Elder Lindquist 1/26/10

Oh my goodness gracious this week/day is going by really fast. I have very little time because we had a meeting almost all day yesterday and we have a lot of stuff to do today. Things are going great though. Elder Bezerra (that means calf, as in a baby cow) is awesome he's a great companion I'm really enjoying serving with him. We have a lot of work to do trying to mark people for baptism. We're both full of fire, now we just have to burn people. I don't know if that was the best way to say that but oh well. Yesterday the mission office got robbed, so we got there for the meeting and found the after affects. it was pretty bad, we also locked our keys in the house on Sunday and the Bishop’s wife had to break into our house for us. Then today a truck almost nailed Elder Bezerra; the rear view mirror nicked his shoulder. So as you can see it has been a crazy few days but the work is going well. There are quite a few people progressing in our area but we have a lot more people to find. Helping our zone catch that fire is probably one of the hardest things sometimes but we're working on it. I love you guys I hope you know that I'm thankful for all that you have taught me in my life and I'm very prideful of my family/friends, I know I need to repent of that but thanks for everything. Have a great dinner w/ elder Peterson he is a stud muffin and he needs a house to eat at every 15/15 days because he doesn't have the gordinho juaquim in Provo.. Take it easy I love you guys, -Elder Lindqüizle

Elder Lindquist 1/18/10

Hey all how's it going? Wow what a week! A lot of stuff has been going on and I'm really excited right now. We got a call a little bit ago and Elder Daley was called to be the new AP. It was so funny because this whole last week he and others in the zone were saying that I would get called but it backfired on him. The other day we had a division with the AP’s and Elder Daley went to the office and saw the transfer board. He said that I was off the board (meaning president hadn't put me in a certain place yet.) and he was staying since he only has one transfer left, but president is always moving stuff around. I'm getting a Brazilian whose name is Elder Bezerra. I've already talked to him a few times at zone conferences and I'm really excited to serve with him, he's coming in from the Azores. Well it was a tug of war all this week to get Antónia and her family baptized, and we were able to baptize Nuno and Gonçalo yesterday. Antónia is working on the word of wisdom and we're praying for her to get baptized soon. It was a really cool experience. I'm excited to start this transfer we're going to keep working hard and tearing it up! It's important that we never loose hope in life, if we give up our hope, we fall right into the plan of Satan. We must always have faith that things will turn out for the best and that we can overcome any obstacle. With our faith, we can move mountains. I hope that all is well with you and that you are growing and learning daily too! Have a great week.
-Elder Lindiquisties

Elder Lindquist 1/11/10

Hey, sounds as though things are going well for you all. I finally got the Christmas packages and needless to say we have too many goodies with my packages and Elder Daley’s combined, thanks for thinking of me! Well the week went good, it is freezing cold right now and I'm pretty sure my fingers are going to fall off. We are cruising through this transfer I can't believe it's going by this fast. The other day we had an interesting lesson with a couple, (I contacted his wife a few weeks ago) She's from an evangelical church and he is just studying every Christian church there is. I went on a division with a member in our ward here that is 70! He is amazing and has so much knowledge, it was a fun lesson. The guy was pretty impressed with how we were able to answer his questions. There is no doubt that this church is true. Yesterday I got told that I need to give a 10-15 minute talk in sacrament meeting about 10 minutes before the meeting started, I just love doing that. It has also become like second nature to me now. I remember Dad always saying "just wait till you go on your mission and you'll have to do this and that.." I can't wait to say that to my kids:) Our investigators Antónia, Gonçalo, and Nuno are doing well but Antónia's daughter Karine doesn't want to get baptized:( we'll keep working with her until she has that desire but things are going really well here in the Miratejo we're seeing the hand of the Lord in everything we do. We were doing some finding the other day and got into a Brazilian family home. Their kid (that is nine years old) brought his pet bird in to show us (a parakeet or something of that sort) and the bird jumped from his hands and started flying around the kitchen getting feathers in our juice and on the cake they had just offered to us, as the mom is yelling at the kid trying to catch the bird I couldn't help but laugh to myself. I'll never have experiences like these again. I love the mission and I'm learning a lot. I hope you all have a great week, Love Elder Lindquist:)

Elder Lindquist 1/4/10

So this week was great! It has been raining like no one’s business here but we are trying to stay dry. We did have a baptism on Saturday, it was a girl that is 18 that Elder Peterson started teaching months ago and she finally was able to get baptized because she couldn't get work off before. It was cool because we had a baptism on Saturday, and two confirmations and 3 baby blessings yesterday. So the day was pretty full. We're trying our best to get another person lined up this week and we have a family of 4 marked for next week, they're awesome the mom’s name is Antónia and her three kids are named Karine, Gonçalo, and Nuno. There's a lot of good stuff going down right now a lady also returned to church after being inactive for 5 years. (I guess this New Year has called a few people to repentance.) But we're doing well and everything is cool. Today we'll probably go to a big mall that's down the train line so Elder Daley can find a sick suit. Yesterday was his birthday and so we had a good lunch appointment with a Mexican lady and her family. (We didn't eat chicken enchiladas but it was still really good food.) I actually tried making chicken enchiladas in Caldas a few times but I don't think I had all the ingredients and it gave Elder Silva the runs so I don't know if I dare make it again. But thanks for all of the love and support I pray for you all the time and hope everything is well with you. Have a great new year!
-Elder Lindquist

Elder Lindquist 1/4/10

So this week was great! It has been raining like no one’s business here but we are trying to stay dry. We did have a baptism on Saturday, it was a girl that is 18 that Elder Peterson started teaching months ago and she finally was able to get baptized because she couldn't get work off before. It was cool because we had a baptism on Saturday, and two confirmations and 3 baby blessings yesterday. So the day was pretty full. We're trying our best to get another person lined up this week and we have a family of 4 marked for next week, they're awesome the mom’s name is Antónia and her three kids are named Karine, Gonçalo, and Nuno. There's a lot of good stuff going down right now a lady also returned to church after being inactive for 5 years. (I guess this New Year has called a few people to repentance.) But we're doing well and everything is cool. Today we'll probably go to a big mall that's down the train line so Elder Daley can find a sick suit. Yesterday was his birthday and so we had a good lunch appointment with a Mexican lady and her family. (We didn't eat chicken enchiladas but it was still really good food.) I actually tried making chicken enchiladas in Caldas a few times but I don't think I had all the ingredients and it gave Elder Silva the runs so I don't know if I dare make it again. But thanks for all of the love and support I pray for you all the time and hope everything is well with you. Have a great new year!
-Elder Lindquist