The work is going great here. The week was a little weird
because I got to do a bunch of baptismal interviews in other areas but that was
a great problem to have haha
The 'At Will' Restaurant
This week we ate lunch at a restaurant in another area so we
could have time to make it to do interviews for the Sisters. In portuguese they
say "at will" instead of "all you can eat." We went and
after 6 plates I was feeling pretty full. As I got up to pay my companion said
"You're done already!?" and I said "Yes, I'm stuffed" and
he said "You won't get another plate." "You're right, I won't,
I'm stuffed." That's when he said, "Don't be a girl" - I
ate 7 times...
Baptism!!
This week we baptised Elvis and his brother Ruiz (no I
haven't heard him sing yet). They are Bolivian and the rest of their family
doesn't speak much portuguese but is super supportive of them joining the
church. Elvis has already read the entire Book of Mormon and is participating
in and loving Seminary.
Elvis told my companion "I'm going to stump you right
now with a scripture" and read Moroni 7 about Charity and showing love to
others and then asked "So if you have a plate of food in front of you and
you see a man walking past in the street that is clearly homeless and hungry
and needing a bath, what should you do?" Elder Lene replied, "I would
give him the food and let him take a bath and help him out." Elvis
replied, "Wrong! You should have invited him to church" haha Elvis
will be a great missionary someday.
Church
Our president told us this week that we're not here to sit
in church meetings by ourselves, we're here to help people come to church, if
we don't have investigators at church, we should go get some! We had one person
in church but she went to Relief Society and so we were alone for the first
hour. After waiting to see if people would show up late we left and started
calling everyone to come. We finally woke up an investigator that wanted to
come but forgot the alarm and she came and had an awesome experience. It was
something small and normal that we did but to me it showed how those little
victories we have every day make all the difference.
Something I learned this week to help notice the needs of
the people around us is to observe, listen, discern and then act on the things
we notic about other people. As I've been more observant I've been able to have
more effective lessons and feel like I'm helping people more individually as I
seek to serve and bless them. I love the work here!! Being a missionary is hard
but it's also freaking AWESOME!!
Fiquem firmes,
Elder DP
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