Tarde Galera! Como vai hoje? Quais são os novidades essa semana? [Afternoon Guys! How are you today? What's new this week?]
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| The boys |
Hey guys!!! Wow has the week gone by fast! Each week feels like it passes by in a day. This week was pretty special and unique and full of miracles. Here is an update on what when on in the companionship of Elder Ferreira and Elder Fisher:
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| Art of Elder Ferreira and I |
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| Early bird gets the worm |
Monday - Note to self: DON'T ORDER 4 PIZZAS WITH THE ELDERS AND OVERSTUFF YOURSELF😖😅 (Shoutout to one of the best flavors, dois amores! (ITS literally a white and Black chocolate pizza))
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| Pizza w/Elder Brown |
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| Paulo |
Tuesday - Divison with Elder Borjas!! Elder Borjas asked to do a divison to help some investigators who wanted to be baptized but needed that extra push. We ended up talking with their friend Paulo that wants to be baptized but didnt feel ready. I read 3 nephi 11:23 which explains the requirements of baptism and I asked if he had these things. He said yes and we marked him on date for this coming Saturday! His younger brother also started throwing these small cactus things at me, idk why😂 While looking for other references, this Luis (who actually was the reference) found us on the road and gave us this stroopwaffle (10/10!). Later we visited Vitor who has been going to church for 6 months and was just waiting for that extra push. I did his baptism interview without telling him I was and he passed! He is marked on date for tomorrow to be baptized and soon get the priesthood to work towards being sealed with his spouse that already is a member!! |
| Stroopwaffle |
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| Vitor and his wife (goofy photo) |
Wednesday - Divison with Elder Brown! I went over to Almirante Tamandaré (my first área!!!) I let Elder Brown lead because he is going to train soon and it was awesome! We had some good laughs trying to visit and find people in the rain and finding sponges hanging on drying racks (once again, idk why) but what was remarkable was our last contact for the night. We were trying to find a Gabriel and when we knocked his door, a young girl opened the door and started to talk to us. Her neighbor saw us talking to her and came to assist her. She didn't want to talk to us and we felt a bit of the spirit of contention but Elder Brown presented the Book of Mormon and gave it to them and the spirit of contention left. It is remarkable to see newer missionaries act in faith like that!
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| Rain and broken umbrellas |
Thursday - Back in my área!! (Shoutout to Elder Ferreira for holding down the fort for me!) We went around finding new people today. While finding new people we passed by this one car that has the loudest speaker and was playing what I thought was frog sounds (once again, idk why🤣) but we had such a cool spiritual experience with a facebook reference, Luis and his sister Vitória. They had asked for a Book of Mormon and as soon as we presented the Book, I felt nothing but the spirit. We ended up sharing our favorite verses and just reading random parts. It was awesome!
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| Mikey |
Friday - I dont remember too much from today besides have a little picnic with Elder Ferreira. We bought some coxinhas and tortas and just ate them cause we were starving😅
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| Picnic! |
Saturday - We had the zone leaders over to do baptism interviews for our friends Sabrina and Kemilly! They had watched conference with us the week prior and loved it so much! The zone leaders ended up performing the interview and we met Sabrina and Kemillys Father in law. We were worked he wasn't going to allow them to be baptized but he allowed them to be baptized and we found out he speaks some english!
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| Late night cooking |
Sunday - And now the title! We woke up this morning and literally ran to Sabrina and Kemilly to make sure they were awake. They were. We still had about an hour before we needed to call an uber for them so we ran to another family that wanted to go. We called and over for them and by the time they were on their way, we had 20 minutes to get back to Sabrina which was a 25 minute walk so....we ran!! We made it and got everyone to church on time (including us!) We then had the baptisms of Sabrina and Kemilly and Sicero from Cachoeira 1 and Raquel from São Lourenço. Overall a day to never forget!
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| All dressed in white |
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| Sabrina and Kemilly family |
These last few days I have been studying conference and 3 nephi 1-9. Overall, I like to think about my dad's favorite word: Remember. When we Remember, we won't got astray. We will do the things God asks of us and the covenants we made with him. Christs arm is extended to us, we just need to "Remember" to come unto him (3 nephi 9:14)
Ate o proximo! Amo vocês!
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Facebook post: My God has been my support; guided me through my
troubles in the desert and saved me from the waters of the great deep. |
- Elder Fisher
