening during the week we still had a baptism! <u><b>Edivan</b></u> the young man who last week came up to us saying hes reading the Book of Mormon was super firm all week. Hes so awesome. He came to Church with a white shirt, Book of Mormon, Bible, note taking stuff, and everything. He was so prepared for baptism. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78PgKRHEsNN1u0Xflc6fvFQ8j5pqyX2aOA_scWOPmEh-NvBQKyenG3qWIFYu_i9FzuuNNyJdJ7rYOIhJcAj3BBAPo1hEW1yBZSFv6vQC32mJUsE_cDAqmrZ_a5uktGK6y-MbpW5kFDDs/s1600/Edivan+Bapt2++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78PgKRHEsNN1u0Xflc6fvFQ8j5pqyX2aOA_scWOPmEh-NvBQKyenG3qWIFYu_i9FzuuNNyJdJ7rYOIhJcAj3BBAPo1hEW1yBZSFv6vQC32mJUsE_cDAqmrZ_a5uktGK6y-MbpW5kFDDs/s320/Edivan+Bapt2++11+11+13.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvJF0HrVHWOeB6IWk392t1z1sIBG9r3LRViW6Xv_L6fYi-8AEGhdegLj8cGba4YQgjn6M52lGF3zU0mv18uQuOFXdvGljWyyMVgeqALvLAUs66qSr10ywM8y5X_jG73otvJKonCbws7c/s1600/Edivan+Bapt5++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvJF0HrVHWOeB6IWk392t1z1sIBG9r3LRViW6Xv_L6fYi-8AEGhdegLj8cGba4YQgjn6M52lGF3zU0mv18uQuOFXdvGljWyyMVgeqALvLAUs66qSr10ywM8y5X_jG73otvJKonCbws7c/s320/Edivan+Bapt5++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a testimony builder to me that how when I can count my blessings, I take out all the negative stuff in my life. This one thing totally ruled over all the negatives of the week and its given me an even BIGGER desire to work harder this week. This is why Im on a mission!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LRQINtIlmE1F5K5eqTQteOO9Mh30wgQkDu5nzN_Uh7aVy-6ickS37u9hbSuN-_b-sTlUSsJ73uSWsIk3uoaYclS4f0vJrngS23Pu1atcEJBqmS550EFYTgg0k3gzrLrODaGy_3pHpz8/s1600/Dead+after+3+hr+tractg++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LRQINtIlmE1F5K5eqTQteOO9Mh30wgQkDu5nzN_Uh7aVy-6ickS37u9hbSuN-_b-sTlUSsJ73uSWsIk3uoaYclS4f0vJrngS23Pu1atcEJBqmS550EFYTgg0k3gzrLrODaGy_3pHpz8/s320/Dead+after+3+hr+tractg++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Peirce & I Dead After 3 Hours of Tracting</b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Family Home Evening at Herma Ana's</b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyZhpuFO24JxOohR9wlpnswxtVUYuR9ofjwCwD_Ftcp3evUJfv6FF8jajc2c6T7bB9Pw1f8-a7caFV6Om5b3wHyZUbdt0g1zZeJAQmiRxDp5gDcAFFpEdOmYFM_OrbWd0JFuxY-Gi45o/s1600/FHE+aHerma+Ana1+11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyZhpuFO24JxOohR9wlpnswxtVUYuR9ofjwCwD_Ftcp3evUJfv6FF8jajc2c6T7bB9Pw1f8-a7caFV6Om5b3wHyZUbdt0g1zZeJAQmiRxDp5gDcAFFpEdOmYFM_OrbWd0JFuxY-Gi45o/s320/FHE+aHerma+Ana1+11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1T1dS2-IJVbGMx9ZpPuKKZBy8S5zhLhTPkkZKLNIhAZh8KDYEFjOyaWwrrTPHMZutHf6vjkCGMprhCyDmMS1eEfEl3YoJvFiat24kGBoRbIm_hZxceHY5ExUZ-XDxjB_svHVLNmztkQ/s1600/FHE+aHerma+Ana++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1T1dS2-IJVbGMx9ZpPuKKZBy8S5zhLhTPkkZKLNIhAZh8KDYEFjOyaWwrrTPHMZutHf6vjkCGMprhCyDmMS1eEfEl3YoJvFiat24kGBoRbIm_hZxceHY5ExUZ-XDxjB_svHVLNmztkQ/s320/FHE+aHerma+Ana++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lc-AT0u6uIiXiMR2Ql2RPnBahHa69-mPsVr-2UmUKq_1vI5X69cFlcGSAZWR5FPsWX0TGZ-pqxxWGBkbhKdYtmAzbog-Ga7mTRlDKa4mi5x4ewqTy7X8W9GgDT4RxzS8QEYLpMLXj04/s1600/FHE+aHerma+Ana3++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lc-AT0u6uIiXiMR2Ql2RPnBahHa69-mPsVr-2UmUKq_1vI5X69cFlcGSAZWR5FPsWX0TGZ-pqxxWGBkbhKdYtmAzbog-Ga7mTRlDKa4mi5x4ewqTy7X8W9GgDT4RxzS8QEYLpMLXj04/s320/FHE+aHerma+Ana3++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thats what I have this week. Im sending a bunch of pictures this week in which you can share with everybody! Elder Peirce and I are improving sending pictures. ;) But hey do you think Im getting skinnier? People from my ward and old ward have said it all week. :)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0F_CJlM52xusib4e09HiPbvhLnMPgvNq10d1LmQ2OKMncDyGGQkby8_4Eyi8FY7FOTtJ1ej15E34j4BdSbm8ko_xeP_feBOY1kuAxP6NLem-8nfeX5vcNDWdSkXUU7EzSTI6n3vvxlxw/s1600/Eating+a+ton+pday++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0F_CJlM52xusib4e09HiPbvhLnMPgvNq10d1LmQ2OKMncDyGGQkby8_4Eyi8FY7FOTtJ1ej15E34j4BdSbm8ko_xeP_feBOY1kuAxP6NLem-8nfeX5vcNDWdSkXUU7EzSTI6n3vvxlxw/s320/Eating+a+ton+pday++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Eating a Ton on P-day</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Elder Sprousse's Peanut Butter</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57hpB6T5Wpwok2iLHbokIiD5vE3Gsn4l5ZbEk919Jy5wbwzk_8vm5eRrbcTidyBq2h1aDU_Z0nSgSknyJVkRuAgFTcxG6U88LjwrJRIo2lAFbEvaEruqtEkh0AqmH7iFLX9sd-dqZsqI/s1600/Peanut+Butter++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57hpB6T5Wpwok2iLHbokIiD5vE3Gsn4l5ZbEk919Jy5wbwzk_8vm5eRrbcTidyBq2h1aDU_Z0nSgSknyJVkRuAgFTcxG6U88LjwrJRIo2lAFbEvaEruqtEkh0AqmH7iFLX9sd-dqZsqI/s320/Peanut+Butter++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmzkPSkzBbSz1NwJYJ5MoF3wvLjy-rYftUR7sG2ZTi-4-H8iNc3_v-KsiJtGcAbK48en7csafHDckJbBYqq3vxbi4qLZH04mqSyLLwF5FFbbRscWnUk8VtbrXXmLe2DyGYYEe4HN45BM/s1600/Peanut+Butter+2++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmzkPSkzBbSz1NwJYJ5MoF3wvLjy-rYftUR7sG2ZTi-4-H8iNc3_v-KsiJtGcAbK48en7csafHDckJbBYqq3vxbi4qLZH04mqSyLLwF5FFbbRscWnUk8VtbrXXmLe2DyGYYEe4HN45BM/s320/Peanut+Butter+2++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Friend, Tiago</b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1BgXlhO5dLnEduWhUj26T-SQlyg-eXrNiY-n5AZZ5JZCfKU6fIp14kwTscVszBQPiCDfBg4NR4ouZSrxyY-CRSTQy7yS1u3Br4m7Z1FhOvJtMnApETUiPfLGM-7GTZciPUBCzhYFwdw/s1600/Tiago++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1BgXlhO5dLnEduWhUj26T-SQlyg-eXrNiY-n5AZZ5JZCfKU6fIp14kwTscVszBQPiCDfBg4NR4ouZSrxyY-CRSTQy7yS1u3Br4m7Z1FhOvJtMnApETUiPfLGM-7GTZciPUBCzhYFwdw/s320/Tiago++11+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGfXlIoS4osHS2RRPcR4vpulKD-EQRw_5a0pTPHAr716cAVF-sNxV7Hteo1va2X6Hv0u2K12VNDZMQ1b9PkTNMyasrXcPW0kZGTmnznjK5UeYCBaRod_L_8PaSIk6NW4lZB2I0wbaCec/s1600/Tiago+2++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGfXlIoS4osHS2RRPcR4vpulKD-EQRw_5a0pTPHAr716cAVF-sNxV7Hteo1va2X6Hv0u2K12VNDZMQ1b9PkTNMyasrXcPW0kZGTmnznjK5UeYCBaRod_L_8PaSIk6NW4lZB2I0wbaCec/s320/Tiago+2++11+11+13.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoNVj44QFnrZwo4H7wa3H9q93st1XbzAgsnSAcfOKUdmHqDO0hEhx6ui2MjZ9koTVyZQlFFU72G0S7MikinC0I-rnE_bhBqCx2xBFP5Y3ak_pYyWoOi0hbWu7_mnnAg_gIhIRXJ0a6AA/s1600/Tiago+3++11+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoNVj44QFnrZwo4H7wa3H9q93st1XbzAgsnSAcfOKUdmHqDO0hEhx6ui2MjZ9koTVyZQlFFU72G0S7MikinC0I-rnE_bhBqCx2xBFP5Y3ak_pYyWoOi0hbWu7_mnnAg_gIhIRXJ0a6AA/s320/Tiago+3++11+11+13.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE YOU X ETERNITY! Have a great week!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Son,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Steven Untch</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-85867332982280225802013-11-11T23:10:00.001-06:002013-11-11T23:10:30.504-06:00November 4, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGL2WZP99gxy6uZXNxiqXFWvDq7IDgqG8EfdyLTiC7SR4EkU0z0WTgGFWdxGkX6_bzY33Mjpd2Q3X-rUG6YZoA0-1Mjw7qdmYm-wvNwvhoQxw-NhR1ZeQfmd1FSaMZAPzA40TbO-pjg1I/s1600/Elder+Peirce+11+4+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGL2WZP99gxy6uZXNxiqXFWvDq7IDgqG8EfdyLTiC7SR4EkU0z0WTgGFWdxGkX6_bzY33Mjpd2Q3X-rUG6YZoA0-1Mjw7qdmYm-wvNwvhoQxw-NhR1ZeQfmd1FSaMZAPzA40TbO-pjg1I/s320/Elder+Peirce+11+4+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Elder Peirce</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oi! How was Halloween for everybody? We have 4 Americans in the house so we were going to do a party thing at the end of the day at our house UNTIL our Brasilian Assistant called a mission-wide fast. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I could give a title to this week its would be Miracles with a Mix of <i><u>Inimigo</u></i> (trans "enemy"). On Tuesday, Elder Peirce and I went blitzin on doors where he talks to one side and I the other. It gets a ton of work done! Well I ended up finding 4 new investigators. 2 of them are amazing! One is Evaliani. She is 17 years old but looks 25. We taught her the next day and she really has been wanting to get baptized but didnt know which Church had the truth. She easily knew the Book of Mormon was true and everything. We also told her that same appointment that the enemy (He Who Should Not Be Named) would work to make sure it didnt happen. Well sure enough the next day she nervously told us that she would be marrying to a man who lives in Rio de Janiero. His parents are Mormons but when Evaliani talked about baptism he said no. He said wait till she moves there. Of course she didnt know what to do so we had her call again and he again said no. We told her it was her decision and she needed to be baptized yesterday but she said she would in Rio. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other one was Camila, the sister of Carolina. Camila was our original contact before we taught and baptized Carolina. She didnt want to be baptized until Elder Peirce snubbed her out. She wouldnt because 1) She has a medical problem to where she needs to eat all the time and she thought she couldnt eat at the Church and 2) She just didnt get the purpose of baptism. All Ill say is after the lesson we had the papers filled and she was ready to be baptized. Then the enemy stepped in again... Saturday night we were told by phone her Mom (who just signed and gave the approval for baptism cancelled it). The worst part was when we went to talk to the family the Mom wouldnt even come out to talk to us. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a great week teaching and finding but had nothing to show for it. We called people in the morning who said they were coming and then they cancelled last second. Its just super upsetting in missionary work. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now for positives...its rained a lot. I love rain! :) Elder Peirce and I are usually finding and teaching a lot. 4 members gave us ice cream... never can go wrong there. A young man came up and said he wants to be baptized. I think he will this week! And more. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read <span style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/9?lang=eng" target="_blank">Mormon 9</a></span> and made it my new favorite chapter in the Book of Mormon. I loved it just reading in Portuguese!!! :)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great week! Love you x Eternity!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Son,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Steven Untch</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-73398866246249265652013-11-11T23:10:00.000-06:002013-11-11T23:10:11.802-06:00November 4, 2013 -- Mailing Packages<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcStIqvPcK26b4MR4Y_ZZeI_OBLlrE7ZxE1HtsWEpw0ff6AeAkaR" /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No packages valued at $50 or more</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">---------- Forwarded message ----------</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: justify;">From: Brazil Joao Pessoa Mission <</span><a href="mailto:2010798@ldschurch.org" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;">2010798@ldschurch.org</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: justify;">></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Date: 2013/11/4</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Subject: Mensagem importante para extrangeiros!!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To: </span>Sabemos que por causa da época de natal, vamos receber muitos pacotes e queremos informar vocês sobre uma coisa muito importante. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Por causa das leis aquí em Brasil, qualquer pacote com um valor acima de $50 dolares (mais ou menos 100 reais) vai ser presos nos correios. Se isso acontecer, vocês precisam pagar a metade do valor do pacote para que possamos liberar o pacote. Ou seja, se você receber um pacote do valor 150 dolares, vocês precisam pagar 75 dolares só para receber o pacote. Este custonão vai ser pago pelo escritório da missão. Por favor informe as suas famílias antes disto acontecer!! Obrigado, </span>(Inglês abaixo) (English below)</div>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
We know that because of Christmas, we are going to be receiving a lot of packages and we want to inform you all about something very important.</div>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Because of the laws here in Brasil,<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> whenever you receive a package containing a value of more than 50 dollars, the post office will not allow you to receive your package. If this happens, you have to pay half of the value of the package in order for us to retrieve your package.</span> In other words, if you receive a package worth 150 dollars, you will have to pay 75 dollars just to receive the package. This cost will not be covered by the mission. Please inform your families before this happens! Thanks,</div>
<br />-Elder Walker-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secretário Executivo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MISSÃJ BRASIL JJÃJ PESSJA</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...................................................................................................</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rua Dep. José Mariz, 515 - Tambauzinho</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />JJãJ PessJa - PB - Brazil<br />Tel: (83) 3225 2979</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...................................................................................................</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />HJráriJs: Seg à Sex das 10h às 12h e 14h às 17h.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-78258924558935558292013-11-11T23:09:00.002-06:002013-11-11T23:09:59.391-06:00October 28, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First off, Elder Peirce and I work together absolutely amazing! Its so great. Weve been doing a ton of contacting at doors and on the streets but we do it so efficiently. We have a goal to teach 62 lessons on the street this week, hopefully finding a gold investigator. Weve taken streets to knock and Ill knock one side and him the other. We get tons of people just within a couple of hours. Its amazing! I love Blitzin as we call it. :)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Sadly, yesterday nobody came to Church after all the firmes we had on Saturday. It really made us sad but its okay. One positive is Matias was confirmed so that was really nice. Right now the ward, especially our amazing Bishop are pushing reactivation. We have the ward directory now and are going to find families and start baptizing the families. Its amazing how much the Lord works through His people to get His work done. President Costa when he was here promised that every less active we brought back to Church would bring us a baptism. We have a potencial one soon. I really dont know right now though but its exciting. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Also Bishop announced yesterday that our area will be made into a branch sometime soon and that wed be in another building in our area. Isnt that exciting?! :) Sadly I dont think Ill be here...</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But that was the highlights of this week. Right now the work is slow but Elder Peirce and I are going to absolutely destroy this area contacting people this week. I hope I can next week report on all of the success. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ate proxima semana!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Your Son for Eternity,</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elder Steven Untch</div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-48262160781448134952013-10-24T08:50:00.000-05:002013-11-11T23:37:22.175-06:00Matias' Baptism -- October 23, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAFm27rcx8IW7pzT9QQxkOVdTeP7l8YLJPAEgMqlnxBiuwoKTMJXPwTSLo14hxP6SOX0iGWrc2mMTM-MQiYkFQkUb8ANnEmmO3-MX0coKXeCTT32YpMhZPKRqXRofXF7a4eAS1Wd2Hbc/s1600/Matias+Baptism+10+16+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAFm27rcx8IW7pzT9QQxkOVdTeP7l8YLJPAEgMqlnxBiuwoKTMJXPwTSLo14hxP6SOX0iGWrc2mMTM-MQiYkFQkUb8ANnEmmO3-MX0coKXeCTT32YpMhZPKRqXRofXF7a4eAS1Wd2Hbc/s320/Matias+Baptism+10+16+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Elder Cabrera and Matias</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now is transfer time. Elder Cabrera isnt my companion anymore. He left to train in Capina Grande. I have a new companion, Elder Peirce...yes, the same one who was my Zone Leader! Dude were so pumped because we and Elder Bond still live in the same house and we have another American here now too. This is great!!! So Im staying in my area and I have a new companion. Im super excited because I love my area!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last week before transfers everyone in the mission had interviews with Presidente. We went on Tuesday but after 8 hours of waiting in the mission office he ran out of time so we had to reschedule for Friday. It was pretty good but no special things to talk about. Só Baptiza! :)</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
On Saturday, Elder Peirce (my soon to be comp) and I went to a party at a members house and found some investigators and potentials there. And of course, the cake there was AMAZINGGGG! </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I also had two other exchanges this past week. Elder Peirce and Elder Sprouse, the newer Elder again. Its a lot of fun because as a junior to a District Leader you basically get to help all of the Junior Comps. I truly believe my Portuguese is at a good level. I cant wait to see it by my 1 year mark. Its super exciting! Its a feat I thought Id never conquer.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
On Saturday night, Elder Cabrera and I went on the bus home and this random guy comes up to us and talks to us about random stuff. He knows 10 different languages and can recite multiple scriptures in all of them. It was weird...talking to a Brasilian in English. Sadly hes pretty Anti-Mormon... I wont go any farther than that. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Dear family I appreciate your prayers. Seriously, I know you guys prayed at one point that Id have more success. The Lord blessed us again this past weekend with another baptism. Its a 13 year old named <u><b>Matias</b></u>. Hes super cool and very aware of the Spirit. He also has some family issues but its cool because its pushing him to have a great testimony and be a wonderful missionary. Its pretty exciting when you can look ahead of the future lives of the people youve helped. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But that was this week in a nutshell. Its super duper hot right now! </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I love you all dearly family! Know how much I care and love you all. You mean so much to me and I know this mission is making me a better bro and son. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I LOVE YOU X ETERNITY!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Até proxima semana... (until next week)</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elder Steven Untch</div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-76299846346460925602013-10-14T14:21:00.002-05:002013-10-14T14:21:28.305-05:00October 14, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! This week my time on the computer is really short. :(</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we had divisions. I was with Elder Bond in his area. It was a lot of fun. We had some Brasilian pizza...MMMM. This week will contain a lot of them too. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also had a Show Cultural activity at the Church Saturday. All the youth in the stake did some Brasil show. It was very neat! Sadly with curfew times we couldnt stay for very long. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carolina one of our baptisms last week was confirmed yesterday. Victor the other baptism will be next week when he comes to Church. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now we have Luanna and Matius as investigators. This week was super rough in finding people. Luanna is pretty back and forth but we set a baptism date with her for the last Sunday of the month. Matius is a young man whose parents own a bar but they want us to help him...baptism included. He SHOULD be baptized this week. Well see how that goes. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next week is transfer so I wont email till Wednesday. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love you sooooo much! Thank you for all you do. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOVE YOU X ETERNITY!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Steven Untch</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S. I cant get pictures to upload but will try again next time.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-17801355446964413602013-10-14T14:16:00.000-05:002013-11-11T23:37:37.332-06:00Caroline's Baptism -- October 7, 2013<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzrVQB0s0r2bprVr4NETbLxThUi5QxqR975GnvzmetHgpDjQa9fjSuIYwbiZQ4seKC3kTPBZSkg-hm20e-nAEqQGJ1yB2TTOMf28K4GHtD3FMadn03auGaGz1v0PR8Fhkw9cxS0jbBng/s1600/Victor+and+Caroline+Baptism+10+5+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzrVQB0s0r2bprVr4NETbLxThUi5QxqR975GnvzmetHgpDjQa9fjSuIYwbiZQ4seKC3kTPBZSkg-hm20e-nAEqQGJ1yB2TTOMf28K4GHtD3FMadn03auGaGz1v0PR8Fhkw9cxS0jbBng/s320/Victor+and+Caroline+Baptism+10+5+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Elder Untch, Victor, Caroline & Elder Cabrera</b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oi! Did you get to watch [</span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2013/10?cid=HPFR100413113&lang=eng" target="_blank">General] Conference</a></u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">? I watched it in Portuguese. We were trying to in English but the antenna wasnt set up right. Luckily one TV had the captions in English, so it was up and down. Fortunately a super awesome member will download all the sessions on my USB and I have speakers that I can connect to so Ill listen again in English. Was amazing wasnt it?!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me just say that absolutely nothing happened during the week. Seriously...just talking to people on the street and inviting to Conference. Nothing else. The REAL MEAT happened Saturday and Sunday.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I even hit the topic of General Conference I just need to say that <span style="font-size: large;">we had two more baptisms Sunday. :) </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first one was <u><b>Victor</b></u>. He is 9 years old and we met him at the beginning of the transfer when his neighbors (who are members) invited him over to FHE (<a href="http://mormon.org/values/family" target="_blank">Family Home Evening</a>). We then started teaching him and his Mom. His mom didnt work out at all but she was super supportive of him being baptized. I was the one who performed the ordinance for him. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other one was <u><b>Caroline</b></u>. She is the one of the three sisters that I think I talked about before. Shes pretty cool! Shes 15 years old and at first her mom wasnt very supportive of her being baptized. But then we had the opportunity to talk to the mom and Caroline bore this strong testimony about how she received an answer about the Book of Mormon and the Gospel! It was super cool. So she was baptized. The baptism was between the first and second session of conference on Sunday. We had only one building in the Stake broadcasting the Conference so we had our whole zone of missionaries there. For the closing hymn all the missionaries sang <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpxbZdDdv0" target="_blank">I Know That My Redeemer Lives</a></i>. It was very special.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now I need to talk about <a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2013/10?cid=HPFR100413113&lang=eng" target="_blank">Conference</a>...did you feel that that was a REPENT or ELSE type of conference? To be honest I felt that way and it was super cool. I cant think of a doctrine or commandment that wasnt hit in that conference. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I learned and will personally work on focusing on the basics or as the member of the Seventy said, <u>Look Up</u>! I think we get so caught up at focusing way to much on detail that we forget to just do it. It was very good for me to have this conference. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, missionary work was hit that hardest its ever been. I liked the talks that focused on not worrying about the world and just go and bear your testimony. Thats one thing about my mission that Ive learned to love, not caring what other people think because I know that the things of which I bear witness of our true. There have been times where others walking by or behind start talking about the Mormons and how were so different thinking we arent listening. Then I just turn around with a thumbs up. DONT EVER BE ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which is better, not sharing your testimony or receiving the blessings from sharing the testimony. I was so happy Mom that you said the family has a goal to find someone for the missionaries. Thats a thing here thats reallllly struggling but I know and have seen the results when the people have been able to bring people to the Gospel. This work is absolutely amazing and yesterday I gained a new confidence that Ive never had before of working my tail off under the leadership of living prophets, seers, and revelators. Theres absolutely nothing like the organization of Christs church here on the Earth and were all very fortunate to be apart of it.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thats a few of my thoughts from Conference. Im going to study them very hard here the next couple of months and maybe Ill have some better insight.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/4" target="_blank">Scripture of the Week: Doctrine & Covenants 4</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOVE YOU! Until next week...</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Steven Untch</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-86162962725109369102013-10-02T11:13:00.001-05:002013-10-02T11:13:05.905-05:00September 30, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ola!!!! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks again for all of the support and updates...seriously its so great to have!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a pretty great week here in Brasil! Its almost getting to winter which in the South Hem is really really bad...it gets very hot! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I reached the 6 month mark and as I look back its amazing to see how Ive grown personally. Im developing traits I never thought I could of. Obviously I have a LOTTTTT of work to still do.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last P-Day after emails was crazy. We went and worked in the evening and we had this meeting that lasted till like 8:50pm. Well to walk home it takes 40 minutes and we obviously only had 10. I asked the Lord if there was anyway possible to have help because we didnt have money to take an alternative home. Sure enough were walking in this dark street this Taxi guy pulls up and says that any representative of God is deserving of a free ride. I cant tell you how great that was for me...BIG testimony builder! Also we get home and we saw everything dark and the doors open. We were robbed...</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JK! We werent reallyyyyyy robbed but Elder Peirce and Bond thought itd be funny to fake rob us. :P I was confused because some stuff was gone like some chairs and stuff but my camera and wallet were sitting and my desk untouched. DORKS! Anyone have any missionary approp ideas to get them back? Haha</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also had two exchanges with Elders this week. On Tuesday we had Elder Tavarez in my area with me and we did a lot of great teaching together. Hes a super cool Brasilian dude and him and I worked great together. The other one was on Thursday when I went back to my old area in Bayeux and was with Elder Sprouse. He is fresh out of the MTC and American so imagine us together...it was great. The night before I begged the Lord for the Gift of Tongues and sure enough that day I had the greatest understanding of Portuguese. I understood and could speak it just fine with no problems. And him and I really got to know each other as people and it was cool to help him gain some more confidence. We will be super good friends on this mission. Great great day!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another cool experience we had was Saturday. Elder Cabrera and I were walking to our area and we see this guy with a cart with these bed matresses. Sure enough we asked if we could help and we influenced him. Well after a lot of man labor going through a earth trail HE started asking US about the Church! It was great! Sadly he didnt come to Church with us but well talk with him today after PDay. I love serving people...its the best way to find new investigators! :)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An update with baptisms and stuff. Next week we have 3 firms for baptism next week. Two sisters and another kid that weve known for a while. Its super great! Pray that it works out this week! :) Next week I should be sending pictures of the baptism!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can tell this week was pretty amazing. I know it wasnt because of anything Ive done. Its because of your constant support and prayers...with the Lords hand in all things! Its wonderful to be a missionary for the Lord. Its His work and Im lucky to be a part of it. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love you so much! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ate proxima semana! (Until next week)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sincerely Your Son,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ELDER STEVEN UNTCH</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S. I need to find another way to send pictures because these computers wont... Grrr..I promise I will soon.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love you! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-9094004020420315682013-10-02T11:07:00.004-05:002013-10-02T11:13:56.016-05:00September 23, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey!!! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks again as always for the wonderful updates, uplifting thoughts, and encouragement. Im lucky to have that in my life. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week was still pretty great! On Tuesday we had a Blitz with Elder Bond and Peirce in both of our areas. For half of the day we all worked in our area and other half we all worked in their area. That was a lot of fun! Elder Peirce and I were together and we marked some baptism dates with some people.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The thing about marking baptisms is here in Brasil you do it first thing! Because all Brasilians will let you in their house to teach a lesson but we need to find the serious people. So we always invite to Church and/or invite to baptism first thing. Its a pretty cool system, something you definitely cant do in the USA. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Our zone sadly has been reallyyyy struggling with that lately so the assistants came and gave us a training that was pretty great. We thought that they would come here and blast us but I gained a lot of respect for them as leaders. They taught by example and focused firmly on our purpose as missionaries. I came out of that meeting very determined to work harder. And our numbers showed for it. I love good leadership! We had 17 new investigators along with a lot of lessons throughout the week. All we need to do now is get them to Church!!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But yeah that was really all that happened this week. Lots of teaching and finding with some super good training. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/27.27?lang=eng" target="_blank">Scripture of the Week: 3 Nep. 27:27</a></span> <---the last part is my favorite</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I love you so much. Thanks again for all of your prayers and support! Until next week!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
LOVE YOU X ETERNITY!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Your Son,</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Elder Steven Untch</div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-23296711602822067752013-09-23T06:33:00.001-05:002013-09-23T06:33:37.810-05:00September 16, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
Oi! Yesterday we got to go back to Lucas ward and see him confirmed. Elder Andre who is in my zone did the confirmation and we were super happy. But yeah this was very special not just for me but for all of us. It shows that the Lord answers prayers. :)</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
My area is pretty sweet. Its called Motirão and its in the Bayeux CTR ward (the other side of town). Bayeux CTR area is pretty sweet because its uphill from Bayeux and you can see the view of Joao Pessoa. I need to get a picture of it soon. We have 4 Elders in this ward and 4 new ones in the other. Elder Bond, Pierce, Cabrera, and I are here still together. We have a sweet new house that President wanted to get. Its almost modernized for Brasil and the only problem is the water. We live next to this water tower so the water pressure here can sometimes really change the water and it causes problems. But yeah...but our area in Motirão takes 30 minutes to get there walking. We go through this sweet forest area and some big hills to get there. Motirão is pretty cool too. There has been some great success here in the past. Its kind of a poorer area and can be super dangerous to return home at nights but were fine. :)</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But this week we did a lot of finding and stuff. We found a guy, Antonio who is a friend of Bishop and has been at the Church many times for soccer but not for Church. We invited him to be baptized and he accepted but he didnt come to Church so we need to try again. We found another guy Fransisco and his wife who know the Church very well. He works a lot in Recife and has been by the temple many times. But one problem...didnt come to Church. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
For Church yesterday we had no original investigators come but we had a 18 year old named João and another 12 year old who came with a friend. João is super crazy and is really hard to keep him focused but I had the glorious opportunity to be with him. Let me just say it took a lot of physical work. But hey we did get to teach him a little bit and we might have an appointment with him tomorrow. The other one we didnt get to talk much but we have an appointment with him too. His name is Tiago. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have this one investigator who is almost golden. Shes 13 and believes everything that was taught and wants to be baptized. One problem...her Mom is a HUGE Catholic and wants nothing to do with the Church. Sadly we are kind of stuck because we cant even teach her a lot because her Mom says shes never home...not true. But yeah so who knows...we might have another baptism around the corner. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I had a funny experience this week. Elder Bond and Elder Pierce had a baptism with a teenager named Geovani. Hes cool but he is super lazy. It looks like he always doesnt want anything to do with the Church but when it comes down to it hes pretty firm here. Its funny. But anyway we had an appointment and we asked if he was coming to Church. He was like...I dont know...I responded by saying yeah you do! And then I pulled out a Faith in Christ card and said., This is my favorite picture and I want to let you borrow it. BUT you have to return it to me 4 oclock on Sunday at the Church. Sure enough he did! :) It was great! I didnt think that would work but sure enough it did.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But yeah that was basically my week... A lot of things changed here on the transfer...there are a lot of new areas in the mission! Its pretty sweet!<br />
<br />
Elder Steven Untch</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631635324620386256.post-78279574858631725092013-09-13T13:55:00.002-05:002013-11-11T23:38:11.679-06:00Lucas' Baptism -- September 11, 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWCKGtmfV7543q0P8-xH-tI742uyKlpLmaLgHAdT3aEoZMhmt8sZXxlsaVKTGCAbfIzrUEpMCAN03O8oWVrxZXepn8hvwUfqONSR-PDB2XXHLPxb0lgfe_E4bHHSgasxmfoOA6hT72H8/s1600/1st+baptism+sep+11+13+A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWCKGtmfV7543q0P8-xH-tI742uyKlpLmaLgHAdT3aEoZMhmt8sZXxlsaVKTGCAbfIzrUEpMCAN03O8oWVrxZXepn8hvwUfqONSR-PDB2XXHLPxb0lgfe_E4bHHSgasxmfoOA6hT72H8/s320/1st+baptism+sep+11+13+A.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
***** 1st Baptism -- Lucas (age 11) *****</div>
<br />
Oi! I have been transferred. I worked in Bayeux and now they split Bayeux in half and put two new companionships. Now in Bayeux CTR and they just split it in half. Our house here is super brand new! Its sooooo nice! I cant wait to organize my stuff after this email time. :) </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But hey how can I describe this past week....AMAZING!!!! I HAVE MY FIRST BAPTISM! IT CAME! MIRACLE! Long story short... we visited a member in a new area we wanted to work on more and we talked to this older lady whose the parent of the member and a member. Well we learned that she has a grandson who attends all the time but never was baptized. His mom is less active but then that next moment he came over and said hi to us. Next thing he said was, I want to be baptized! Thats a missionaries dream!!!! After the Mom agreed, we taught all the lessons in two days and he was baptized. Its was amazing and I got to do the ordinance! What a miracle and an answer to my prayers. Im so grateful for the Lord for that.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiasyjFwXy2ryWMAPApWE4hz5_EoZshiDaXYt-8_FMPBk_8sXRXjkoe_B7qq0ZZ4qv5TP-ewRy8d5Y6ymnROm-bSJ6b3NDZsLGJSNOfHyTGjU_rTY4JRuA0Q2ODYNfoMPHfukM2D4mqPk/s1600/1st+baptism+sep+11+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiasyjFwXy2ryWMAPApWE4hz5_EoZshiDaXYt-8_FMPBk_8sXRXjkoe_B7qq0ZZ4qv5TP-ewRy8d5Y6ymnROm-bSJ6b3NDZsLGJSNOfHyTGjU_rTY4JRuA0Q2ODYNfoMPHfukM2D4mqPk/s320/1st+baptism+sep+11+13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I also was asked to give a talk in sacrament meeting and sure enough I gave my first talk in another language. I thought it turned out okay. It was on love and missionary work and I didnt recognize that was my last week in the ward. Its been super crazy last couple of days...I can hardly think of what I can put its gone so crazy. I hardly slept last night.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But in regards to investigators this week...WERE IN A NEW AREA! :) And I will say this area is super ghetto at nights. Ive been here on exchanges...its pretty sweet. Im excited because Im settled in Brasil and the Portuguese is starting to settle in little by little. Practice as much as I can. Its definently been something Ive had to rely on from the Lord but with Him all things are possible. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So I didnt have anything else besides a baptism and a talk but Im super excited to tell about my new experiences in a new area next Monday! </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thank you for the prayers! :)</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
Elder Steven Untch<br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0