This week was another great week, maybe even one of the best ones of my mission! We have a level system here for all the key-indicators and there are 7 levels and we have been trying for a while toi get some of the higher levels and this week week got the level 5 and it was soo cool! We were needing a few lessons with member and references from member or investigator and when the night was ending we got three references from one lady that led to three more! and our recent convert, Leandro, from this past saturday went with us on two lessons! it was awesome! there is so much work to be done here. but we chased all of our goals and got home 9:26 happy with a great week.
One of our investigators dogs ate one of our recent converts kittens..haha. but luckily it didnt cause any problems.
We had a baptism of Leandro this week, he was able to stop smoking and be baptized! he tried really hard and was able to stop!
Patricia had a mircale happen last week! She has been here for 3 months looking everywhere for a job and hasnt found anything. and 3 days after getting baptized she got a job!!! She had quite a bit of fear before being baptized and we talked with her alot about taking that step of faith in the darkness and the Lord will bless us....and she took that step and was extremely blessed!
We ate lunch yesterday with that family thats trying to get married, it was soo good! They are so firm! Its sooo cool to see them progressing, the daughter gave a talk in the "new beginnings" saturday night. They posted the pictures of the baptism on facebook and his cuzin from the south of brazil emailed him and said hes a member and is the bishop of his ward and that he was really excited to see his kids getting baptized. he didnt even know he had family that were members!
i put a pause on reading jesus the christ because my comp finished a marvelous work and a wonder and is letting me read it, its super great! i wanna read as much as i can or all before he or i is transfered. My comp is super cool! he has a lot of patience with me and has great ideas.
Ya Josué has a ton of pictures and fotos of me on his facebook. hahaha i saw dads facebook...superman!!! haha
Caleb thats awesome! congrats! i wish i wouldve played soccer, thats gonna help your cordenation out a ton for football! and when you serve in brasil you can show all the brazilians how to play soccer!
but i will answer you questions dad.
1) i learnded that i have a lot to learn. My testimony has really been put to the test and because of this it has grown so much. My knowledge of the gospel and the tests of faith have helped me strengthen my testimony as well. I love being able to say with conviction That "I Know This Church Is True"
2)The Gospel/scriptures, and more about Joseph Smith, who he was, his story all that.
3)Go out with the missionaries! Tell everyone about the gospel! Share your testimony and your beliefs! Overcome the fear! Study the first lesson in PME and gain a testimony of it. PRAY AND ASK!
4)Read the explanations of the lessons and the book of mormon and practice telling it in role plays with your families and then set goals and plans to apply it by a certain day and then follow up with how it went! Also its great to study the part about working with members so they can understand how the missionaries are taught to work with the members.
5)They give references and go visit with us/or invite us over to introduce freinds in a family night and THEY INVITE THEM to churhc and other things! They also inlcude the investigtors at church, because we always tell them that they will love church! if the members dont help them feel the "pure love of christ" they wont feel much to desire to come back.
6) Mark more family nights.
7)They have a desire to help and understand that the misisonary work is the most imortant...but the majority just doesnt know how to do it and how they can help.
8)Wake up and go? im not quite sure i understand this question.
9)DONT JUDGE! invite them to the activities. live the gospel. love the investigators by word and action
There is a great book our mission uses called "The Power of Member Missionary Work" That is super great and deals with alot of these topcis, i think you would love it and get alot out of it.
We seem to be able to lead by example as we try really hard, but sometimes i want to be able to lead in other spects as well so that the others also have the same success we are having. we tell them and tell them but sometimes i feel like there is a lack of aplication. how can i help them apply what is helping us?
Thanks everyone!
Happy Birthday dad! thanks for everything that youve taught me and for pushing me a ton. i hope to one day be able to be as great a leader as you. Thanks for all your inspiring letters that keep me going.
Amo Vocês..
-Elder Grondel
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