HEEEYY!! Tudo Bem?
YAAAAYY for Christmas! Ha,
Christmas music is something we can listen to, so one of the best parts of
Christmas is here. Ha, some snakes gave us a cute golden Christmas tree and
another snake gave us a present so we are getting festive down here!
So I saw on the first day
of December that I left in month 6 and now it is month twelve. Crazy huh!? I
pulled out my journal and it was great to see where I was a year ago and 6
months ago. 6 months ago was when I first went through the Logan Temple on
Grandpa’s birthday. My soul thirsts for the Temple and it is funny how eternal
families and temple work are a soft spot for me now.
WOW... I think it is sooo
cool all the adventures you guys write me about. I am pretty sure I hear more
about you guys than you hear from me. I like that - I am not missing out on
anything. Wow! I am so jealous that you went to the Christmas Devotional. I
WENT WHEN I WAS LIKE 8.... no fair. Ha, but it is funny because I tell all the
members that I am from Utah and the Prophet is like my neighbor. It is funny
how Utah is like a wonderland here and everyone dreams of going there.
Anyways... I think it is
funny you are asking about my investigators. Padme and Tierre and Rosa are long
gone. Something that I have been learning here with Elder Hodson is that in
being an effective missionary you need to learn how to "cut" people.
It is kind of sad but it is true. We are looking for the elects who are
prepared. Like Donizete, for example. Ha, the man that I baptized yesterday! He
just showed up at church a couple weeks ago. He felt the spirit, knew the
Church was true. And it was super smooth getting him to the font. He in fact
(when I baptized him) dunked himself more than me dunking him. But yeah. It is
cool though because it turns out that I gave him a Book of Mormon 3 months ago
and he prepared himself. That is something that I am really learning is how God
really prepares people in this work.
Some news from here is...
I dunno. Just working! I’m sure you were checking the weather and it actually
was a very cool week. Yes, it still had its hot times but pretty chill. Last
P-day was really sweet. We had pizza and stuff with some members that turn out
are from the Amazon. Once we got them started on the Amazon they started telling
stories for the next 2 hours. But I LOVED it. OMG, me and Riley are going to
come down here and do an Amazon tour. It is just so cool because I have always
read and dreamed about it as a kid. And here I was hearing first hand stories.
It was awesome, ha!
So for this week, my
spiritual focus will be on going the extra mile. This is the healing power of
Christ (Stand a Little Taller thought this week) I will try to do that in
praying with love. For really I am responsible for the people here and I can
receive revelation about teaching them. We need to pray for people but also
pray how we can help them.
Also something totally
cool is that an Argentinean was talking to us the other day. And I wasn’t
paying attention because he was talking more to the other missionaries but I
understood when I was listening. But then after they were done talking, the
missionary said that he was speaking Spanish the whole time. So yeah... I
UNDERSTAND SPANISH! Crazy huh? Ha, that was a cool experience.
Also once again, Karate. I
was talking to one of the zone leaders and he said he did a lot of karate. It
was funny cause I busted out Kan Ku Dai like it was nothing. It is so weird how
I remember everything. We will have to do some karate when I get home.
Sound good? Maybe I can
finally whoop you, Dad!
Love ya all
-Elder Cetraro
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