Wow, it's amazing how much time you can waste just dazing of in thought. The even more incredible thing is how I can waste time just to write that I'm wasting it. :P What a world.
Anyway, I was transferred! Tuesday I arrived at the bus station and received a little paper sending me all the way to Rio Pardo (a little north of Santa Cruz do Sul) and I thought, "Bah, not a city." Turns out the new area is almost exactly the same type of city as Ivoti. Only here, the church and the missionaries have been around for years without growing. That is, until my companion and I arrived. My new companion, Elder L. Santos, is a really strong bona-fide Fortelezan and recently born. But, despite these qualities, he brings the spirit like no other into the lessons we teach. He's truly a power house.
But if anything has been more prepared than my companion, it is this city. Ever since we've arrived here it's been nothing but miracles. Almost every family we speak with, I feel as if I already knew them. Almost every lesson we teach, the people are ready to commit and to change. Even in the days that seem the worst, we're finding the best of people.
For example, the second day I was here, we had a meeting with someone a mile or two away. So, we left early and walked the distance to his house, just to find that he wasn't there. :l So we tried knocking on a few doors, talked with a few people... nothing was happening. We decided to begin searching for another contact. In fact we ended up searching for an hour in vain in the wrong neighborhood until we finally encountered a road we thought was right. Then after walking a while, nothing but trees and grass on both sides, we came across a house just as a man was exiting the house. We talked with him, asked him if he knew the missionaries, and he invited us to enter. That very moment, he'd been praying to better his life. People had passed by just moments ago trying to kill him, and he himself was ready to do the same. Then, in a moment of sincere prayer, two young men with ties came walking down a deserted street. :D He's now getting ready to be baptized this next Sunday, and is extremely excited!
Truly we are tools in the hands of the Lord as we do as he says, and we get this wonderful opportunity to serve our part in the miracles that he performs. Thanks everyone for the food, love, and letters. The weather here is starting to get colder, but the fire is getting ever hotter.
Até próximo!
Elder Angus
Word/Phrase of the week:
Palavra/Frase Seminal - (pah-lah-vrah/frah-zee seh-mee-now) Meaning word/phrase of the week. Inception! >:D
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