Week 36....Mogi Mirum

This week went by pretty slow. I think it will always be like this when I get a new companion. His name is Elder Matheus. He is pretty good but is still super new in the mission and learning a ton. He is from the south here in Brazil. He has a desire to be good and I think that´s all I can ask for. Also, now I´m Senior companion. Last transfer I was co-senior so we shared the responsibility but this transfer it´s all on me. It´s alright though because when we have challenges the Lord prepares us for them and during them.

We started off the transfer really well. We had a baptism Sunday and are planning to have a baptism Saturday. Our baptism this last week was a women named Michele. She is super awesome. We actually started teaching her almost 5 months ago with Elder Lukas. She was super receptive but she had problems keeping commitments. She had to work every Sunday and couldn´t go to church. So sadly we had to put her a side till she would be able to go to church. Then about a month ago we passed by there and figured out that she wasn´t working anymore and could go to church. We invited her to church and that Sunday she went! Then she got another job and while she could go to church it limited when we could teach her. We had two options teach her in the morning or at night and return home late. We decided it would be best to wake up at 5 in the morning so we could get there at 8. We did that several times but everytime something happened and we couldn´t teach her. Then Friday we were able to teach her, so we taught her all the lessons in less than 40 minutes and had an interview Saturday. Also we are planning on baptising her daughter this Saturday. Her daughter is amazing. She was born with a problem, so she can´t walk but she has such a desire to follow the plan that God has for her. I really want to be more like her.

 

Also, it was super hot here. It hadn´t rained for almost a month and in São Paulo they are cutting water because of a water shortage. They said it hasn´t been this hot in almost 50 years(just my luck.) This week we were truely blessed with rain. Although it always came at inconvenient times it was good to feel it again. The weather has been super crazy! Anyways I love you guys a ton and stay warm!

 

Love

Elder Zachary