Alright so apparently there are like a million Brasilian holidays bcause today the library was closed so now were at some LAn house place where the keyboar is absolutely terrible so Im predicting a ton of typing errors already just so you all know. But a lot has actually happened in just the few days since I last emailed. Elder Williams and i have been working hard to try and strengthen this Branch and we work everyday. I cant even count how many times ive heard the sentence Olha eu tenho meu religiao... But weve also found a lot of really great people and been able to mark return dates. So were slowly progressing and finding the people who have been prepared for us. Its such an awesome feeling when one of us is just like lets try this place out or talk to these people out of the blue and then they accept what we have to tell them and say that it makes sense. So things are definately getting better and our hard work everyday is going to and has already payed off. Epecially for..my FIRST BAPTISM DATE!!! We met this couple with a baby on the street and set a return date for last Saturday, and when we went and taught them they were listening and totally understanding everything. The Spirit was so strong there i swear i thought there was gonna be a whole in my chest from the burning feeling i had as we were teaching them. It was such an awesome experience! And they accepted to be baptized on Dec 10 if they recieve an answer through prayer that the Book of Mormon is true. And of course i know they will. Soooo pumped! I was like on a high for the rest of the night. My first time with that kind of experience and i cant wait to have more.
The other thing that is coming from all this, is the walking. Our area is huge and has a ton of neighborhoods to walk to, and of course the members and investigators and less actives we have are all spread out. We have to at least walk 8-10 miles a days if not more. The other day we went proselyting with one of the Young Men, Diego, who is an awesome kid, and then we walked to the opposite side of th city for our next appointment. Im pretty sure it took like na hour to get there haha. But its totally worth it, and ive already lost like 4 kilos however much that is in lbs in just the 2 weeks in the field.
Lastly i just want to see how important the scriptures are again. I know ive said it before but i could say it every week of my life and still not stress the importance enough. These 2 weeks have been tough on me with the language and im trying so hard to learn and not realizing that its only been 2 weeks. Yet i still want to be fluent right now so that i can do all i can to help the poeple here and especially help my companion. And the scriptures have helped me a ton in my daily reading and studying. Helping me realize that there are going to be tough times and i need to work through them with faith and i will do just that.
Well i love you all and your all awesome people, specially if your reading my blog haha.
Eu te Amo!
Elder Gleason
2 Nephi 27:23 and D&C 58:2-4
No comments:
Post a Comment