Im really excited about my work with Élder Ferryra. Apparently he was having some companionship problems which surpirsed me because i think he´s an excellent missionary(it was probably one of those brazilian/argentinian feuds, the poor argentinian missionaries get bashed on a lot here). He´s a workaholic and probably the most humble missionary on the mission. oh and he´s teaching me spanish too, yo estoy aprendiendo muchas cosas en español! He gave me a fresh copy of Preach my Gospel in spanish and im going to grab a spanish book of Mormon the next time im in rio... whatchu know bout speaking three languages?!
One reason we´re working together though is because next transfer they´re putting in missionaries in the Itatiaia branch!! SOOO excitedd! i really hope i get to open the area up, its absoultely beuatiful there and the members are always so loving. Itatiaia is really needing missionaries, they´ve been passing references like crazy to show our mission president that theyre ready for us. its all up to the will of the Lord, but if get to open up the area i´ll the luckiest missionary out here! but in the meantime we´re really working with the members to get to know the area, members, and small numbers of potential investigators better, miracles are just ready to happen here!
uunfortunately we only had only three days of the week to work in our area because of the emergancy transfer, so we´re having to revisit a lot of our investigators. we held an ´´open house`` with some members at the chapel the day after we got back... what a huge sucess!!! i knocked out almost all my number records(175 contacts, 14 lessons with member, 10 new investigators and 4 new families... all in one day!). It felt great to get that Hansen work ethic pumping through me after three days of travel, and we´ve made up for all the days we lost through working with members and raw diligence.... hurah for Israel!
Quick update on investigators-
Flávia- wan´t baptised because of our lack of follow up this week. I felt pretty bad about it, but on the other hand, its hard to follow up when we´re not in the area! But the good news is that we marked the date for this sunday, it´ll be good for her because its planned in between the conference sessions, so there´ll be a lot of support from the ward!
Leila and Lana- cant remember if i´ve talked about them, but they are mother and daughter who´ve been attending church for about a month now. Theyre ready to be baptised, we just to get around to the invite! Its not like me to leave an investigator with at least a goal to be baptised, baptism is a sacred convenant and not to be ignored while teaching! the only barrier is theyre relationship with one another. theyre not very good at communicating as a family so we´re constantly teaching them how to get along, but we need to focus on the Doctrine of Christ! its the answer to all problems. hopefully they´ll be baptised at the conference as well!
Luisa- a great new investigator we picked up this week! A reference and friend of a member, Luisa is a very Spiritually receptive woman who questions EVERYTHING, like Thomas Jefferson, she questions with boldness!! My comp and i felt inspired that we were not to teach the restauration in our first contact with her, and that she was needing to hear something else. We began by teaching the Plan of Salvation, to reveal that she has some deep doubts about everything christianity has taught her. With the spirit beside us, we were able to carefully explain how God´s plan of love is real. She questioned us at every corner, but the spirit was so strong that her doubts were satisfied and her fears were calmed through his gentle caress. She´s progressing quickly and is such a blessing to teach! it was probably one of the most spiritul lessons ive had on the mission so far.
i absolutely love the plan of salvation! By far my favorite lesson, it explains the WHY of missionary work. If it weren´t for the plan of happiness there would be no need for Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, the Bible or even religion for that matter! The Plan of Salvation gives us hope for something better, and gives me great drive as a missionary to do more!! More contacts. More lessons. More baptisms. More people coming to Christ!!!!
PS happy easter everyone! i hope everyone gets to watch general conference, even if you´re not a member! the words of the prophet are for EVERYONE, not just members of the church.... invite all of your friends to attend!!"
-Elder Kelland Hansen
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