Hey Y'all! Tudo bom?
This
week was another fun week. We had a good week of work like normal and
we stopped teaching a lot of our friends that weren't progressing very
much. But also the members here are helping a ton and we got some
referals that are pretty awesome!
We
also got the transfer deets and I will be staying here! Woohoo! I have
been loving my time here in Óbidos! And Elder Caldeira will be staying
here too! So that will be fun to stay another transfer with him! At the
end of this transfer I will be about a week shy of 18 months on the
mission! I cant believe how fast it is going!
So
yesterday we were leaving one of our lessons which lives pretty far
away. And on the way back it started to pour rain! Like one of those
good ol' Louisiana rain storms. And my comp and I were walking in the
rain with my little umbrella to try to cover us from the rain. The
entire right side of my body is soaking wet and the left is dry. And out
of nowhere we saw a flash and some sparks in a tree in front of us and a
huge "BOOM" the lightning had struck like 20 feet in front of us. So we
run to a covered pavilion. And about 10 minutes later we see another
flash and hear another "Boom" pretty close to where we had been walking!
But luckily we weren't hurt, just very wet afterwards!
This
week I wanted to share a story from the bible that I love and think is a
little funny. It is found in Matthew 8. So Jesus and his disciples got
on a boat and were in the middle of the sea when it started to storm!
And it was getting pretty bad and the apostles were starting to worry! I
imagine that they were trying very hard to save the ship, especially
because many of them were experienced fisherman and had probably been
through a few storms. But Jesus, yeah he was just sleeping. He was
perfectly calm, he had such little doubt that he just slept. And when
the apostles woke him up and he called them men of little faith and then
rebuked the storm. And I think that our life is like this a lot of
times. We have a lot of storms, a lot of problems that we are worried
about so often, but the Lord is never worried. The Lord has hope in Gods
plan. The Lord had the faith to calm the storm then and He has the
power now if will act with faith. The Lord is always there to help, but
he is often waiting on us to ask.
Now the pictures!
1. Açai! It is seriously the best!
2.
One of our lunches this week! Lunch here in Brasil is the best! I swear
the only reason I am not getting fatter is because I am walking like
10+ miles per day
3. Us walking down the street last pday
4. Walking down the street Sunday
5. Thay same day but during the storm
6. A cool arrowhead from an arrow that a member made. He said he likes to hunt wild pigs, fish, and turtles with his bow.
7.
The Zone! 4 of them will be going home next week and we will be getting
6 new missionaries here in the zone! It was a pretty big transfer
here.
This is about all
for this week! Feel free to email me if you would like or if you have
any questions! Hope y'all have a great week!
I love you all!
Elder Sant
Acreditar. Amar. Fazer.
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