Fala Galera!!! Não acredito que tô aqui no último p-day de minha missão! Hoje de manhã, tive minha entrevista com presidente e almoço com ele e alguns outros missionários. [Hey guys!!! I can't believe I'm here on the last p-day of my mission! This morning, I had my interview with the president and had lunch with him and some other missionaries.]
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| Devin with Elder Mortenson (his 1st comp at the CTM) & Elder Ortiz |
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| Happy Elders |
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Hey guys!!!! Once again, the weeks just fly! Here we are on the last normal p-day and like it has been, it passed by quickly so here is a quick overview of this week:
Monday - We got doffes donuts again😅😅
Tuesday - Today was a rough day ngl but it was also incredible at the same time. I had gotten sick (my annual cold) and had basically lost my voice but I could feel the Lord sustaining me. He helped me have the power and clarity in my voice to speak with people. I feel if anything, with my sickness I spoke even better portuguese 🤣
Wednesday - Division with Elder Eyring!! And right as we traded, we already had a problem; we forgot to leave a phone chip with the other elders😅 so I got in contact with my friend Cris to go visit them and we told them we would send the chip over in a "special package" (aka with a lot of pamphlets and books of mormon, let's just say, we like to use uber a lot and be very cautious with our delivers😁) Later that day we went to have lunch with irmã Neide and her family where we found EVERYONE SICK!! Neide was starting to loose her memory, Neusa had an infection on her leg, Ingride had a bad cold, and Vitor suffered a motorcycle accident. I am thankful for the priesthood and being able to give them blessings. Please pray for them! We also had a cool run in with someone from Palmeira. When I asked where he lived he mentioned this road I knew that went all the way to the woods and guess what! He lives at the end of the road😆 so after talking to him about the Holy Ghost and baptism we got his address and the Elders ended up going there in Palmeira and helping the entire family schedule a baptism date!! Miracle!! (Please pray for Paulo and family)
Thursday - Today I learned something: the Sisters area of Princesa is HILLY!!! We went their to do a divison where we found Tom Sawyer (see picture below). We also had an incredible miracle. Sister Oliveria had the prompting to plan for us to go visit a reference they taught about 3 months ago. We went by at 8 at night and found the references mom. Turns out she is going through troubling times and wants to turn to the Lord. We explained how through covenants with God, she can receive the power of God. We invited her to be baptized and she accepted! She is now progressing to making her first covenant with God!
Friday - Divison with Elder Bueno! We first went to go visit a venezuelan, Carmen, that went to church in the Sisters area. I went with Elder Bueno bc he speaks Spanish and when we got there.... it was busy!! The family was running all over the place that they let us in, sat us on the couch, and then had problem after problem that bascially we didn't do anything😅 but God will provide a way someday. Then later that night we went to separate beans for a lunch we had....
Saturday - ...today!! Bc of mothers day, the men from Elders quorum got together to make feijoada (it's like a bean stew). There was a lot! Sadly the men burned the rice but it was still good! I also found out that our recent converts took part in an activity where Vinícius dyed his beard green and Kelly and Neymar dressed as pioneers 🤩
Sunday - Today with mothers day was from rock bottom to out into space. Not many investigators or recent converts came to church and we didn't really know what to do. We went to lunch with Kelly and Neymar, our recent converts, where we knew one thing: their nephew, Emanuel, wanted to be baptized. The entire family was there and we thought, how incredible would it be for all of them to see Emamuel be baptized. We talked to Kelly and Neymar and they liked the idea so we talked to Emanuels mom. Emanuel has been going to church for about a month now and his mom asked him in that moment: "Do you want to be baptized?" He said "Yes", "today?" "Yes" "are you gonna stop drinking coffee" "YES". Because of Emanuels devotion to follow Christ, he was baptized!
As said in 3 Nephi 11:37-38, we must be like little children because the kingdom of God is for them (3 Nephi 9:22) Ask yourself how you can be more like a child and let's the Lords will prevail in your life!!
Amo vocês!!!
Até a última semana!
Elder Fisher