I
am missing my hair. But taking showers this week has been very efficient.
Yesterday
was a holiday so we get to email today. Yesterday we went to Alto da Sé in
Olinda with the assistants and it was the bomb.
This
week we had ward conference. So with that the ward did a family home evening
night and a movie night during the week. During the movie night, they played
"Juntos para Sempre." This was a very 80s church film with some
rocking clothing and haircuts. The movie was perfect for our investigators who
went. One family that went is literally amazing. I love them so much. They are
an eternal family in perspective. They loved the movie and are so excited to
learn about the Plan of Salvation.
Also
this week we received a phone call from the secretaries with a referral of a
man named João Paulo. We decided to go and contact him that minute. When we got
there, he greeted us and welcomed us in. We started to teach him and while we
were teaching about prophets he says "yeah it seems like there was a
silence for many years between Malachi until John the Baptist and Christ came
around. But I feel like God has left the world in silence since Jesus came. I don't
understand why God wouldn't call another prophet." We were like super
stoked and said "HE DID!" Then
we started explaining about the apostasy and the restoration of the Gospel - How
Christ restored the true Church through Joseph Smith and that President Monson
is the prophet today. I have never seen someone smile so much during a lesson.
We asked him how he was feeling to know that God had once again called a
prophet - he said "I feel so happy! I have always pondered this. It is
amazing because to be honest... I didn't want you guys to come and visit my home,
but now I am so joyful that you did." It was amazing to encounter such an
elect person like João Paulo.
During
Sacrament meeting, Claudineide (our recent-convert) leans over and whispers "this
is literally the best meeting of all the church meetings every week. I think
that sacrament meeting should be way longer than it is!" It was so cool to
hear that. I think that we take the Sacrament meeting for granted. I know that
for me in so many ways before the mission, Sacrament meeting became a kind of
routine thing. But I know it shouldn't be that way. I love partaking of the
sacrament and knowing that I have at least improved one thing that week, if not
more. And knowing that I can be clean of my sins.
I
love you all. I love this work so much.
Elder
Waters
