Hello Everyone!
The transfer is over already, again, but this one doesn´t bring
any big changes, to me at least. I´ll be staying in the area Santarém,
with my same companion, which is the first time that I´ll be staying
with a companion a second transfer since my second
companion in the field, which was about 9 months ago. My week was okay.
We found some pretty good new investigators this week, but
unfortunately, only one went to church yesterday. The one that went, her
name is Simara, she´s about 30 years old. We found her
while trying to look for some less active members, using a list of all
the members of the ward, and there´s a lot of less actives here. Simara
is the neice of this less active member, but the member doesn´t live at
the address indicated on the list, just Simara
and her parents live there. Simara said she was visited by sister
missionaries about 7 years ago and received some of the lessons, but her
father expelled them from the house one day (while he was drunk) and
she didn´t continue with the lessons. But we taught
her about the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ and what the
gospel of Jesus Christ is, this past week, and she committed her self to
being baptized, if she receives an answer from God that Joseph Smith was
a prophet. She hadn´t received an answer yet,
but she said she dreamed that her aunt (the less active member) was
waiting for her at church. So, she walked to church yesterday, without
us having to get her, when we pretty much always have to get our
investigators by car, and said she was received very
well, and liked the church a lot. Her baptismal date is the 6th of
April, and before going to church, she expressed to us that she didn´t
think she would be ready by this date, but at church, during the
sacrament meeting, she told a sister missionary that
was sitting at her side, that she knows she´ll be ready by the 6th. So I
have strong feelings that she will be baptized. (Wow! what a
paragraph!) Anyways....
Yesterday, at church, I also gave a talk, which I think is my
4th time in the mission field. It´s definitely getting easier every time
give a talk, and a lot less stressful. I received a few compliments on
my Portuguese speaking, which is cool. I pretty
much just talked about the need of participation of all members in the
missionary work, and what many of the prophets have said about it. But
today, I will be returning to Belém, getting one more plane ride, to
update my protocol or whatever it´s called, so
I can stay in Brazil. So I guess I get a few more days of rest this
week. But that´s about all for now.
Q&A
Are the three missionaries you live with all from Brazil? Yes, at the
moment I think all 3 are from São Paulo, but one is leaving to another
area, and the other that will arrive is also from São Paulo. The newbie
will be Elder Neres, the one that worked
with me for a few days in my last area as we had the companionship
exchange with the assistant of the mission. But we´re going to be
looking for a new house early this next transfer, so that we can
actually live in our area, so I don´t think we´ll be staying
where we´re at now much longer.
Do you see any big bugs where you are at, now? Sometimes. In one of
my previous areas, Vila dos Cabanos, I saw a butterfly with almost a
foot wide wing span, nossa! But here I´ve seen a few bugs that are a
few inches long, 3 or 5 or so. bit I think they
were all dead.
Have you bought any new shoes, yet? Yes.... but they are not very
comfortable, so I´m not using them...... but don´t worry.... I think the
ones I have will last until there is very little time left on my
mission, and when my shoes go the way of all the earth,
I should almost be home, já..... eu espero.....
I noticed your hair was super short in some of the last pictures you sent. Who cuts your hair, now?
I just cut it at a salon close to our house.
Any packages or letters this past week? If so, who from? Nope, but going to Belém today, I should get them this week.
Where do you go to e-mail home, usually or is it different each week? There´s a cyber café close to our house that we usually go to, if its not full and all the computers are working.
And the big question.... did you find out anything about your release
date and the date on your passport and do you think you want us to come
pick you up? I haven´t found out anything yet. I sent an e-mail to
the mish pres last week, but he hasn´t responded
yet. I think at the moment, the answer is, even though I don´t want to
say it, no. I think I´m just going to return home with the Elders that
arrived with me. I still haven´t made a decision set in stone, and being
that I´m going to Belém today, I can probably
get the info about the visa and the day I return home, but I´ll be
thinking about it more this week...... so indecisive, Elder R. Williams!
Pics!.... are taking too long and I have to go now... sorry again for no pics, but next week I promise you will have your pics!
But I love you all and miss you, have a great week, stay safe! Falou!
Love Elder R. Williams
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