Hey everyone!
Well... this week I don’t really have a whole
lot to write about. It’s started to get warmer here although some days the wind
makes it a little chilly. We teach A, the man I told you about last week,
outside every night at eight at his work and man do we freeze some nights!
But he’s doing super good! We are reviewing everything because it’s been awhile
since he learned it all but he’s progressing really well. He is marked for
baptism on the 11 of February so we are passing him every night and he’s doing
great!
This week has been another one of those
rollercoaster weeks. It started out really good: we were teaching a lot and had
three investigators getting ready for baptism on Saturday. However... they all
fell through. We have so many investigators that are
just one or two steps away from being baptized but something is holding them
back! It’s frustrating at times but we are trying to be patient and keep
working with them. We are getting closer though. Our biggest obstacle right now
is getting them to come to church!! We only had two investigators in church
yesterday. Not good!!! They always say ya I’m coming and then they don’t show
up! We spend all morning Sunday passing people to bring them to church and
nobody can ever come! Everyone uses one of three excuses: I have to clean
laundry, I have to go do visits or I went to Praia. It’s ridiculous!
We had one really interesting lesson this week
though. We were teaching this lady and I’m pretty sure she didn’t understand a
word we said. She didn’t understand ANYTHING!! We were explaining the
Restoration and we used an example with some cups she had on her table. The
empty cups were the other churches and the cup with a ring and a toy in it
represented the Church of Christ with his authority and teachings in it. We
went through the Apostasy and everything, explained it really simply and then
asked which of the cups represented the Church of Christ. Her answer... God.
Apparently she doesn’t understand Portuguese at all, which I guess happens
sometimes. But she came to church so we’ve got to figure out a way to teach her
so that she can understand us because neither of us speaks Crioulo.
The only other thing that really happened this
week was we went on a division for two days with Elder Humphries, one of the
Assistants. That was really cool and we learned some pretty cool stuff. This is
the last week of the transfer so yes I’m still with the same companion. I’m
hoping to stay with him next transfer too, in the same area. We have some work
that we feel we need to finish here. We need to help some of these people get
baptized, they are so close! Other than that though I’m doing really well. I’m
eating well, it’s pretty hard to go hungry and I’m still having a good time. We
played soccer this morning for the first time but I haven’t had a chance to
play ball. We might look into buying a ball if we are here next transfer
because there are courts here. Other than that, things are great. Just trying
to work hard and do whatever we can to help these people here. I love you all
and look forward to hearing from you every week!
PS I got the letter you sent me finally. I also
got one from Grandma and Grandpa Schultz. Thanks!
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