24 February 2014
Well this was the week I've been waiting for for a very long
time.
To begin we had zone conference early this week. 4 zones
from across the mission gathered in Jacarepaguá to recieve training. The first
conference was when I had been here for only 3 weeks so I didn't get a lot out
of it, but this training was fantastic. I learned a lot and have been applying
it nicely. It was great to see so many friends as well, namely Elder W and
Sister C AND I got to see our newcomers, Elder P and Sister
T.
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| The MTC gang is slowly but surely all finding their way to Rio. |
But to get to the highlights that basically took up our
entire week... We attended the wedding of J and T, I had no idea how
it works here in Brazil, but it ended up pretty short. We
basically just waited in a long line and then within two minutes this women
married the two of them.
Anyway, then that night we had interviews. The ZLs did the
interviews and they both expressed how ready they are to be baptized. Elder
S said of T, "I've never had an interview with an investigator
who is more prepared to be baptized than him. He UNDERSTANDS the atonement and
he applies it."
The next night was the baptism, and it went off with out a
hitch. We had a great turnout, I counted 21 people (thats incredible actually).
We showed the video of their marriage, people cried, the bishop brought his
video camera and caught a lot of it. No troubles with the ordinance... all was
swell.
Sunday, we had four confirmations, the son of a semi-less
active family who was baptized 10 weeks ago, I_, and J+T. After Sacrament Meeting, Jurema was putting together our March lunch schedule we got signed up
with J+T. They already feel like regular members of this ward, and I'm just holding
onto the edge of my seat for their callings.
Now we are in an odd situation. After their baptism we were
all like... Ummmm now what? We have to find another family, so thats the goal
for this week.
We also had two random investigators come to church that
attended another ward. We haven't taught either of them yet so were excited about
that. Elder S had a dream last night that one of them was baptized, so
yeah its gonna happen!
Mom, I got the package this week!!! Woooo. Very handy! I
already made some mac for me and my comp and he loved it.
Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! Hope it's a good one!
Thats about all for this week, lot of photos to come!
Love you all!
Elder Siebers
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