Hey everyone!!!
It has been an insane couple of weeks
and so I am super sorry that I havent gotten time to write or talk to
anyone. I have traveled to 3 cities in 2 weeks and have been in
every single area of our zone. Not to mention the passing of my
companions grandma (if you could pray for Elder Virginio and his family
he would appreciate it). But I am finally back into the mostly normal
routine of missionary life.
Miracles:
- This week I had the opportunity to go to a city on the border of Brasil and Uruguay called Jaguarão and I did the baptismal interview of a 15 year old kid named Max, who used to drink and use marajuana and sell and was in a gang. It was literally a Saul to Paul transformation and he was so ready to be baptised. After the first prayer of the interview, he said, "Can you feel that? I feel like someone is here with us comforting us." He stopped everything that he was doing and recognized that he was missing something. He left the gang and stopped drinking and selling and using marijuana and was baptised this Saturday. It was truly an amazing miracle and such a pleasure to talk with him. He is amazing.
- We had two young men that we are working with asked us to be baptised yesterday. Tiago is 13 and Samuel is 20 and they are not brothers but are living in the same house. They are amazing and will be baptised this week!!
- I have come to understand much better the fact that the Atonement is NOT LIMITED. It does not matter how many times we have messed up or sinned or if we did it knowingly or not or if we are missionaries or youth or adults or how long we have been in the true church of Christ. It ALWAYS works. If we are willing to humble ourselves and have the desire to change. As Alma says, "Let this desire work in you." And God will also work with this desire that is within you. If you want to change, it doesnt matter the difficulties, God will work to change you and most miraculously, forgive you. That is the greatest miracle of this life. That Jesus Christ suffered for EVERYTHING.
Funny Moments:
- In Jaguarão I found 2 Waldos. And I took a picture.
- At a lunch stand, a bottle of soda was 8 reais, and 30 feet in front of the lunch stand there was a market where the soda was 5 reais. That is a nice marketing strategy.
- In an investigators house, a 3 year old kid threw a cat at Elder Virginio. I dont think either of them liked the experience.
I
love you all and know that this is the work of the Lord. That miracles
are always given to us but we have to have the Spirit to see them.
Please know that the Lord loves you and wants to help you with whatever
you are struggling with. He is waiting anxiously to bless you and your
family. Let Him!
Love,
Elder Allen
