Hey!
Today was
transfers so I spent half my time looking at all the changes made in the Quadra
of the mission. Interesting. I'm still here in Madureira with Elder Sousa, so
nothing too new or crazy to report. I don't think Elder Sousa is very happy. He
has almost never stayed more than 2 transfers in an area, and this will be his
third here so he is kind of tired of the area. It's different, because the area
limits are tiny. We can walk across the area in about a half hour. Way diferent
than Cabo Frio lol. So we have to focus more in smaller neighborhoods and areas.
I like it but he is tired already. Anyway, this transfer passed by so fast. This
week was a really tough week. We were focusing the whole week on trying to
baptize these two young men who had come to church last sunday, but it was very
difficult to find them at home. As a result we didn't get to focus on finding
new investigators or people to teach very much. Because we didn't find news, no
one came to church yesterday, and because the two young men were so hard to find
at home they didn't want to get baptized yesterday. It was a difficult week and
let's just say I'm glad it's p-day lol.
Last night though we had a really good lesson with this guy we are
teaching. We have never been able to have a sit down lesson with him, just in
the front of his house, but he is married (legally thankfully) and has interest
in the church. His name is Adriano. He told us he read about the plan of
salvation, and started reading the book of mormon. He wanted to know how we have
the book of mormon so we gave him a basic version of the restoration. He got
real interested after that. He said we had to mark a time that we could sit down
with him and explain more, because he really wanted to know. That made me feel
so good inside. It's so hard to find people who are genuinely interested, and
actually understand the messages. We want to invite them to come to church this
sunday and to be baptized once they feel that confirming feeling from the Holy
Ghost. It's a complete family so we are really excited!
Haha, no mom we still aren't getting winter here. At least not the
winter you are thinking of. Winter here means a bit chilly when the sun goes
down, and everyone pulls out jackets and complains about how cold it is. I still
sweat even when the sun goes down. This place is miserably hot and humid.
I'm getting more used to being the Senior now I think, we just have to
really start finding people who want to get baptized. That's our only weak point
is finding new right now, and people who will listen to us. Everyone here thinks
that every church leads to God and it doesn't matter where you are cuz everyone
has the Bible. It's really annoying.
Anyways Dad, as well next week tell em about some of your investigators
that were really difficult to teach, what their doubts and problems were, and
how the Spirit helped you help them. I'm hoping it will help me reading about
some of your experiences as well. Alright I love you dad and mom, and I hope you
guys have a nice week sending off your last child to college :)
Elder Baldwin
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