Hey Mommy!!
I did get the package with he pills also i got the Ward's
package and it was a super good one. They sent lots of good candy and stuff.
What is the purpose of that pool? Did you just go swimming for fun or was it
more like for your ankle? I am sorta confused. Magelby´s french toast sounds
amazing right now...wow there are a lot of things i can not wait to eat again
when i get home...i think now all Portuguese food kinda has the same flavor.
haha i would not move it up if i were you...i would leave it
down there cause if you move it up it will make so much noise and there is not
a pull up bar in that room! ;) Do we know when i need to sign up for my classes
and everything? I am not excited at all to go back to school...i am already
planning some awesome hunts and stuff ;) are ya sure i can´t take that semester
off as well? ;)
haha well that transfer was because i looked into my back
account and knew that the suit was going to cost that much so i put some of my
own money into it but what happened was for some reason it scanned for 130 and
gave me like 40 euros back so it was like 90...it was a dumb deal but i am good
for a long time with 40 euros so i shouldn´t have to take any more money out
for a while. :)
I know it isn´t cheap for you guys to come out here and if
you go to spain it is cheaper...or maybe even 2 flights one to france then to
lisbon but we should probably fly out of Lisbon cause the church pays for
that....they probably pay for it from where ever we are actually so whatever. I
was thinking you guys fly a week early to spain and stay there then come over
to get me and we will stay a week and fly home...or we put that chunk of money
in the bank and keep adding to it to fly over for the temple dedication in like
5 years. however ya want to do it.
So the story for this week is about BAPTISM! On sunday night
the other Elders in my district told me they probably needed an interview and
it was super weird cause the lady didn´t really want to make the decision to be
baptised on sunday. She was trying to run from that day...and hadn´t ever been
taught tithing. But i went into the interview and we started talking and she
was like a firm NO when i asked if she wanted to be baptized...but as we
started talking she told me she didn´t want to be baptized cause she was very
much connected with some programms that the Catholic church does, we went
through the questions and she answering them all correct. She believe in Joseph
Smith and in all of the things the church does i asked if she knew what tithing
was and i guess she had read the pamphlet on it so she just had a couple basic
quesitons and in the end i told her she was ready and she was like "no i
don´t think today is the day" so i told her we would pray...we did and in
the end she said................still no.......which was NOT what is supposed
to happen after you pray. I told her i felt it and the other elders had felt it
and that she had felt it earlier in the week and right then something told me
to tell her i knew she felt it...well i said "i know i felt it right
now...i know the elders felt it several times this week...i know you felt it
earlier....(paused)....and i know that right now you KNOW you should say yes to
being baptized." well with that statement she exploded into a story
about how she used to not believe in God and how 2 catholic fathers helped her
gain her faith and put her walking down the road again and how she couldn´t
leave all that behind. Again i heard something say "tell her the story of
the Christ´s baptism" so i started talking about how Christ walked for a
really long time to get baptised and passed lots of apostles and people of
faith on his way to John the Baptist...and how in the end he didn´t leave them
behind...he went back and helped them receive the blessing of the Gospel. I
told her she was Christ in this story that the 35 years of being catholic just
helped her get to John the Baptist...the only one who had authority from God
the Father. She sat quiet for a really long time thinking and said "vamos
para o batismo" (lets go to the baptism). She was baptised and it was
super awesome! After the other elders basically wanted to kiss me and i
couldn´t say anything cause i know i didn´t do anything...just followed what i
heard and felt. The other elders said it counted as my solo baptism cause
they also didn´t teach her very much. It was a crazy miracle!!
My problem with cleaning out is exactly that...i just move
them from one suitcase to the other and say i did a great job. Just like
dad...just from being out on the shelve to into a bin!!
Thanks for everything mommy!! I love you tons and tons!!
Elder Bushnell
p.s. you and dad need to make sure to share stories! :)
Hey!!
It is funny that you
brought up the tie thing...normally i just put it one once and take it off at
the end of the day...i am not getting too sick of them yet. It is weirder to go
outside in normal clothes. In the summer when we came home for lunch or dinner
i would loosen the tie up and undo the top 2 buttons and slip my whole white
shirt off over my head cause there are no air conditioning and no ceiling fans
or anyhting it was always super hot....now i just take my sweater off and fold
my tie into my shirt pocket to keep it from getting dirty. My ties are holding
up really well actually. I had some that got rough but most ties work really
well if you just put a little bit of super glue on the back where they are
falling apart...also if you bleed or drop anything that will stain on them if
you put a little bit of dish soap and rub it really well the degreaser stuff in
dish soap takes it right out..super awesome trick i learned from a german
elder!
As for hunting that
sounds super awesome. I want to shoot the older one...i don´t like that crazy
finger hole in the stalk thing...i like the one i got that deer with...
Good to hear that the
other youth in the ward are getting things rolling with their papers. I really
hope aaron gets his game figured out cause if not him and i are going to have a
little talking to do when i get home. I can´t believe those kids are old enough
for missions already. wow super crazy!
This week was pretty
boring until Friday..we had interviews with President Torgan which always are
like my favorite things ever. He started the conference off talking about how
the mission is the most intense college for Gods. He said the mission is the
intensive class to learn how to be a God. He said that everyday we need to
figure out what the greatest Professor in the universe is going to teach us.
Every time we leave the house we have the private tutor (holy ghost) to help us
learn the lessons that will apply not only to this life but also to our eternal
progress. It was awesome. So in the interview thinking it was a good question i
asked President how i can make sure i am sitting in the front of the class and
paying 100 percent attention to what God wanted to teach me....well my answer
was very simple and kinda awesome. He said "Elder Bushnell I have no doubt
you are learning what God needs you to learn everyday he just needs you to do
what he asks a little more bodly", he went on to explain that the natural
man is what causes us to fear and doubt which leads to the spirit withdrawing
so we can´t be 100% focused on what God wants us to learn...he started laughing
and said "i will tell you the worst thing about earth life and conquering
the natural man...it is a day to day battle...one day we will do really well
and get the natural man pushed out but the next day we have to wake up and do
the same fight over again. VERY SLOWLY the spiritual man will start to take
over and it will get easier to push back against the natural man but we will
still have to battle." It was an interesting way to look at that scripture
and it really is true. It was a good interview and President told me he knows
good things are super close to happening for me in the mission which scared me
a little but we will see! :)
Thanks for everything I
got the jerky and everything and it is soo much better than i
remembered...also elder tanner and i are trying to see how much protein we
can eat in one day and how many pullups, pushups, and situps we can do. :)
Our investigator Filipe
is marked for the fouth so we will see if we are able to get that through...i
don´t see any real problems coming up for right now so i will for sure keep you
updated with him!!
Thanks for everything
and for all the love and support!! I love you tons!
Elder Bushnell
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