Well, I´ll call that a week!
This week was INCREDIBLE. I´ll start by briefly mentioning
an incredible multi zone conference we had in Macaé this week with President
Cabral. I wont have time to go into detail about all that was said, but
President Cabral is one of the most incredible, driven, and largest visionaries
I have ever met. He doesn't have a limit, he just wants us to do more and more,
and its quite inspiring. He´s pushing the entire mission to new limits and to
new potentials and we are having more results than ever! We immediately put
into application some of the techniques that were taught there and we had
incredible results this week. We began to invite EVERYONE we possibly could to
church this week and followup constantly until they fulfilled with their
commitments. This Sunday, X, her grandson (whom are going to be
baptized this Saturday), X2 (my first student from our english class), X3,
Y and X4 (whom we met for this first time this week) X5,
Y2 and X6 all came to church. We had ever more people confirmed to be
there, but some didn't make it! The chapel was exploding with new faces,
especially since the other companionship had 6 more as well!
Update on our english class. When I arrived here during the
holiday season, we had one student. She came the first 2 or 3 weeks
alone, and we had a good time learning! Then the class started to grow each and
every week until this week we hit 20! We made plans with a member here who lived
in the states and teaches english and she's gonna run to course now so that the
switch in missionaries doesn't hault the course like in the past. Also that we
could better get the members involved!
Miracle from the week. We were searching for a referral we
received this week. A partially drunken man on the road asks if we are 'the
mormons'. Yes we are. And he promptly invited us into his home where we
proceeded to teach two families from Bahia. They both moved here recently and
have always wanted to know more about the church. We dropped a summary of the
Restoration and invited them to church this Sunday. They said they would go, but
didn't come. I felt sincere desire though, so i know they'll be there this week
around!
So yeah, that's about it for this week. One more in the
books. Its gonna be another great week here! Hope it is for ya´ll as well.
Elder Siebers
P.S President has received instruction from Thomas S. Monson
that missionaries should stay in there areas for at least 5-6 months. Finally
that has been in place after hearing it almost two years ago from E. Anderson
in Gilbert. I may finish my time in Rio das Ostras, that would be a dream come
true!
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