MISSION DIVISION!!!!!
thats right!! our mission will be dividing to form a new mission called the Juiz de Fora mission. what an incredible, sweet and excellent blessing this is!! the mission will grab a large section of our current mission, including the zone in which i curently reside. i dont know yet which mission i will be a part off, if i were transefered to the new mission i would miss the city of rio, but on the other hand im falling in love with the ´´interior`` part of the state here in Resende! when i heard that my beloved state of rio would be blessed with a hundred more missionaries, the feelings i felt were inescribable. it felt like every step ive taken here have been worth something. the lord has witnessed the labores and heard the cries of the saints here in rio. and a mission split will bring us one step closer to our ultimate goal, a temple here in rio!!!
but meanwhile here in Resende its seems like the lord is hearing our cries as well, because we´re being blessed beyond measure!! the baptism of Fransisca(i figured out her real name is Iracêli, but its tricky to pronounce and hard to remember... good thing every brazilian has like 5 names!) went great, shes really fittig into the ward. shes a precious soul from a humble background. the baptisimal service was great, i love dressing in white!! we had several progressing investigators at the baptism so hopefully more fruits will come from Fransisca´s faith. now all we need to do to complete the family is to get Simão into the water! its funny that our work started with him and will end with him as well, he making great progress so im hope in here to see his baptism as well! but in the meantime the lord has some great plans for us this week...
Pedro and Jéssica are getting married this saturday!!! which means they´ll be baptised this sunday. missionaries treasure family baptisms, because they´re the souls who truely stay active in the church, and this couple is no exception!!! i will be spending much time on my knees thanking the lord for the excellent oportunity i have had to help them to baptism over these few months. i hope all goes well untill next sunday!
William, the curitibano, is progressing towards baptism as well! he´s actually more firm in the church than his member girlfriend, its been amazing to watch them grow together! we sat down with them yesterday and had a real talk about baptism. he explained that he wants to be baptised but after two months firm in the church doesnt feel ready. we than showed him the example of peter immediately left his fishing nets when Christ called him to serve. Christ is calling to william as well!! he´s already prepared, all he needs to do is choose. we set a baptisimal date for him this thursday, we hope he accepts this new step before then!
We have many other leads and some promissing sucess to come. i am so very grateful that the lord has called me to be his servant. with all this sucess im trying my best to remain humble and remember where my strength lies!im so excited for this mission split, only miracles to come!!"
-Elder Kelland Hansen
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