From October 19, 2015
My dear friends, Family, Related
others.
I have some good news and some bad,
and as I'm optimistic that the bad won’t last long, I'll start with it. I'm
Forgetting INGLESE!!! Desculpa mai! Mas é verdade, esto virando uma destas
pessoas que será gringo em todos os países! Então, com permissão de tudo mundo,
eu vou falar em um língua estranho, Americano. [Sorry, Mom! But it's true, I’m
turning into one of these people who will [?] in all countries! Then, with
permission of all the world, I will speak in a strange language, American.]
The good news is that we are working
ourselves until a baptism comes out of this transfer!!!! And it's starting to
pay off. We have two potentials, one is the ever persistent Robson... He's
great and all that, but we have an issue with him. GO TO CHURCH! The other is a
man we found this week, and I'd love to tell you all the story.
We were walking to our last "programmed"
lesson of the day on Thursday. In Xarquinho, about 7:30 at night, meaning we
had about 1 hour to get walking to get home in time. I was tired, it had been a
hot day, and I was about ready to just teach the last lesson and get on the
last bus home. My companion, however, was paying a little more attention to the
Spirit, thank heavens he was, and felt impressed to knock one last door. Out
came José Carlos, dark, thick beard, baseball hat and all. I thought O
shoot, this contact is going to be a handful. I'd had some moments on my
mission where I had been surprised; this experience knocked my socks off. He
let us in after an introduction of under 2 minutes, introduced himself, and
said "I already talked to some of your friends in Curitiba; I read the pamphlet
they gave me; I'd like to know more." So we went back two days later,
taught the plan of salvation, and he marked a date with us to be baptized on
the first Saturday of o próximo mes [next month] ... Sorry forgetting inglese
[English].
LESSONS: 1, the day is never over.
2, the least likely of people can be baptized with faith. 3, DON'T GET CAUGHT
BY STEALTH RAIN! 4, Read the scriptures every day.
My ponderize scripture this week is
Helaman 10:4: “ Blessed art thou, Nephi, for those
things which thou hast done; for I have beheld how thou hast with
unwearyingness declared the word, which I have given unto thee, unto this
people. And thou hast not feared them, and hast not sought thine own life, but
hast sought my will, and to keep my commandments.”
Have a great week! Elder Joel
A. Smith
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