Dear all,
This week was quite difficult.
We worked a lot and we sweated out every hour.
Fernando and Leidiane are
basically stopped in their progress. Lots of excuses and lots of
challenges. We are going to be there tomorrow to talk with them
and give them the force and strength that they are going to need to make it to
baptism. They did not go to church on
Sunday.
The visit from Elder Jairo Mazzagardi
was really neat. I got to see a lot of friends from the
mission. I was the pianist as usual. As part of the
fireside, he announced a few hymns that were unplanned. Thank
goodness I knew how to play all of them. I only messed up a few
little times. He talked to us for almost three hours and it didn´t
even seem like it. No one wanted the time to end. I
saw Elder Rossi for the last time. He was my last companion for
those who forgot. It was very spiritual the whole time.
Our visit to the Convent was
marvelous. It was a blue sky, bright sun, cool breeze day.
We met members from the church from Vitória, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, and
Minas Gerais. I also met four Americans. Two from
Pittsburgh and two from North Carolina. Tourist sites are always
interesting. I remember all the times that I would eavesdrop on
the foreign tourists when we visited national parks before the mission.
This time I was the foreign tourist and I understood the foreign tourists
speaking in English.
Jane is doing well. She
got her nephew to give her a ride to church, and is preparing to be independent
from the missionaries.
Jorge avoided us the whole
week. I hope that is not his final
answer.
Weverton is still hiding from
us. Two weeks ago that he went to church and we never saw him
again.
We are going to take pictures, write
in our journals, and clean the house today. I am excited.
Next week we are going to tour the chocolate factory here in Vila
Velha. The company is called Garoto, owned by Nestle.
It produces chocolate for all of Brasil and
Portugal.
Have a wonderful
week.
Elder Bodily
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