Gente,
There is going to be a transfer tomorrow.
However, nothing is going to change in our house. All four of us stayed on
another transfer. Only four in our whole zone were transferred. My companion
played a joke on me and pretended that he had been transferred. He let me think
that for about a half hour. Very funny.
I am glad that we are not going to have much change. The last transfer was
sweeping in the zone. More than half of the zone was transferred last time.
So, our two baptisms DID NOT happen. Edna fell into the trap of Internet
searches, despite our warnings. She then did not express her doubts and they
exploded on Friday and she cancelled her baptism.
Joelma was inviting people to her baptism, sharing parts of the Book of
Mormon with co-workers and all, but on Friday night she arrived home and there
was a man threatening to kill her son because her son had ticked him off doing
something. She became desperate, didn´t sleep and started smoking again! When
we went by Saturday morning, it was awful.
We are going to do everything possible to fix what went wrong, and clear up
questions, and strengthen weaknesses.
On the bright side, we had an excellent activity on Saturday night. We
organized a dinner, decorated the cultural hall, invited members galore, worked
with the ward leadership to organize a tour of our gorgeous church building here
in Cariacica and even prepared a fifteen minute skit about the day-to-day life
of the missionaries complete with lights, sound, props, and all. There was a
huge turnout. We nailed the estimations on how much food to make, the skit went
flawlessly, was funny and spiritual at the same time, and the tour was
excellently coordinating. Don´t get me wrong, the night was stressful and
difficult, but everything turned out great. The Bishop said it was the best
activity in his eleven years as a member. Many others said that it was the best
activity hosted in the chapel since it was dedicated four years ago. We were
very happy with the turnout, the 20+ visitors, and the phone numbers we
gathered.
I had a neat experience on the bus on Thursday returning from the zone
leader council. A man getting on the bus behind me said ´´Hey Elders!´´ I
assumed he was a member, and started a conversation despite the fact that both
of us were on foot on a LOADED bus in rush hour traffic. Turns out, he had a
member friend years ago, always wanted to get to know the church, and then ran
into us in Vitória. The funny thing is, he lives in OUR area in Cariacica.
Coincidence? I think NOT!! We talked about a lot of things. He already
vacationed in the USA, he loves English, he talked about his member friend, he
asked questions about the church and how missions work and everything. It was
neat. I got his address and his two phone numbers (proof that he is
actually truly interested) and we are going to visit him on Wed.
Tchau, love,
Elder bodily
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