Elder Jacob Shepard in Brazil: Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Monday, January 13, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
Re: Happy New Year! 1-6-14
Subject: Re: Happy New Year!
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Jacob Shepard <jacob.shepard@myldsmail.net> wrote:
Also that´s me wearing all the stuff you sent me...
Also that´s me wearing all the stuff you sent me...
Email from Elder Shepard 1-6-14
Dear Mom and Dad,
This week was pretty good. We are working for the new standard of the mission. Because of Christmas and New Year, a lot of missionaries relaxed and thought a little more about home. We didn´t do as well as we could have but were are keeping our goals pretty well. We baptized a woman named Katharina. He has been dating a member and we taught a few times in the week. She then decided to be baptized and she is already firm in the church.
So It turns out that I´m going to Terezina. The hottest place on the mission. Darn.(The warm season lasts from August 31 to November 15 with an average daily high temperature above 98°F. The hottest day of the year is October 8, with an average high of 99°F and low of 77°F.)
The local leadership here are all working hard, but they have to learn how to work together. I had hoped to work more with them, but Elder Correia will do well here. We have worked really well together and I hoped to stay here a bit longer but I´ll serve where the Lord calls.
I love you all
Elder Shepard
This week was pretty good. We are working for the new standard of the mission. Because of Christmas and New Year, a lot of missionaries relaxed and thought a little more about home. We didn´t do as well as we could have but were are keeping our goals pretty well. We baptized a woman named Katharina. He has been dating a member and we taught a few times in the week. She then decided to be baptized and she is already firm in the church.
So It turns out that I´m going to Terezina. The hottest place on the mission. Darn.(The warm season lasts from August 31 to November 15 with an average daily high temperature above 98°F. The hottest day of the year is October 8, with an average high of 99°F and low of 77°F.)
The local leadership here are all working hard, but they have to learn how to work together. I had hoped to work more with them, but Elder Correia will do well here. We have worked really well together and I hoped to stay here a bit longer but I´ll serve where the Lord calls.
I love you all
Elder Shepard
Monday, December 30, 2013
Re: Happy New Year! 12-30-13
From: "Jacob Shepard" <jacob.shepard@myldsmail.net>
To: "Mom and Dad"
Subject: Re: Happy New Year!
To: "Mom and Dad"
Subject: Re: Happy New Year!
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Jacob Shepard <jacob.shepard@myldsmail.net> wrote:
Dear Mom,Thank you for the email. It was great to see you guys. This week was really great. We didn´t work as much as we could have, but we are doing great. I played some cards with my companion and talked.We went to bring a less active member to chruch and we were surpised at the way that the others helped him out.Thank you for the support and the love. I know that this letter is very short, but I´ll write more about this week and send Pictures too.Love,JacobPS M ´Ms would be great.
Friday, December 27, 2013
12-27-13
Here is an email from elder Shepard:
Dear Mom and Dad,
Dear Mom and Dad,
Merry Christmas! The language is going great. I still have a few words to learn but I don´t have any problems comunicating. I still listen better then I talk. I read the Scriptures in English and Portugues, butusually in English. I still need to get betteron my use of Portugues in my studies. I have only dreamed once in Portugese.
I´ll call before Christmas to tell how it´s going to happen but there are a few members with web cams here. Some members are pretty well off.
I´ll fast for Dad. Iknowhow everybody likes to quote Job but I know that we allpass through our specific problems: some with jobs, others with sickness, others with people who don´t want to hear about the gospel. And just as job said we pass through the refiners fire to come out like gold. Jesus taught thatwe have sicknesses or problems so that theof God could be done. I know that Dad will be alright, and I know that we all have a blessed rest waiting for us. I pray for all of you for health and happiness, and I that God will keep his promises.
We had a good sacrement meeting too. A lot ofpeople are coming to church. We have this investigator called Katarina that´s going to be baptized next Saturday. We did have 14 people planned to be baptized but we took a beating and lost about 13 of them. We are still teaching about half of them but a lot of people suddenly lost interest because of some reason. Even though a lot of things didn´t work out, some miracles happened to give us hope for the future.
Man I only have one picture of me. Maybe I should get more since they´re getting popular. Bad joke, but I´ll send some christmas pictures soon. Some dust got into the camera so I´m cleaning it. Also, everything has been going great with my companion. He speaks english pretty well too. We are doing are best to work, butwewere more concentrated on teaching those people we hadthen finding new people. We learned our leason and are getting better.
Merry Christmas and I love you.
Jacob Shepard
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