We FINALLY met our
new mission president! Hes super Brazilian. I dont know if you know but
if you didnt know portuguese you would think Brazilian and portuguese
portuguese are 2 different languages. But hes super cool! He brought a
ton of new fogo and just a lot of good vibes! We had to be at the
meeting at 7 in coimbra so we had to drive there the day before and we
stayed in the elders house there but the thing is half the zone had to
do that! So 10 elders all slept in the same house haha it was quite a
party.
He talked a lot about how obedience is
key! Just be 100% obedient and we will see the blessings come. He even
gave everyone a new white bible as an analogy to a new start and a new
revival of the rules. Super cool. Then he talked about how success isnt
measured by baptisms. And that was really good for me especially. And he
held up a jar of rice and he dumped it on the ground and as he did that
7 or 8 big black beans were revealed. He said how every grain of rice
was a rejection or a door slam or a NO. And the beans were people
prepared to hear us and be baptized. So be patient and we need to be
emptying our rice jar one person at a time. Every time we get a
rejection we should say "YES!! 1 less grain of rice!" Haha it was pretty
cool!
Then we had interviews but ours wasnt
till 5 pm! So we went on a little mini division with the ZLs and it was
actually way good! We contacted literally every person we saw and I got a
new fogo to do more contacts! Then in my interview he challenged me to
do 20 contacts every day! And so being exaclty obedient in the last 3
days I've done just that! And my comp! So between the 2 of us in the
last 72 hours we've talked to 120 people. I feel so energized! I'm
really excited to see what more our new mission President brings.
Oh
and about Francisco and Rodrigo. Their Dad is scared of and said that
we're dangerous and we cant talk to them anymore. Pretty dumb but oh
well. We had to respect him and so we dropped them. I really hope we
touched them enough to change their lives.
This
week in my studies I came across an Ensign article about Samuel H
Smith. The OTHER brother of Joseph Smith! So I found my new Hero from
Pioneer days! Sam Smith was the 3rd person to be baptized in this last
dispensation (Poor guy! I've never heard of him! I've only heard of the
first 2! You would think the bronze medal would be at least mentioned!)
Haha and he basically took over all the farm and house duties of Hyrum
and Joseph while they were out restoring things. Sam actually was a
scribe of the BOM for a little while. He also was the first Latter day
Saint to arrive at Carthage and he helped burry his 2 brothers. His wife
died and left him 2 (or maybe 3) little children and he such a beast!
He died 30 days after Joseph and Hyrum of some fever but I think it was
like a broken heart or just exhaustion. He was the behind the scenes guy
that made everything run! So yeah just a little bit of church history
for you people. I'm sure Im like the last to find this out but oh well!
So happy Pioneer day!
Well hope you have a marvelous week filled with sun and summer fun!
And this picture here is an owl made up of random car parts! This city has a ton of random modern art stuff. Boa Semana!
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