Well, today I successfully killed my companion (he's joking...hopefully) and received a new one in his place. May Elder Bueno rest in peace, and grand welcomes be granted unto Elder Rovere, the valiant soldier to take his place in line. Elder Rovere is from Curitiba, and has been in the mission for less time them me. >:D That makes me an official senior companion. MuahahahahahahahahHAHAHAAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!! ... ... :l Sorry. I should be careful what I ask for, because this will put a lot more responsibility on my shoulders.
Anyway, this week doesn't have a lot of huge things to talk about. We had a food judging contest, where I won "Most Creative" for my cookies and creme. As well, we started teaching a co-worker of one member that lost her father and grandmother in the last few months. But, she's holding up really well, and she's truly golden. When we began to teach her, she presented all of her attention on us, and even more incredible than this is that she began to understand and believe true principles we normally teach, before we had taught them. She even went to church this week, bringing her boyfriend along for the ride!
But we also began teaching/coordinating efforts with the mother of one of our investigators, setting baptismal dates like no body's business, and even sneaking in visits with a family that seems to be avoiding us. ;) Okay, they're not actually avoiding us, but they do seem like they're forgetting on purpose. Anyway, if there's one thing that I'd really like to speak to all of you, it's about today. One phrase that I heard a lot here from missionaries is that we should prepare not tomorrow, nor today, but yesterday. We should be spending each day and each minute of our lives in preparation to enter the presence of God. Now, what I mean by this is that we should define our future choices by the way we choose to live now. Someone who has never even left the desire to drink enter his heart will probably never drink, just as one who desires to sin will probably continue to do so. If we are constantly working under the dark shadows of sin, we will never enter into the light that is God, and for this we must work now, so that when the time comes, our souls are filled with the bright light of the gospel, and we enter into our Father's presence gladly.
Thanks for all the help, love and support. I'd hug you all if it wasn't against the rules of physics (or the mission, for that matter). Do what y'all do best!
Elder Angus
Word of the week:
Portugúese - Pastel (pah-steu) A type of food here that is like a large, flat hot pocket. Fortunately, these actually taste good.
Mission - Father, Son, Step-Father, Step-Son: When a missionary is "born"into the field, he receives a father. If the father is changed while the son is still in training, he gains a step-father.
>:P
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