What's up everyone? Hows life? Everything has been good here :) This
week Elder Nagliati and I focused on finding new investigators and also
with the investigators that were really progressing. It was good
because we found a lot of interested people,
and when we had quite a few of them come to the church this Sunday!
There was even this one man named Feliepe that we met at a market on
Saturday night who came up to us, asked us what church we represented,
where the church was located, what time it started,
and then if he would be welcome to make a visit! Haha it was awesome!
He ended up being the first person at the chapel yesterday morning, so
we are really excited about him and want to continue teaching him.
On the 20th everyone here was celebrating on of the biggest holidays
here in Rio Grande do Sul. The reason for the celebration is because
about 100 years ago Rio Grande tried to declare Independence from Brasil
but the lost the war on September 20. Haha,
I don't really understand why they celebrate losing a war, but its a day
filled with celebration and state pride. But anyways on this day we
went on divisions and Elder Nagliati went to Rio Pardo while I stayed
here with Elder Day. He is a cool and guy and
is really funny. I was honestly kind of nervous because prior to this I
usually followed Elder Nagliati to all of the places, but on that day I
had to be the leader and make all the decisions. It was also kind of
hard because he didn't know our investigators
so I had to make most of the conversation. But it ended up being a
great day and was a good learning experience.
Another great thing was Jacir is progressing a ton! We went to his
house on Friday to help him repair a wall in one of the rooms, and after
we had finished we started talking about how his quest to stop smoking
was coming along. He told us that he hadn't
smoked for over 24 hours! We were so happy for him. Then Elder
Nagliati asked him if on Sunday he could smoke his last cigarette to
prepare for his baptism this coming Saturday. He quickly said no which
dampened our enthusiasm for a little bit, but then
he continued to say that he didn't need to wait until then and he
proudly said that the cigarette that he smoked was his last one ever! I
cant even describe how happy all of us were. So it looks like he,
Silvia, and Eloisy will all be baptized this Saturday.
The other companionship here is also planning on having 3 more, so
Saturday will be a historic day for Ramo Vera Cruz! These 6 baptisms
will more than double the number of baptisms since it opened a couple of
transfers ago. Its great to see to see the growth
and everyone is getting excited and really trying to help in the
effort!
Anywho, take care everybody! Oh ya, I got the package from the family
this week too. Thank you so much and also thanks for all of your
support and for everything else! you guys are awesome! See ya later!!
Elder Gee
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