Well, Brazil Transfer #1 is in the books. Super hard but I
can see myself growing so much.
So this week we had 3 exchanges. For two of them I stayed
here in São Bento and the other I went to the Area of the Zone Leaders with one
of the missionaries that has baptized like crazy in the mission. He is one of
the best teachers in the mission, uses the scriptures, helps people think about
things in a different way, inspires them to action and a bunch of other stuff.
I learned so much that day. The other exchanges I had to lead in our area and I
gained a ton of confidence from those days. I had to lead out on all the
teaching because the elders there with me didn't know the people and I was
pretty nervous about it. After those days I had so much more confidence, even
though I ran into challenges with the language the Lord blessed me so I could
help everything run smoothly.
We had some sweet experiences this week. A family that
wasn't very firm (wow I just had to pause to remember how to speak english)
came to church and was super excited!! There kids loved it and the dad went
from super quiet and not responding during lessons to the point where I could
tell he had a good experience at church and will come again next Sunday. We
also had two other investigators that we found this week come to church. They
both had friends as soon as they showed up. One is 14 and the other is 18 and
super intelligent. She's going to Institute this weekend with a member!! It was
such a blessing because that had been the hardest thing for us is bringing
investigators to church and even though we had a bunch of other that were
supposed to come this was cool to see.
Well we get transfer news tonight but we got a sneak peak
and it looks like Elder Paixão is out and I'll be sticking around. President
emailed him and said he'll be in another area. I'm pretty stoked, this area
hasn't had much success in the work of salvation in a while but I feel like a
bunch of things are coming together for miracles to happen here.
Love you all!
~Elder Della-Piana
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