So this past week was really good. We worked really hard and
had a lot of success. There are several families that are progressing
incredibly. One family came to church which was really exciting. The wife didn't
come but the dad did and the 4 kids so that was really nice. The wife was at
her parental home taking care of a family crisis. I believe, however, that next
week she will be at church. We also visited several new families that are
really progressing well. We taught one family that is the richest I've ever
taught. We actually have sat with him twice now, I don't think he'll progress
but it was kindof fun to sit with him. Another family that we sat with are
really cool and pretty rich as well and they are progressing super well. We
visited them twice and taught the restoration which they took really well and
then on my last day which was monday, we went to their house so that I could
say good by and they were crying saying that I had inspired them to visit the
church and even be members of the church so they really are progressing
fabulously. He had a stroke about 3 months ago and while he was in the
hospital, he felt like God was telling him to come closer to Christ and
especially to pay his tithing so I think that will work out great into his
acceptance of the gospel. He also said that our coming was kindof like a sign
to him of what he had felt in the hospital. It was quite the week with them.
One time when we were teaching them my companion, Elder Goes, fell asleep
during the lesson, haha. He doesn't understand English so he always gets sleepy
because he isn't understanding and can't talk or anything. All of the sudden,
(I was teaching at the time) we just heard him snore and we all looked over and
he was sleeping in his chair. It was really funny.
My official guess for Adam's mission is the Portugal Porto
mission. I can say that that is the mission really that I want him to go to as
opposed to where I think he's going but isn't that what we all do with our
guesses anyways. Or I could just go with the Grandad guessing scheme and just
guess an entire continent so I choose Europe. Just kidding, I want him to speak
Portuguese with me and since the people who speak the best Portuguese in the
world are from Portugal I want him to go there.
To Dad:
So this week I was transferred to Beira again which was my
dream to end my mission there. Not only was I transferred back to Beira but
back to my old area in Maraza A!!!!!! I will be returning to the promised land.
It will be the greatest transfer ever. I am seriously way excited. I will be
with a Brazilian companion named Elder Carvalho so three straight Brazilians. I
am seriously way excited. My flight to Beira leaves today at 12:30 I think so
it's pretty crazy. I'm also going to see many of my friends on the mission that
are all there in Beira serving right now so it's kindof like a dream come true.
Several of the members from Chimoio also said that they would come to Beira to
visit me and that they are so excited for me to go to a place where they can
see me one more time. I'll be in the same zone with Elder McAllister so maybe
I'll get to do some divisions with him but we'll see. President told me of
where I was going and everything last week at zone conference in an interview and
I was seriously way excited. It's been a long time since I've emailed though
haha. We also didn't have pday on monday because it was a holiday in Swazi so
we all went out and worked.
It was really sad leaving my last area because it was really
starting to pick up with families that we were teaching and other investigators
but it is all worth it in where I am going now.
Zone conference was really nice as well. I got to see Elder
Hruby, a good friend of mine who is also one of the APs because he came down to
Swazi to give a training in zone conference. The training were all about faith
and really very good. I enjoyed the day for sure. I had to translate of course
for Elder Goes and my other companion Elder Silva. I don't know if I already
told you this I was walking with another Brazilian for the past two weeks who
had to go to Swazi to wait for a visa issue. It was pretty comical to be
walking with two companions that have absolutely no knowledge of English and
teaching lessons by myself.
Seriously I have been going all out with working lately and
am really excited to go to Beira to continue the hard work there.
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