(Elder Mackrory)
Bom dia galera! Tudo certo??
This week was full of lessons, miracles, interesting
experiences, and more. It was not full of fuscas. We only saw 10 this week.
Total: 806.
On pday we were supposed to go do a hike in Arraial do Cabo,
but the Sísters were sick and the Elders were broke. So pday was canceled.
Bummer. Guess we'll just stay home. Nope. We get a text out of nowhere that a
returned missionary who served in this area. His name was Elder Samson, but we
just called him Joseph. He invited us to lunch with him and his mom. We took us
to this really fancy beachfront restaurant, and we had rumpsteak. Super good.
He ended up giving us a few references and a shortcut through the woods to get
to some of our really far lunches that will come in handy later. Something cool
about Joseph: He's my mission grandpa, meaning he trained my trainer, Elder
Nascimento. Another cool thing about him is that he also served in Cavaleiros.
He baptized the family with whom I had Christmas dinner.
On Tuesday, we had district council! Last week, I promised
breakfast if we met the goal for lessons with members. Well, we met it, so I
made chocolate pancakes for everyone. Took a bit longer than I expected, and so
we had a 90-minute breakfast and a 30-minute council. Whoops. It's ok. Everyone
loved the breakfast. But anyways after the breakfast club meeting, we started a
division with the Elderes of Arraial (pronounced ah-hi-Ow). I went to Arraial,
and Elder Albernaz came to Búzios. It was a fun division. We lost power in the
neighborhood we were working in, making it pitch black and giving everyone a
new excuse to not open the door. It's ok, we still managed to teach and get
burgers. It rained too, which may have caused the outage. Then it was really
cold (60°), so we slept well.
On Wednesday we had a really good lesson with Mayara and
she's says she feels a lot less anxiety and a lot more happiness.
On Thursday, we visited our awesome Argentina Family.
They're reading the Book of Mormon now and it turns out that the mother is a
less active member, so that's how last week she knew that you need to pray
about the Book of Mormon. They gave us some mate cocido straight from
Argentina. It's really good. Highly recommend for my friends Elder Beck and
(soon-to-be-elder) Jones.
On Friday we spent a good half hour searching for Maria.
Turns out streets here are not limited to streets. There's all sorts of streets
that aren't on Google maps. Maria lives on one of these streets. It was like
discovering a secret passageway.
On Saturday we had a day truly inspired. We had like 6
lessons pretty much back to back, almost never with the people we planned to
meet, but always with the people the Lord planned us to meet. We came home
exhausted but full of joy.
On Sunday we had great time, full of miracles too. (1) The
Father of the Argentina Family came to church even though he said he wouldn't.
(2) we skipping the closing hymn because of time (I 100% did not know how to
play it). (3) we originally did not have lunch scheduled for lunch, then Irmã
Lyra came up to us and said “show up at 1, I'll feed ya”. (4) A sister gave me
a really cool ring (don't worry, it's the grandma in the ward who takes it upon
herself to be the grandma for everyone. (5) the ring fits so well it doesn't
come off now. Oh well. (6) lunch was bomb. (7, the big one) We decided to take
the shortcut home. It was our first time taking this route and so we were a
little unsure. we had barely started on the trail, and a guy stopped us and
said “hey do you remember me?” We did not, but turns out he was taught by
missionaries well over a year ago, and his records would be automatically
deleted this next month if we hadn't found him. He and his wife are super
interested and are now with the goal of baptism.
Other highlight: this week I've started dreaming in 3
languages. Portuguese primarily, second Spanish, and third English. Last night
I actually dreamed in Portuguese with an Hispanic accent. Its so wild.
SummaRio:
10 fuscas, 806 total
On pday we kicked it back with Elder Samson at a fancy
steakhouse and got lots of tips for this area, in which he served.
Made breakfast and rushed through district council
tearful Lesson with Mayara
Mate cocido With Argentinaians
Google Maps has a good 70% of roads in Brasil mapped. But
the problem is that 70% of the population lives in the 30% of roads that are
not on Google maps. At least here in Búzios
Exhausting and inspired Day
7 big miracles on Sunday
Tender Mercy: I had skittles for the first time in forever.
They're so good. Appreciate what you have in the states, viu?
Spiritual thought: I finished the Book of Mormon this week
for the umpteenth time. Every time I read Moroni 10, I am inspired by the
exhortation and the invitation to act Moroni makes. But this time, I was
wondering about exactly that. Is Moroni 10 one of the few chapters that invites
actions? Or is it just famous for it? This time, starting the Book of Mormon, I
am going to be looking for the invitation to act that I believe is in EVERY
chapter. The word of God has the most powerful influence to do good on the
hearts of men than any other thing. But do let it have this influence? Are we
seeking this influence?
1. Oh my gosh iPhone resolution is sooo good
2. Lunch with Joey and Elisabeth
3. Me like every day (meme)
4. How to gird up your loins
5. Sweet bike again (I'm addicted to taking photos of her)
6. Mate cocido
7. Beach
8. A spoonful of saffron makes your rice sooo good
9. Another sweet bike (have I already taking one of her?)
10. Hike shortcut
11. Churrasco kabobs
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