This week was awesome!
To start, on Friday we got the opportunity to go downtown
to the Prefeitura of Recife because the government of Pernambuco gave a big
thank you to the Church and "Helping Hands."
As missionaries, we got to sing "Que Manhã Maravilhosa" and "Povos da Terra, Vinde Escutai." It went super well!! The Spirit was so strong and even the guy that was leading the session from the government said he felt chills. It was filmed by the Globo, which is one of the newscasts here. So maybe I was on TV! But idk because I can’t watch television #mishprobs.
As missionaries, we got to sing "Que Manhã Maravilhosa" and "Povos da Terra, Vinde Escutai." It went super well!! The Spirit was so strong and even the guy that was leading the session from the government said he felt chills. It was filmed by the Globo, which is one of the newscasts here. So maybe I was on TV! But idk because I can’t watch television #mishprobs.
Silene was baptized! This week everything went
great. She had super bad headaches, but
we gave her a blessing and it passed that night. Her son Thomas Jeferson baptized her. It was
super cool. After she rose from the water, they stood for a few minutes just
hugging and she started to cry a ton. I was so so happy that Thomas was able to
have that moment before he leaves this week for his own mission in São Paulo. I
guess he can tell the other missionaries in the MTC that he was able to baptize
this month already!
Today was transfers! I was expecting to stay and
finish Elder Faria's training, but I was transferred. My new area is Coqueiral which is actually
exactly next to Lagoa Encantada (my last area). Coqueiral means coconut tree. I
know you are thinking coconuts grow on palm trees... but actually they are two
different trees! A palm tree in Portuguese is a palmeira.
I am now serving with Elder Villamar who is from
Ecuador! He recieved a call from President Bigelow this morning informing him
about the earthquake that took place in Ecuador. He is looking at his email
right now and he hasn't received anything from his family yet. Please pray for
everyone in Ecuador!!
Love you all!
Elder Waters
