yo momma! i think im gonna warn everyone when im on every week just so you can respond asap and i can try to be on for less time in the lan house.
so the week was super busy but great! We baptized Gilmara and Aline who are a mom and daughter we met last week. It was really cool! I cant describe the feeling when you see someone coming closer to God through baptism. Just to see their happiness on their faces was priceless. We were hardly in our area this week which makes it way harder. But thats just gonna be how it is. We have just got to do lots more with much less time. My companion literally goes to a psycologist so yeah....hes got some problems with stress and anxiety. its been hard, but i understand the Lord inspired president for him to be with me. President literally told me in our interview this week that his calling as a zone leader isnt for other people, but its for him to be happy. lol. ughh its whatever. he likes to work like a said, but he doesnt know how to work at a LZ level. Im helping him with his portuguese...lets see if it improves. Ive decided to talk only in Portuguese almost always with himcause i dont wanna slow down on my portuguese progress. Everyone tells me i talk at a really good level so thats exciting. We are working with a man named Claudio who went to church this week and even stayed for the baptism. Hes a really cool guy and has a strong desire. He needs to stop drinking so we are focused on helping him with that this week.
ALSO AMAZING STORY! So i was in splits this week in one of the coolest areas on the mission. Ill send pics. But in the morning we were just visiting a bunch of randon people from the area book (like people from the past). I was a little down just thinking "why are we working with these people who either arent at home or dont want anything?" Then...we knocked on the last door we had and this guy walks out and immediately opens up the gate and tells us to come in. He said that he and his wife had passed by the church like 30 minutes earlier and had became curious. They said the night before they had been talking about all the questions the Plan of Salvation answers and we told them about eternal families. The lesson was incredible and they accepted a baptismal date. It was a crazy awesome exxperience and now I think Im gonna go back to that area and baptize one of them on the 25th. They went to church this week and said they loved it. Looks like they are progressing a ton. The best part is that this area is a super mountainy, sweet area that almost reminds me of colorado. There is a reservoir with CLEAN water (like one of the only places in our mission) and im pretty sure ill be able to baptize them there. IM SO PUMPED. It was truly a miraacle.
The transfer came in today and not much changed in our zone. Mostly stayed the same.
thats awesome that you are going to the gym! Just make a promise to yourself that this resolution will last the whole year!! President Ribeiro said something awesome...he said the a new year will never be a new year if we keep commiting the same mistakes. I feel like that can apply in so many places in our lives. Ive made quite a few goals for now until the end of my mission. Mostly spiritual, but also a few with portuguese and physical.
ill be at the mission office tomorrow so ill miss the package but on the 22nd ill be there too so not a big deal. Thats awesome that erik was able to bless Kohen. HOw are erik and chelsea in the church lately? Melissa would be awesome i would love to go out there!
I loved your message this week. I was studying this week in the topical guide all the subtitles next to the name of Jesus Chirst. It was something President challenged us to do so it has been way cool. I studied about Mediator and thats kinda what it said about JC. he stands between us and lots of things. Its cool to imagine HIm in between me and my difficulties/trials/etc..
PARKER STARTS HIS LAST TRANSFER TODAY HOLY MOLY! I START MY 12th of 16 TRANSFERS!!
The ward here has been good so far. I think they like me. They like anything that speaks portuguese well i think hahahahah. Im excited to continue to get to tknow them. The ward is definitely stronger than my last. there are 150 active or semi active members. Every week there is usually 100-110 at church with the people that miss. Im excited to work here.
LOVE YOU MOMMA!
Elder G
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