Arriving Home!

From Mom: Howard arrived home with another missionary to the SeaTac International Airport on Jan 23, 2014. Both families had a great number of family members so we caught quite a bit of attention. Posters are always good, too.

Our home was once again alive with energy. Howard showed us all his treasures from Brazil and even some clothing he had picked up.

We are excited to catch up and hear about his adventures and his testimony.

1 Semana!

It's getting real everybody; I think this will be my last email on the mission....AAAAAAHH!!! CRAZY!!!.

I will miss Brazil for sure, the people, the language, the culture. But it's over. But I´ll be back...

This week was different. As we were working, a member called us that a relative of hers was going to die unless she got a blood transfusion from a rare blood type...which I have.

And so we ran to the nearest hospital to try to donate and we called everyone to get permission to donate. Missionaries are not allowed to donate blood, but we decided to give it a try. 

We went to the hospital and they checked my blood to see if I could donate and they told me to come back the next day to donate, but as we walked home Sister Castro called us and we explained what was happening and she said that we couldn't donate. And we got really nervous and sad that maybe she´d die. So we just went home, trying to contact president. He called us at like 10:40pm and told us that he had called the area doctor to get permission to donate and we got approved. 

The next day we donated and relaxed at home for a bit and thankfully nothing bad happened. The sister who needed the blood received it and is almost all better.

Other than that the week went good and we are trying to baptize one more time.

I'm excited to see you all soon

Elder Willard

Two Semanas

Its almost over.....

This week was very spiritual with lots of feelings of love for members and our investigators.

We had lots of great meetings with the spirit and I will miss the mission a lot for sure.

I'm realizing the I will not miss walking in the sun, hearing people say no, dealing with people that chew us out and treat us badly, but I will miss teaching people the gospel of Jesus Christ, the eternal truths that bring us happiness and eternal life.

I, as a representative of the Lord, invite all, member or non-member, to read and ponder about the 

Book of Mormon and ask God if it is true. I testify that it is true, that the Lord wrote for us, and that it teaches all men to do good. And I promise that all those that sincerely seek an answer will find one. I want all of you to be happy forever and only Jesus Christ can do that for us.

See you all soon,

Elder Willard