Dear Dad
How are things going back home? Things are going pretty great over here. I´m still doing fine at the CTM and me and my district are becoming vetrens next week. Which means we are half way done. Its gone by pretty fast! We went prosolyting last friday and i gave away a lot of cards and bore my testimony to a few people , they responded to me but i couldnt understand them. But they understood me and it was a great experiance. We go again in december . Things are much different here dad, i am so greatful for where we live. There is a lot of corruption here, but i kind of like it. Because the people are all so great . Most of the people i talked to had tatoos earings and everything else you can think of , but everyone of them that stopped told me there name shook my hand , and listened to what i had to say ...(or tried to say) I love you so much dad. tell eveyone that i love them so much. Tell Russ happy birthday, and happy thanksgiving to you all!
Love you dad
Hey Mom! well its another p day! We went prosolyting this last weekend and as a district we had a goal of giving out 400 pass along cards in three hours, we gave out 580 ! It was such a great experiance! The things that i am seeing here is nothing like america, there are very poor people and very rich people here . Its quite humbling and it makes me love you guys more and more. I was truly blessed to have you raise me up. Tell Russell happy birthday! i´m going to send him some Brazilian Candy so it should get there in about three weeks. Tell him i love my old teamate. I´ll be email pictures to you next week so look forward to that .
Elder Rowland
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Elder Rowland November 18, 2009
Hey Dad. Im so glad that the emails got through to you guys. I´m sending off some letters to you guys so you should get them in about 2 weeks hopefully. It made my day to get that packet of letters from you guys. i love them. I had a feeling one night that something had happened to grandpa. i dont know how but i just knew. im glad he is doing better . Make sure to send him and grandma my love. They are in my prayers. This week has been really amazing because ever since i got here anytime the teachers would speak in porteguese in would just fly over my head. i didnt get it at all but since praying a lot and working hard with the lords help i am able to understand a lot more. Its still really tough but if they talk slow i can understand a bit of it. I can see the results. And i do have angels all around me helping me in one way or another. Its such a blessing to be here. I guess i didnt really realize that i was actually on a mission and that i would be away from home for 2 years till about 3 days ago. And it was a pretty cool feeling to know that i was in the lords service. I have to be going now so ill email you next week. give everyone my love.
Elder Rowland
Hey mom!
Im so greatful i can email you so much now. It is going to help so much. I was sorry to hear about grandpa but im glad that he is doing better. i Sure do miss all of you so much. The missionary i left cedar city with is our district leader. hes the one with the black hair from Kanab. He and i are pretty tight. i like him a lot. hes a good guy. He left a girl home to and the really funny thing is that she gave him the exact same journal with his name on it that leslie gave me. but me and him have the same personalities. I had to talk in church the other sunday and it was a really sweet experiance. Except i was talking about how charity and i talked about how dad prefomed charity in the neighborhood. Like plowing the Fields and Helping out the neighbors anyway he could. But i said something totally wrong. I ment to say That i Didnt Realize that he was my hero, untill later... But what i did say was I Didnt Realize that he was my Dad, Untill Later...
yeah it was bad... Mom i Didnt realize how much i love you guys untill after being without you guys for a while. i love you so much. And dont worry, im not home sick, im just thinking about what a cool family i have. Im doing great and im getting by with a good companion. i Love you All so Much. oh by the way, if you send a package, make sure to put my missionary coat in it. i know its pretty expencive to send packages so just take it out of my acount if you can. and make sure you put the virgin Mary stickers on it so that people dont try to get in it. Happy Thanksgiving! I love you Mom.
Love Elder Rowland
Elder Rowland
Hey mom!
Im so greatful i can email you so much now. It is going to help so much. I was sorry to hear about grandpa but im glad that he is doing better. i Sure do miss all of you so much. The missionary i left cedar city with is our district leader. hes the one with the black hair from Kanab. He and i are pretty tight. i like him a lot. hes a good guy. He left a girl home to and the really funny thing is that she gave him the exact same journal with his name on it that leslie gave me. but me and him have the same personalities. I had to talk in church the other sunday and it was a really sweet experiance. Except i was talking about how charity and i talked about how dad prefomed charity in the neighborhood. Like plowing the Fields and Helping out the neighbors anyway he could. But i said something totally wrong. I ment to say That i Didnt Realize that he was my hero, untill later... But what i did say was I Didnt Realize that he was my Dad, Untill Later...
yeah it was bad... Mom i Didnt realize how much i love you guys untill after being without you guys for a while. i love you so much. And dont worry, im not home sick, im just thinking about what a cool family i have. Im doing great and im getting by with a good companion. i Love you All so Much. oh by the way, if you send a package, make sure to put my missionary coat in it. i know its pretty expencive to send packages so just take it out of my acount if you can. and make sure you put the virgin Mary stickers on it so that people dont try to get in it. Happy Thanksgiving! I love you Mom.
Love Elder Rowland
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Elder Rowland November 11, 2008
Dear dad and family
How is everybody? I´m pretty sorry i havent been able to send more than one letter since ive been here and this is my email for the rest of my mission. They have put me to work over here and i think the soonest ill be able to send a letter off is next wednsday. It takes about 8 to 14 days to get a letter to and from here. I am having a great experiance over here. learning the languge, getting to know new friends, and learning to be a missionary 24/7 i love it. Learning a new language has streatched me to the limit, its pretty tough, i was pretty discouraged for a little bit because i thought i was falling behind a little bit but through words of incouragement by you, and by teachers here at the CTM i have been doing better. I have been working and studing very hard. One cool experiance that happened is that My instuctor irmáo Lindinburge, promised me and my district that if we put our faith in the lord and worked hard and did everything i was supposed to, that in 2 weeks we would be able to carry on a conversation with a brazilian easily. We all felt the sprit and truth of this promise, and it greatly comforted me because i have 2 brazilian roomates that do not speak any english. My companion Elder Jones is a really great preson. he is from pleasant grove utah, and was a perfoming missionary in Navoo for the last four months so i feel as if i have the best companion. He was actually companions with Jason West. well i have to get on going here, so ill make sure to email you next tuesday which is my p day. I love you all so much, and hope that you are all well.
Hey Mom! how are you doing? This is my p day so i want to make sure i email you everyone of them. The CTM is so great here . i love it so much. My wieght is pretty much the same, so you dont need to worry about that. And I have a really good companion. I´m going to tell you about this thing you sould check out that will be a lot cheaper and easier to send letters and packages. Just go to MissionTies.com and then look up Mr. CHeny´s cookies. they have some really good deals with letters and other stuff so if you interested, and think its alright but ill let you decide. I have to go mom, but i love you so much. Tell everyone i made it and that i love them.
Love Elder Rowland.
How is everybody? I´m pretty sorry i havent been able to send more than one letter since ive been here and this is my email for the rest of my mission. They have put me to work over here and i think the soonest ill be able to send a letter off is next wednsday. It takes about 8 to 14 days to get a letter to and from here. I am having a great experiance over here. learning the languge, getting to know new friends, and learning to be a missionary 24/7 i love it. Learning a new language has streatched me to the limit, its pretty tough, i was pretty discouraged for a little bit because i thought i was falling behind a little bit but through words of incouragement by you, and by teachers here at the CTM i have been doing better. I have been working and studing very hard. One cool experiance that happened is that My instuctor irmáo Lindinburge, promised me and my district that if we put our faith in the lord and worked hard and did everything i was supposed to, that in 2 weeks we would be able to carry on a conversation with a brazilian easily. We all felt the sprit and truth of this promise, and it greatly comforted me because i have 2 brazilian roomates that do not speak any english. My companion Elder Jones is a really great preson. he is from pleasant grove utah, and was a perfoming missionary in Navoo for the last four months so i feel as if i have the best companion. He was actually companions with Jason West. well i have to get on going here, so ill make sure to email you next tuesday which is my p day. I love you all so much, and hope that you are all well.
Hey Mom! how are you doing? This is my p day so i want to make sure i email you everyone of them. The CTM is so great here . i love it so much. My wieght is pretty much the same, so you dont need to worry about that. And I have a really good companion. I´m going to tell you about this thing you sould check out that will be a lot cheaper and easier to send letters and packages. Just go to MissionTies.com and then look up Mr. CHeny´s cookies. they have some really good deals with letters and other stuff so if you interested, and think its alright but ill let you decide. I have to go mom, but i love you so much. Tell everyone i made it and that i love them.
Love Elder Rowland.
P.S Missionaries here are saying that not very many letters make it through here so if you dont get any letters some hobo probably took it.
Me at CTM
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Elder Jones
Elder Madril, and others in CTM
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