E aí gente, man I am super tired today we worked super hard this
week. The week went by in a blur. We knocked lots of doors taught lots of people
met alot of great people and alot of not so great people. Contacted some good
references and had 6 investigators at church. The Lord was good to us this week
and he poured out his blessings upon us. So as a result of our work this week we
have two baptismal dates set for next Sunday on the 30th. We set another date
with Israel who is 15 and his neighbor who is the niece of a less active that is
returning to church, her name is Gabriele she is 11 years old. Then we worked
alot with them this week. It was my turn this week to stay in the area and Elder
B Souza went to the district leaders areas and did divisions with them. So Yeah
we spent alot of time knocking doors this week but we actually met some cool
people, we are working in a different area than before. It is actually the area
of another pair of missionaries, but they said we could work in it because it is
right on the division of our areas. So yeah we just went crazy knocking doors
spreading the fire of the Gospel. We taught Gabriele for the first time and her
aunt, Gabriele went to church, but her aunt is only 17 slept in, yesterday at
church My first son on the mission Elder Payne had his first baptism in Brazil,
Gabriele saw the baptism and I asked her if she wanted to be baptized the same
way next week, she said yes but she wasn't sure if her parents would let her. SO
this week we will talk to them and I hope that we don't have any problems getting
their signature, its the same thing with Israel his dad is in town which is
good, because he really likes the church and even expressed that he thinks it
would be cool if his son served a mission in the united states. So this week we
had a great lesson with Israel, because he was kinda wishy washy and didn't go to
church last week but we had a great lesson where we watched the restoration then
we bore our testimonies and just told him that he needs to be baptized and that
he knows and feels that he also needs to be baptized, we then gave him two
dates, this week the 23rd or march 30th, he said the 30th. Yesterday he was at
church and he had been going to all the seminaries. So tonight we are going to
his house and we will pray and hope that his father will give his signature so
that he can be baptized. I hope that all will go fine and that he wont have any
problems with him getting baptized and also with Gabrieles parents so please
pray for us so that these two baptisms happen this week. We have worked a ton
this transfer and I just want to see some of these fruits. So also we got a
reference from a member of a couple that they had met in the hospital so we
contacted this couple during this week and they are super cool people and were
super stoked about going to church, the only problems is that they are engaged
about not yet married, they are on parole haha, and they are addicted to
marijuana. They confessed this all in my first visit there, I thought it was
kinda funny but it was cool how they were open about it and they expressed their
great desire to stop so we will help them, their names are Anna and Marcelo. They
went to church yesterday and loved i I think it might take a while to baptize
them though because they have a history of crimes and drug trafficking which they
also admitted. But there a super chic family and I look forward to working more
with them. It rained quite a bit this week as well but it wasn't as bad as the
weeks before. I went on another split with Elder Payne on Friday that was cool,
and Saturday we had a family home evening with a member here name Cynthia, she
is from Paraguay, but lives in Brazil she is helping relearn and learn more
Spanish, she has a car store in Paraguay that she owns and so she is a very
wealthy lady, but has a heart of gold and they have a huge tv that is bigger than
my bed. But we had a fun family night and we played some games with them and
gave a message and we had some investigators there and then we ate pizza there,
they had some Mexican pizza there that had calebresa peppers and bacon that I
thought was perfect, but everyone thought it was too hot, I've gained quite a
taste for spicy food on the mission. Also on Thursday I had a family home
evening at a members home that was about the armor of God, we had a good time
and ate popcorn and stuff, we also have been running early in the morning to
help get our bodies in shape, we walk all day but it doesn't seem to do much for
our bodies it just puts calluses on our feet so it was good to run and sweat out
some fat cells and toxins and stuff haha. We have been having to resolve some
problems in the zone this week there are some members that like calling us for
every little thing that happens that doesn't seem right to them, but its alright
though we are helping our zone to be more obedient and to not do stupid things,
we ha vent had any major problems but transfers is next week and there will be a
few missionaries that will efinatly have to leave the zone, because the members
are complaning alot about them. Me and Elder B Souza always joke and say that
we´re not the zone leaders because we are the best missionaries in the mission
or the smartest or the missionaries the baptize the most or work the hardest,
but we are the zone leaders because we don't do stupid things! Me and Elder B
Souza and getting along great and working great together, yesterday when we were
reporting the zone numbers to the assistants we told the assistants to tell
president that we want to stay 5 transfers together haha, it is possible that we
will stay together 3 but 2 is most likely, also like I said transfers is next
week and I hope we stay together but who knows what can happen at transfers,
yesterday was cold and I decided to where a sweater that I bought from Elder
Almeida before he went home back in November, so I took some sweet pictures but
after lunch I got hot and so I took it off. But yeah please pray for these
baptisms to happen, we are worried but we have faith. Im Grateful for the Gospel
and the sacrament and the Book of Mormon. There is no greater peace than that
that comes from living the principles of the Gospel. We´ve been tired this week
our bodies and minds have been heavy with exhaustion but it is good because I
know that we are serving the Lord well. The Church is true, the Book is blue,
and Moroni is on the ball. Paz e amor seja com vocês.
-Elder Kennington
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| Elder B Souza & Elder Skyler Kennington |
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