From an email dated 25 September 2013:
Tell me what can be fare in farewell?
Well as you can prolly guess from the title this week has been..... not so bom. Menos of the maso menos. Menor. Ruin. Terrivel.
Yeah. haha where to begin you might say? Well, for starters, we lost our fav instructor here, Irmao Mos. He was incredible but he got another job working construction but he did say he was gonna be coming back on Monday for a last picture with us, so when I get to Londrina, whenever my next p day is I'll email a pic of him to yall. He's seriously amazing & we miss him every day.
In addition to that, there was a HUGE fight (well... confrontation) that broke out between one of the elders who says some offensive things & my companion & a few other elders.... lets just say a desk got over turn & there was some strong language.... yeah..... well the Spirit IMMEDIATELY left the room & we were all left in silence trying to study but getting no where. Finally our ZL (zone leader) said that he couldn't feel the Spirit & apologized for something really minor (isn't it funny how the ones who don't do anything that causes a fight are always the first ones to apologize?) anyway, I assured him that it wasn't just him & that we had all been in the CTM one dang week too long, if you ask me. Then I got the impression to offer to the district to say a prayer. I got at the front of the classroom & knelt & watching most of the other elders kneel down beside me. Something else told me to ask Elder W to say the prayer & I asked him as I watched tears in his eyes he nodded in agreement and said the most heartfelt most sincere prayer I've ever heard in my entire life. SERIOUSLY. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I heard him struggle & get choked up. I can't repeat everything that was said in the prayer but it was much needed. After he was down several minutes later, everyone else got up but he was still on his knees with his head in his hands. It took EVERY ounce of self control & self discipline not to just scoop him up in my arms and tell him everything was going to be okay. Honestly, this kid isn't a crier, he's 6'5 & has the build of basketball player, so that combined with his tears really tore my heart apart. But I helped him up and thanked him profusely & things got better after that.
On a brighter note I played Come thou fount for devotional & I didn't totally suck at it! hahahaha plus I say the 2010 Jeffrey R Holland fireside he did at the MTC & I melted! I swear he's my other dad.... I love that guy! very memorable for sure.
Anyway, not much else happened, just trying to get the language & get ready for next week when we all leave for our missions! Londrina here I come!!!!!
Oh! & this week on SES (Stuff elders say)
*singing*
Elder B & Elder C: Toniiiiigghhhttttttt
Me: We are youngggggg
Elder B & C: Actually we're young....
Me: *glare* I hate yall....
but I fist bumped them anyways cause that was pretty good!
Elder W: Did yall ever see that one barbie movie where she meets her twin?
Elder B: You mean the princess & the pauper?
Elder W: Yeah!!
Me: Are you serious???? hahahaha
anyway, love you alllll soooooooooo much! Eu amo voce! Tambem eu sei que esta igreja a verdadeira! Eu sei que o Senhor Jesus Cristo e Deus vive e amam nos.
Church is true book is blue. READ IT.
xoxo
Sister VerHoef
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