(Elder Mackrory)
Bom dia galera! Como é que vocês estão?
Vi 21 fuscas esta semana, totalizando 1044. Tô começando a
reconhecer os fuscas na minha área, tá sendo difícil não contá-los de novo. Mas
vou ser honesto, podem deixar.
Hello friends and family! How yall doing? Last pday we
planned to head down to aeroporto to do a district pday, but we backed out in
order to teach our person on baptism date. We set his baptism for this week on
the 3rd. We're praying that his dad lets him get baptized. Please add him to
your prayer list. This kid has a true testimony of the truth, and the only
thing in his way is his father's permission.
On Tuesday we had a great district council, and we're truly
able to debate ideas and leave feeling edified and motivated to be the best
missionaries we can be. I had a division with our district leader, Elder
Humerez. He's pretty cool, but he walks really fast. That's not a bad thing,
but I'm already a fast walker. So to say he walks fast means he walks fast.
Anyways we got a lot done. Before we could get anything done, however, we
realized we forgot to get the keys from Elder Mena. Locked out. So my first thought
is “Bem, there goes our dia, we're gonna have to viajar 2 horas para ter as
chaves back.” Side note: my brain is a disgusting slush of half português half English.
I won't be able to communicate when I get back. Anyway, by luck, a member of
the bishopric works for the bus system, and we arranged for him to basically
call a friend and have the keys sent to us by bus. We got the keys, and got a
lot done. At night we had a family night with Cleyton and his family. His wife
got baptized a year ago, and he's still unsure when is his moment. But he told
us that he's making changes and is getting ready to be baptized soon.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were pretty normal days.
Lessons, English class and a family night. On Saturday, however, we decided to
walk around the world. Probably About 4 hours of walking. But we were able to
have two member lessons, we found like 4 people and visited some less active
members. Super productive, but I was exhausted.
On Sunday, we woke up to torrential rain. It got cold during
the middle of the night and I turned off the fan. When my alarm went off I was
confused because it sounded like the fan was still on, but it was in fact just
the flow of traffic (water) on the road (river) below. This was scary for me,
not because of the weather in itself, but because this would mean church is
canceled. And we would have to remark the baptism date
So I prayed. Then I prayed again, and by the time we had to
leave, the rain had stopped and the road was no longer flowing with water. When
we got to church, our friend on baptism date was already there, patiently
waiting in the pue. That day, we exceeded our goal of potential members at
church, and all the recent converts went as well. Miracles happen you guys, and
they happen through faithful prayer.
Other news: I finished working out my version of the goals
spreadsheet. It works better than the original (sorry pres) and has a nice BYU
theme.
Tender mercy: On Friday we were walking around and we were
approaching a youth. Elder Mena said that they taught him like a month ago, but
that he said he didn't want to talk to the missionaries any more and that he
didn't believe in God anymore. The kid stopped us and told us this great
experience where he now knows with certainty that God is real and cares for us.
He wants to meet with us again.
Spiritual thought:
President Brigham Young taught, “Let us train our minds
until we delight in that which is good, lovely and holy, seeking continually
after that intelligence which will enable us effectually to build up Zion, …
seeking to do the will of the Lord all the days of our lives, improving our
minds in all scientific and mechanical knowledge, seeking diligently to
understand the great design and plan of all created things, that we may know
what to do with our lives and how to improve upon the facilities placed within
our reach.” Lately I've been captivated by the concept that we can change our
very nature in Christ. We can even train our minds to enjoy good thoughts instead
of always having to work to put good things there. How can we “train our minds
until we delight in that which is good, lovely and holy”? What results from
“improving our minds”?
Fotos:
1. Mini pineapple growing
2. Landscape
3. New profile Pic
4. Sunset
5. Meme
6. Her name is Aurora and she likes to sleep
7. My spreadsheet
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