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| Sunburned fisher of men in the wild |
Hey guys! How's it going? Once again, a Fisher of men and his trusty "Salmon" were looking for bucket loads of fish this last week and caught a lot of of them! We had a lot of miracles this week and here I am to relate a few:
Shoutout to the Sisters Christensen and Wells (who sent pics to us w/ similar faces)
Monday - Had my interview with Prez today to see how I am. I love how Prez will ask 2-3 questions quickly to see how I am and then striaght into, "how's the work?", "how are the elders?", "is anyone breaking the rules?". He is straight to the point. He also gave me good advice of really connecting our investigators with other members who may have a similar story as someone else. Its helping the work a lot! Elder Salmon and I also bought some coconuts and had some fun breaking them and making smoothies out of them. I even tried throwing the coconut at the ground... found out Hammers are better!
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| Coconut |
Tuesday - When the climate changes, many things change. One for instance, is MOSQUITOS! Literally every moment we stopped to relate, talk to someone, or teach in a house, i was swatting at my face to get rid of the mosquitos! Let's just say I used up a LOT of mosquito repelent that day. On top of that, while walking around, Elder Salmon found a bees nest and decided to throw a rock at it. He ended up hitting it down and before we knew what happen... we were already running down the street!🤣 We also taught our friend Wilson today the restoration and something that sat with me is after the lesson when he thanked us for the message because it was different from what people normally do and share. Just goes to show, our message is different from others and people will recognize it with the Holy Ghost!
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| ZL's with Cris |
Wednesday - DIVISION WITH THE ZL's!!! We got to work with our new ZL: Elder Rodriguez! Turns out he has just 6 more weeks left on the mission! (While we were working, he actually recieved his flight ticket and plan by text) It was really cool to work with him and have him speak to people in Spanish (he is from Uruguay) and see all the experience he has as a missionary. Let's just say, I have a lot to learn still! I hope that I will get to see him at byu provo after the mish!
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| All the elders in the road! |
Thursday - Today I finally achieved my goal of getting someone to think I am Brazilian! We were walking on the road and starting talking to this one man (who was drunk) and asked who we were. We presented ourselves as missionaries and Americans and the man said "You guys aren't American, your brazilian!". WOOHOO!! I can finally pull off being brazilian now😆 we also tried inviting him to church and giving him a book of mormon but it didn't work. Later that night, Elder Salmon and I ordered a pizza thinking it would take an hour to get to our house. When we were on the road of our house we heart a motorcycle in front of us honking its horn. IT ARRIVED EARLY, we thought and immediately ran. We ended up missing him as he left... luckly he came back 5 minutes later. (may be a good repentance analogy now that i think about it😅)
Friday - Woke up this morning to this light mist which I thought was snow! Today we had a very spiritual lesson with our friend Andre. It was our first lesson with him and when I asked him about who God and Jesus Christ were to him, he gave me a story of how he really doesn't know. He was searching but doesn't know now. Right as he said these things, the Holy Ghost took over. Scriptures started flooding to my mind and all I remember is sharing a powerful testimony of how God loves all of us and above all, Andre. It was very still and peacful as I spoke and I can tell something touched him because he sat stunned and told us he would read the Book of Mormon. We haven't seen him since but I know the Holy Ghost is working with him.
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| Vinicius = Elder Fisher |
Saturday - Had christmas at the chapel today when we found new cleaning supplies! Immediately starting using them🤣 Today we also went to visit this family who had a lot of questions and is also searching for answers and they offered us a free lunch! We sat there talking to them about their life and how they grew up collecting potatos for a living. It was cool to just talk with them! Later that night, we went to confirm people to church near the house of our friend Vinicius. He saw us and asked what we were doing. When we explained, he led us to a family and we taught about the Book of Mormon and left a copy with them! As we were leaving, I saw the mother reading already! (THANKS VINICIUS #futuremissionary)
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| Cleaning the pool |
Sunday - Sadly today, the baptisms of Pablo and Erica fell through (no worries we will talk to them this week!) but we brought 3 of our friends to church! Ari, Amadeu, and Juliana! We asked Juliana what she thought about it and she had some questions so we went past her house and holy cow! HER HOUSE IS HUGE! We ended up teaching her about the restoration, book of mormon, word of wisdom, All of these things. She is very intelligent and curious so we are excited to work with her and I loved when she said, "I don't believe things just happen. They have a reason. So I believe there is a reason God put us together." I am excited to see her progression!
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| Elder Rodriguez |
This week I truly realized the power of "connecting" and how our success as missionaries is determined by our "dedication". We each go through things, but there may be people who have passed through something similar and can help us. If we just ask if we can connect people whether it be in person or exchanging numbers, I think we can be more like Christ and know how to help guide one another (Alma 7:11-13)
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| Cris holding a whip |
Love you all! I look forward to talking to you all next week and letting you know where I go next transfer! Ate!
-Elder Fisher