(Elder Mackrory)
Fala aí rapaziada
Como é que vocês estão? Esse semana vimos 28 fuscas,
totalizando 1155.
This week was really good, lots of fun and work. Last pday
we went down to Cavaleiros beach and had lots of fun playing ball and then we
went to the mall to eat. At the mall I saw a family from my first area and we
caught up. When we had lunch at their house way back when, I used to sit down
and draw with their 7ish year old son. When I saw him he was at least 4 inches
taller and resembled his father a lot more. It was kind of a wakeup call for me
that I've been on the mission for a bit.
On Tuesday we had district council and we gave the training.
Every day I see Elder Hernandez speaking more and better, and he absolutely
killed it. Then we went to a play performance of a member who's goated at
giving us references. After the performance we went and talked to her and met
the whole cast and we were kinda celebrities. They got super stoked about the
Christmas party. went around and did some visits, all of our planned ones
falling through. Good thing the visits God planned all worked out. We met a
super old and ornery old lady named Dinah (pronounced Jeana) who has some
strong opinions about sin. She gave quite the sermon. That night we had
rehearsal for the Christmas party again and it was great.
On Wednesday we met a yapper. We'll actually we met her when
we were in division last week, but thus week we passed by her house again.
She's called Larissa, and she's so cool. What really frightened me is that she
said she's been married for 6 years. That's not weird in and of itself, it's
just that she's like 8 months older than me. So yeah. Anyway she also got super
stoked about the Christmas party this Friday so that was a win. We accidentally
talked for two hours.
On Thursday we had more rehearsal for the Christmas
presentation and had a great lesson on the resurrection with Maria.
Friday was a big day. In the morning we helped Cleiton and
his family move. Then we went home, showered, ate, and went back to help him
unpack. Then we went home, showered again and went to the Christmas party.
Larissa lost her dog like an hour before the party and she said she might not
take it. But she sent her husband to watch the presentation. His name is
Patrik. They didn't end up finding the dog, but she came anyway and it was so
fun.
Saturday we walked all around Macabu visiting members and
updating our missionary app since it has some (kinda) nee features that make it
possible for us to keep records up to date. Met tons of inactive members who
were all very kind and we will be working to bring them back to church and to
personal conversion.
On Sunday we got to church and there wasn't any bread for
sacrament. But no one said anything until 2 minutes before the meeting started,
and so we booked it home and grabbed some of ours. Good thing it's a 3 minute
walk to the chapel. We played the hymns and had good classes. I was inspired by
the phrase “Privileged to serve the Lord”. It truly is a privilege to be on the
Lord's errand.
Tender Mercy: After weeks of visiting Vanessa, a member
we've been focusing on, I was beginning to lose hope. Sunday morning, however,
as we left the apartment to go to church, we bumped into her! On her way to
church! My heart was partying and just loving life. And then, everyone at
church was so happy to see her too. Cherry on top.
Spiritual Thought: President Spencer W. Kimball taught: “We
do believe in setting goals. We live by goals. … [One] important goal is to
bring the gospel to all people. … Our goal is to achieve eternal life. That is
the greatest goal in the world”
This week was great. As I now track my goals, it's easy to
see how I'm doing. With exception to one, I met all my goals. I see myself
striving not only to meet the goals, but to become a more dedicated disciple of
Jesus Christ. This is the point of goals. When we make goals, we are able to
understand better our purpose in life, because we can see it step by step. Even
when we don't meet our goals, because we strived, we did better than how we
would have done had we not planned. My invitation to you all is to make,
register, and strive towards goals. Make Christlike goals and change them as
you develop. It brings immense joy.
1. Blocked from WhatsApp!
2. New Christmas album on its way
3. The best movers in Macabu
4. It's summer year round
5. Hills
6. The theater
7. The hills and I
8. Nuggets and burger slaps
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