12 May 2014
Hey Everyone,
It was just one more week here in Madureira, and although I'm
really tired, fighting of a cold and now on medication for stomach worms, the
work goes on. This week was a bit difficult for me, but talking to my family on
Mother´s Day helped me pull through.
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| This photo came with the caption "sleeping". |
We had some interesting experiences this week with our contacts.
We talked to a woman who basically laid out her whole life for us and her
current family situation. She said she has been praying for a long time to find
an answer to help her family with their problems and she thinks us talking to
her in the street may be the answer. We are going there tonight.
Also we always have daily experiences with homeless people, but one this week was
unique in particular. We met a man named E who left his family to begin his
life. Shortly after he found himself unemployed, poor and nowhere to go. He
told us that his dad is a wealthy man, but he has too much pride to go back to
his father and ask for help. Instead he sleeps on a park bench every night and
is trying to get back on his feet. He doesn't "live" in our area so we
left him with the message to return to his Father and conquer his pride. Talk about prodigal son.
We also taught J's mom this week.
And she loved the feeling of the church so much that she was already planning
on returning, except she couldn't this week because she went to visit her mom
for Mothers Day. We are really excited to teach her and I'm already sure shes
going to be baptized soon.
Other than that things are good here. I love Mondays because
we play games, ping pong or soccer, and its a nice relaxer for the upcoming
week.
Love
Elder Siebs
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