"I am filled with joy! This sunday was the baptism of Álvaro, it was a
marvilous experience! I was able to preform the ordenance, it was an
incredible day. We first contacted him when we were ´´clapping houses,´´
it was my turn to talk, and when he came out of his house, i called
´´Bom dia Senhora!´´ you know that means, i swore he was a woman from a
distance! pulled a Brian Regan for sure. But we ended up baptising him
so no worries! It was a joy watching him transform from someone who was
content living out his years with no change, to a man who has a firm
faith in Christ, and desires to bless his home with the preisthood. Him
and i are a lot alike, we both love to eat and love a good laugh! during
his batisimal service, he couldnt hold back his tears. He´s an older
guy and i think for the first time he took a step towards his god, the
spirit was tangible there! it was incredible to the ward wrap their arms
around him and take him into the fold. im comfortable with leaving him
in their hands, they are a people of great fatih! Theres more work to be
done with him, his wife Oneida is looking to be baptised this next
sunday so cross your fingers!
This 4th of july was actually pretty awesome too! Not that i celebrated much(besides wear my American flag like a cape around the house of course) but i was able to work with another elder. Under some weird circumstances, this elder never recieved MTC training, and it was only his second day! My companion and his had a meeting for district leaders so it was just Elder M. Souza, the newbie, and i. at first i was pretty worried, im still pretty green and my portuguese isnt fluent(hes a Brazilian), but i soon found it a joy to work with him. I got to teach him our daily routine, and the daily life of a missionary. He didnt know how to teach the lessons, so we worked all morning practicing the message of the restoration. We had a lot of new investigators scheduled for that day so we really prayed for help that we wouldnt botch our first meeting! Most of our appointments fell through(as usual) but we were able to teach a family what we rehearsed. It was a great lesson! We asked inspired questions, shared appropiate scriptures, and had great chemistry and fluency teaching together! It was cool to see the Lords hand in our work, and to see two greenies pull off a lesson! That night, we were able to collect our mail for the month of June... I had 21 letters and a package!! I had more letters than my entire district combined, thanks for the support everyone! Letters bring more joy than i would have guessed in the past. there one of the very few things a missionary has that connects him to his past life! But as always, I stumbled directly into the the Lord needs me to know. the next morning i was reading in Luke chapter 9, and the last verse talks about how the servant who looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God. I quickly refocused at the task at hand! Overall it was incredible week, my testimony´s stronger than ever!"
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