Dear Everyone who is currently reading this!
It has
been such an amazing week for us. So many miracles and blessings and I
hope that you are all feeling the love that our Savior has for us! Lets
get right into it. Shall we?
Monday (September 24, 2018)
Today
was a really good day. I just felt happy all day and there is no good
reason why. Actually thats a lie. I am doing the Lords work and He is
blessing me. That was why. A great P-Day full of literally nothing
special at all. I decided to see if I could survive the week without
bread. This decision was partially influenced by the fact that all of
the bread in the store was already past the expiration date.
Tuesday (September 24, 2018)
We
had a late start today because we had lunch at home but the time that
we did spend out on the streets was so good. We got an investigator
named Diego to commit to a baptismal date in 3 weeks. And the best part
is that it is in 3 weeks only because he is traveling the weekends
before that. His mom committed to baptism too. We also taught a family of
10 but only 3 of them were there when we taught them. They all seemed
really interested which is awesome and all three of them accepted a
baptismal date too. It was really good work today. We were blessed.
Also, I tried making pasta with a cheese sauce but I mixed up the sugar
and salt. I ate it anyway.
Wednesday (September 24, 2018)
Today
was a really good day too. (Are you sensing a theme?) We had two new
people accept baptismal dates which is awesome and we went over the
baptismal questions with a woman named Zilda who is planning to be
baptised on Saturday. Everything went well but she seemed a little
hesitant. I really hope that everything works out so she can be
baptised. Suelen and Marcelo are still smoking so they wont be baptised
this week unfortunately.
Thursday (September 24, 2018)
Today
we had a Zone Conference and President Souza was there. We had our
district training too which went well. I learned a lot about how we need
to have faith in miracles. Faith that the Lord will help us in His
work. As we have faith, we are blessed with success. Then after I had an
interview with President Souza. It was really quick. It looks like
Elder Lira is getting transferred because President Souza asked, "If
Elder Lira were transferred do you think you know the area well enough to
get everywhere?" I guess we are going to find out if I do or not.
Friday (September 24, 2018)
Today
has been a day of miracles. We have been praying and fasting so hard
that everything would go well with Zildas interview because it looked a
lot like she didnt want to be baptised but when we had the interview at
the chapel, she was super excited and also brought her granddaughter who
is interested. Also, out of the 4 new people we taught, 3 accepted
baptismal dates. In other news, remember Diego? And his mom? Well his
mom smoked about 40 cigaretts (I dont know how to spell that word
anymore. But maybe it is right) a day. And the first time we went to his
house, she had a really bad cough because she was smoking so much. But
we said a prayer and the cough stopped. Before she wouldnt let Diego get
baptised, didnt like the church and smoked a ton. Now she is letting
Diego get baptised, wants to get baptised herself and is down to 5 a
day. An incredible miracle. The Lord is so kind.
Saturday (September 24, 2018)
Wow.
What. A. Day. Today was the day of Zildas baptism so we went to the
church early to fill up the font and get everything ready. Then for
lunch, an extremely kind member took us to an all you can eat buffet. It
was such good food and we ate so much! Then we went back to the chapel
to finish things up. Once everything was set, we started going to houses
to invite people to church. At about 5:30 it started to get a little
cold but nothing bad. Then I looked behind me and this black mass of
clouds is hurtling towards us. All of the sudden a huge wind comes, dust
blows up, and it gets 10 degrees colder instantly. So...we ran as fast
as we could toward the nearest members house, trying to stay ahead of
the sheet of rain that is coming. We get to this house, close the door
and immediately a huge gust of wind comes and the rain starts pounding.
Five minutes later the lights go out. Nice. So we stayed at their house
for 4 hours because we didnt have umbrellas and didnt want to perish.
Then that same kind member from lunch came and picked us up. And we
returned home to a lightless house. Needless to say we didnt have the
baptism. But itll happen on the 13th because General Conference is next
week. What a Day!
Sunday (September 24, 2018)
We
saw a huge miracle today. Six investigators were at church even though
we basically had Hurricane Katrina yesterday. What an incredible
blessing. Also, we went home early today which I kind of felt bad about
but no one has light and it is kinda dangerous here after dark.
Especially with no lights. Oh well.
Random Thoughts:
- Elder Lira has now pulled the teeth of 5 children and has 4 of them in a pencil case. I mean ok. To each his own right?
- I walked into the kitchen and Elder Lira was eating a cold sausage. I mean ok. To each his own right?
- Elder Lira tried teaching me how to play Pokemon but I had no cards and it is in Portuguese so he just played himself while I watched. I mean ok. To each his own right?
- No one here uses paper towels. I dont think they exist.
I
hope you all have the best of weeks!! My challenge for you this week (I
say that like Ive been doing that but this is the first one) is to
read Alma 5 because it is a BOMB! We can learn so much from that.
Love you all! Go and serve!
Elder Allen
