Hi everybody!
Things are rolling
strong here, we had Rayane’s baptism this Sunday morning which started late as
usual and the man who baptized her, his white jumpsuit popped open showing his
garments because of his pot belly, but it was yet another soul saved at the end
of the day! She is 12 and has been going to church with her aunts and uncles
who all live on the same street, since she was a little kid.
As for Irmã Maria José
and Gessiara, they are progressing perfectly, got on the bus early Sunday morning
and came down to the chapel all by themselves. They started spreading it all
around for everyone to hear that their baptisms will be this Saturday! Irmã José
tells everyone she sees that her life has been changed ever since her ´´two
angels´´ (me, obviously, and my companion) have come into her life. She tells
about all these great things that are happening that never did before. She told
us the story of her life, how she had her own cell at the jail and drank and
smoke like no other, how she was always in street fights, and lots of other
things. She said that ever since she went to our church all of that anger and
hatred inside of her melted away and she doesn’t know how it’s possible. It is
amazing to me how merciful the Lord is and how simple it is-the exact moment we
decide to stop doing what’s wrong and start being obedient, the blessings
automatically flow. It’s simple!
Our other miracle
was with a young couple we´re teaching, Alda and Neto who are friends of
members. They went to church and we marked to teach them. As we taught the
restoration and invited them to pray to know if the church is true, Alda said
´´I don’t feel like I need to pray. I’ve never felt such a peace like I feel
inside of that church. I feel like I’m in a different world, like all of my
cares just melt away when I’m there.´´ The spirit flicked me in the head
because the same church meeting that I had been spacing out and waiting for it
to end, was the same one that someone had received the personal witness that
Christ has a restored church here on the earth. I learn here that we really do
so little to help in the work of the Lord, that He has been preparing these
people a lot longer than we have been here and will guide them a lot after we
leave. They are a really special couple!
What I love about
my mission is that I finally feel like my life has a real purpose- I feel like I’ve
found my real purpose on the earth, and I only came to find that when I stopped
thinking about myself and if I was hungry or sleepy or hot or grumpy, and
started thinking about others. These people teach me so much-this week was
about generosity. I have never seen the kind of generosity these people show
us. I learned that generosity isn’t just give when you’ve had enough, or give
whatever is left over, generosity is giving to others when you don’t have
enough for yourself, and not thinking twice. You just gotta imagine the look on
Irmã José’s face when we accept the food she offers us- a little old woman who
takes care of her son and 2 granddaughters financially, who live in a one room
and one bedroom house, offering everything that’s inside of her refrigerator
with a door that comes completely off its hinges every time you open it. Some
things I see here are so special to me, it just doesn’t do it justice to try
and explain it over email. Whether its oranges, bananas, eggs, bread, whatever
she has she is more than happy to give it to us.
I know I would not
be able to have these same experiences or gain this knowledge that I have if I
had stayed at home. I love my mission! And I love you guys! Be good
missionaries this week-be nice to the investigators the sisters bring, it was a
triumph for them to get people in the church and it’s our job to help keep them
there! You can do it! vocês conseguem!!
Ate a próxima semana! Beijos!
Sister Walker
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