Tuesday, January 31, 2012



January 30, 2012

Oí Família,
So I have to send just a quick email today, because I´m late. This week was good. That family we´re teaching is going to get married the 10th of February. We´re still having trouble finding new investigators, but it´s getting better. Yesterday me and my companion burned a ´´Pastor`` of another church. Don´t worry we burned him with love.haha He was teaching one of our investigators against what we taught, so we arrived there and he started teaching his false doctrine and stuff. Then after we corrected everything he said. Come to find out he was an inactive member and thought he could prove all the gospel teachings wrong with the bible (I know its really ironic: use the scriptures to prove wrong the scriptures) So anyway to help our investigator and this inactive member/pastor we burned him with love.haha it wasn´t bible bashing, because the spirit was there and we weren´t proving him wrong to satisfy our pride, but to answer his duvidas. In the end we just bore our testimonies and told to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it again. So that was a fun story. That´s great that you´re reading Jesus the Christ. I love that book. It´s funny, that before my mission I really didn´t want to learn anything, but now on the mission, I want to learn everything. Right now I´m reading the WHOLE Bible with the book of Mormon in Portuguese. It´s an awseome feeling when you learn something new and things about the gospel begin to be make more sense and be more real. I love Personal study for this reason. Anyway I got to go. Love you all.
Elder Jolstead the Younger

Monday, January 23, 2012

January 23, 2012

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Oí familia,
How´s it going? I wish I had snow. This week was really hot. These freakin´gauchos keep moving the time of summer. haha I asked at the beginning when summer ends here and they said February, but know when I was excited that summer is almost over they said it doesn´t end until april.:( But that´s just their way. But to give you an example of how strong the sun is: Yesterday I showed a family picture for someone in the ward and she said that it wasn´t me because I had dark hair then and now I´m blond! I don´t know if it´s true or not but to me my hair looks the same. I am a lot tanner though. haha So the work this week was a little harder than usual. These last few weeks have been a little to easy and the Lord won´t let us get comfortable.haha Nothing really exciting happened this week. We´re just waiting for that family to get their birth certificates so they can get married. Things are going well with them and hopefully this next month we´ll be able to baptize them. That´s funny about the shoveling. We´ve also been doing a lot of service. Anyway have a great week everyone! Love you guys
Elder Jolstead the Younger

Monday, January 16, 2012

Oí Família!
I´m doing great here. We´re working with an awesome family here and not just the parents and children, but the grandma and aunt too, which is really cool. They have a few problems, but it´s amazing to see the change that´s happened with all of them. They´ve become a ton happier and more excited. One of the greatest joys in missionary work is to see miracles happen in the lives of the people you teach as they come unto Christ. So anyway I´m really happy now. That´s awesome about Elder Holland! I´m jealous too! Brother Lee gets to do everything! Haha So anyway that´s all I have for this week. I hope you all have a great week! Love you guys!
Elder Jolstead the Younger

Monday, January 9, 2012

Oí Família,
I´m doing awesome! We are teaching a ton of great people including a family that is progressing really well. When I first found them we were just teaching the mom. At the beginning she was so depressed and closed that she never left her house. Now we´re teaching the whole family and she is always so happy now. It´s awesome! The gospel really does help people and bring them more happiness and peace in their lives. Anyway so that´s really good. We also have a lot more really great people. Anyway I have to go. Have a great week. Love you guys!
Elder Jolstead the Younger

Monday, January 2, 2012

January 2, 2011

Oi Fam韑ia,
Happy New Year! I can磘 beleive how fast this one past. I don磘 know if you realize this ( I know his Mom has) but Robbie has been out one year already! That磗 cool that Jackson and Jaren got to skype home. I磛e yet to hear how Jaren is going. I hope he磗 doing fine. We磖e doing great here. My companion is awesome. I know this is kind of bad but I磎 going to use a gospel metaphor. My last transfer was like the Great Apostasy, spiritual darkness, but this transfer was like the Restoration. We磖e teaching an awesome family right now and have a ton of great investigators. I磀 like to tell you about an experience this week, but I don磘 have time. Kelleene爃as been爃ome for 18 months? Wow she completed a 创sister`` mission.:) Anyway I hope you have a great week. Love you guys.
Elder Jolstead the Younger