(Elder Mackrory)
Bom dia família e entes queridos!
This week was very different from any other week for sure.
From the beginning to the end. Vamos que vamos.
This week I saw 20 fuscas, bringing the total to 763.
On pday, we went as a district to center of Búzios! Now I
know why everyone calls my area beautiful. As missionaries we usually stay in
the neighborhoods doing our stuff, so I was thinking “well it's not ugly, but
there's not a whole lot here worth a vacation”. And then we went here. Wow. I
would spend a week here as a tourist. We met up on the beach and went to lunch.
I had just gotten a haircut and I had already eaten sufficiently, so I just sat
with the district and chatted. That and the extremely high prices killed any
hunger I did have. We then took a buggy ride around the city. We got to see all
the beaches on this little peninsula, including a beach with red sand! Needless
to say, I took some of that home with me. After that, we went home and chilled.
Then everything was not chill. My phone rings. It's President! So we chatted
for a second and then he says “Would you accept a calling to be a District
Leader in Búzios?” “Yes, I would accept that calling” “Thank you Elder
Mackrory, the Zone Leaders will call you to give you some orientation”. To my
remembrance, I was never officially called as DL. But yet here we are. Oh well.
Transfers were announced that night and Elder Flores and I are staying together
here in Búzios, only I'm District Trainer. President also announced that this
transfer there is an apostle coming to visit us and the Rio South mission this
transfer. We are not sure which one he will be, but were excited anyway. That
night we taught a lesson in Spanish and went home again. Then I did a little
bit of stress cleaning.
On Tuesday we got yelled at by a Chilean dude. Not exactly
sure why he was mad, nor did I have the slightest idea of what he was saying,
but we were able to calm him down and get back to normal activities. I later
asked Elder Flores what he said, and he said he only got like 50% percent of
it. So that's the Chilean accent for you guys.
On Wednesday we had the fullest English class I've ever
taught. There were only about 15 or so people, but it made it extremely
difficult to walk around and help people one on one because of a new hand being
raised every 10 seconds. But it was better than 3 people, so I'm happy.
On Friday we spent about 6 hours on the bus. We left our
house at 7am for the Zone Leadership meeting. At 9, we arrived. At 10:30 we
left, and got to lunch on time at 12:30. At 2, we left for another area in the
district to do some baptism interviews. At 3, we arrived, as planned. We then
Waited almost two hours for the ZL's to show up and tell us where we were
going, not as planned. The interviews went well, and yesterday we had two
baptisms. Then we traveled An hour back to our area. After standing on the bus
for most of the trip, we decided to do our work online and go to bed early.
Saturday and Sunday were pretty normal, English class,
church, amazing member lunches and lessons. On Sunday night my comp came down
sick, so we will see how that works out. This week is zone conference, and so I
will have the opportunity to practice our musical number as we are preparing
for the apostolic visit.
SummaRio:
20 fuscas, 763 total
Had a great pday in my area, and I realized why my area is
so envied
Was called as District Trainer! this means I will continue
training Elder Flores and be district leader
An apostle will come to visit us this transfer and we will
get to do a musical number
The Chilean accent is really hard to understand
English class was really busy
We spent 6 hours on the bus on Friday because of baptism
interviews and leadership councils
Comp got sick yesterday, started working on our special
musical number
Tender mercy: On Sunday we had a few lessons with a recently
returned missionary. Since I've basically been the senior companion since
leaving training, I've been looking for new or better ways to teach. Having the
perspective of someone who has already fulfilled their two years in the field
was really nice for me to see and learn from him. I love training, but I always
need my own training.
Spiritual thought: These last few weeks I've really been
focusing on repentance, so much so that my predictive text suggested the first
word of this paragraph to be “Repentance”. I've not stopped on that process,
instead I'd like to focus on one aspect of it. Prayer. My companion's favorite
scripture in the Book of Mormon reads, “But behold, I say unto you that ye must
pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord
save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ,
that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be
for the welfare of thy soul.” (2 Nephi 32:9). Prayer is an essential part of
repentance. It is not just a process of realizing mistakes and becoming better,
it is also a process of confession to Him, seeking forgiveness and guidance on
how to move forward. In some cases, it is necessary to go to the proper
priesthood authority to seek this counsel. Prayer will change the night to day
because this is how ideas flow. Light bulbs of understanding fill our minds,
and the once dark areas of our knowledge are filled with light. It is through
the essential step of prayer that forgiveness and true repentance is brought
about.
Fotos:
1. Predictive text
2. Random engine
3. Random tundra??? Nunca vi aqui Antes...
4. Nossa! Nossa area
5. Some beach
6. Some garage
7. The Telephone pole decided not to hold the wires anymore
8. Clean house
9. Red sand
10. The island on the left looks like a turtle
11. Buggy ride
12. Red beach
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