Catch up, Portuguese and Tocinches

So apparently I haven't posted Elder Darke's emails for a couple of weeks, Sorry!  This one came only in Portuguese, so good luck with google translate.

 Entao, este semana foi muito bom!  Eu estou em Groupi, Tocenghins.  E mutio muito kente aqui.  O primeiro dia eu nao uso protoctor de sul tamben, entao eu estou um pocino quemaro.  Mais estou acustamado agora, porque aqui sentir como Texas :D.

    Entao meu novo companioneto e chamando elder Bueno.  Ele e uma novo missionario come sou um transferencia ainda.  Mais eu gosto ele.  Ele realmente gosto o bibilia, e ele trabalar ben!  O sou problema e que nos nao sabemos nosso cidade quasie nada.  E nos tao temos uma mapa da cidade.  Entao somos perdidos!  mais so de boa.  Nos vamos aprender! :D

    Eu estou muito animado por conferencia genral.  Vai seu muito legal, por que todo conferencia e legal :D.  Eu esperar que vai tem conferencia na ingles.  Porque Vai usar palavras em portugese que eu nao estao acostumado, e eu quer aprender mais de possivel durante conferencia :D. 

    Meu novo area em groupi e muito legal.  Os membros sabe que nos nao sabemos nada, entao eles estao ajudando nos!  Tentando encontrar almoco foi muito estranol, por que nos realmente nao sabe onde foi.  Mais consiguimos, e foi bom :D.  Mais tam ben em neu area, antes de nos tem sisters aqui.  E elas trocaram por elders.  Entao este area e muito tranquilo, por que sisters so podge ir para areas tranquilo :D.  elas deshar uma registro de o trabalio aqui muito bom, e nos vamos trabalar muito para faz todos os coises aqui bom! :D

    cagando aqui foi difficial uma pocino :D.  Oi onibus de Brasillia para palmas foi 14 horas.  E depois nos usamos uma oltro onibus for 5 horas.  Foi longe.  mais eu usei meu dormir talentos para dormir o viagem enteida.  Eu nao sei como eu fez, mais eu fiz :D.  E muito longe de meu oltro area, e muito coises differente.  Por um, tem pes de manga aqui de mais!  quasie todo rua tem pelo menos 4.  manga manga manga.  E mutio legal.  Eu gosto manga entao issue e uma coisa muito bom por min!  :D.  Eu vou comer muito manga aqui :D

    Mais com todos os coises novo, foi bom para ir a igreja e sentir o mesmo unidade.  O mesmo espirito do senhor.  Por que qualquer lugar do mundo que voce ir, Qualquer chapela voce entrou que e nosso igreja.  Voce vai sentir o mesmo espirito.  Por que nosso igreja e verdade.  Eu sei dissue.  E eu sei que issue podge mudar nosso vidas.  se nos deshar o espirito para trabalar dentre de nos.  Eu ja vi issue mudanca muitos veses, e eu sei que todos os pessoas podge aproximar a Cristo.  E seu aperfeicoado nele.  Todos tem este poder.  Ninguem e excluindo, ou nao esta permidido.  Mais todos este convidado para encontrar salvacao, felicidade eterno, e a igreja que podge ajuda todo mundo encontrar este coises :D.  Mais eu sei que a igreja de Jesus Crist dos Santos dos Ultimos Dias e o unico verdedeiro agreja no face da terra.  E eu sei issue por que o Espirito ja fale dissue para meu alma depois uma oracao sincero.  E nada em o mundo podge mudar este coises que eu sei e verdade, e aconteceu. E eu convidar todos os pessoas para faz o mesmo coisa.  Orar para o Pai, em nome de Jesus Cristo, para vi se este igreja e verdade.  E eu sei se voce orar come fe, e com real intencao, ele vai respostar sua oracao.  por ele proeter que ele vai.  E ele nao podge mentir :D

:D

-Elder Darke

This next one is from this week. At least we can catch up before Monday!

  So apparently in my last email i forgot to translate to english when i was done... sorry! :D.

    Well anyway i am doing very well :D.  the members here are really talking care of us and i am learning a lot about the city so im not quite as lost anymore! :D.
    We had a conference with a seventy, elder Mazagartie.  It was really good!  however the bus rides there and back were long.  It was 5 hours there, and 5 hours back.  Good thing that i have sleeping on the bus skills! :D.  It was a really good conference though.  He talked a lot about what we can do as missionaries to preach repentence, help people stay in the church, and update our area book.  Becuase he waited 5 years to get babtised.  and he said that for people like him, a good area book is really important to keep track of these people.  So me and my companion are trying to update the area book every day now.  So far we are doing well :D
    I am so excited for GENERAL CONFERIENCE!  I can hardly wait!  I will take notes on everything! :D.  Its my third general conference on the mission. Strange :D.
     Since we are new to the area we are trying to find people to teach.  Which leads to a lot of talking to people in the streets and stuff.  It is amazing to see the many different kinds of people.  not only the different kinds of people, but their spirital progression.  There are some people we see that are elects.  They are close to their heavenly father and they are faithful to the knowledge that they have about this commandments.  These people are awesome.  Then there are others that are lost, becuase they simply dont know where the truth is.  Its amazing to see our message really open the minds of people and help them be more happy!
    In this new branch, i am the offical leader of music person. I am also really bad at it :D.  However i know how to do it, so i have an opportunity to be of service!  Its really cool :D.  I just hope no one notices that i really am not very good at it :D.
    Tocinches is really cool!  one of the cool things about the city were i am is that there are fruit trees everywhere!  almost every tree we see is a mango tree, or a caju tree, or a bannana tree, or suger cane or something!  Its soo cool!  The weird thing is that were i am, I am pretty sure the male female pertentage is like 30/70.  There are so many women here!  We have been asked to focus on finding men, because there are so many women! :D.  Its weird.
    Other then that i am just finding many hidden treasures in the scriptures!  Its soo much fun!  Its like a treasure hunt when i read the scriptures, but there are all sorts of treasure.  Like normal treasure, but also hidden treasures that you can find if you look hard enough!  Its really cool :D
    the branch presidente is a announcer on the radio, he has a powerful voice.  Its fun to hear him talk :D.
    What really hit me this week though was that If we follow the guidence of the spirit there are always people to find, to help, to guide.  The other day it was almost night, and we didnt have much time before we went home.  We decied to stop for a minute and think what would be the best thing for us to do.  I prayed for guidence, and i felt the impression that we should do contacts.  So that is what we did.  we had been doing a lot of other contacts before, but we werent having much success.  After the prayer, the first person we talked to asked us to sit down on chair in his front yard, and teach him more about our message.  I was really excited.  He is a really good person and i have great hope for him for the future :D.  Even when we are tired, sad, angry, depressed, or something else (I am never tired, sad, angry, or depressed, this is just an example :D).  There are always people we can help, or that need our help.  We have to be ready to do what we need to help, always :D  Becuase i know that heavenly father puts people in our path that need our help.  So we have a great privledge to help them :D.
:D

He sounds great as usual, love his amazing attitude.
Thanks y'all!
Melanie (Mom)

Knees, Satan and Keeping Strong

Sorry for the late post, we were doing new floors in our house! We also received a couple of letter from Elder Darke.  He sent them the beginning of June!  Wow!  Just so everyone understands the turnaround for upcoming Christmas. Start Planning now!

From Elder Darke:

   Este semana foi muito bom!  Nos irmos para o medico para vi que e acontecendo para o juelio de meu companeto.  Tam ben Presidente Lundgren visitavem nosso ala Sexta feida, para dar uma discourso sobre trabalio missionionario, foi bom :D.  estamos fortelecendo o recen coversos aqui, e vimos muito successo na menos ativos indo para agreja! :D.

    tao bom.  Premeido nos temos um renuao de zona que foi muito bom.  Nos tem quasie 6 missinoarios terminando o missao deles, entao eles dar o testimunios deles.  Foi triste para vi o amigos que eu fazia preparando para caiu da missao.  Mais eu voi ficar em contacto com eles.  por que eles sao meu amigos! :D.  Mais o testimonio deles tem muito forca.  e foi testimonios de pessoas que entradam o fogo de missionario trabalio, e caiu, servos de nosso pai celestial :D.

    Depois, eu e meu companeto ir para uma medico para vi que foi acontecendu com o juelio dele.  Mais nos nao vou receber o resultados ate quarta feida.  Entao pressesamos esperar uma pocino mais.  nao sabemos que e acontecendo, mais eu tem confianca em meu companeto que ele podge continuar ate este dia :D

    Nos tem ben temos uma conferencia do nosso ala come o presidente da missao.  Eles fala muito sobre trabalio missionario, e todos os membros gostavem que aconteceu.  e eu tam ben vi o resultados do que aconteceu.  Os membros foi mais animado para faz trabalio missionario!  Eu recebe o pedidos de 2 membros perguntando para visitar pessoas com nosco.  foi muito bom.

    Este semana espcialmente nos trabablamos com menos ativos!  e domingo, na igreja nos vimos o frutos de nosso trabalio :D.  Temos muitos pessoas na igreja por renuao sacramental.  eu vi muitos pessoas menos ativo,  e foi bom para vi que eles foi voltando para agreja!  e agora nos preseso continuar issue! :D

    tam ben nos falamos com uma recen converso o oltro dia.  ela pedi nos para orar por ele.  Por que ela foi sentindo o tentacaos do satanais.  Muitos pessoas foi falando que nosso agreja foi uma saita, e que ela preseso caiu da igreja.  Mais vimos de o testimonio que ele tem, tem forca.  E ele e continuando com forca!  Caindo uma oltro i agreja, e difficail, mais por que ele tem um testimonio que nescer do o espirito santo, ele e continuando em que ele sabe e verdade.  E eu sei este igreja e verdade.  e que pai celestial tem amor, e vai cuidar todos nos.  Se nos estamos fies para o mandamentos dele.  :D

:D

-Elder Darke

ENGLISH

    This week was really amazing!  we went to the doctor to see what is happening with the knee of my companion!  Also, the presidente of our mission came to our ward friday and gave a talk about misionary work, which was really good :D.  we are also strengthening the recent converts, and also we are seeing a lot of success with our less active members returning to church! :D

     So, first we had a zone meeting with was really good.  We ahve alost 6 missionaries leaving the mission, so they gave their testimonies.  it was sad to see the friends i have made prepare to leave their missions.  However i will stay in contact come eles, becuase they are my friends!  Their testimonies were strong though,  they were testimonies of missionaries that have entered the fire of missionary work, and have returned servents of our heavenly father.

    After that, my companion and I went to the docter to get an MRI on my companions knee, and to see what is going on with it.  We still dont know, however we will receive the results soon :D.  then we can find out whats going on :D.

    We also had a conference of our ward with the mission presidente.  He talked about missionary work and it was really good.  All the members liked it, and they even felt inspired to do more missionary work!  Sense then i have had a few memembers ask me when they could go on splits with us, and have also received a few referencias as well :D.

    We also visited a recent convert the other day.  She has been feeling the temptations of Satain to abandon the church.  A lot of people are telling her she is part of a cult, and even members of her own family have told her that she is part of a false church.  However she knows this church is true.  she has received a testimony, born of the spirit, and she knows that this church is true.  the power of a testimoney is borne, and nothing can diswade, or disolve a true testimony.  She is a great example to me, of being steadfast in the face of adversity.

    Our heavenly father love each and every one of us.  He will watch over us, protect us, and help us all of our lives if we are obediente to the commandments of our heavenly father :D.  He loves us more then we can even immagine.  Its amazing to think about :D

:D

-Elder Darke

Apparently everything is always AMAZING!!!  That is Wonderful to me!
Love, Melanie (Mom)

Soccer, and why we have Rules

Here's today's thoughts from Elder Darke:

este semana foi muito bom!

    temos foochieball segunda feida, tentando que brar o juelio de meu companeto por uma semana enteida, um reunao familiar muito bom, e uma troca com meu lider de zona! :D.

    Entao, Segunda feida nos jogar foochieball com algumas membros nos temos aqui, foi muito bom, mais eu nao sao acustomado para jogar, e eu foi consado depois :P.  Mais foi muito muito bom.  Eu gosto jogar foochieball :D. e quasie todo mundo aqui tam ben gosto jogar, entao e muito bom :D.

    Este semana nos continuar para andar muito!  entao o Juelio de meu companeto e doendo ele, so porque nos estamos andando muito :P.  Eu sentir mao por que meu juelio nao e duendo, e eu nao sei que eu posso faz para ajuda ele seu melhor.  entao e difficial :D

    Quarta feida eu faz uma troca com meu lider de zona, elder Beaty.  Ele e muito bom e eu aprender muito de ele.  mais um coisa eu realizar e todos nos podemos aprender muito, mais ate nos comecar usar este coises em nosso vida, nada vai aconteceu.  Entao eu estou tentando para usar o coises eu aprender :D.  E eu sei issue e ajudando eu seu uma missionario melhor :D.

    Domingo a noite, um de nosso recem conversos faz uma renuao familiar, e convidar nos.  Issue foi o premeida dela, entao foi muito bom.  uma coisa muito bom aconteceu.  O filhio mais velho dele nao quer participar, mais depois o premeido hymnal, ele entar e participar uma pocino.  Quando nos cantamos O terminar hymnal, ele pedi nos para fazer di novo.  Quando nos faz, o espirito entrar the quarta.  O espirito de este music tocar o coracao dele, e abrir uma porta por nos para usar.  entao O missionarioes de o cidade dele vai visitar ele, e eu estou animado por que vai aconteceu :D

    O espirito santo e muito importante para este trabablio.  Por que sen o espirito, nos realmente nao vou consigie faz nada.  Issue e por que nos tem tantas regras,  e o protecao nos temos.  Para ajuda nos facar com o espirito sempre.  Por que nos presesamos o espirito, para faz qualquer coisa sobre este trabalio.  Entao Por todos nos, nos preseso segi o regras, por que nos tem eles por uma reasao sabio :D

:D

-elder darke

ENGLISH

The week was really amazing!

    We played soccer Monday, I tried to brake my companions knee all week, we had a renuao familiar that was amazing, and i did a trade with my leader de zona! :D

    So, monday we played soccer with a few members we have here, and it was really good.  However i am not used to playing soccer a lot, so i was really tired after wards.  It was good though, and i really like soccer.  Almost everyone here also likes soccer so thats cool :D.

    this week we also walked a lot!  So the knee of my companion is hurting him, becuase we are walking alot :D.  i feel bad, becuase my knee is fine, and i cant do anything to make his knee better.  I try to help him not walk as much, but he doesnt want to slow down.  We have a docters appointment soon for him, so we will see what happens :D

    Wednesday i went on a trade with my leader de zona.  he is really cool.  Elder Beaty :D.  I learned a lot, but i also realized that i need to do more then just learn stuff.  I can learn a lot, but it wont matter much unless i apply it in my work and life.  However i am trying to apply it as well as i can, and i know that it will help me be a better missionary :D.

    Sunday night, we had a family home evening with a few recent converts that are in our area, and it was amazing.  The coolest thing happened though.  When we started, the oldest son of this family didnt was to participate.  When we sang the opening song, he came into the room and participated a little.  When we finished, and sang the closing song, he asked us to sing it again.  So we did.  When we were singing, the spirit entered the room and touched the heart of this young man.  He discribed it like a knight has all his armor, but a single word penetrated into his heart, and all the armor just fell off.  It was amazing, and it has oppened doors to help us get missionaires into his home :D.  So i am excited to see waht happens :D

    The spirit is really important in this work that we are doing.  The spirit testifies to people, softens their hearts, and really does everything else.  that is why it is important.  We cant do this work, without the spirit.  that is why we have so many rules.  they are not to just hold us back, but to protect us from the many dangers that would drive the spirit away.  They are for protection, and given becuase we cant succeed without them.  this applies both to missionary work and life.  Missionaries have rules they must follow, life has the commandments of god to follow.  Both are vitally important to stay on the path to eternal life.  and without following all of the rules, we wont be able to reach our full potential :D  We need to follow the rules, becuase all of the rules were given for a wise purpose.

:D

-Elder Darke

Thanks,
Melanie (mom)

Knees, Contacts and The Spirit

Update from Elder Darke:

 Este semana foi muito bom!  :D O juelio de meu companeto e melhor nao, e nos andamos muito este semana tam ben :D.  Mais Nos temos muito bom experiencias este semana! :D

    Nossa meta com contactos continuar este semana :D.  Nos esforcar, mais nos nao consiguiemos fazer todos.  Mais nos vamos fas melhor este semana :D.  falando com todos pessoas e tam ben ajudando eu aprender portugese melhore :D.

    O membros realmente esta ajudando nos este semana.  Nosso L.M.A levantar tres pessoas para agreja domingo, e tam ben nos sentimos o amor do o ala todo semana.  Por que nos faz algumas servico este semana, e nos semtimos muito bom ajudando pessoas.  e muito bom para faz servico por que nos podemos sentir o espirito muito quando nos estamos ajudando oltros pessoas :D.

    Este semana especialmente nos testifar muito de o amor pai celestial tem por todo mundo.  nos visitamos muitos menos ativos, e durante todos de este visitas, nos testifar de o amor pai celestial tem por eles.  Pai celestial tem amor por todo mundo.  issue e verdade.  e nos realmente ajuda este membros que qualquer coises aconteceu, qualquer coises eles esta fazendo, pai celestial tem amor por eles, e ele quer eles para tem mais felicidade :D.

    Tam ben este semana, Nos realmente focolizamos em segindo o espirito santo.  Por que ele sabe todos os coises, e ele sabe que e melhor por nos para faz agora :D.  Como missionarios nos tem o direto e privilego para tem inspiriacao por todo coises nos fazemos.  E para faz que pai celestial quer, nos presesamos segi o spirito santo.  Eu sei o espirito santo podge, e vai ajuda nos em nosso vidas.  Eu sei issue por que eu sentimos este espirito ajudando eu, preparando todo muito por nosso mensagem, e ajudando nos sabemos que nos preseso faz, em qualquer momento :D.  O doms, e bencaos de deus estao grande, e marviliosa.  E o dom de espirito santo e uma dom marviliosa.  O espirito santo sempre consosco, e uma coise que nos presesamos aprender mais sobre.  Por que ele realmente quer ajuda nos sempre :D

:D

-Elder Darke

ENGLISH (sort of)

  This week was really amazing!  My companions knee didnt get any better this week, however, we have an appointment with a knee docter tuesday.  So we will get this solved really soon :D.  We had some really amazing experiences this week :D.  

    Our goal to do contacts continued this week :D.  We tried really hard, however we didnt manage to get 100 like we wanted to.  However in the week ahead, we will do all 100! :D.  Its also good becuase talking to everyone is helping me learn portugese better :D.

    the members are really helping us!  Our ward mission leader brought 3 people to the church this sunday and we felt the love of all the members many other days during the week :D.  We did some service at the houses of a few members this week, and while we were doing it, i really felt good :D.  I like doing service becuase you feel so good while you are doing it, and you area really helping other people :D.

    This week especially was work with less active members.  As we found these less actives we always testified of the love our heavenly father has for them :D.  Our heavenly father loves the entire world.  We tried to help everyone realize that no matter where you live, or what you are doing, heavenly father loves them, and he wants them to be happy, the kind of happiness that you can only find in the only true church on the face of the earth :D.  It is amazing to feel the love heavenly father has por people, becuase as we testify of this love, we start to feel a little of it.  Its glorious :D

    We week we also really focused on following the holy spirit.  The holy spirit knows everything!  He know what person is ready to go to church, or be babtised, or go to the temple, or who just needs some help.  He knows a lot more then we do.  So it is way better to ask for his help in figuring out what to do, then just trying to do it ourselves.  As missionaries we also have the great blessing of inspiration for what we need to do.  So leaning to recognize this spirit is essential in this work we are doing.  I know that the spirit can, and will help us as we seek out his help.  I know that the spirit is preparing everyone to except the gospel, to have more happiness in this life, and in the life after, and to help everyone else have this happiness as well.  The gifts and blessings of the spirit are marvolous.  the spirit to always be with us, is something that we all need to learn more about.  becuase he really wants to always help us :D

:D

-Elder Darke

We were out of town for the last week!  It was great to see everyone! Thanks for your continuing support of this wonderful young man!
Love,
Melanie (Mom)

Pictures, Baptisms and Walking

Here's from Elder Darke:

 Este semana foi muito bom!  Primedo semana com meu novo companeto, Elder De Jesus.  Ele e muito bom.  Nos trabalar muito para encontrar novos por que nos nao tem muitos.  Mais e muito bom :D.  E o Bispo Aqui me dar um examplo muito bom de missionarios e da agreja trabalando juntos :D.

    Entao transferencias passar, e eu ficar em Sobradinho :D.  Eu nao lembrar em eu falo issue o ultimo ves :D.  Mais meu companeto e elder De Jesus, e ele e muito bom!  Ele ven de sao palo, sao palo.  Mais ele tem um ano e 6 em um missao dele.  Ele e muito animado para trabalar e eu gosto ele.  Mais o membros aqui gosto o nome de nos dos.  Por que tem um Elder Darke, com um Elder De Jesus, para eles e muito interesado, e eu asho o mesmo coisa :D.  mais eu gosto :D.

    Este semana especialmente nos focolizar em encontrando novos.  Nos tem um registro de todos os membros, e nos estamos visitando todos de eles.  Mais quando nos faz issue nos andar muito.  E eu sentir um pocino mau por que o juelio de elder de Jesus e nao muito bom.  Entao o andando todo dia coisa e nao bom por ele e o dia seginte ele falo que ele e doendo de mais.  Entao eu vou tentar para seu melhore para ele :D.

    Eu estou muito feliz este semana.  Eu tem um companeto que quer trabalar, eu tem amigos em meu casa, e tam ben eu tem muito membros que quer ajuda nos.  entao e muito bom :D

    Tam ben eu tem algumas photos, eu tem eu e meu companeto, uma pocino orso eu encontreu,  E tam ben o Babtismals Eu tem o oportunidade para ser uma parte :D.  entao foi muito bom :D.

    Mais Domingo nos tem um renuao com todos os lideres in nossa ala onde eu estao trabalando.  E nos falamos sobre trabalio missionario :D.  Foi muito bom :D.  Quando eles falo sobre missionario trabalio, eles nao falo, que o missionarios pode faz, mais eles falo, que Nos podemos faz.  Eles fazer metas for o ala, e depois eles planajar quem vai visitar quem.  Eu sentir realmente que nos somos trabalando com os membros, e nao sou nos, mais todo ala foi trabalando com nos.  Este sentimento foi bom de mais.

ENGLISH (sort of :D)

    This week was amazing!  First week with my new companion elder De Jesus.  He is really amazing!  We worked really hard to meet new investagators, becuase we really need some more! :D.  But it was great!  The bishop here really was a great example of missionaries and members working together. :D

    So transfers came and went, and I am still in Sobradinho :D.  I dont remember if i said this already, but My new companion is elder De Jesus, He is awesome!  he lives in Sao paulo, Sao paulo.  He has a year and a half on his mission, and he is really excited to work!  So i like him :D.  the members here really like our names though.  They think its interesting that an Elder de Jesus, got pared with an elder Darke, they thinks its like irony, and they make a lot of jokes about it.  I like it, it makes me laugh :D.

    So this week We really focused on finding new investagators.  We have a list of all the members here, so we decided to visit them all!  The only problem is when we do this we end up walking a lot!  Also the knee of Elder De Jesus is not really that good, so after we walked all day it was hurting him, and the next day it was the same thing.  However its better now, so i will try to be nicer to him and not walk as much, or as fast.  :D

    I am really happy this week though :D.  I have a companion that wants to work, friends at my house, and members that really want to help us.  So it is like awesome!

    Also i have pictures that i loaded :D.  its me and my companion, a small bear, and the babtism photos :D.  I am just happy becuase i remembered to bring my camera to the lan house to upload the photos! :D

    Sunday we had a meeting with all the leaders in our ward, were i work.  We talked about missioanry work.  it was really good.  However when we were talkinga bout missionary work, they didnt say what the missionaries could do, they said what we can do.  (talking to all of the leaders, and the missionaries).  They made goals, then they made plans to meet those goals. :D. Eu felt like i was really working with the members.  That it wasnt just us.  We still have plenty of work to do, but i feel like the members will be there to help at every step.  That makes me feel good :D.  When i heard this i thought of the talk of presidente monson a while back.  When he said its time for missionaries, and members to come together, and to work together.  I am seeing so many great examples here, examples of faith, of patience, of leadership, and of responsibility.  Its amazing really :D

:D

-Elder Darke

I love it when I get pictures of him!  He sounds wonderful and happy. Thanks everyone!
Love, Melanie (mom)

:D, and the Spirit

It's short, but sweet and apparently amazing!
From Elder Darke:

 Today i dont have a lot of time becuase the lan house were i am writing this is closing really soon. :D.  So i will just write in english this time :D.

    This week was really amazing!  First of all there are 4 missionaries living in my house, and 3 of them got like super sick!  (i didnt :D).  So it was kind of fun to help them!  I didnt do much other then give them water and tell them that they needed to sleep more :D.  but it was fun.  When things like this happen i can always feel the love that our heavenly father has for these missionaires :D.  So that is super fun :D

    This week we also had an interveiw with our new mission presidente!  He is super cool!  Becauase after the interveiw it was really close to lunch time.  I though he would just go home and we would go to a resturant or something :D.  However he decided to go to the restarant with us!  and he also decided to walk with us!  I was like O.o  So that was cool!  he used to hunt with a bow, he served a mission in brazil, and he is learning portugese really fast :D. So i offically like him :D

    Also the members in my ala are being really amazing to us! :D.  my companion is leaving the mission friday (i am killing him)  (missonary terminalogy).  So all the members are like celebrating his hard work in his mission.  They have been giving us a lot of food, and are really making sure that if we need anything we can call them :D.  So its really amazing! :D

    Also during the week i went on a troca with my leader de zona :D.  Elder Beaty.  He is a super good friend of mine, and while we were together i asked for some tips on better recognizing and following the promptings of the spirit.  What i learned was amazing.  Becuase with my inexperience, i dont have much confidence in my ability.  So he gave me some good advice.  He said that when i feel the spirit, i need to grasp on to it, to act on it immediatly.  Becuase when you feel the spirit, if you dont grasp on to it, act on it, it doesnt stay for long, so if you are undisisive, it will leave, and then you will be doubtful of what you just felt.  It was a great lesson to me!  To be firm for what is right, to be firm when rejecting what is wrong, and to not give even an inch to satan and his legions.  For it is courage, not comprimise that brings the smile of gods approval :D.

:D

-Elder Darke

We like short and sweet!  Don't forget to flood Elder Darke with letters this week!  It's his half-way mark!
YAY!!
Way to go Elder!
Love,
Melanie (Mom)

Hard work, Baptism and the "Preestood"

The World Cup is OVER! Now back to missionary work......

  O cuppa da mundo termino! :D  Agorda eu esperar este nos vamos trabaliamos melure!  Um semana de realmente focolizando em nosso pescesadors.  E tam ben um semana de o benção de sacerdocio.

    O cuppa da mundo terminar agora!  Eu pessomente ash issue e muito ben por que agorda nos podemos trabaliar mais!  O cuppa foi bom, mais muito pessoas soe focolizar em o cuppa.  Entao difficial para ensinar quando pessoas nao realmente focolizando em nos.  mais nos faz que nos podemos.  todo mundo e muito triste aqui agorda.  O jogo de brazil e alamanha foi mau, e todo mundo foi triste depois.  O problema com o cuppa, e muito pessoas nao quer conversar com nos quando o jogos e jogando.  Mais a cuppa e terminar agorda!  :D.  Entao issue e feliz :D

    Este semana nos tem does pescesadores este realmente e muito perto para seu batisado.  Eles sou presseso receber um resposta de o espirito santo para sabe que nos ensinar e verdade.  Eles esta fazendo todo oltro coises.  entao nos faz que nos podemos.  Nos orar, e jejuar para ajuda eles.  E finalmente nos fazer so um progresso.  Eles fala com nos este eles nao quer seu batisado por que eles nao quer faz coises arado depois eles esta batisado.  Quando eu ovir issue,  Eu pensar, issue fazer muito mais sentido!  Entao nos estamos ajudando eles aprender sobre o expiacao de Jesus Cristo agorda.

    Tam ben durante o semana eu ler so um pocino sobre O Sacerdocio.  e tamben nos dar um bençao de saude para um irma em nossa ala.  Ele tem um pocino difficuldades recentament, e ele sentir como pai celestial ashcesh se ele.  Eu foi um fala por o bencao e eu nao sabe disse antes.  Mais durante o bençao o spirito fala com min, para fala com ele este pai celestial lembrar ele.  E ele ama ela muito.  Depois o bencao ela chorar um pocino, e explicar por que.  Eu sei o sacerdocio e um poder de deus em o mundo.  Este pai celestial amor todos nos, e tam ben ele quer ajuda nos em nosso vida.  Tam ben eu sei este o bençao de sacerdocio e por mulhers e tam ben por homens.  Nao sou por um.  Eu sei pai celestial tem um plano perfecto por todos nos, e ele quer nos para seu feliz!

ENGLISH

The world cup is over!  :D.  Eu hope we can work really better now!  This week was a week of focusing on our investagators!  Also this week i had a great experience with the preestood! :D

    The world cup is over now!  i think this is realyl good becuase now we can work harder!  the cup was good, but a lot of people were more focused on the cup then they were with anything else.  Becuase of this is was harder to teach people when they arnt especially focused on us.  however we did what we could!  however everyone here is sad.  the brazil vs germany game was bad, and after it everyone got kindof dippressed.  A lot of people still arnt that happy, however i am, because it means we can work hard again! :D

    this week we have two investagators that are really really close to being babtised!  the only thing that they are missing is a confermation of the spirit these things are true (they dont want to get babtised without it).  they are doing everything else that they need to though :D.  to help them get a answer to their prays we prayed, and fasted to help them.  and finally yesterday we got some leway.  We figured out that it might not be that she doesnt have an answer to her prayers, but that she doesnt want to mess up after she gets babtised.  Now that we understand this we know what to teach about!  the atonement of Jesus Christ!  So i am really happy about this becuase they are really amazing people and i want them to fell the blessings of babtism!

    also during the week i have been reading a little about the Preestood, and also during the week we gave a blessing to a member of our ward.  She has been having some difficulties in her life and she felt as if our heavenly father had forgotten her.  During the blessing the spirit told her that our heavenly father had not forgotten her, but in fact loves her deeply.  He was simply doing what he needed to do to prepare her for things that will happen in the future.  It was so amazing.  I am greatful for the preestood.  Not just for the opportunity it gives me to serve others, but also for the wonderful and amazing blessings that i myself have received!  I know that the blessings of the preestood are for all, and i also know that our heavenly father has a perfect plan for each and every one of us.  He wants us to be happy, and he has a plan for each one of us to be happy.  I know this is true, even if at times, it is hard to us to understand why things are happening to us. :D

:D

-Elder Darke

Elder Darke is almost at his half way point!  Yay!  He's been a very successful missionary and has grown tremendously.  Lets flood him with emails and letters this coming weeks to help him celebrate!!!! Thanks to everyone for such great support of this amazing young man!
We love y'all!
Melanie (Mom)