10 Feb 2014
To begin, my new companion is Elder
M. and I am staying in Madureira for another transfer!
Last week Elder P and I went to G´s and L´s., a young couple I contacted three
weeks ago. I did a Proclamation to the World contact so we naturally taught
them about that during our first lesson. Nothing really seemed to click though. Then I returned this time with
Elder M. and taught the Restoration. Elder M is a fantastic teacher! He is a very
textbook (Preach my Gospel) missionary, he has studied and applies literally
EVERYTHING! Our lesson went really well and G is really interested in
reading the Book of Mormon. L is a strong Catholic, but she even told us
that she doesn't think her church is right... They want to come to church too,
but they had something booked already for this Sunday. Hopefully the next!
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| Preparation Day with Elder P at Bob's Burgers |
Elder M. is a very high energy
guy, and he speaks ridiculously fast. So I'll be learning a lot from him this
transfer. He also speaks a bit of English, and by a bit I mean we can have
conversations in English.
I don't know if I talked about
I__ yet,, but she's a ten year old girl who started living with her grandma
who attends the Ward. We had a lesson with her with Elder P to set a baptism
date but she didn't want to. That Sunday I noticed her with
the Primary President, and it was easy to tell that she adores her. So this
week I called the Primary President and we tried again. This time with Elder M, we taught
better, and the Primary President extended the invitation to be baptized. Simple. Date marked
for this Sunday. I don't really look to baptize kids, but this girl is ready,
she already bore testimony during Sacrament Meeting! And I know our Primary President will
take care of her!
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| The Chapel in Madureira. "I feel really close to this area. I will remember Madureira for the rest of my life!" |
We had two lessons with J+T
this week. The first was just about baptism and Elder M showed a slideshow of
families baptized in the mission. It got really emotional. And last
night we taught about tithing and they had no issues with it. They are super
prepared!
We taught a new family, so we'll
see if anything happens!
This Sunday was a bit rough.
Our Stake Rep, the Missionaries and T were the only Elders in the Quorum meeting. The
entire Presidency, even the secretary were absent. The Stake Rep, asked me
about what happened, and I'm just like, "how can I know?" It really is quite sad.
Our priority is to bring new members into the church, but as missionaries we have a lot of other duties. So this week were planning on
visiting the entire Elder's Quorum, starting with President. Wish us luck!
Last note of the day, I finally learned why my companions have
been leaving me out to dry during street contacts. I thought it was just a
Elder P thing, and when I told Elder S about it he told me I should
talk to him about it. So when Elder M did the same, I asked him why! He said
that in a meeting for trainers,they were told them to let their American companions do their own contacts and not to help them, that this would help us learn the language
better.... seriously? This may be true, but is it worth sacrificing unity? Is
it worth the many wrong addresses, the loss of good contacts? I just don't
know...? I can do contacts on my own though, so at this point it's just
frustrating.
But it's all GOOD!
Love Elder Siebs
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