(Elder Mackrory)
Boa noite meus caros amigos e parentes,
É muito bom escrever mais uma vez relatando os
acontecimentos da semana. No decorrer da semana, vi 9 fuscas. O total então é
1335,5.
On Pday last, we worked in the afternoon because that was
the only time some people were available. It worked really well, but a lesson
went overtime and we missed the beginning of the mission meeting. I also used
the missionary underground shipping system, which is sketchier than it sounds,
to get same day shipping on the cheapest terere herb there is. Turns out it’s
my favorite one yet.
On Tuesday we had district council at home and the zone
leaders pulled up. They gave a bomb training on member lessons and it was super
fun to apply what they taught. We met a super charitable person who is super
interested, but she unknowingly had blocked us before knowing what we were
about and so we have to go visit her again to ask her to unblock us. An old
lady talked our ears off but the stories were good.
On Wednesday we met up with the bishops son who is preparing
for a mission and we met two super cool dudes. One of them we felt prompted to
talk two in the part as we drank a cold coke. He was really needing our
conversation and it was a tender mercy as much for him as it was for me. That
night we taught Vitoria, who is probably the most interested person we are
teaching, and this week we plan to mark a baptism date, so stay tuned.
On Thursday we went to go do visits with another young man
in our ward who is preparing for a mission, and he called a non-member friend
of his to show us around the kinda sketchy (super sketchy and full of guns)
neighborhood that we were not familiar with. This friend is now super
interested because he felt lots of peace as he went preaching the gospel with
us.
On Friday we had lunch with a member family who is super
cool. After lunch, by surprise, they gave each of us a super cool model bike. I
got a nice Aprilia. That night we had a ward karaoke night, that awkwardly
turned into a second reception for the newlywed couple in the ward. Its ok,
they’re cool members.
On Saturday we had a super awkward lunch. We arrived and the
apartment complex and were about to knock on the door when the sister and her
boyfriend were arguing, so before knocking, we waited a few minutes outside and
then knocked when the argument subsided. Then throughout the lunch there were
lots of passive aggressive comments and made my preplanned message about living
with others in peace both inspired and a little awkward. That night we had
soccer and the people literally spent a full 45 minutes arguing about who had
the most goals. Not super fun, but at least my companion and I got to third
wheel a PDA-prone couple.
On Sunday we had Jeiel’s baptism! It was kinda stressful
because we had tons of our friends show up. That’s a very good thing, but with
logistics of baptism and all, it was difficult to give attention to all of
them. Afterwards we got super caught up with online work and visited our super
interested friend from the sketchy neighborhood. We didn’t meet him but met his
mom, who is interested in being taught again after two years. Good end to the
week.
Tender mercy: I made beans for the first time in my life,
and they turned out to be really good! I was super worried about getting it
wrong and going without lunch, but I was able to make some pretty nice beans.
Spiritual Thought: I had a really deep study this week about
how the Holy Ghost works conversion in us. I based my study in a study
suggestion in chapter 4 of Preach my Gospel. As I read the stories in 2 Nephi 4
and in Enos, the spirit testified to me that He works conversion in the same
way, and still accounts for the different needs of the person. I invite you all
do this same study and search for how you can deepen your conversion by seeking
the Holy Ghost.
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