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| Roney Jr and I preppin for church |
Eu sou grato por
provações e milagres. This week was filled with trials and miracles. Pretty
normal for a missionary to witness trials and miracles in daily life, but for
some reason this week had a ton. Let’s start on a light/funny note:
Milagre: My
brother in law Andrew inspired me to always be looking for money in the
streets. He told me how on his mish he found spare change every day and
eventually it built up to be quite the stash of cash. Believe it or not I found
my first treasure in the streets --- 10 cents or about 3 pennies. I was still
pretty pumped though.
Provação: I got another prison break haircut.
This time from a member, but it’s all good because it was free and it is starting
to get quente (super hot). Please enjoy the ridiculous photos of me getting my
haircut.
Milagre: I made my first street contact in English
this week. We were walking down the street when a woman pointed at me and said,
"Do you speak English". I quickly replied yes. Turns out she was an English
teacher at a local school. So I took advantage of the opportunity and talked
about the church in English. Surprisingly, it was super difficult. I think
prefer Portuguese. It was strange because I was translating Portuguese words to
English... Now let’s move on to the more spiritual/heavy side of miracles and
trials.
Provação: This week was pretty crushing because we had
a baptism marked for last Sunday with an awesome teenager that we have been
teaching for about a month. She was interviewed on Thursday and
appeared to be soooo ready and excited to be baptized. Friday night,
she called us and told that she didn’t want to be baptized and she didn’t want
to hear any more about the church. My comp and I were crushed to say the least.
We were friends with this investigator, and we knew that by being baptized she
was preparing for a better life now and for eternity. But we knew we had to
keep working so we fasted the next day.
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Erechim crew at a bus
stop lookin fresh with new cuts
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Milagre: The next day
during our fast we had some great lessons with investigators. It was about 7
and we were getting ready to head to the house of an inactive member to teach.
We were walking when all of the sudden Elder Muller suddenly turned and walked
towards a random house. I was kinda frustrated cause if we taught a lesson we
were going to miss our next compromisso (appointment). But we found a giant
family. We entered the house and walked into the living room. Let me tell you
this house was not big. 2 or 3 rooms maximum. People started to flow into the
room. At one point there were 12 adults and 13 kids listening to our message.
All of them were super receptive and want to attend church. It was quite the
experience teaching a small congregation of investigators. The spirit was super
strong.
Milagre: The final milagre that I want to talk about
this week is the family of Roney. Roney is awesome we have been teaching him
and his family for quite some time. The only problem for Roney is that he works
on Sundays so he hasn’t had the opportunity to go to church. This week he decided
to cancel work and go to church. So on Sunday we woke up super early,
walked to his house, and helped him and his family get ready for church.
Unfortunately, we had to get other investigators so we had to put our faith in
the Lord and trust that they would walk to church. None of our other investigators
could go to church so my comp and I work panicking a little bit, but I had
faith that Roney and fam would go to church. When we were about a block away
from the church, we saw Roney and fam walking together in their Sunday best.
I was thrilled with joy. Best part is they loved church.
Sorry for this mini
novela, but I just want to say that miracles and trials are a part of everyone’s
life. We need to constantly be searching for miracles in our lives, because if
we focus on the trials, Satan will drag us down a road of sorrow and
depression. Always look for the light of Christ and pray for miracles! I know
that because of your prayers for me, I see miracles in my everyday life. Thank
you for all the prayers, support, and love.
Dave
P.S. Milagre - General
conference this week!!! (and in Portuguese)
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Ping pong master with Elder Pereira
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