Hey Kids!!
How are you all doing? This week was hard, but normal and passed by really fast so I dont have a lot to share.
Monday (February 4th, 2019)
Today
we literally played soccer at the stake center for 5 hours and I am
exhausted. But I did win in a penalty shootout against a whole bunch of
Brasilians and a missionary that plays professionally for Corinthians.
But a lost a whole bunch too. Lets not focus on that though. Lets focus
on the one time that I won. Then we went home and cleaned our house. We
found a cockroach, killed him and now I am pretty sure our house is
cockroach-less. 72% sure.
Tuesday (February 5th, 2019)
Today
we talked to a girl named Isabelle who has gone two times to church
alone. Wow, she is only 10 years old. So we went to talk to her and her
family. We talked to her about the idea of baptism and she seemed super
excited! She has a friend who is a member so that will help her a lot.
They will be able to go together and learn and be an example to each
other. We also talked to the sister of a recently converted girl. It is
really interesting because she told us that she wants to do what God
wants her to do but she has a hard time getting answers to her prayers.
We told her that she has to ask with real intent, meaning that she has
to ask in faith, and be willing to act upon the answer that she gets. I
really hope that she gets an answer to her question.
Wednesday(February 6th, 2019)
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY MOM!!!! I love you Mom!! Thank you for being my example and
for always being there for me and helping me grow my testimony since I
was young. I love you Mom!!! Today we tried really hard to find new
people to teach and to help especially Suelen stop smoking. It has been a
battle but she has committed to be baptised on February 16th. I really
pray and hope that she will be able to and we will do all that we can to
help her.
Thursday (February 7th, 2019)
Today
we spent the whole entire day looking for new people to teach and it
was kind of discouraging because we didnt find anyone. A few people said
that they would be willing to talk to us another day but no one had the
time to talk to us today. But I know that this work is not always in
the things that we see but I am sure that we planted some seeds today to
help people progress in the future.
Friday (February 8th, 2019)
We
did the same thing today and spent the whole day trying to find new
people who the Lord has prepared. This time we found one lady who seems
to have been waiting for us. She even said to us that 3 months ago she
would not have let us in. It is amazing to see the Lords hand in the
lives of others, helping them to receive the good news that we have to
share.
Saturday (February 9th, 2019)
Today
we contacted the people that we made contact with throughout the week.
We found a few people that I think have a great potential for the
future. So while Thursday and Friday didnt seem to be really productive,
we got to see, a little bit, the fruits of our labors. It was good to
teach lessons and try to help people feel the spirit.
Sunday (February 10th, 2019)
Today
we saw some great things happen. We saw Isabelle go to church again, we
saw a lady that we just invited really quickly, come to church and the
biggest miracle, we had 3 less active people come to church. But we had a
record low number of people of church today in terms of members. I dont
really know what happened but oh well.
Random Thoughts:
Eu
vou fazer algo diferente essa vez. Isso vai ser muito engraçado para as
pessoas que traduze essas palavras. Vocês com certeza achavam que isso
seria um pensamento bem espiritual ou uma história legal, mas não. Eu
simplesmente estou falando nada em Português. Vai ser mais engraçado
para as pessoas que não prestem atenção nessas coisas. Eles perderam
essa grande oportunidade. Obrigado pelo seu tempo, e eu espero que vocês
gostaram esses pensamentos.
Com Amor,
Elder Allen
