Well, here we are again. Transfer day. This week was without a doubt the most hectic of my mission..
The big news is that for the first time I know where
I will be going when I am transferred tomorrow and likely where I will
be finishing my mission. I will be going to the office in Porto Alegre
to serve as the Assistant to the President. I found out Thursday on our
way home from the beach. The Assistants woke me up and gave me the news,
and told me that I needed to come in on Friday to help finish the
transfers. (I will be killing Elder Campos, it is his last transfer and
they didnt think that just one transfer would be enough time to prepare
me for the rest.) So it was interesting to be able to finish the last
details of the transfer with President and the assistants. There is a
ton of work that is involved that I had never considered.
Saturday in the late afternoon I returned here to
the Vale with Elder Carroll and until now we have been running trying to
do all the visits we needed to and say goodbye to a few people. But the
great part is that I will be able to return to this area on division.
Also I will get to return to Passo Fundo and Caxias! I am honestly very
excited about his new role, a little overwhelmed but mostly just
excited.
My last few days here were so special. I´ve been
witnessing true miracles. Yesterday we committed Adriano and Jaqueline
to get married with the Bishop. They will be baptized with their 4 kids
sometime next month. Yesterday we were able to watch the Joseph Smith
movie with Jackson and Danielle, and then Luciano and Deise made dinner
for us. I gave Luciano a signed baseball and he gave me a custom made
cup with a picture of us at his baptism. It was awesome.
My thoughts have been in a constant flurry these
last few days, thoughts of my imperfection and how many flaws I have.
But So many things have led up to me being 100 percent convinced that
this church (and this mission) is run by pure revelation. One of those
was a special experience I had with Elder Green (the assistant that is
leaving) in my future area on division a few weeks ago. I believe I
mentioned how painfully brutal that day was.. We were kicked on, spit on
and flat out denied. It got so bad that we decided to take a break,
step back, and ask for heavenly help. We were led to a family of 4, and a
good first lesson, and after that I sort of forgot about it. But What I
haven´t shared is how Elder Green has called me after every subsequent
lesson with them. About how they talk about that first visit every
single time. How they NEVER let any kind of preacher into their house
but in our eyes they saw real sincerity. They talk about how much their
life has changed since then, and how excited they are to get baptized.
They remembered every single word we said that first lesson, even our
first names! They have already gone to chuch twice and given the
Assistant two other references of people they are teaching. I had their
opportunity to stop by their house on Friday with Elder Green and more
or less tell them that I would be taking the spot of Elder Green. They
will be doing a family night with them tonight to answer the question
they asked of how we found them. Green wants to ask permission to come
back for the wedding and the baptism. It is truly one of those
unforgettable stories on the mission.
Please pray for me in this new aspect of my mission.
I know that it is in our weaknesses that the Lord qualifies us for the
work. He calls igsifnificant people to take part in his spectacular and
grand designs.
Love,
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