So we had a pretty solid week this week. We had six people at church this Sunday, which was super exciting to see. By the end of the day we were pretty tired out, so it's nice to have a P-day now.
The other night we did a church tour with a couple that we are teaching that was really spiritual. There names are Victor and Carol. Victor is the the brother of a recent-convert named Evelim, and she was super excited when we started teaching her brother. Victor and Carol talk a lot about getting married, but we're not quite sure yet if that just means move out and live together or actually get married. I think we're gonna have to clarify things a bit for them.
But the tour of the church with them was super great, the Spirit was super strong. I've always liked giving tours of the church because everything seems to come together well. You show the people the cabinet with all the white jumpsuits, let them try one on, and then sneakily open up the baptismal font. And then you push them in! Just kidding, baptism is a sacred ordinance.
One the great challenges of the mission is teaching the lesson about the Restoration with crazy old ladies. The other day we taught a mother, daughter and future son-in-law the first lesson and Cleide, this 75-year-old lady commented on every single point that we said. She came to church this Sunday and was super funny. During Sunday School she did the same thing, making comments about everything we said. The Sunday School teacher had a baby recently, so we've been teaching Sunday School to the investigators, recent converts and returning members.
I feel a little bit bolder every day. Yesterday we found a man sitting in front of his house on a little bench. I'm not sure if it's because we had a long day and I want to keep things simple, or if it was the Spirit, but I went up to him and said, "Hey, we're representatives of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ told us to come talk with you, sir." He laughed and let us go in his house to teach. That was pretty cool.
We had a zone conference with President Brum this week. He came here to Araraquara to talk with us about what defines a successful missionary. It helped me a lot, because I am sometimes somewhat of a perfectionist and get stressed out. Perfeccionism is not a virtue, it just makes you stress.
I'm getting everything worked out for college, Mom. Wrote my essays and I'm going to request the transcript. Thanks for all your help!
Love,
Jack
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