(Elder Mackrory)
Fala aí gente! Tudo joia?
Essa semana foi muito boa. Vou contar pra vcs aqui. Vi 17
fuscas, totalizando 856.
On pday last, we had transfer news. We were like 90% sire
one of us was leaving. I was pretty sure it was gonna be Elder Flores. Welp. I
was wrong. Turns out we're both staying here. So the time we planned to make
our bags, we just hung out. Kinda nice.
On Tuesday we had district council, and went back to our
area and had lunch with some of our Investigators from Argentina. Argentinian
pizza is bomb. Since we thought we would be making our bags on Tuesday, we
didn't have anything planned. So we did tons of online work and managed to fill
Wednesday and Thursday which were pretty empty to allow for travels and
unpacking/getting groceries.
On Wednesday we went around visiting people in the rich
neighborhood. One person we tried to visit only had a street name, no number.
So we decided to knock every door asking for this person. You wanna guess where
she lived? On the last freaking house on the street. We knocked every door
except hers when we got to her house. Amazing experience there, worth red
knuckles.
Thursday was a day. We confirmed 3 lessons in the morning
far from our house. So we went. The first guy cancels with us saying “sorry I'm
in São Paulo” like what? We confirmed with you yesterday. How is this possible?
Oh well we had a backup plan. Second one cancels because we took too long to
get to her house (we arrived early). Third guy didn't respond and was not home.
Great. Now what? Well, the Lord provides, and we were actually able to visit a
less active member and have a good conversation! Then we left for lunch, and
went back out to work. a few lessons, contacts, and lots of walking later, we
arrived at home at 9pm. Exhausted. 12 hours without stopping. Longest day ever.
But it felt good to work and get home exhausted. Slept well, but even in my dreams
were knocking doors and finding people. I really don't get a break, but I love
it.
On Friday we had leadership council in Cabo Frio, so that
means 4 hours on the bus again. Yippee! But it was good. Learned a lot of good
stuff and I left there feeling really motivated to organize everything in the
district and make things moving well. So I did. Sent everyone messages and
assignments and asking questions and everything else, and by Sunday I managed
to organize the programs for the district councils and set up follow-ups for
everyone.
Saturday was also a very long day. We had English class
early in the morning and no one came. Then we had a very rushed trip to a
lesson and then on to lunch. After lunch at least 3 people stopped us to talk.
We met a guy who read the Bible in 22 days. Something like 60 chapters a day.
Insane. Visits, lessons, walking, and the rest until 9pm.
Sunday was really cool. After church, we went to prepare the
new house of a member. The previous owner did not clean the house like ever,
and the house was disgusting. But now it's limpinho. We had a very good lesson
with our Argentinian family and I spoke my best Spanish yet. It got to the
point where speaking Spanish was easier than Portuguese. I couldn't bring
myself to say “Igreja”, all I could think was “Iglesia”. Definitely felt the
power of the Gift of tongues.
Tender Mercy: On Tuesday, because of the extra time we
didn't plan for, my companion and I did a transfer planning session. We
arranged all of our goals and we arranged the calendar all beautiful and it
actually relieved a lot of stress that I didn't even know was there.
Spiritual thought: Yesterday I finished the Old Testament
minus Isaiah. I'm saving the best for last. In the Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ
teaches “And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things.
Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for
great are the words of Isaiah.” (3 Nephi 23:1). The Lord Himself gave us the
commandment to search the words of Isaiah. The book of Isaiah is hard to
understand, sometimes seemingly impossible. That's because the truths contained
therein are so precious, the Lord saw fit to hide them, as He did with His
parables. Because it is difficult to understand, we need to study it more, and
line upon line, it will be given us to understand.
Photos:
1. Beautiful rooster
2. Super old car from Argentina
3. Panini press is the best way to reheat pizza
4. Sunset at the beach
5. Super good thing I made. Ate it with rice (not pictured)
6. That moment when your ear hair is longer than your actual
hair
7. Yellow cocos?
8. The sun was dark one morning
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