Monday-Normal Monday :)
Tuesday-I had a
great personal study about the ascension of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
We had to work out an emergency transfer in the mission, and then we had an
awesome days work which an especially great lesson about the Plan of Salvation
with the family of Alex, which is a 30 year old man, his wife (who
unfortunately isn't legally married) and there 6 kids, 4 of which can be
baptized :) That night we did a division and I went to Brasilandia with Elder
Burt my awesome pal!!! :)
Wednesday-Another
great personal study in the Book of Mormon and especially some general conference
talks. I studied grandpa's talk "What I want my son or grandson ;) to know
before he goes on his mission.” I have read this talk so many times, but like
your patriarchal blessing at different times in your life or mission different
things stand out and are impactful on you. I honestly LOVE my study time in the
morning!
We had lunch in
Pirituba because shortly after we had district meeting and then a world wide
broadcast to all of the missionaries in the entire world. The broadcast was
called "Teach Repentance and Baptize Converts," it was great! The
broadcast was to refocus the missionaries of the world to remember their true
purpose as missionaries as we read in Matthew 28:19-"Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the
Son and the Holy Spirit."
Great days work
with Burt, great to be back in Brasilandia!!! :)
Thursday-We had
an awesome hard day's work in the favelas of Brasilandia that I have so dearly
missed. I showed Burt some of the great places that I had worked in while I was
there. We also passed by a family of recent converts that I had lost contact
with, that I had baptized in November of 2014 back with Medina. Happily they
are 100% active and well and the young teenage boy is 100% firm on his decision
to serve a mission here in a few years :)
BUT, the heat and
strength of the sun took it's toll on me. Even with sunscreen, I got super
sunburned, my sick was hurting a ton and I’m peeling, but it's all good haha
:)
Friday-Today
during my personal study it all hit me really hard. Standing out on the third
story balcony of the Brasilandia house looking out at the view like I've done
so many times in the past made me remember everything. Looking back on
everything that has happened on my mission, from who I was when I got here to
who I am now, a lot has changed and I don't have a ton of time left, just a few
more months left leaves me uneasy. Being back in my first area was amazing, I
absolutely loved it, it was such a great experience for me to remember and
reflect on everything. Oh yeah and we also got our signature Brasilandia açai
with all the fixings, it was absolutely delicious :)
We ended the division
and then hosted a soccer game at the church for all our recent converts and
investigators! It is a great chance for them to become more integrated and to
bring more of their friends for us to baptize, in this process, they become
more converted in helping a friend get to know the Church and to get baptized
:) great day! :)
Saturday-An
awesome day following up with all of our investigators fro church the next day!
We also used our little church invites with the candy again, huge success!!!
:)
Guilherme, Emylin, Alex, Wilton, Vitoria, Nataly, and Yazmin on their baptism day with Elder Hunt
Sunday-We brought
13 people to church and had 7 baptisms! Guilherme, Emylin, Alex, Wilton (2 sons
of Alex who we are teaching,) Vitoria, nataly, and yazmin!!! So great!
awesome!
With still one
more week in the month, the mission has 256 baptisms! Goodbye 309! This week
should be an amazing one, I'm super excited!!! :)
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