Wake Up Call

>:D This week makes me smile. Mostly because the beginning of this week, we planned on something unimaginable happening, and then it happened. One of our investigators, the father of a member, had been progressing very well until about a month or two ago when he decided he didn't want any more. In fact, he pretty much rejected all that we had taught him and reverted back to the way he was (but he did still give us lunch). Then, this week, we stopped by for lunch and another member that just moved into the branch was there. To keep it simple, she's single in the army reserve, and she gave him a nice big wake up call to reality. 

He got baptized! >:D

Truly this one was a miracle, because the likeliness that he would've accepted us to teach again was slim, let alone be baptized. Then, during the middle of the week, we got a call that he was going to early morning seminary, and that he wanted to be baptized. That very day, we arrived in his house, talked with him, and challenged him for the weekend. He accepted. \'o'/

Anyway, that's just the better news of the week. For the better part of this week, we did a lot of walking. In fact, we actually walked over to a neighboring city once. As well, we've been doing contacts in the dark, improvising on essential items (for cooking, sleeping, etc.), and talking to everybody. Unfortunately, very few people even pass us on the streets, so that doesn't get us very far. 

Well, I guess if there's any moral for my story, never doubt anything. Even the things that appear impossible are highly probable when the Lord is on your side. Anyway, I've about written my mind dry today. Thanks for all of your support! It's nice to know I have a little fan club, somewhere. 

Elder Angus

Words of the week:

Português - faxina (fah-shee-nah) The weekly house cleaning. Usually people here save it for one day each week, and it's really rough.

Mission - só agua (soh ah-gwah) Means "just water." When we find people are already completely prepared by the Lord for baptism, we use this phrase. Other quirky ones are "just add water" and "nothin' but water." :P