August 5, 2013

hello my dear family! it is good to hear from all of you! I hope all those I didn´t hear from are doing well! I thank you much for your prayers on my behalf. they are helping! keep it up!!! ha and yes dad they actually had a pioneer celebration with a dance festival type deal. haha i felt like i was back in Idaho.

life is good hear in the city of pinhais! ha the members here are great! they feed us pretty much every meal and if we are not fed then the ward mission leader feeds us at his restaurant for free!! there is one family in particular that is awesome! the wife when were done with lunch and she said, do you have this? this? this? this? and then she said, "while you live here, you will not go without. you will be like one of my children" haha i am para phrasing from what i understood. haha but we call her mae or our mother.

there is also a young couple who are awesome and are always to go out and teach with us. last night during a family home evening, where they invited investigators, they surprised me with a birthday cake.

   we had our first baptism this last Saturday! his name is hebert! he is a wonderful 15 year old young man that had many friends in the church and was invited to mutual! It was great! with every lesson we had at least 2 members there. It was beautiful to see him be baptized receive the gift of the holy ghost and to receive the priesthood all in the space of 2 days! I love this work! I love the LORD and I know that every step of the way he is helping me. this language is difficult but it seems with every difficulty if we smile, maintain a positive attitude, and trust in the Lord, we persevere through all things! so smile! it will get a long ways! that's all I can do most of the time and it helps! I know the Lord lives and that he remains with those who trust in him and walk in faith! 

com amor

Elder Bell