On Monday I had the opportunity to teach my very first
Restoration lesson in PORTUGUESE! It was kind of crazy as the words at first
were simply not coming out, but as I relied on the Lord and kept a prayer in my
heart, we were able to teach a man and his two children about the Restoration
of the Gospel. We are seeing them 3 again tonight so that should be exciting!
Tuesday started out with a huge District Meeting! We have half the Zone in the District, but I love it! We spoke about
listening to our investigators and the Spirit as we teach, as well as
developing love for those whom we work with so that they can feel like they can
talk to us. Then I went on exchange with Elder Adair!
The exchange with Elder Adair went pretty well! On my first day there we went to a Park to do some park contacting as
the sun was out and we knew it would be full of people. We met such an amazing
man. When I said hello to him, he
actually turned around and came over to us. He was in the park with his
daughter and so we knew that we could talk about how the Gospel blesses
family. He seems so solid and I am sure that when the Elders in Ashton 1 meet
with him again he will continue to be amazing.
When I got back from the exchange, I had a wonderful
surprise! T. and J. were going to the Temple on Thursday! It was so great to hear from them about how they enjoyed their
experiences there and how they felt the peace and love that comes from God.
But my favourite part of the week was definitely Sunday!
I just love how Sundays usually have so many Miracles!
In the morning, when we went to pick G. up from his
house, his mother told us that when we got back she wanted to talk to us about
her niece, so I was pretty interested about that. After church, when we got to
G.’s house, his mum told us that her niece wanted to be baptized!
Her niece then came downstairs, she is Portuguese. When her husband heard that the niece
wanted to be baptized he said “A., you do realise that if you get baptized
you have to go to church every week, right?” to which she replied “I can do
that!” We are going to go see her tomorrow and I am so excited
about it! Now I just need some
Portuguese copies of the Book of Mormon!
Yesterday I also receive a letter from my best friend serving in the Sierra Leone
Mission, who I hadn’t heard from for 10 months! He
hadn’t received any of the 3 letters I had sent. Turns out that that letter was
the third letter he was sending me, but it was the first I got! It was so good
to hear his testimony and his experiences from his missionary service in
Africa!
It is so great to know that this is the Lord’s work!"
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