Opa galera! Tudo bem com vocês? Não vou mentir, a música e dance de Brazil é muito bom mas difícil para aprender😂😂[Hey guys! All right with you? I'm not going to lie, Brazilian music and dance is very good but difficult to learn]
Hey everyone! How's it going! Elder Fisher here with another email and another week of performing the most important work taking place today, "The Gathering of Israel"!
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| Fusca [beetle car] |
I don't have too much time today because we are about to visit "The Best Acai" because Elder Black hasn't gone yet so here is a quick update on the week:
Monday - Zone Counsel! We met up with everyone from our zone and the AP's to have a little conference and do some practices. Before we entered into the church, a person from the road came over to talk to us. Turns out he is a member who hasn't been to the church for a long time. I'm pretty sure he was also drunk but when were were talking to him he said I had a "pure heart"... so... thanks John! I hope to see you at church soon!
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| Mcqueen! |
Tuesday - CONTACTING! Honestly one of my favorite things to do! I love talking to people on the road and at homes to get to know them and see their faith in Christ! While knocking a door, these two dogs came rushing at me and almost bit me! (thank you mankind for gates!) We found a lot of cool people and also cool things like LIGHTING MCQUEEN! (pictures below). We also set some people on date but... sadly none of them made it to church so, we will try and help them a little😅
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| Cleaning |
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| Dog |
Wednesday - Woke up this morning and found Daisy our dog OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE! I think she now knows where we live! Sadly it wasn't time for us to leave yet so she was gone by the time we left the house. Today was our day of service for a member family: Vera and Cida! They live on a farm like area and needed help putting rocks down on the grass and also preparing for a birthday party. We helped paint their driveway and it was a really nice change of pace! We also went to seminary at night to help the youth learn about testimonys. And as part of our pay, we got nachos! ALSO I FOUND OUT THAT PEOPLE HERE KNOW THE "HIGH 5 SONG" AND ITS IN PORTUGUESE!!! AHAHAHA!!!
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| Nachos! |
Thursday - This morning, I had a trial of faith. We went about making contacts and knocking doors and no one wanted to talk to us. We would make eye contact with people at houses and they wouldnt answer. I honestly began to think if there was something we did wrong bc nothing seemed to be going right. Right before I was about to give up, we finally found someone who let us in. It turns out, this man, Junior, had been praying for God to send him help and we were the answer to his prayer. I think it goes to show how at our lowest moments, God is preparing something for us but needs us to continue with faith to receive the "Ray of light" he offers for us! We are now helping our friend Junior prepare for baptism to recieve more of the blessings of God! Another fun experience was teaching a referral in a drinking distributor. Lets just say there was a strong smell of cigars and beer🤢
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| Dinner with members |
Friday - We went back to help Vera and Cida today and found out they told us about their son who is away from the church and about 2 family that live in the same área that want to know the church! WORKING WITH MEMBERS WOOHOO! Then at night, our ward had a dance at the stake center and it was awesome! I actually had a women ask me to dance with her and sadly, I told her I cant as a missionary. But i promised her a dance in a year!🤣 (i also found out that Elder Niz knows how to do the foot thing! Ill send the vídeo to my mom and she send it out)
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| Swing dance with Niz |
Saturday - Today while we were trying to find a referral, we found a lady named Josi who is going through a hard time and wants to go back to church to help her son Alan (who also calls me Tio). I gave her the address and she ended up coming to church on sunday with her son! And one last time we helped with Vera and Cidas party😆
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| Cida and family |
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| Service! |
Sunday - Sadly our friends that were going to be baptized couldnt make it but we had our friends James, Josi, Alan, and Junior at church! To end of the day, we crashed the party of Vera and Cida and I may or may not have been force to sing Moana for everyone there😅
Scripture for the week: 2 nephi 22:2. Trust in God, he is our salavtion and his son as well
Love you all!
Tenho saudades para vocês!
Até a próxima!
- Elder Fisher (🐟er)