my birthday week has been fine. they have started reforming here in the office for the new president so its just a huge mess and smells like paint smells. but it should look good once its done. the trucker strike is over i thought?? im kinda worried about it cuz almost no mail is getting deilivered and that means that the materials i ordered arent getting here which means we arent gonna have any supplies in the office!! and thats like my main responsibility!!!! looks like im slacking out here. i have had plenty to eat dont worry mom. things were gettting a little ugly like 10 days ago the grocery stores were pretty empty but we made it. the strike was about the politicians (or thieves as the brazilians like to call them) raising gas prices and the truckers not having any money to feed their kids i think.. ya know important stuff. this week we were only able to see michelle and leandro really fast because michelle got sick and they have traveled back to their parents homes in Itabuna.
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| Super cool mural on the walk to Walmart |
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| Elder Prince and Elder Davis |
Monday we were able to teach another super cool family though! Matheus and Jaisa have a kid and recently moved right up the alleyway from one of our members so we made a contact and got in to teach them. We had a cool discussion about the book of mormon and they explained their problems with many orgaanized religions they see but how they are also seeking after some place to worship. Matheus is a jujistu instructor so he is super busy but we have marked for them to go to church with us tomorrow!
Tuesday we visited a few non-member friends of a RM in our ward and had some cool lessons and some good people. Also i tried to get a CPF (brazilian id number or something like that) and they didnt let me yet. rude right?
Wednesday we had district meeting and we had to buy some bus tickets for people outside of salvador because they dont know how to save their money for emergencies. missionaries.
Thursday we did visits with another member Valmir and we were able to visit Romilda, a recent convert from part member family, and Reinaldo and Talita our investigators. They had a friend there who didnt know anything about the church so we had a cool little discusison and now the sisters in the area next to ours will teach him! gotta love the gospel and the way a little love and friendship can open up the hearts of the people and do some good.
I heard a good talk from Elder Uchtdorf this week "Be not afraid, only believe" and i really liked one part of it. He talks a lot about how faith is not blindly following but truly choosing to believe and have faith!
" Implied in such a statement is another of Satan’s deceptions: that belief is available to some people but not to others. There is no magic to belief. But wanting to believe is the necessary first step! God is no respecter of persons.6 He is your Father. He wants to speak to you. However, it requires a little scientific curiosity—it requires an experiment upon the word of God—and the exercise of a “particle of faith.”7 It also takes a little humility. And it requires an open heart and an open mind. It requires seeking, in the full meaning of the word. And, perhaps hardest of all, it requires being patient and waiting upon the Lord."
Humility and patience can take us a long way in this world we live in and help us to maintain and repair relationships with anyone, friend, family, enemy, and even God. He is waiting to hear from us! knock and it shall be opened unto you!
have a good week!
Elder Prince
Elders Reinaldo and Lluberes
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