Just Go

Are you excited to be an Uncle?

YES! I can't believe I forgot to write it down! When I got the announcement I shouted in excitement and told the news to all the other missionaries. I was so happy I must have forgotten to write it in. Sorry, x70x7. Parabéns! Congratrulations! Junie looks beautiful. Expect me to spoil my little niece once I get back. :D Take good care of her. I'll include her in my prayers now.

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One more week, one more transfer, one more companion. However, this time, I wasn't prepared. Elder F. Viera is like mission work on steroids. From the moment he arrived until now he's been nothing but active. He's definitely different from all of my other companions, but what I've learned from him is something really excellent: We can baptize every week. 

Alright, this week we ran into a lot of troubles, so we weren't able to baptize this time, but we have already found many others that are ready to be. There are many people we found, especially families that have already known the Church before. One of them, I had mentioned before, who is John. Every day since the new Elder got here, we've been running around trying to find this kid and help him out. After three days, we were finally able to find him at home. So, in case we'd never find him at home again, we taught everything and invited him to baptized. The kid got so excited he'd probably be baptized the same day! ... But, unfortunately the mother, didn't let him. However, since the world hasn't ended, the work still continues.

Here in the mission, we have something called Nova Era (New Age) where the missionaries stopped with routine teaching of the same people, and begin the search for the truly prepared and help them as soon as possible. As a result, the baptisms in our mission boundaries have more than tripled the usual. But whats the difference? Simplicity, Honesty, Obedience, and Diligence. These four qualities combined give a force that touches the hearts of all men, and gives us the opportunity to see into their hearts. Then, we help everyone with desires to serve God, enter the waters of baptism. My desire is to see us all do what we can so that each and every day, we can help our brethren come to a knowledge of the truth and sing with us the "song of redeeming love."

That's about it. Until next time.

Elder Angus

WotW:

Tio (chee-oo) Meaning uncle. I'm an uncle now!