Hello Family and Friends,
The news is in and I will be moving to Medianeira! I will be
serving as zone leader with Elder Aires, another zone leader. Elder Aires is
from the city Fortaleza, the Northeast of Brazil. He is in his last transfer on
the mission. I not worried though because he is a very good missionary that
baptizes a lot and he asked to stay an extra transfer on the mission. The zone
is located close to the center of Porto Alegre so I won't be going to the
interior, actually the zone is right next to the zone I am serving in now. I
have heard that the ward I will be serving in is rather weak at the moment, but
hey that has been the story of my whole mission.
Our zone should be a strong one because we have the
assistants, secretaries, the leaders of the sisters, and another 5
companionships. This zone is the first one that I served in when I arrived on
the mission. It was kind of an unexciting zone almost 2 years back because the
work is definitely harder closer to the center of the city. I look to change
that image in the last 2 transfers on my mission.
So it is tchau tchau to Restinga. I had the most success on
the mission here. It was here that I finally figured out how to be a
missionary. Really it is just invite everyone you see to go to church and be
baptized without any fear. It is testify with power and authority through the
spirit. In Medianeira, my last area, I will apply everything that I have
learned this last year and 9 months. I know that we will have much success.
In other news Everton was baptized Saturday! It was an
awesome baptism, the missing piece of the puzzle in our work here in Restinga.
We had been working with him since January and finally he was baptized in my
last week in the area. I had the privilege of performing the ordinance. I
think his Mom, Neuza, will be the next one to be baptized.
Also another great blessing was talking to my family on
Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day Mom! I LOVE YOU!
The family is doing well from
what I saw. My Dad has a six pack, I thought I would never see the day. It was
difficult talking in English this time because I hadn't practiced in awhile. I
was stressing out the whole day because the computers were not working but
Elder Saboia is a computer wiz and got it all sorted out. It was funny watching
him calling his family all emotional and what not. All in all it was a good day
and I am really looking forward to being home again, but until then I am going
to work harder than ever. The mission is 2 years, can't give in the towel yet.
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