May 11, 2015
This p-day was probably one of my favorites. We were lacking a couple of the documents
necessary for the wedding, but the people that work in the city office that
manages weddings all know the Elders and what work we are trying to do so they
let it slide. I was super stressed out
because we didn’t know if it would work out or not, and then we were just so
happy and relieved afterwards when it did work out.
On the way home we went to the biggest cemetery in Fortaleza. It was kind of
like a walk in the park really. It was super cool and one of the only quite
places in the ENTIRE city. I found it rather peaceful. I took pictures of some
tombs that I thought were the coolest. There were even some that made me think
of Rio! Weird, because it's actually a nice place... Until the Spirit people
showed up dressed in white to perform some rituals... That was interesting.
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| I even laid down for a little nap ;) I'm almost dying anyways! |
Another great thing that happened today was that I got my
flight itinerary emailed to me. That
makes the end seem so near to me. I am
glad that I am really busy teaching a ton of people right now to help me keep
my mind off of going home. We marked 2
weddings for June 3rd – they lined up perfectly for both of the
families. The families are super excited
about the weddings and their baptisms.
We taught G. today and she is so ready to be baptized. Her date is set for one week from now. She is retaking all of the discussions, but
everything is familiar and she is doing well.
She loved going to church and it was really great to see the members
welcome her and her little daughter. The baby actually let the members hold her
and play with her. It was good stuff.
May 12, 2015
Today was interesting.
M. wanted to go out on teaching visits with us but we have to have a
third guy with us if a girl is teaching with us. We planned on having the young man who is
preparing to serve his mission go out with us so that she could go. Sadly, the
guy flaked out and all we could do was go contacting with M. She actually was pretty good at it and we got
some good contacts in. After a while we headed to the chapel to take M. to
seminary and switch out with another member who wanted to go out with us. When we got to the chapel there was a 13 year
old girl there who wants to be baptized.
We talked to her and learned that she lives in the Zone leaders
area. She wanted to be baptized and
attend our ward because all of her friends are youth in our ward. We talked to her about how we need to keep
her in the area where she is living and then gave the referral to our zone
leaders.
May 13, 2015
Sooooo today we found out that the missionaries from another
zone have been teaching in our area. We
got in contact with a referral today and she said that other missionaries had
passed by and taught her less than 3 hours ago.
We will have to get that all straightened out
We taught our recent convert’s father today, but he did not
seem too interested. He supports his son
and is not antagonistic, but he is Catholic and said that he didn’t want to
change.
On the bright side, T. and E. are reading the Book of Mormon
and T. is attending seminary. She has
downloaded all of the church library and is studying a lot. She reads everything that we give her and
asks great questions. Her dad is also
doing well. He smokes a little, but he
says that he is quitting.
May 14, 2015
I am going to call today, the “dog-day.” There were so many dogs on the street
today. We had this one super sweet dog
that followed us for about an hour.
Where ever we went, she followed us until we crossed a major highway. The road scaredher back into her area. All of the dogs have a sort of territory that
they stick to. even though they are all
strays. We also saw some rather large
dog taking advantage of a tiny min-pin female dog. It was creepy especially because there were a
ton of other male dogs just hanging around her. I felt sorry for her.
Focusing on the more spiritual side of things, we taught J.
tonight. His family is really
spiritual. I love to hear their
beautiful prayers. They are so grateful,
sincere, and humble. Every time we finish a lesson with them, we have a
kneeling prayer and that leaves us with a great spirit.
May 15, 2015
We had an appointment scheduled that was a no-show, bu his
brother-in-law was there and he invited us in, gave us food, and asked us if we
could say a prayer with him. He liked
our message and he said that he wanted to visit our church. But he is super strong in his church so we
will see if his pastor will let him visit ours.
One of our investigators is having a hard time finding his
the documents that he needs for his wedding.
That makes me super nervous, but tonight we got the address for a place
that specializes in fast document recovery.
Tonight we went teaching with a young man from another
ward. He is preparing for his
mission. We had a great night of
teaching and on the way home he said, “Man, I wish stuff was happening in my
ward!” That made me feel good about the
work that is happening now.
May 16, 2015
J. won’t be able to come to church tomorrow because he has
to go to his mom’s house to get his birth certificate for his wedding. She lives almost 3 hours away. He and his “wife” (almost) really wanted to
make it to church, but they need to get the papers for their wedding.
May 18, 2015
I
think that we got all the wedding paperwork worked out today. We're going to
have a family night with the family of 4 tonight and we'll see if what we did
this morning will work.
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| We killed a rat. That sucker has been evading us for about a week |
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| A super old tree here in the center of the city. It's "huge" |
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