Well, I am sometimes a little bit of a
fubeca with my emails and for that I apologize. But since I know you
are all dying to know, I will tell y'all a little bit about my past
few weeks! I have made it through another transfer and we are in week
2 of my third transfer here in Brazil, I am still in São Gonçalo
with Elder B. Carvalho, we have a new Zone Leader living with us, and
this transfer is going to be FILLED with success! I cant begin to
tell you all how excited I am for what these next few weeks hold for
us. We are working with some incredible people that we have found
recently, and still working with the amazing people!
We have Edilene/Denise/Edilmar, a family we found as a result of a referral, and we committed Edilene to baptism yesterday since she was the only one of her family to go to church. We are going to baptize this family soon!
We also found Erica and her daughter Isabela who went to church yesterday and we taught them for the first time last night and brought Erica to tears. She has had a rough life and is a single mom, so she is in desperate need of the blessings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in her life. We committed her to be baptized on the 15th and we are going to be working very hard with her until this date to prepare her in every way possible!
Joares was traveling this weekend, but he is preparing to be baptized this Sunday. He wont admit it, but he knows this is the true church of Jesus Christ and he is going to be a great member! In fact, he taught the Gospel Principles lesson two Sundays ago about repentance and did a great job.
We also have Denise/Douglas/Nicolas who were out of town this week and will be baptized this Sunday! These two kids are studs. Haha the day after we taught them about the Law of Chastity and the Word of Wisdom, they went to school and taught all their friends and their teachers! What great missionaries these guys are going to be! We are just working with their mom to help her see that delaying baptism isn't going to help her solve her problems and shes just delaying the promised blessings that Heavenly Father has for her!
Please keep these people in your prayers!
Other than that, we have some other people we are working with that aren't progressing so rapidly, but I know Heavenly Father is preparing a very special path for them to receive His blessings one day soon.
I want to share something we learned in our last training of new missionaries here with President Lima. He was talking about how we use our time and work with the members and said that it is more important that we gain their confidence than their love. With their love, they will encourage us to stay just a little bit longer after lunch to chat and relax. With their confidence, we will gain their trust and respect and they will recognize our true purpose as missionaries.
It's a principle we can all apply to life! Don't let things get out of perspective for you. Remember what your must do to return to the presence of Heavenly Father and don't let the love of people keep you from getting things done! As missionaries, we don't have any time to waste and as we have applied this counsel from our president this week we have seen results and been blessed incredibly more than in weeks past!
I know that Heavenly Father has blessings prepared and waiting for each and every one of us, but we must be obedient in order for Him to give them to us. Prioritize your life and He will be there to help you all along the way. This is the true Church of Jesus Christ. The Book of Mormon is the word of God and has ALL the answers to ALL our problems! I love you all and look forward to your emails next week! :)
We have Edilene/Denise/Edilmar, a family we found as a result of a referral, and we committed Edilene to baptism yesterday since she was the only one of her family to go to church. We are going to baptize this family soon!
We also found Erica and her daughter Isabela who went to church yesterday and we taught them for the first time last night and brought Erica to tears. She has had a rough life and is a single mom, so she is in desperate need of the blessings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in her life. We committed her to be baptized on the 15th and we are going to be working very hard with her until this date to prepare her in every way possible!
Joares was traveling this weekend, but he is preparing to be baptized this Sunday. He wont admit it, but he knows this is the true church of Jesus Christ and he is going to be a great member! In fact, he taught the Gospel Principles lesson two Sundays ago about repentance and did a great job.
We also have Denise/Douglas/Nicolas who were out of town this week and will be baptized this Sunday! These two kids are studs. Haha the day after we taught them about the Law of Chastity and the Word of Wisdom, they went to school and taught all their friends and their teachers! What great missionaries these guys are going to be! We are just working with their mom to help her see that delaying baptism isn't going to help her solve her problems and shes just delaying the promised blessings that Heavenly Father has for her!
Please keep these people in your prayers!
Other than that, we have some other people we are working with that aren't progressing so rapidly, but I know Heavenly Father is preparing a very special path for them to receive His blessings one day soon.
I want to share something we learned in our last training of new missionaries here with President Lima. He was talking about how we use our time and work with the members and said that it is more important that we gain their confidence than their love. With their love, they will encourage us to stay just a little bit longer after lunch to chat and relax. With their confidence, we will gain their trust and respect and they will recognize our true purpose as missionaries.
It's a principle we can all apply to life! Don't let things get out of perspective for you. Remember what your must do to return to the presence of Heavenly Father and don't let the love of people keep you from getting things done! As missionaries, we don't have any time to waste and as we have applied this counsel from our president this week we have seen results and been blessed incredibly more than in weeks past!
I know that Heavenly Father has blessings prepared and waiting for each and every one of us, but we must be obedient in order for Him to give them to us. Prioritize your life and He will be there to help you all along the way. This is the true Church of Jesus Christ. The Book of Mormon is the word of God and has ALL the answers to ALL our problems! I love you all and look forward to your emails next week! :)
