its almost kanishmash!

updates:

i have been called to be a  Zone Leader in POA

 we had a very special White Christmas and we baptized Angela (shes super awesome and special)

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yaaa thank you all for the love and support!

<3 u all

Elder Maynez

11.25.13

1. our baptisms of this week 

   Euclides and Conceição  they are soooohoooo awesome!  i love them so much.  they are Elder Buhler´s first baptisms!  He´ll be able to watch them get sealed while he´s on his mission!  lucky

2. temple trip.... whoa it was sooohooooo awesome.... i loved it so much!  i am so stoked for everything to come... i learned that the only way to come back to the presence of God and become more like him is through trials.... if we dont have tests we wont learn.  so im grateful for my trials and difficulties because i know its making me stronger.

3. i bought a 45 lb watermelon.... it was HUGE!!! her name is melanie... or melony.  hehe

wellll this week is thanksgiving!  i invite you all to think about the blessings you've received... trials, support, etc.  i think of trials as hidden blessings.  we all go through hard things . . . we just gotta remember that we signed up for this in the premortal life haha.... but its alll good turn out fine.  

the other part of the invite is- in your prayers just express thanks... dont ask for anything.  if you do that you´ll see how blessed youve been and you´ll develop humility.... #learnit #applyit #liveit  

well be good and i love you!

Elder Maynez

{pics are coming}

11.4.13

sorry about the lack of emails.... i havent really had time to write an email to everyone lately.... lack of time equals lack of emails.  

lack of time + lack of emails = angry crowd

Anywhhhhayyyys im sorry angry crowd that i havent updated you about my adventures here in Brasil.

The latest things that have gone down are the following:

 - a hurricane . . . i killed that desire i had to go swimming.  I was soaked head to toe.  my bones got wet thats how much rain was dumped here in Butiá.

- I´m loving the mission more and more and sorry mom that i might not come home because the mission is the only time where i wont have any responsibilities.  No job, no wife or children, no studies to do, etc just me the Lord and his people.  One thing that im learning is that when you´re out and about solving other people´s problems (serving your fellow man: caring, visiting, loving etc) you forget about yourself and your problems. So God can use you to solve his other childrens problems.  and while youre doing the Lords will he´ll solve your problems .... its simple.

We had a conference with Elder Mazzagardi... wow i fell in love with that man haha he´s so spiritual and smart... imma be like that one day.

wellllll after that conference idk what happened but i started to feel like i wasnt the one teaching anymore.  i felt like the Lord has really been using me lately.  I dont teach anymore.  i just testify of what i know to be true and let the spirit do the teaching.

Wellllll thats about it....

any questions comments or concerns talk to my secretary about it.

XoxoxoxoxXOoOXoXOXOxOXOXOXOXOXoxox

Elder MAynez

#thisiswhyimfat

#phat

1 YEAR!

highlight: 

      i made one year!  whoo hooo!  its all downhill from here

      im still in butiá and im loving #mcdonalds

      the members here are awesome, the investigators are very special and yaaaaa

       the biggest challenge here is that all the families im working with are baptizable buuuuuut they are getting baptized because they arent married legally!  so that takes about 1 month (minimum) to do.  so i guess the work i have to do here is marry everyone here.  Then if i stay another 2 months that means ill see the fruits of my labors. so i hope i stay :)

      we ´ve had a bunch of inspirational things happen, general conference zone conference and yaaa i did a division with the zone leader.  Elder Alves.  he´s the most spiritual missionary ive ever met.  he inspired me so much!   ill never forget the things he taught me.

lowlight:

     pulled a prank on my comp.  i bought a fake poop and he almost died from the scare..... but ya that was sooohoooo funny

      we found a turkey that speaks with us.   gift of tongues.  i speak turkish too.

anywhayyys i love the mission and im blessed beyond measure :)

if i could stay another year i would.think about it. haha

but ya....

i love being in the service of the Lord

Love Elder Maynez

Picturesque

yaaaaa i went to the beach the other day 

haha the first thing im gonna do when i come home is dive into a pool

anywhayyyyys this week flew by but it was super tiring. we had to get up at 5am erday and catch a bus to go to another area so i could do the interviews baptismals.  That is the coolest thing ever.  I loved it.  I did 4 interviews and wow the spirit was so strong.  to top it all off we were able to watch conferencie geral.  wow sorry i forget how to speak.  anywahyyys we just watch sunday morning and afternoon. it was sooohooooo gooood! 

wellll in the words of our prophet beloved 

let us always be found doing the lords work.  our biggest responsibility is to build the lords kingdom in preparation of the 2nd coming

love ya! 

Elder Maynez

I'm Quote-able

wellllll im still alive. i stressed out the first week but everything is going really well,.  time just flies when ur having fun.  i remember when i came on the mission and i would look at my trainer and be jealous because i wanted to make the members laugh with my jokes.  now im the senior that gets along with the members and makes them laugh.  

there are lots of dificulties and challenges but its good because it makes me work harder and learn more.  i study alot and i am learning so much.  i know when i think and when the spirit helps me think.  

All the members here quote me.  its funny.  im quoteable.  sweeeeeet

well my comp Elder Buhler is still alive.  He´s learning how the mission really is but its alright because i already went through that so i know how to help him not get bummed out, we´re good friends.  he always talks about home and how there were a bunch of cool new songs that came out while i was on my mission.  . .. wow i feel like an old man next to him. its funny

but ya

life is good

mission is better

Love you all!

Elder Maynez

I Almost "Fell" In

1. Serli is the best person ever.  Shes a prophet.  She´s had so many revelations about the temple, baptism, baptisms for the dead and ya.  We baptized her this week. it was awfully special.  the power went out. we sang A LOT of hymns and ya.  it was super special.

2. Just a couple of kids that are extremely hard to take care of in sacrament meeting.  my planner is all marked up with their drawings and yaaaa. . . its a fight but it will all turn out well.

3. there is a lake in my area and the other day there were a group of kids jumping off a bridge.  i almost "fell" in.  ahhhh it was torture!!!!

PS i cut my hair.... never am i gonna cut it again like that.  ahhhhh

love you all!

if you have questions comments concerns or jokes email me!

Elder Maynez 
elan.maynez{at}myldsmail{dot}net


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This is the closet that takes me to Narnia.