Hello everybody, how have you all been this past week? This week
has definitely been an interesting one. So the beginning of the week
started off really well. We focused on trying to find more people to
teach that live close to our house and to a good
number of the members. We were lucky to be able to teach a lot of
people including a family of 6 kids! All of the kids were really cool
and friendly and were all really interested as we taught them. Most of
the kids want to come to church but the parents
are still a little hesitant. Also Maicons mom is progressing and is
trying to stop smoking so she can be baptized like Maicon and Diego
were. It always is a little hard for people to quit smoking but I can
tell that she has real intentions and faith to be
able to do it. She has already lowered the number of cigarettes per
day and is excited and determined for the change.
We also had been working a lot with Tati to help her prepare for
her baptism. She has always been a little bit hesitant when it comes to
baptism but when we went to her house to teach a lesson with our Branch
President she was very calm and told us
that she felt ready to be baptized!! Woohoo!! On Thursday we did a
division and our district leader came and interviewed her for the
baptism. She passed and we set the baptism for Saturday morning. We
were all super excited for the baptism until we woke
up Saturday morning and saw that Tati sent us a message in the middle
of the night saying she didn't want to be baptized any more and that she
didn't want us to visit her anymore. We were all shocked and completely
devastated. We tried calling her and trying
to contact her but we haven't been able to talk with her since then. I
have know idea what happened. She said she was super excited Friday
afternoon when we talked to her on the phone but then she sent that
message right before the baptism. That morning
was one of the hardest days for us. We had to call several members and
also the LZ´s to inform the baptism wasn't going to happen. None of us
wanted to go out and work that day because we were so discouraged.
Thankfully the afternoon was a little better as
we were able to visit with the family with 6 kids again and the sons
Douglas and Ivan ended up coming to church with us. On sunday we had 10
investigators there which is a really great number which lifted our
moods a bit, but even now Im still kind of disappointed.
Hopefully these investigators will continue to progress and that we can
have a good up coming week. It will probably be my last week here in
Vera Cruz so Im already feeling a little sad that I will have to leave
all of the friends I have made here. But that's
what happens on the mission, once you get accustomed to the area, and
all people the people, It's time to move on to something new. But thanks
everybody for all the emails, they always make me feel happier and I
feel loved. I'm doing well here and even though
its a little tough right now I know that it will get better and that I
will be able to help people change there lives for the better. I know
that this church is true and Im really greatful for this oppurtunity to
share the gospel of Jesus Christ her in Brasil.
I love you all and can't wait to read your emails next week!!
Elder Gee
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