Apr 16

       Hey guys!!!!!! I have scary news!!!! EEEEEEEEEEE...... President pereira told me when my departure date would be to come home!!!! man it seems so close. Here´s the date. September 19th!!!! Here in 5 months and 3 days I´ll be catching my flight home! Sweet!! All I need to know now is to where i will be returning to tell my son, elder Nicolau the executive secretary so that I fly to the correct place, wether it be Texas or Florida. You guys decide and let me know as soon as possible please.

       This week went pretty well. We had transfers and i am really enjoying the two new elders that are living with us. Elder Reinoso is Ecuadorian and Elder Lavering is from seattle washington. They are pretty crazy and love to work hard! They are super motivated and will help the zone a lot. Reinoso just completed 1 year in the mission and Lavering has 6 months. We also got some new sisters in the zone that are pretty pumped. i am loving that even with all the bad rep that the zone has the people aren´t letting that get to them and are working hard and having great success. One thing that I have noticed is that I ave passed the hardest areas in the hardest zones. I havent been to the Pilar zones or areas of the mission. I may not have the most baptisms but considering all that I have passed I have truly been having amazing success and i am thankful for that. President loves to challenge me to make the weaknesses in the mission stengths like ether 12:27 says, and so far I have been able to overcome the challenges placed upon me. i thank the Lord so much for all my many blessings and for the strengths he has given me and the lessons that i have learned.

This week I had a pretty crazy experience doing contacts with Elder reinoso in our area. We were knocking doors and I went to knock a door and a man in a wheelchair calls over saying that there was noone at that particular house. i went over to him to thank him, and to make a contact. There is a common rule here in Brasil that if someone calls out to you or looks at you for a more than average amount of time it means that they want to be baptized. So i went over to him not knowing how it would be possible to baptize him because of his wheelchair but I went anyways knowing that God would provide the way. We sat and conversed quite a bit and then reinoso got there and then the man´s wife. (their names are carlos and karin btw). Carlos asked us to share a message with them. He said if we didnt God would condemn us and that if he and his wife were to be judged on something that we would have said and didnt that they would be in an innocent state and would accept it gladly on the otherside of the veil. They made a very strong point that we had to share something. Reinoso gave me a look like, "man i dont have a clue what to say." so I said a quick prayer and followed the spirit. Carlos had said that our eyes were full of a spirit of victory and that we were in the command of many hosts of angels. I used that to my advantage and opened up to 1st John and read about love and victory. I related it obedience and baptism. The woman started crying and said that she was like a dry fig tree. Then i opened up mathew 21:21 and shared the stroy about Jesus drying the fig tree and teaching about faith. I taught about the lesson based on faith and Carlos broke down crying as well and reassured his wife that we were heavenly messagers. then he had us respond to a few of his questions. he asked us about our service and our ministry. I knew that this was meant to mean, "How much do they pay you and how much do have to pay weekly to your church ?" I explained that we receive no payment and that we rather pay to be here and that at the church no one asks you insistently to pay the church money. Carlos shouted for glory saying that our church was a church that he had been searching for for some time now. They loved it and invited us to go inside their home and prayer for them. We entered into the home and Carlos had us pray. reinoso prayed. carlos and Karin loved the prayer and said that it was exactly what they were needing to hear. we invited them to church and they accepted. I invited them to be baptized again and they accepted with great passion. However they aren´t married. I invited them to prepare for marriage and they accepted. they even invited us to be their best man and witnesses at the wedding cerimony. It was awesome. The spirit was so strong that no one could deny that it was true and that we had been sent by God to deliver the message that we had to deliver them. They invited us to eat dinner and we refused eventhough we had not eaten all day, so as to leave them felling that great spirit and wanting and yearning for that spirit to return. Upon leaving carlos shouted out to us, "next time you see me I will have smoked and drank less and at my baptism i will be free of these addictions. We went home feeling satisfied. I felt like daniel of old. That was one of the coolest things that I had ever done.

I hope you have a great weak! I love you!!!!

Elder Worsley

Apr 9

This week was pretty chill. As it was the last week of the tranfer we kind of let things settle down in aspiration for the transfer. we were able to baptize this week a young woman named Christina. She is 24 and has 2 young kids who are of the age of 2 an 6. The weather down here is still pretty hot. It is cooling down but not noticebly by much. I wasnt transfered, nor my companion so I am pretty stoaked. gomez and I will be able to baptize more people together. We might just be the only companions ever to serve together for 6 months. that is a whole quarter of my mission together with Gomez. god must want me to learn something important or teach something important. Whatever it may be I look forward too it with eagerness. 6 more weeks! wahoo!

April 2

   well I was able to see a little of general conference in the rush of a misssionarie´s life. I Enjoyed the talk given by the dentist, Brian K Taylor in the saturday morning session lol. There were a few others that I enjoyed as well. I will have to down load the audio transmitions of the sessions so that I might be able to hear what I missed. I was able to baptize this week. The woman´s name is Dora. She is like 72. Now we will look forward to our next week´s worth of work.

     This week was spent doing a lot and a lot of travelling. We went to a neighboring city, Tupã,  that is 2.5 hours away by bus 3 times. That is 15 hours of bus riding in total this week. I am super exhausted. But this week ought to be pretty layed back and relaxed as it is the 6th week in the transfer. Everyone will be working hard to accumulate the last baptisms of the transfer with what could be the last week with that specific companion or in that specific area.

     A mission will change any young man or young woman´s life for the better. We come not for this selfish gain but as we naturally seek the perfection in christ and seek to be 100% charitable we find ourselves at the right hand of God. Serve a mission AJ. And anyone else who reads this who hasnt served a mission and is capable, I encourage you to serve. The Lord needs you, and will make many miracles with you and many miracles within you.

     I love you all! I hope this week goes wellfor you! And happy birthday lil bro! I wish I could have been with you on your birthday. You will always be my best friend. 

     Talk to you all later!!!

March 26

Wow sounds like spring break has been a blast and that the party hasnt stopped quite just yet! And I cant believe that Lakota broke the school record for the mile and the 2 mile! That is awesome! It makes me a little sad to remember that I came so close and didnt break it. But it wasnt God´s will so I take confort in that. Who knows why that wasnt in God´s plan for me with the parasites and sicknesses and all. But I am happy with who I am and what I have done in my life.

This week nothing to crazy in particular happened. We had a zone conference with President Pereira on tuesday and a normal week´s of work afterwards. Sadly we faced many oppositions this week and were not able to have a lot of success in bringing many people to church and even less having baptized no one. I need to Baptize!! lol... It rained quite a bit this week and that got in the way quite a bit as well.

we confirmed our baptisms from the week before. we are looking for miracles so that we can baptize again. I am pretty excited for general conference this weekend. I am excited to hear president nelson´s inspired words above all else. It will sure be a spiritual delight. I really have learned how to live the gospel on the mission for myself and love the gospel in a way I had never known before. I am super greatful for the scriptures and my studies that I have done and am doing therein. I am greatful as well for the chance to have the prophets and apostles to guide and direct us. I hope you guys will be able to watch all the sessions this weekend as well.

I hope you guys have a great week! I love you!

March 19

so this week was pretty sick! Elder Gomez and I didnt have anyone to baptize at the beginning of the week. And the zone was looking pretty weak as well. Wednesday I prayed in the middle of the road with elder gomez that the Lord might be able to put a family in our path that need us and would accept the invitation to be baptized. We were walking towards the bus stop when i felt prompted that we shouldnt take the bus to our usual neighborhood in which we work. We started walking towards the church not knowing where to go and we felt inspired to work close to the chapel. Normally here in brasil this is not always the adviseable choice due to the neighborhood standard of the church. in other words the churchs are always surrounded by the richest of the rich people in most cities. But we went and we were led to a few kids playing in the front of a pretty poor looking home. We asked to talk with their mom and she invited us in. We talked for quite a bit just trying to help her through her problems. She said that ever sense friday she had felt the worst that she had ever felt in her life and had attempted various times to commit suicide. We taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ and she accepted the invitation to be baptized. She and her 10 year old daughter were baptized friday. Then we were in need of more people to visit the church for sunday so that we could baptize next week. We were working close to the church and it seemed that everyone was rejecting us. No one wanted anything to do with the church. So we hopped the bus to our old neighborhood just to see it for one last time. Gomez and I were led by the spirit to yet another person in need of the blessings that come through the ordinance of baptism. We passed an old investigator that Gomez had and she still didnt want to accept being baptized. As we left her home her neighbor called us over asking for a blessing. We then entered her house gave a blessing with oil and everything and felt the spirit immensly. I then proceeded to invite her to be baptized on sunday and she accepted. I was unable to be there for the baptism as I had to interview another companionship´s investigator, in which also was baptized. Thank goodness we were worthy of the spirit. Otherwise the zone would have only had 1 baptism instead of 4. Truly their are elects to be baptized in all parts of every area.

Hopefully this week will be just as good if not better!!!

we are also having to sleep outside because it is so hot 

March 12

This week went pretty well. we had a pday with all of the zone leaders in the mission and president pereira in londrina monday. Then we had our leadership council on tuesday. Wednesday and thursday I did splits with Elder Modesto. Then on friday and saturday I travelled a lot to do some baptismal interviews. Then I went to church on sunday with Elder Gomez, this one is from Argentina lol. It is hard when their are two and they are from the same area. Then there is a sister Gomez as well in the district lol. But this week was super crazy and rather exhausting. I didnt even get to work in my area. Hopefully this week I will be able to work in my area. I need someone to baptize in my area!!!

I had a really spiritual experience in a baptismal interview. I met the man to be interviewed and found him to be a very humble and faithful man. H didnt really say much but the spirit was crazy. Hopefully this spirit doesnt fade away after the mission or I would be seriously depressed... Anyways Manuel is a 54 year old man. I asked him the simple questions and he replied simply with a yes or an umhum or a nod of a head to respond to my questions. When i asked him about the word of wisdom he told me about his fight that he has been fighting to quit smoking for the past 40 years. We read mathew 21: 19-22, ether 12:27, and mathew 9:20-22. Out of no where my tone changed and it was purely the spirit speaking. I dont know what I said, all I know is of the unforgettable spirit that we felt in that room. We both cried. Then I promised him that jesus would hug him as he arose out of the waters of baptism. we left the interview and the man was so happy. He was baptized by a huge 6 foot 4 loving Brasilian named Rafael, and it was one of the cleanest baptisms that I had ever seen. Whe Manuel came out of the waters Rafael gave him a huge hug and I busted out crying and the spirit reminded me of the promise that I had given to Manuel. The sisters even mentioned that they had never seen one of their leaders cry because of a baptism in which the leader had never even met 10 minutes beforehand. Man the mission is awesome. Hopefuly this week will be just as much of a spiritual feast and a delight. 

have a great week! I love you guys.

Mar 5

Down here in Brasil it has been pretty good. Suuuper hot but good. This past week it was hitting 100 degrees every day. Here in my new area it is way hotter than my last area. Even in the shade it is ridiculously hot. The missionaries in the states are sure lucky for cars and airconditioners. At night we all sleep with a fan at the foot of the bed and even still we wake up all sweaty. They say that Presidente Prudente is one of the hottest cities in Brasil.
Elder Gomez and I are hitting it off super well and will have a lot of success this transfer. Hopefully we can spread this success with the zone as well. 

This week we had 10 families say that they would go to church but sadly nobody went and that made us a bit sad but we will keep fighting for the salvation of these families. However we contacted a reference from Salt Lake and he ended up being a pretty cool dude. He went to church so hopefully he will be baptized this weekend. 

I had my first experience with someone that trash talked the book of mormon and expelled us from his home. It was a pretty awful feeling because the family was super awesome and they were so prideful that they wouldnt even agree to pray about the Book of Mormon. It was pretty sad. But it is just The Lord showing us who is ready to accept the gospel and who isnt quite ready yet. Hopefully here in the future they accept the Book of Mormon as a scriptural text.

We taught this one family this week and it was a super spiritual. We were on the bus and we started talking to Adrianna and we were talking and talking and she accepted a visit and as we had nothing scheduled at that time we got off the bus and went with her to her home. We were teaching soley based off of the spirit and she started crying. She said that everytime that I opened my mouth it was as if I had seen her life before my eyes and saw all the things that were happening and that what I was saying and the scriptures that I was using were exactly what she needed to hear. It was awesome! Then we took advantage of the moment and invited her to prepare to be baptized and she accepted. This was Friday. then saturday we went back and had another super spiritual moment. We went into her home and she was with 2 of her kids.we went in and could tell that she was pretty sad and frustrated about something. I dont really recall how I got into speaking about school, friends, and drugs, but the spirit compelled me to talk about these things with Adrianna´s 11 year old son. Then Adrianna started crying again. She said, that we were truly sent from God because she had just finished talking about these things with her son. she had received a call from her son´s school and one of her son´s friends saying that he was skipping school and messing with drugs and kids that do drugs. It was insanely spiritual. So what did we do?? We invited him to be baptized of course! And he accepted to repent of his sins and be baptized. It was awesome! Adrianna´s daughter accepted as well. So we are going to hopefully have some success with them. Truly the spirit is everything in this gospel.

well, I hope you guys have an awesome week! I love you guys!!!