Dear Everyone!!
I hope you all are well and doing
dandy things such as being cold and studying for tests. But its going
great here in Caçapava!! Just keep pushing on and choosing the right!!
Monday (March 11th, 2019)
Yet
another P-Day here in beautiful Caçapava. We decided that it would be a
great idea to make french toast but we didnt know exactly how so we
just put bread in eggs and fried it. Then we found some cinnamon that
had been sitting in the cupboard for who knows how long and put it on.
No one got sick. After that we we and did contacts, got a little lost
and found ourselves in the middle of a forest, then stumbled upon a
water park with a cow pasture right next to it. I also do not
understand.
Tuesday (March 12th, 2019)
We
got a call today that we would be headed to Bagé (a city 2 hours away
and the center of our zone) on Friday to help with a regional dance that
they were having and to go to Zone Conference. So, we knew that all of
our work would have to be done on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We
worked super hard today trying to visit all of the recently baptised
members and it was great because we got the opportunity to visit all of
them. We also found out that one of the members recently had a
convulsion so if you could pray for him that would be great. His name is
Adilson.
Wednesday (March 13th, 2019)
Tomorrow
we felt that we needed to help two of the Sisters in their area so
today is our last day this week to work. We talked to a bunch of people
got a couple people to accept a baptismal date. We also found a new
family to teach which is such a great blessing. We learned a lot about
diligence this week because when we had pressure to do our stuff we got
it all done. Imagine if we worked everyday like that.
Thursday (March 14th, 2019)
We
went over to the Sisters area today to help them with some contacts
that they had made and to try to find new people for them to teach. It
was great because we found a bunch of people and found a few miracles.
We found a lady that had been visited by the missionaries a long time
ago but they were both transfered and she never was baptised. We also
found a lot of less actives by accident. I know for a fact that the Lord
blessed us so so much.
Friday (March 15th, 2019)
Today
we got up at 5:45 to catch a bus at 7:30 to go to Bagé. It was one of
the longest days of my life. We got there, ran a couple miles to get to
the church on time for our Zone Conference, finished Zone Conference,
had lunch, then everyone rushed out to help with the dance. Inviting
people, buying decorations, getting the food. The missionaries literally
did everything to make the dance happen and in a tiny church about 100
people showed up for the dance. We even had random people just passing
by come in and dance. It was amazing to work with our entire zone and
see a miracle happen in a matter of hours. (The only problem was that I
spent a lot of money. Rip.)
Saturday (March 16th, 2019)
Today
was one of the craziest, most awesome experiences of my entire life. We
went to work with the Zone Leaders and went to a park to do some
contacts. We all spread out just trying to contact everybody. Elder
Jolley stopped a man and asked him if he could give him a little card of
Jesus Christ and the man said, "If I were a missionary, I would do the same thing. Pleased to meet you, I am Elder Rais of the Seventy."
Wow.
We just stopped for a few seconds. Neither one of us could believe it.
Apparently he was here to preside at the Stake Conference that was going
to happen and just happened to be walking through the park thinking to
himself that that would be an amazing place to do missionary work, and
that was when he saw us trying to give him a friendship card. He took a
selfie with us and then sent me the picture, so... I have the email of
an Area Seventy. What an amazing experience.
Sunday (March 17th, 2019)
Today
was Stake Conference. It was so so amazing and so full of miracles. We
had Elder Rais there, President Souza from the mission there, President
Souza the stake president and we had 60 people from Caçapava take the
two hour ride to Bagé to be there. It was just amazing for everyone to
feel the spirit so strongly and to see that the church is bigger than
the little house that we meet in. I just loved it so much and it was the
culmination of all of our hard work that we had been putting in for a
few weeks now. The Lord is so kind.
Random Thoughts:
- Elder Jolley and I have decided that there should be a video game of the battle between the most iconic characters of all time, Mario and Mickey Mouse.
- We made french toast again and this time we put cinnamon in the batter. MasterChef!
- Our Zone Leader, Elder Sa chokes himself every time he tries to brush his teeth.
- The scriptures, are absolutely amazing. You can open up the Book of Mormon at anytime and feel the Spirit confirming their truthfulness.
- Caçapava has more pharmacies than restaurants.
I love you all, Alma 12 is a great chapter, and have the best week ever!! The Lord loves you and so do I!!
Elder Allen
