Mission Slideshow

Thursday, June 28, 2012

From the MTC in Brazil... 6/28/2012

Dear Parents,

We are happy to send the good news that your missionary has arrived safely at the Brazil MTC. What a great joy and privilege it is to greet each missionary as they come through the front door of the MTC for the first time. We promise to take good care of your missionary.

They now have companions and are settled into their rooms. They are assigned to a district with capable and caring instructors for language and lesson study. The branch presidents and their wives, will soon give them a second greeting. These couples are rewarded in their callings through the love they always develop as they embrace and watch over the missionaries.

The MTC has a full time live-in physician to care for their health needs. He is assisted by his able wife. We are also happy to report that the Cafeteria food is abundant and very good.

Your missionary will be able to e-mail home on Preparation Day after a morning at the Temple. This will be either Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on individual assignments.

Your very important young person is about to make an eternal difference in the lives of others. We hope you will be encouraged and comforted by this quote by President Lorenzo Snow: “ There is no mortal man that is as interested in the success of an elder when he is preaching the Gospel as is the Lord who sent him to preach to the people who are the Lord's children".

Please accept our love,
President Ralph Degn and Sister Mary Ann Degn


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION . . .

DO NOT SEND PACKAGES to the Brazil Missionary Training Center. All packages must be sent directly to the mission where your missionary will be serving, not the MTC. If you have already mailed a package to the Brazil MTC and it arrives after your missionary has left for the field, please understand that the package cannot be forwarded to his or her mission and will be returned to you.

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE SENDING HAND WRITTEN LETTERS. Please write your missionary´s first and last name. Your missionary will provide you with his district and box number. Also, please DO NOT SEND ANYTHING BY FEDEX, DHL, UPS, or other private carriers. The cost to get this type of correspondence is exorbitant.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Bazinga!

Alright I am officially an Elder for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! Becoming a missionary is an amazing experience. There is a very powerful spirit I feel now that I have never felt before. Some might say that it is the holy spirit, and of course part of it is, but it feels to be much more. It is the authority and responsibility to invite others unto christ and to feel his love for us.

As far as nervousness goes, nothing is bothering me as of now. As time moves on, I feel more and more at peace. What I'm about to do is absolutely one hundred percent the right thing.

I will miss you all!

Have fun and make good choices!!

Com Amor,
Elder Laws