Hey everyone,
It has been a weird, but good week. I had my first division with my zone leader where I got to to stay in my area. It was nice, but at the same time stressful. I really have to say I do not like doing divisions very much. They interrupt the flow of how you can teach and also seem to be fruitless at times, but I still learned a lot.
I really do not have much to say. It was really hot this last week, but the rain came and it is now cold once more. It reminds me of Indiana. The weather is always odd and does not make sense half the time. It is supposed to be winter, but was up in the 60´s or 70´s last week. I am at a lost for words.
I am enjoying my calling, but at the same time, not very much. I think that my zone leaders like to listen too themselves talk. We waited almost 15 minutes on one subject where he said the same thing over and over and over again, and each time I said, " yes I understand, yes, aha, yes, I understand." It was a little bit ridiculous.
Anyway, I am glad to hear from you all and I hope you are all going well. I will talk to you all later.
Love,
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
Santa Rosa is on Fire!!!
Everyone,
I am going really well. My companion and I are lighting Santa Rosa on fire. We taught 34 lesson this past week and we have found some really great families that I think that will progress really well. There might be a baptism as well this week, so keep Marilei in your prayers so that she can continue to kick her smoking habit in the pants.
I really do not have much to say today. It is raining like the dickens and it has been continually gray for the last week or so. It does not snow here so I think I might get the winter blues. That sucks but you do what you can.
I am so grateful for the gift of the Holy Ghost. My companion and I have had many expriences this week that comfirm that we are guided by a force outside of use. It is funny we found so many people that when we knock on their door they just say come on in before we have time to say anything. We have also had an exprience that we were in an area that seemed off. I have been there at night many times and have never felt in danger or anything of the sort, but this night my companion and I both had this eary feeling that stayed with us for a while. Eventually we left and felt better, but it was strange. I am sure nothing would have happened, but when you have a feeling like that it is hard to not notice. Especialy with two people.
Well I have got to go.
Tchau!!!
Ele é gente boa
Hey everyone,
It was great hearing for all of you, even though it was kind of a chaotic mess trying to talk to all of you at once. I also want to say sorry if I seemed a little angry. I was really tired that day and I was a little bit cranky. But all is well now. I am alive and as you all could tell, doing well.
I really do not have much to say other than that my companion and I get along great. He is as they say here, "Ele é gente boa." He is literally a good person. He is from Minas Gerais, which is a state that is just above São Paulo. They call it the land of cheese and milk. Everywhere we go, everyone asks him why is the cheese there so good. Evidently it is the Wisconsin or California of Brazil, because everything dairy is better there. But I do not know.
Oh his name is Elder Bruno, and he looks like Barak Obama. It is kind of funny. I will talk a picture of him.
Alright, I will talk to you guys later,
Com Amor,
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
It was great hearing for all of you, even though it was kind of a chaotic mess trying to talk to all of you at once. I also want to say sorry if I seemed a little angry. I was really tired that day and I was a little bit cranky. But all is well now. I am alive and as you all could tell, doing well.
I really do not have much to say other than that my companion and I get along great. He is as they say here, "Ele é gente boa." He is literally a good person. He is from Minas Gerais, which is a state that is just above São Paulo. They call it the land of cheese and milk. Everywhere we go, everyone asks him why is the cheese there so good. Evidently it is the Wisconsin or California of Brazil, because everything dairy is better there. But I do not know.
Oh his name is Elder Bruno, and he looks like Barak Obama. It is kind of funny. I will talk a picture of him.
Alright, I will talk to you guys later,
Com Amor,
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
Staying in Santa Rosa and a New Companion
Dear family and friends,
This weekend was very emotional for everyone involved. First off, that family that was having troubles are better than ever. They came out of their adversity with flying colors. I gave them my testimony about the trials of our faith and told them that I loved them and I hated to see them fall into unbelief like I once did, that with the frequent prayers of my companion and I, they went to church, she did not turn down her calling as primary president, and they are stilling looking forward to their sealing in October.
It was also difficult to see my companion, Elder Griffin, off. I will quote the words of Freddy Mercury who said, "Mama, I just killed a man." I really did not kill him, but that is the terminology that is used when they you are the last companion of someone who is leaving. So I killed him, but not reallly. I also got to meet his parents. They came and picked him up for our little town. It was really something. They are great people. I think mom that Sister Griffin is going to call you sometime to talk about how great of a young man I am or something on those lines.
Alright here is the skinny. I have some news for you, I was called this morning to be the District Leader of Santa Rosa. I am staying, but I am moving up in the world. My new companion is Elder Bruno, and he is Brazilian, beyond that I know little to nothing about the guy save that he has had less time on the mission than I have so it is going to be interesting to say the very least, but I know that I am going to be fine. If my mission president thinks that I am capable to do this, than God does as well because my Mission President is inspire of God and of that I have no doubt. But all the same continue to pray for me, I am going to need all the help I can get.
Other than that I am here in Santa Maria waiting for my new campanion to arrive. I was told not to bring a suit case or an extra change of cloths because I would go home last night then when I got to President's he told me oh no you will be staying until tuesday. So I am still in the same cloths that I came in, and I am unshaven because I do not have a razor here. I am grizzly looking. But all is well otherwise.
I love you all and I will keep you posted about my life.
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
This weekend was very emotional for everyone involved. First off, that family that was having troubles are better than ever. They came out of their adversity with flying colors. I gave them my testimony about the trials of our faith and told them that I loved them and I hated to see them fall into unbelief like I once did, that with the frequent prayers of my companion and I, they went to church, she did not turn down her calling as primary president, and they are stilling looking forward to their sealing in October.
It was also difficult to see my companion, Elder Griffin, off. I will quote the words of Freddy Mercury who said, "Mama, I just killed a man." I really did not kill him, but that is the terminology that is used when they you are the last companion of someone who is leaving. So I killed him, but not reallly. I also got to meet his parents. They came and picked him up for our little town. It was really something. They are great people. I think mom that Sister Griffin is going to call you sometime to talk about how great of a young man I am or something on those lines.
Alright here is the skinny. I have some news for you, I was called this morning to be the District Leader of Santa Rosa. I am staying, but I am moving up in the world. My new companion is Elder Bruno, and he is Brazilian, beyond that I know little to nothing about the guy save that he has had less time on the mission than I have so it is going to be interesting to say the very least, but I know that I am going to be fine. If my mission president thinks that I am capable to do this, than God does as well because my Mission President is inspire of God and of that I have no doubt. But all the same continue to pray for me, I am going to need all the help I can get.
Other than that I am here in Santa Maria waiting for my new campanion to arrive. I was told not to bring a suit case or an extra change of cloths because I would go home last night then when I got to President's he told me oh no you will be staying until tuesday. So I am still in the same cloths that I came in, and I am unshaven because I do not have a razor here. I am grizzly looking. But all is well otherwise.
I love you all and I will keep you posted about my life.
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
Tchauzinho!!
Dear Family and Friends,
How is everyone doing? I myself and doing okay. This last week was a strange one and I spent a lot of it being really sad and I will explain why. I now know that it is really important that we keep working with recent converts, and for that matter anyone who has made themselves a part of this church, for it is a shame to see people fall in unbelief of that which they know to be true. I myself have done that once and I know for a fact that wickedness never was happiness as the prophet Alma once said. (Interesting fact, the word Alma in Portuguese means soul.)
But we have a recent convert family in Santa Rosa, who I consider to be family. I love them. Truly I do. My companion and I visit them almost on a daily basis and we help them with doctrinal things and them give us references and good conversation. They had a pretty terrible week. First off, they are not the richest people I have meet. In fact they are very poor, but they have a nicer home and better food them most people I have meet here. Then they had a motorcycle accident on last Monday, then on Tuesday the father of the family is a furniture repair man and was working with a cutting machine with a plainer and disc sander and a circular saw all in one and he managed to cut his pinky really badly. They started to fall into unbelief because of that, thinking that they have been doing all that they can to live rightly and that Heavenly Father was being unkind and unjust with them. They made all sorts of claims of not going to Church or reading Scriptures. The wife even made a claim of asking to be released from her calling as the primary president. My companion and I spent a lot of time in there house keeping them from making a knee jerk reaction. It evidently worked because they went to Church and they also said that they have a feeling that this week is going to be better.
I am glad to hear that. I just hope that they continue to see truth in the things which we said to them.
Other than that I´ve got nothing to say. This past week was uneventful. It got colder and it rained a lot. I am working on Portuguese and keeping my companion from becoming completely crazy because this is his last week on the mission and his parents are coming to pick him up, so on Saturday I will meet Brother and Sister Griffin and play translator for a while. I will let you all know what happens with that.
Tchauzinho!!
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
How is everyone doing? I myself and doing okay. This last week was a strange one and I spent a lot of it being really sad and I will explain why. I now know that it is really important that we keep working with recent converts, and for that matter anyone who has made themselves a part of this church, for it is a shame to see people fall in unbelief of that which they know to be true. I myself have done that once and I know for a fact that wickedness never was happiness as the prophet Alma once said. (Interesting fact, the word Alma in Portuguese means soul.)
But we have a recent convert family in Santa Rosa, who I consider to be family. I love them. Truly I do. My companion and I visit them almost on a daily basis and we help them with doctrinal things and them give us references and good conversation. They had a pretty terrible week. First off, they are not the richest people I have meet. In fact they are very poor, but they have a nicer home and better food them most people I have meet here. Then they had a motorcycle accident on last Monday, then on Tuesday the father of the family is a furniture repair man and was working with a cutting machine with a plainer and disc sander and a circular saw all in one and he managed to cut his pinky really badly. They started to fall into unbelief because of that, thinking that they have been doing all that they can to live rightly and that Heavenly Father was being unkind and unjust with them. They made all sorts of claims of not going to Church or reading Scriptures. The wife even made a claim of asking to be released from her calling as the primary president. My companion and I spent a lot of time in there house keeping them from making a knee jerk reaction. It evidently worked because they went to Church and they also said that they have a feeling that this week is going to be better.
I am glad to hear that. I just hope that they continue to see truth in the things which we said to them.
Other than that I´ve got nothing to say. This past week was uneventful. It got colder and it rained a lot. I am working on Portuguese and keeping my companion from becoming completely crazy because this is his last week on the mission and his parents are coming to pick him up, so on Saturday I will meet Brother and Sister Griffin and play translator for a while. I will let you all know what happens with that.
Tchauzinho!!
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
LAU!!!!!!!! TCHÊ!!!!!!!!!
Dear family friends, brasileiros and anyone how reads English,
Primeiramente quero dizer que nós tinhamos mais um batismo. LAU!!!!!!!! TCHÊ!!!!!!!!!
Alright that is your Portuguese for the week. That says, "Firstly, I want to say that we had one more baptism." And the words LAU and TCHÊ are just like saying Yeah and WOW.
Here name is a Elena and I think I have already spoke a lot about her already, but if not I will recap. She is 19 years old, when we first meet her, she was dating a 40 something year old low life who is wanted for murder. Then she broke up with him, because he tried to kill her, then she placed a restraining order on him, and he is not allow to be with in such and such a distance from her. Her friend Irmã Jaque said, "Hey, I know two guys that you should meet who will change your life, and also move in with me and my family and go to church with me." So she did as was suggested to her and we baptized her on Saturday and confirmed her on Sunday. "Shake and Bake!!!" to quote a really terrible movie about Nascar racing.
We are having a lot of progress with a couple of other families. Now we have just got to get them to quite smoking and being lazy. They all say, however, that they want to get baptized, so I cannot complain too much, and they are good people as well.
That is it for me. The weather is finally cooling down, although the last couple of days here were really hot and muggy, but I have been told that is kind of normal. It gets really cold then it gets hot again for a couple of days then the temperature really drops like crazy, but then again. It was like 60 F the other day and everyone was in winter jackets and cold weather gear and my companion I were still sweating buckets. So yeah. Also I am sorry Erynn, I forgot to say Happy Birthday, and I still have not gotten your package yet, but Zone Conference is this week, so more than likely I will get it then.
I love you all and I hope you are all doing well.
Tchau!!!
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
Primeiramente quero dizer que nós tinhamos mais um batismo. LAU!!!!!!!! TCHÊ!!!!!!!!!
Alright that is your Portuguese for the week. That says, "Firstly, I want to say that we had one more baptism." And the words LAU and TCHÊ are just like saying Yeah and WOW.
Here name is a Elena and I think I have already spoke a lot about her already, but if not I will recap. She is 19 years old, when we first meet her, she was dating a 40 something year old low life who is wanted for murder. Then she broke up with him, because he tried to kill her, then she placed a restraining order on him, and he is not allow to be with in such and such a distance from her. Her friend Irmã Jaque said, "Hey, I know two guys that you should meet who will change your life, and also move in with me and my family and go to church with me." So she did as was suggested to her and we baptized her on Saturday and confirmed her on Sunday. "Shake and Bake!!!" to quote a really terrible movie about Nascar racing.
We are having a lot of progress with a couple of other families. Now we have just got to get them to quite smoking and being lazy. They all say, however, that they want to get baptized, so I cannot complain too much, and they are good people as well.
That is it for me. The weather is finally cooling down, although the last couple of days here were really hot and muggy, but I have been told that is kind of normal. It gets really cold then it gets hot again for a couple of days then the temperature really drops like crazy, but then again. It was like 60 F the other day and everyone was in winter jackets and cold weather gear and my companion I were still sweating buckets. So yeah. Also I am sorry Erynn, I forgot to say Happy Birthday, and I still have not gotten your package yet, but Zone Conference is this week, so more than likely I will get it then.
I love you all and I hope you are all doing well.
Tchau!!!
Elder Caleb S. Carriere
A Good Week overall....
Hey family friends, and everyone else.
These week was better than last week, and I am happy to say that. We are going to have a baptism on Saturday, and we are also working with a family that is progessing really well. The only problem is that all of them smoke, and they know they should stop, but they want to make it a process to put it into words. So I do not know if they will be baptized this transfer or the next. I hope so because I have been working with them for a long time, and I want to see them get baptized.
I am doing really well otherwise, but I had a good and bad experience yesterday that I would like to impart with you all. My companion and I went tracking for the first time in our time together, and we did not have very much sucess with our efforts. The last house that we knocked allowed us to come in, but they were a little preocupied with things. One of the people at our house evidently was baptized when she was 9 or so, but because of the suffering that she said that she has gone through in her life that she feels it is not needed to go to church. She also blames God for what happened to her son. He was born normal without any problems, but evidently when he was 2 years old the doctors gave him the wrong medicene which left him mentally disabled for the rest of his life. I am sad to see that woman's lack of faith and knowladge about the plan of Salvation. How her son will be resurrected with a prefect body free of any troubles or sickness of any kind, and also because of his mental problems he will go to the celestial kingdom and live in the presence of Heavenly Father once more, and be completely like Him. But I digress, I cannot completely comprehend what she has been through.
I am good. Thanks for all the love and support that you all give me. I am so grateful for you all and also Erynn, sorry, but I forgot to say Happy Birthday to you last week. So happy late birthday.
Tchau,
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