Oi tudo mundo!!! I hope you guys are all doing good!!!
This week was awesome! We had a baptism of Mateus!! He is the cutest little guy. He comes to seminary and church all by himself and he was seriously so prepared by the Lord. He really was converted by his friends at church and we just gave him the extra nudge to be baptized and listen to our lessons. Such a miracle. He was baptized Saturday by his seminary teacher!! It was quite a process! We went to a members house for lunch on Thursday and they are freinds with Mateus and we have worked with them a lot in teaching Mateus.They told us he was in the hospital and super sick the day before!! We were like what how come no one told us? We were so so worried about him but then come to find out he was at school that next day and he was somehow totally fine.
The last couple weeks these friends also told us that they had been talking to his family and they were all super excited to come to his baptism (they don't live in our area so it was hard to talk to his family). Well then that day we were with Mateus and all of his friends and we asked him "hey so can we need to have your parents sign your form of baptism" He was like "ummm they don't know I want to be baptized. We were like so confused - we had been told by their families friends that his family supported his baptism but it turned out no one had talked to them about it. So we prayed and prayed all the way to their house knowing that we would have to get their permission for Mateus to be baptized. We walked in and explained everything to his mother so she could sign the paper. I was so nervous. But she was more than happy for him and wanted their whole family to start coming to church also. SERIOUSLY A MIRACLE FROM THE LORD EVERYONE!!!! Mateus was able to be baptized and confirmed and bore such a sweet testimony. We were so so happy for him and his family!!
Okay so the funniest thing ever happend!!!! So a couple weeks ago we got a call from Salt Lake with a reference for our area. sweeeeet. We went and found this person at the exact address of the reference he was like legit the same age, address, name and everything! We were like okay so have you heard of the Church of Jesus Christ before?No, he said. Have you heard of Mormons? No. Do you have any friends from our church? No. Do you have any friends in the United States? no. Seriously nothing guys!!! What the heck!!! Where did this reference come from? But he was so awesome and let us come in and teach him a lesson. He is 22 and is wants to be baptized in a few weeks. It was the funniest thing - my comp and I walked away and I was like maybe that's all we have to do with everyone! Just say they were a reference from Salt Lake!
This week we are going to baptize Gabrielle!!! He is doing awesome and is working really really really hard to be prepared. We fasted for him this week and hope everything will be good.
My companion offered me up to make a cake for the baptism of Mateus and like guys.... I can make a cake don't worry. But like the ingredients here are in Portuguese and plus they are different!! And, our oven doesn't work very well. It took 2 hours to bake!! In the end I pretty much just poured sweetend condensed milk over the top of the cake and everyone loved it and said I am ready for marriage hahaha.
My comp and I are doing awesome! I am really learning so much including much much patience about Brazilian technology haha. But remember how much your Heavenly Father loves you and how happy He becomes when we make the right choices. I know this to be true! Don´t forget why we're are here - to grow, learn and prepare to live with Him and our families once again. I love you all so much! Thank you for all the love and support you guys are the greatest.
Te amo!!
Sis A
[email protected]
This week was awesome! We had a baptism of Mateus!! He is the cutest little guy. He comes to seminary and church all by himself and he was seriously so prepared by the Lord. He really was converted by his friends at church and we just gave him the extra nudge to be baptized and listen to our lessons. Such a miracle. He was baptized Saturday by his seminary teacher!! It was quite a process! We went to a members house for lunch on Thursday and they are freinds with Mateus and we have worked with them a lot in teaching Mateus.They told us he was in the hospital and super sick the day before!! We were like what how come no one told us? We were so so worried about him but then come to find out he was at school that next day and he was somehow totally fine.
The last couple weeks these friends also told us that they had been talking to his family and they were all super excited to come to his baptism (they don't live in our area so it was hard to talk to his family). Well then that day we were with Mateus and all of his friends and we asked him "hey so can we need to have your parents sign your form of baptism" He was like "ummm they don't know I want to be baptized. We were like so confused - we had been told by their families friends that his family supported his baptism but it turned out no one had talked to them about it. So we prayed and prayed all the way to their house knowing that we would have to get their permission for Mateus to be baptized. We walked in and explained everything to his mother so she could sign the paper. I was so nervous. But she was more than happy for him and wanted their whole family to start coming to church also. SERIOUSLY A MIRACLE FROM THE LORD EVERYONE!!!! Mateus was able to be baptized and confirmed and bore such a sweet testimony. We were so so happy for him and his family!!
Okay so the funniest thing ever happend!!!! So a couple weeks ago we got a call from Salt Lake with a reference for our area. sweeeeet. We went and found this person at the exact address of the reference he was like legit the same age, address, name and everything! We were like okay so have you heard of the Church of Jesus Christ before?No, he said. Have you heard of Mormons? No. Do you have any friends from our church? No. Do you have any friends in the United States? no. Seriously nothing guys!!! What the heck!!! Where did this reference come from? But he was so awesome and let us come in and teach him a lesson. He is 22 and is wants to be baptized in a few weeks. It was the funniest thing - my comp and I walked away and I was like maybe that's all we have to do with everyone! Just say they were a reference from Salt Lake!
This week we are going to baptize Gabrielle!!! He is doing awesome and is working really really really hard to be prepared. We fasted for him this week and hope everything will be good.
My companion offered me up to make a cake for the baptism of Mateus and like guys.... I can make a cake don't worry. But like the ingredients here are in Portuguese and plus they are different!! And, our oven doesn't work very well. It took 2 hours to bake!! In the end I pretty much just poured sweetend condensed milk over the top of the cake and everyone loved it and said I am ready for marriage hahaha.
My comp and I are doing awesome! I am really learning so much including much much patience about Brazilian technology haha. But remember how much your Heavenly Father loves you and how happy He becomes when we make the right choices. I know this to be true! Don´t forget why we're are here - to grow, learn and prepare to live with Him and our families once again. I love you all so much! Thank you for all the love and support you guys are the greatest.
Te amo!!
Sis A
[email protected]