Things are going super well here in our area. It's flip-tassting-ly ridiculous that I'm going to be home in three weeks. AAAHHH! I'm freaking out right now! Super excited. I got my flight plans today, I'll be arriving home at around 10:30 am on March 3rd. What the flip? Crazy-sauce!
Don't worry, I won't lose focus on the work. We've got some great people that we're teaching that are planning to be baptized these coming weeks. One of them is Valdir, who is super awesome. We found Valdir after church two weeks ago. He went to church for the first time this Sunday and has a baptismal date for February 14th. Everyone's got dates for Valentine's Day, and guess what, I do too! Baptismal date! Yes! Salvation!
What is Valdir like? He is the perfect example of why we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. He's from Minas, and by the way he talks you would think that he was a redneck that didn't know how to read very well. He reads like a champ. He shares a room with a less active member, is a cement worker, and is super dedicated. We brought him a white shirt and super wide tie that we found in our house for him to wear to church, and he loved it. He's awesome.
We had a really awesome lesson with Valdir the other day. We invited Brother Oswaldo to visit him with us, and it was the first time that Oswaldo had gone on splits with us. Valdir has been a little bit hesitant about praying with us, so we were determined this time to help him pray. When we got there, he explained super simply and powerfully about everything that he had ready in the Book of Mormon and loved it. Up until now he's been asking us to share "the doctrine" with him, so he loved the doctrine of Christ in 2 Nephi 31. The lesson was sweet, simple, and well understood. He said the closing prayer.
Super awesome! Much love to all of you!
Jack-O
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