Work is incredible. Through the help of members and divine help from above, we have been baptizing people every week! Here is a typical pattern.

1. Members bring their friends to church
2. We meet people at church and teach them in class. They like church and we schedule an appointment to teach them.
3. We teach them in their own homes, often with the people ( Read more... )

Sorry, I don't have time to specify this story. Here is a clip from an e-mail I wrote to my family. It will be confusing, I think.

well, a little specification. It was a divorce for a couple who were only married so the man and his real wife could become legal (the fake wife is a citizen). Confused? The couple getting the papers is a member of the ( Read more... )

This is a common house here in Brockton. Notice the painted foundation - that's the work of a Cape Verdian.

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Hello everyone. How is life? Does anyone have any direct questions about what I do or what life is like? I would be happy to answer.

The work is exploding here and I am so grateful to be a part of it. Sure, most people don't have interest, but it's wonderful to see how many people do.

I could write more about my experiences, but they would probably ( Read more... )

Thank you, homz for that clarification. I should be more careful when speaking about such controversial subjects ( Read more... )

DEAR HOMZ - Eu vou mandar um pacote para voce hoje!

I hope you can understand that. HAOHahahah

Concerning the ORGAN - One of the church members here bought a new piano and gave us the old organ that was replaced. Sweet! This morning I woke up the other Elders by cranking up the volume and playing the beginning measures from Phantom of the Opera ( ( Read more... )

Sorry, I don't have time to make a complete entry. I just stopped by to tell you that I am alive and well and COLD.

Oh, and I acquired an organ. It has a blown-out speaker, but we snipped the wire. Good thing it's like those great organs that still functions after a part of it dies!

Peace be unto you hooligans. <3

Elder Wood

Hello, friends! I am still alive here in Brockton, MA! It's cold, but it will take a lot more than a cold front to stop me from doing this work. Shoot, I went tracting (knocking doors) yesterday for an hour until the sun set. We never tract after the sun sets though, because it is kind of dangerous around here - I sleep to the sound of ambulances ( Read more... )

Bem, Tenho que correr. Eu amo todo de vos. Tchau!

PS - Homz, you are my hero of the week. Thanks for the letter! I will send a return letter shortly.

I had rice last night...

...and it was DELICIOUS.

So, it's 2007? What? Where have I been the last three months?! Oh, yeah ( Read more... )