Well December is not here, and it does not feel like it at all. This should not be the weather for december... Its gonna be a weird christmas with a blazing sun coming down and not even close to a fleck of snow on the ground. I will miss the snow, not the shoveling of course but the snow yes haha. Oh and i found out the other day that i get to skype home for Christmas!! I guess that First Presidency came out with a thing letter whatever that missionaries can skype hom if they have the means in their area and the families at home have it. So now i just need to work on finding somewhere around here that i can go to have a webcam and skype home! So pumped!! I get to see you guys in just 3 weeks woooo. And i get to see that gnarly beard of yours pops. I guess ill end up seeing it more than just one time before i come home like i originally wanted to but i think i can accept that. So we need to start getting prepared to do this, and i will start talking to the members and seeing if anyone has something that i can usee!!
So the other night we had an activity in the branch and it was really good, it was definately different but really good. We started 30 minutes late because thats when people showed up but it went well, and there was a great spiritual message about the importance of family and respecting them. Which everyone in the world obviously needs more of. You can never have enough of it, i have really learned that here on the mish. And growing up with the gospel in my entire family was such a blessing. But it was good, i know i said that like 5 times now haha. I talked about how i came about serving a mission, and the very long process that it was but that the influence of family really helped a lot... mom. haha
Ahh so this week i have started to keep like a little journal of scriptures that im coming across and really liking, and writing them down and then writing a little explanation about what is in the verse. I really want to be a scripture guy, one of those ones who can just have a scripture about what ever topic is being talked about. So thats what im working on as of the moment, writing descriptions and starting to memorize where they are and what the meaning of them are so that im ready to go whenever one is needed. that way theyre already in my head and im prepared to receive inspiration from the Holy Ghost if someone needs a specific scripture about a certain principle.
Also, President Martins, my mission president, stopped by our area the other day and it was awesome. He talked a lot about the importance of Branch's and how theyre difficult but that they are the future. He said think about it, the church started this very same way, and now look the world has the church. He especially focused on Brasil and how that this was the church all around the country but that now there are over 200 stakes here. We are laying the foundation and planting the seeds in the hearts of people, preparing the way for a stake in the future. It was awesome to hear from him, and he and Sister Martins shared their conversion stories and how they were baptized in Branch's and now those very same areas have thousands of members. Its trully amazing how fast the church is growing. The church is so true, and anyone can know that for themselves through prayer. We invite people to pary about our message all the time, because anyone who does so with true intent wanting ot know the answer they will receive in their hearts.
Eu nao posso negar meu coracao. Eu sei em meu coracao esta Igraja e verdadeira. A unica Igreja verdadeira na mundo. Eu sei que Joseph Smith restorou A Igreja de Jesus Cristo e nos temos mesma Igreja, Jesus Cristo estabeleceu na terra em antigos tempos.
Eu Te Amo!!
Elder Gleason
D&C 1:30, James 2:17-18
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