25 June 2013 with LOTS of pictures

from Elder Knotts 25 June: I did get to see the training and I even watched it in English! It was really great! I'm super excited to see all the new missionaries and new things changing. At the meeting there were probably over 200 people that watched the meeting at our stake center. It was great. I loved that Boyd K Packer talked that the most important teaching is done by mothers. I loved that part. There were tons of great things and I took notes but I just dont have them with me right now. ...... I've been working a lot on improving my Portuguese. Its getting there. Some missionaries from my group and I went to the air port yesterday to renew our visas. We ate a buffet and I'll send you some pics. (pictures are below) At the air port I had a really great experience. While I was waiting for everyone to finish, a man came up to us. His name is Stuart and he is a member of the church from Scotland. His accent was awesome by the way. Hes been in Brazil for a couple months and speaks a little Portuguese. To make a long story short, he needed some help to talk with people and explain some stuff. I worked as his translator and helped him figure some stuff out. .......it was great to help him and translate with English and Portuguese. It was a really cool experience. This week was good though. We've been visiting a lot of families and are trying to help some less active families to return to church. My companion only has a couple weeks left on the mission but we're really trying to work together and meet our goals. So, I'm sending you a bunch of photos so you can put those on fbook and on the blog. And please share all of the great experiences you're having. I'm excited to hear about whats going on at home and how (everyone) and the family are doing. ........

Elder Jared Knotts