Week 95

Monday, October 7, 2019

So this week was insanely busy and finished in the best way with getting to hear the prophet. It was really cool because There were two apostles that speak portugues who instead of having a translator, recorded their talk before and played it at the same time so we could hear their real voice in portugues. It was Elder Christofferson and Soares that did that for us.  And we had a few investigators in the sessions that really felt the sprit. One of my favorite moments was the change regarding baptisms and testimonies. Now that women can act as witnesses, we have a few baptisms that will be better to have the families participation. This week we should be baptizing Ayza and Rogerio. 

Ayza: So her mom finally signed the paper. She has been difficult these last few weeks. But bringing her a cake helped a little. kidding... what helped was us getting the whole extended family coming to testify and show that she was fighting something good for her daughter. She finally decided to sign and everything is all good. Ayza was so excited to tell us! She almost exploded! We are very excited for her. Please pray that all works out for her. 

Rogerio: He was progressing but not as fast as we were hoping. He was fighting his addiction to smoking. But God knowing everything helped him out by breaking his foot. The only place he smoked was at work where he is a guard in a store. But one night at work burglars entered and he fought them off but when kicking one of them he broke his foot. He will stay 30 days in house and can’t leave. We got there to share the video of the gardener and how god loved him enough to cut him back. He has completely changed his attitude and is all on board. We will also try to baptize him this Friday with Ayza. 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media-library/video/2012-01-014-the-will-of-god?lang=eng   Here is the video we shared that helped Rogerio 

Larah went to conference but she is super busy and will be traveling this week. So unfortunately because of my time limit I might not be here to be a part of the baptismal service. But she is progressing and loving to learn the true gospel of Christ and his powerful atonement.

So that’s basically it for this week. I really fighting the fact that there are people here who I won’t be able to baptize but I’m learning to trust in God and the next elders that pass here after me to continue. I love you all tons! Hope you all received revelation during conference. Have a great week! See ya all here in a little! 

Elder Joshua D Lee