Opa!! Tudo beleza?
Eu espero que vocês estão bem e
que tudo esta indo tranquilo. Estamos bem aqui e... Ok Ill stop. I would
like to start out by saying that for those of you who dont understand
the title, it is a vine. So the younger generation will understand.
Also, it will make sense later.
Monday (December 3rd, 2018)
P-DAY!!!
As always, today was a blessing. I got a hair cut, and bought 3 liters
of milk. We also tried to go to another stadium today because they are
just all over the place. A week ago they said it would be open, but
today we went and they said, I am sorry, it is only open for the team.
Um...ok. Whelp, I guess we will go another week. We also ran into a guy
in a park who was definitely breaking the Word of Wisdom and as we
passed, he asked for some money, we said we didnt have any. Usually they
stop after that, but he tried a different tactic. He then asked us if
any of us had barbeque that we could give him. I told him that,
unfortunately, I had just given the last of it to another guy. He then
asked for a pigeon and we walked away. I love Brasil.
Tuesday (December 4th, 2018)
Today
was a good old normal missionary day. Nothing strange happened which,
if I am being honest, is kind of disappointing because I always have
good stories to share but today Brasil seemed tired of being strange and
decided to do normal things for a change. I made up for the lack of strangeness in the country by deciding that I am going to take every key I
find in the street and make a collection. There are quite a lot of keys
because some people believe that if you offer keys to the spirits they
will come. Thank you spirit speakers. I will gladly take your keys.
Wednesday December 5th, 2018)
Today,
one of our investigators, was talking to us then her grandson came in
and started being loud and she got tired of it and she told him that he
needed the Gospel in his life and then ordered us to teach him something
that would make him change. Wow, so that is actually not how repentance
works. So we taught him about Adam and Eve and he got stuck on the
question whether or not the fruit that Adam and Eve ate was an apple or
not. I told him I didnt know then he asked why and I said I wasnt there.
He didnt like that answer, but he also didnt ask again so I was good
with it.
Thursday (December 6th, 2018)
Today
was crazy. We have been working really really hard with the youth in
this area because the young men and young women in this ward dont have
hardly anybody. So we have been inviting everybody to soccer that we
have on Thursday nights. We have been trying so hard to get everyone to
spread the word about it and tonight it worked really well. We had 30
young men that showed up to play soccer and only 3 of them are baptised.
But then disaster struck. They were all playing having a good time,
then Bishop came and started to talk to them about all of the rules.
Thats fine. But then he made a rule that to play soccer on Thursday, you
have to come to church on Sunday. Since all of these kids were new, and
only three of them even knew about the church, no one had come to
church the Sunday before. So, they all started to get mad and a ton of
them left including three brothers that were planning to be baptised in a
week. I dont know if they will come back but we are going to see what
happens. But its all good. We will talk to them and it will all turn out
ok in the end.
Friday (December 7th, 2018)
We received a new goal to contact 25 people per missionary every single
day. That is a lot. Like, really a lot. But I really wanted to meet that
goal today. So, I decided that it would be much easier to talk to 25
people at one time than one person 25 times. So we waited in front of a
school, then when school was finished a ton of kids came out and I
started to do a dumb magic trick that I know and a lot of them stopped.
It really was a blessing and it showed me that when we work as hard as
we can, the Lord will put ideas into our mind and will make things work,
because this is His work. By the end of the day, I reached my goal and
even had a little more than 25. We are blessed in the work of the Lord.
Saturday (December 8th, 2018)
Today
we had a split. I went with the new missionary Elder Rico, into his
area and Elder Newman and Elder Inacio went to find new people to teach.
It was interesting to be the older companion and to somewhat lead the
work. Elder Rico is great and it really was a good time. But halfway
through the day we got a call from Elder Blanco, our District Leader
saying that there was going to be a really important activity at the
stake center. So important that politicians and generals and really
important people would be there. Also, that he needed missionaries there
to make a good impression. Also, that it was starting in 1 hour. So,
Elder Rico and I basically ran the half hour home got in our suits and
went to the stake center. We got there just in time to hand our Books of
Mormon to people but the problem was that I couldnt tell who was
important and who wasnt, so it wasnt as excited as I though it would be.
But thats all right. I think I shook the hand of some important people.
Sunday (December 9th, 2018)
Today,
was a really good Sunday. Now that we have split the area and have more
time to focus on new people, there were a lot of investigators at
church from the two areas. I really was a blessing. Besides that it was a
very normal Sunday.
Random Thoughts:
- I told Elder Newman that if I ever had a donkey I would name it Donkeyhote. (Get it? Don Quixote?) I thought it was funny. But he hit me :)
- We saw a man escape from the mental hospital and then some random pedestrian on a bike tackled him to the ground all while the medics were running after him with their white lab coats billowing in the wind. What an experience.
- I had an interview with a General Authority last week. I forgot to tell you about that.
I love you all. Sorry it is a day late. The power went out here yesterday so I am here today!!
Love yall,
Elder Allen
