Monday, October 22, 2012
last letter...its a good one!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Elder McOmber honorable release, will be home in a week.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
October 8, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
McDonalds in maceio!
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Justin ordained a priest today, Christian's comments
Monday, August 13, 2012
another great day!
Ma, I love that you are a worker!! And Dad, thanx for everything and all of the love, the trial of this hand will pass, this week Sister Gonzaga will mark a time to go to the specialist with me where we will mark the surgery, she is researching him right now to see if we can trust him, but if everything works out I will get the surgery and be happy!!!
We are being super blessed in our area, and I mean super blessed!! We have encountered really excited investigators, one day we went to visit a family that we would teach and there were 5 people in the house with them, we went there and taught everyone, and all 5 of them escepted to prepare to be baptised, it wasn´t til afterwards that my companion said, "We marked a specific time with that family, those 5 other people were waiting for us..." I know that this work is God´s work and when he wants to bless us He does!!! It is awesome becaus in our area there is a street that everyone calls Mormon´s street because almost everyone on that street is baptised, it is like Utah in the middle of Brasil, we baptise young women who were working on personal progress before being baptised!!! It is awesome, and we are teaching a bunch of people that live the next street over and opposition always happens, but for right now they are way excited to be baptised. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and help, and I am so happy that I am in Maceió where the church is strong!!! It is so much weight off your shoulders, and I love you all, I am almost finished with my afflictions, after this surgery I will say Victory to us!!! |
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Thanx for all of the prayers and love and support I love you guys so much!!!! Ma, no worries, Sister Gonzaga is taking care of me, she payed from her own pocket for a specialist to look at my hand!!! And that is how we knew what the problem with my hand was, she is organizing everything with the missionary doctor, today I talked to her on the phone, she reminds me so much of you it is crazy!!! She said that she feels really responsible for me, I told her that I wanted to do the surgery, she said she won´t let me do it until she can find a doctor that she has certanty she can trust, the doctor that we used she is looking into, but she is going to call people that know him, people that were operated on, his references, and she is going to look around and see if there is a better option, she is a super go-getter, but ma, I just want you to know that every little thing is gonna be alright, but keep up the prayers!!!
But I wanted to talk to you guys about the work, 2 days ago we baptised a man named Genilson, he is way cool!!! We found him knocking doors, he found what he was always searching for in other churches, before his baptism he recieved a really strong testimony and in his baptism he cried with joy, he said that even though there were a bunch of people watching his baptism, in the moment he felt like he was alone with God, it was really cool, and after his baptism we brought him to a members house where they were having a party with a bunch of people,from the church. As we were teaching him he voiced concerns that if he left with his friends to parties he would drink, and this past week he declined an invite to a party, but a member we brought with us said "You don´t need to sin to have a good time, after your baptism, come kick it at my place" While we were at the party they brought out so much Coca cola, I bet Genilson was thinking "what they don´t drink in beer, they drink coca cola" But it was cool to see the men of the ward gather around him and tell mission stories, talk about sports, and joke around, the next day at church my friends from Rio Largo came to church and whatched church with me, Eliene, Cristiano, Fabio, JR, and Dany, it was awesome, I love you guys so much, but when I go home I am going to have Saudades of everyone here, but I will keep in touch, I love you guys, keep up the prayers!!! Oh, Heather, my hand stays about the same, but if I can get this surgery figured out I can get better before I go home, please pray so that the doctors and sister Gonzaga can find a way to help my hand!! Eu amo voces!!!! -Elder McOmber |
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
address
Elder Christian McOmber
Av. Dom Avenio Branoao 333 sala 402
Ed. Work Center-Farol
Maceio-AL
57001-190
moved to Rio Largo
I am so proud of everyone back home, and I am really happy for
Gregory graduating and Corban being baptised. And wow, Justin is doing awesome,
I am so honored to be his brother, just like Gregory, I could always feel like
Justin would be great, I am glad that God chose me to be his brother.
I had the same feeling to have president give me a blessing, this week
we will have interviews, when I go there to do my interviews I will ask
president for a blessing. Other news, I have been transfered, for the first
time in my mission I have been transfered away from the frontier of the church.
I am in an area that is kinda close to Rio Largo, but still in the city of
Maceió, The church is really strong where |I am serving, I feel surrounded by
members and missionaries, there is a streat in my area that everyone calls
"Mormon streat" because almost the entire streat is a part of our church, and
the ones that are not are preparing to be baptised. I love my new area, and I
am going to ask president to visit Rio Largo, this past week I have recieved a
lot of calls from Rio Largo, it has been awesome!!
I love you guys, and I hope the best for everyone, keep up the prayers for
my hand, it helps soooo much, I can feel the difference!!
-Elder McOMber
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
6/17/2012
Tell Akosh that he is the man!! I love that kid, he started making a difference at a really young age and I am sure he is going to have a bright future!! Give him a hug for me!
Hey send a hug to Derek too, that is awesome that he wrote a song and sang it, Tell him that I still think of the good times when we had our meetings in chairopolis and when I hung out at his house for a week, I miss S1 sometimes, but it is no big deal us splitting up is part of s1 going worlwide, we are already spread over 2 continents!haha
Well, I love you all, keep running, our time speedily cometh! haha
Dear Christian,
Tonight was Baccalaureate For Gregory. He performed his sign song and had two paintings at it. Mom was a co chair. I helped a little with the program. Akosh was the MC. Gregory walks on Tuesday. If you send a message to Akosh I'll give him a copy. I told him I thought his name was Maiman Akosh because you always said My Man Akosh. He said you were the reason he stayed at SYB. He got the presidential scholarship. Derek wrote a song and sang it. President Tanner gave the benediction. The rest of the week has been Grease at XXX. and Peter Pan. Gregory had an art show at the Library for his senior project. We made amazing discoveries. Everyone came. He felt so special. He knew it was for him!!!!! He actually stood up and laughed at one point. Hre had about 15 paintings there. Gracie graduated yesterday. She and Aunt Katy Grandad,Jane Grandma,and Grandpa came.Grandpa recorded it so you can watch it when you come back.
Efforts in sharing continue. I love love love love love you!!!!!
Dad
OH, Christian,
All the efforts for baccalaureate were so so so worth it! I was getting some push back, but it was soooo great! I feel so strongly that doing this is worth the effort and time. It was brought to pass so well because we were involved. I know that sounds prideful but it is not. It is just the truth. The spirit was brought into the meeting. We worked so hard on a number that was absolutely amazing. You would be so proud. Gregory did great on his signing song, and the program was really, really good. You would be proud. I made a lot of good friends from other churches, and it was meaningful to volunteer as chair for the event in something I truly believe in. There are so many ways to volunteer, but this one really means something to me. I am so happy to be a part of it.
We are having a ton of baptisms this year in our ward. So many people are having discussions in their homes. It is exciting to watch. I am going to encourage someone to try it out. I am going to start praying specifically about that tonight.
Gregory has his day to "walk" for graduation on Tuesday. I hope it goes well. We have a plan to have one teacher on one side of the stage, and another on the other, and the are hoping he will walk across independently. It is at the Key Arena again. A nice location.
I am now going to be able to do a bit more organizing at the house here and then go into summer after this week. I am so ready for summer. This year has flown by. I don't know if that is the way you feel, but when you are busy doing good things, time goes quickly. Our time speedily cometh!
I did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat at my school. It was a lot of fun and a big success. I love doing work while teaching about the Bible and Jesus. What could be better?
I love you so much, Christian. Every day this week has been a busy, crazy one, but every day I listened to you sing to me.
Thank you for being who you are. I have spoken about you so much and shared the good news of your mission. You make me proud and just keep that up!
I love you and I look forward to going back with you and sharing joy, not just fun, not just a good time, but true JOY.
You are so wonderful, keep up the good work.
Make me proud,
MA
Friday, May 18, 2012
post Mother's Day call
I love you guys, it was awesome to talk to all of you and think of home, to be honest I don´t feel homesick, it is a strange feeling, I long to be by your side, but I know that home is not my place, I am needed here. I was made for the mission, sometimes in the face of opposition I get tired and feel down, and sometimes I feel like I am carrying the world on my shoulders, but Heavenly Father always gives me family that I didn´t know that I had to be by my side. I wanted to thank you all as a family, I know that you guys were made for me, you are such magical parents and I was blessed with the biggest support group in the world that stretched across continents, and a huge family that felt more like 2 clans. And I am so grateful that you guys helped me to come on a mission, here my eyes are opened and I can see the magic and beauty of life. But please tell the family that I love them and that I am fighting for them everyday and I am sacraficing everything to help everyone around me to follow our saviour,because I know that is what he wants me to do, stay strong Heather, in sports and in school, Mom and Dad don´t get tired, one day the battle willhave been worth it!!! And Justin, We Are, Brothers to the End!!!! -Elder McOmber |
Monday, May 7, 2012
excited for my mom's day phone call!
I love you guys!!
Justin, the mission is everything dad says it is and more!!! Sorry I don´t have a lot of time to email today, we have to be at transfers tomorrow to recieve the new missionaries, but Family, we are making a difference here in this district, the members age getting more excited and these areas are growing, and I had another miracle experience this past week, I was on a bus and I saw a man enter with a book of mormon in his hand, he told me that he was not a member, but that he had 8 brothers in São paulo that are members and he had frequented the church before but that he had not been baptised. I asked him why he was holding a book of mormon, he said that a few yers ago missionaries encountered him on the street and started to teach him, but that he didn´t feel like it was his time, then he opened the book and showed me the name of 2 missionaries, one of which was Elder Dinwiddie, one of my heroes when I arrived in the field, I asked the man if we could visit him, and I went there with a missionary that was with me while his companion was sick in the hospital, we taught him and he felt something different and decided that it was his time to be baptised, yesterday he was confirmed a member of our church. Now I know that missionaries really plant seeds!!!
I love you all and I want you all to know that this work is guided by God, and I am glad that I can be a part of his work!!
-Elder mcOmber
I will tell you guys everything in the work later!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Elder Holland comes to visit
I love you guys and I am grateful for all of your sacrafices that made me who I am!!
-Elder McOmber
Monday, April 2, 2012
leadership opportunities
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Conference coming! Hoorah!
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Monday, March 5, 2012
new great day!
I love you all and I am so happy to be here, even though I am far from my other areas I am close to my companion, my fellow missionaries and Jesus Christ, and we have found one family that I think we can help, I know everything will work out, I love you all and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
moved again!
This week was a mix of emotions, I have been called to serve with one of the best missionaries this mission has ever seen, his name is Elder Maciel, he was baptised at age 24 because he saw a Book of Mormon at the market, bought it, read it and wanted to be baptised. At age 25 he went on a mission, and now he is in his last 4 months and I have been called to be his companion!! We are opening an area in a small city called Lagarto in Sergipe, we have also been called to help love, lift and inspire our fellow missionaries so that this district can become a stake. I read in my letter from President Beynon that there is a district in our mission, but I never imagined that I would play a part in helping it become a stake!!
But even with all of this excitement and responsibility I can´t stop thinking about Rio Largo, but it is ok, I have emailed them and I am expecting letters from the people I baptised there, but even still, it is definately the feeling of leaving Narnia, but I know that if I maximize my calling here I will be able to see miracles and have a blast with my dream companion. Elder Maciel has been helping me a ton, and we have had a lot of cool spiritual experiences and he has been helping me through my seperation from the area of my heart, but I know that everything will work out. I love you guys, please pray and fast for me so that I will be able to do everything that God and you guys want of me.
I love you all!!!
-Elder McOmber
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
sad to leave rio Largo
would leave Rio Largo, I was standing by Cristiano and Elder Lima, and they
looked to me and I gave them the signal. I turned off the phone and I gave them
hugs, and they started calling everyone and telling them the news, a lot of my
friends are on encampments because of Carnaval, but they all talked to me and
thanked me, it has been amazing to talk to everyone, and there is no way to
describe the love that I have for these people, JR, Cristiano, and my army of
youth, Ródrigo and Ándreia, Rozana, my sons, Elder Lima and João, and of course
all of the people I baptised. But I have had many amazing moments with my
recent converts, but my moments with Ródrigo and Ándreia have been super
special, today I will give them a letter to read to Douglas and for him to have
when he is older, I always want to be present in these peoples lives, just like
dad is with the smiths, the dieks, and the farmers. When I baptised them I saw
this opportunity and I have been doing everything within my power to help them
stay firm.
This week I explained Ándreia how transfers work and that it is
possible that I could be transfered, I told her that when I tell them that I
love their family I feel like the words don´t give justice to the feelings I
feel, she told me that she is so grateful for evrything I have done for her and
her family and she looked at Douglas and said I am so grateful that my son was
born in the church and that he will be able to enter this world knowing the
truth, and she looked at me and as she did her tears started to fall, she told
me how grateful she is for my sacrafices, I can´t explain how much I love their
family, but I imagine it was like that with my dad and the families he baptised,
I will continue to write them and fast and pray for them and I will do
everything to help them with Douglas as he is growing and I will send him advice
when he is leaving on his mission, in Rio Largo I have evrything I have always
dreamed to have, and more Rio Largo will always be Narnia to me, I can´t wait
for you guys to see the magic of this place!!!!
-Elder mcOmber
Monday, February 13, 2012
Carnival preparations...
how different things are there, That is really sad...Life here in
Narnia is getting difficult, we are getting close to Carnaval, the
worst time for missionary work, but we are going to go all out this
week, I feel like elect people will still be elect during Carnaval,
they are just harder to find I guess, we also heard that we have to
watch out, people persecute the missionaries more in Carnaval, they
throw eggs at us and of course there are a lot more drunk people, but
even though we are fighting against the darkness I know that we will
win, and we will find people to baptise!!! This week was real hard,
sometimes I feel like we are so small at the side of this dragon. I
don´t know why good always has to seem so small, it is alays a knight
against a dragon. But while I was in church I could her dad saying
the Crispans day speech in my head with power and I looked around to
see my recent converts by my side and Ródrigo and Ándreia looked so
noble holding Douglas in their arms and I remembered, we few, we happy
few, we band of brothers... I love you all so much, and I am so
grateful to be a part of this battle, I know that Heavenly Father is
with us, with Him I am invincible, nothing can stop this work from
progressing I know that we will prevail!!! WITH MY SHIELD OR UPON
IT!!!!
I wanted to say something about Jim Hamstreet,
To me he will always be a part of our community. Jim
Hamstreet has helped so many of us to push ourselves and achieve the
Eagle within us. I feel like Jim Hamstreet was the ultimate Eagle,
his example of service and sacrafice will always be with us. And even
though he has passed on the sacrafice that he placed in me wil remain,
and I will carry a piece of him with me wherever I go. Jim Hamstreet
will not be forgotten, and I know that one day I will see him again,
and we will be able to joke around like we always did, but until that
day I will honor the sacrafice that he gave to make me who I am today,
but most of all I am grateful that he had the courage to believe in
me. To the ultimate Eagle, I salute!
To Noah: Cara, eu sei que a missão é difícil, mas cara tem coisas que
nós só podemos ter aquí na missão Eu espero que voce possa voltar, mas
se preoculpe não vé, eu sempre to aquí a seu lado, qual quer coisa que
precisar pode contar conmigo, par me voce sempre vai ser o cara,
independente do que voce escolhe a fazer, Te amo Irmão!!!
-Elder McOmber
I will ask president about the ukulele.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
I love you all!! This week rocked, when taught our investigators about fasting, then I did a fast with them so that Douglas´ Fiancé would get the will and courage to get baptised, and last night she told us that she will prepare for this week, so everyone, please pray for Ellen so that she can be fortified and have the courage to be baptised this week. The picture of us was when we ended our fast, when we ended our fast our strength returned, so we danced it off, then we had a little testimony meeting before the baptism, it was super spiritual, in fact it was so spiritual that their friend who saw us for the first time end the fast he felt that spirit and after helping him recognize what he was feeling he also wanted to follow Jesus Christ and be baptised. All I can say is Miracles are real and I am so grateful that my son is seeing all of this and seeing what is possible, I know that he has the potential to be an amazing missionary!!
We are making great strides for our goals that some thought impossible, but it is not over yet, keep up the prayers!!! I love all of you and I will do my best to send these letters, I feel like I am running a million miles an hour and there is just never enough time, but I will be sending letters....this week, much love my family,
From, your son and brother in Narnia,
Elder McOmber
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
1/17/2012
Yeah Bust, Tim Tebow was all the rage during my senior year, it is always cool when strong people are believers,
This week was definately a baby week, Ródrigo, the man I baptised 2 months ago had a baby boy named Douglas, he is a beautiful baby and he was born on the same day that his sister (Mikaelly) was baptised, Ródrigo saw his first baby boy be born, then at night he baptised his step-daughter, it was an unforgettable day. Right now we are working with a lot of cool people that are being prepared to get baptised, they are like dream investigators, and we are working with this guy named Douglas, and through him we found his fiancé, and 3 of his friends that we are preparing for them to be baptised, his fiancé Ele is kinda nervous to be baptised, please pray for her.
But outside of my area life is rockin, Marenilda (My first baptism) called me yesterday and told me that she wants me to baptise her son, Enrique. So, next P-day my trainer and I are going to go back to Feitosa and visit the people we baptised, I am super excited! And in Penedo I baptised a super special family, but the mom didn´t want to get baptised, but this past week she called me and told me that she is preparing to be baptised.
Nothing is better than this work, and there is no better way to do it than to go all out, with my shield or upon it!!
-Elder McOmber
Monday, January 9, 2012
new post, new year!
I am so glad for technology that you guys can talk to these amazing people, I feel like when you guys talk to the people that fight by my side you can taste a tiny piece of the magic. And for Heather, yes we are going to baptise one of the teenage daughters of Ródrigo and Andréia this wednesday, it would have been on saturday but Andréia is going to have a baby boy!!!!! This saturday. And we are working with this guy named Douglas, he is addicted to the book of Mormon and is super pumped to get baptised, he is also about to get married, his girlfriend doesn´t want to get baptised, but we are going to teach her tonight, we will see about her. Douglas has a friend named Wellito who is 17 who is also super hyped about the book of Mormon and learning english ;) He is going to be basptised in these next couple of weeks, I will send the pictures of their baptisms, but yeah, just working with them and helping the branch to grow, and looking out for Ródrigo´s family, they are having a ton of opposition, but Heavenly Father keeps giving me people to teach close to their house so that I can always be passing by and fortifying them so that they can get sealed in the temple, I´ve just got them, a family in Penedo and a family in Feitosa that I am waiting on, pray for them, I am always thinking about these families. But yeah, the mission is the best, and here in Rio Largo we are going to build the kingdom!!! I love you all and I will send more pictures next week!! -Elder McOmber |