Elder Kasey Lightheart

  Thanks Sister Santos for sending us chocolate turtles! (They were really good, in case you were wondering) Hey everybody! What a week of changes, trials and miracles it has been! On transfer day, I met my new trainee and said goodbye to my former companion, Elder Costa. My new companion, Elder Ceron, is a super sweet guy from Larges, Santa Catarina, a Brazil state in the south. He is a super dedicated missionary and the kindest soul you will ever meet, so I am super excited to train him as a missionary and show him the ropes! Along with him, 3 sisters and one other elder arrived, and this week we will be receiving 6 more American missionaries, which will be a huge blessing to the area. My two Brazilian sons, Elder Costa and Elder Ceron! Arriving in our new area was a little rough and slow. However, we arrived safely and, after lots of cleaning, had a great night's sleep. The first 2 days were super slow, as neither of us knew the area, and I was having to explain a lot of things ...

  The baptism of our friend Sarah! This week was absolutely awesome! We had the baptism of our friend Sarah, who was very excited this week, preparing to be baptized and confirmed a member of the church of Jesus Christ. Some of her family came down for the baptism, and her dad and sister, who are non members as well, really enjoyed the service and the church! For the baptism, Elder Costa and I prepared a chocolate coconut cake which turned out really good, and everyone was so surprised that it was the elders who made it.  More baptism pics! The next day we said our goodbyes to Sarah and her family unknowingly, for about an hour later we received our long awaited transfer call. Here's the news! Both Elder Costa and I will be leaving our area... we are so, so excited, but a little sad to say goodbye to these wonderful members and friends we have come to love here. This has truly been my favorite transfer on my mission, and for that much I thank the Lord. I will be going to serve...

  Pizza and Dungeons and Dragons (creating my first RPG character)! É aí pessoal, tudo bem?! Another week down, and only a few more to go! I have to be honest, this has been a fairly uneventful week, but I'll try my best to keep it lively, and spiritual.  Earlier this week, at around 3 in the morning, I woke up to our phone buzzing, meaning that we were receiving a phone call. I didn't want to get up, but the thought entered my mind, "what if it's important?", so just as the last ring sounded I checked and saw that one of the companionship of sisters in our district had called. After a callback and some venting by the sisters, we discovered that their smoke alarm would not stop going off. We didn't have much advice to give them other than to try again to get ahold of the mission president or a member nearby so that they could leave for a bit, but later in the morning we found out that they had managed to check in briefly at a hotel to get some sleep. Later we ...

  Hey everybody! I don't have much time to write an email today, but I'll try to include the most important stuff! This week we invited our wonderful friends Sarah and Marcela to be baptized, and so we were very excited for both of them! Sarah, in particular, is very excited, and very prepared to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ.  We also had a wonderful fast and testimony meeting, in which many of our members bore powerful testimonies! Even Elder Costa and I bore short, but firm, testimonies near the end of the meeting. Later that night we had dinner with the Bishop's mother's family and talked about all sorts of mission stories and such.  We also were able to mark a few visits with some families in our ward and had some very spiritual lessons. Overall, the work is progressing super well here, in Morumbi, and we thank the Lord for helping us and the members to make such possible.  I hope you all have a wonderful week, and I would just invite you al...

  Hey everybody! Boy was this a week full of miracles! On Sunday, we were able to see our dear friend Desiree be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! She was really nervous, but felt a warm peace after the service, and is glad to be a member of Christ's church! One for the elders who previously served here and found Desiree, Elder Silva, was the one who baptized her, and so they had to travel up to our area, traveling for about 3-4 hours just to arrive, and the same to return. Later on Sunday, we were also able to deliver the sacrament to a wonderful family in the ward we hadn't met until now, and then traveled with another member to give a few priesthood blessings to her family. It was a really sweet experience, and even though her mother and grandmother weren't members of the church, they gladly accepted blessings, and agreed to receive us in their home again some other day. Great lesson with Desiree and Sister Lilian At the wonderful bapt...