The first official day of summer started yesterday haha. The seasons are the exact opposite of the states!!
We have been trying to bring back several less active
members to church and they have actually been coming back so that’s been
awesome because it feels like they are investigators hah. Our first one
is in his 50s and is very cool. When we went to go talk to him, he wasn’t there
but his dad was. He wasn’t a member so we asked if we could leave a message
with him and he said okay. You have to understand though that his dad is
getting up there in age. He has trouble hearing and sometimes he is just out of
it, but a soul is still a soul to Heavenly Father. The funny part was that we
were talking about baptism and asked if he would get baptized and he asked
how. So we showed him the picture of
John the Baptist and Jesus Christ and said exactly like Jesus Christ by
immersion. He then asked if the water was hot or cold. We said
whatever you want, then he said, “Hot because I won’t get baptized if its cold.”
hahah I didn’t laugh super loud, but I chuckled
a little. He also asked about how high
the water was because it was super high on Jesus and he thought he might drown
if it was that high. We told him it would be at his waist line and then he was
okay with it! So our goal is to bring the less active son so that he will
bring his dad!
The other less active man is also pretty cool. We were
talking with our ward missionary about him and you won’t believe this because I
didn’t either. When Walter was baptized 5 or 6 years ago he had a fear of the
water or something, but he literally wore goggles when he was getting baptized
- the kind with the nose piece. I was just in shock when I found out.
One of our old investigators has been doing good. He
is living with his girlfriend right now and that’s our problem. He really
likes the members here and so does his girlfriend, but they don’t want to get
married until this next upcoming year. I
really hope they get baptized!
We still haven’t had a ton of work and it turns out the end
of the year is the worst and best time of the year for missionaries: best
because we get to talk to family, but worst because the work is bad for the
entire mission! But it’s been good here!
Other things that I found out this week is that if you look
up the picture of Alma baptizing, on the far left side the man standing their
looks a lot like Chuck Norris.
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We had our Christmas dinner in the ward this week and it was
so good!!! We had a churrascão! It was kind of like Rodizio, but
they didn’t have all of those meats, just some. We decided to fast the
night before to prepare for it. I ate so much.
I can’t believe Brookie is getting married!
Spiritual
In sacrament meeting, the institute director spoke about
faith. He said as members we need more than just faith. Everyone in the world has some form of faith,
but we as latter day saints need faith that goes and does! I just thought
it was really profound and liked it a lot.
Another part is about the Spirit of Christmas. We
always talk about how the spirit of Christmas is the spirit of Christ, but if
you break it down one step further what is the spirit of Christ? It’s in Moroni 7 -charity. The Spirit of
Charity is the ability to love and serve with compassion and I had never
thought of that before, but it is so true.
Love you guys and I think right now the day to Skype is the
25th or 26th, but almost all of our members are leaving
so we need to find a spot for certain, but I will have a member email you and
let you know for sure today or tomorrow!
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