Hey! Well it was another great week here in Beira Rio!! I
love this area and I love this ward. And the better news is that I found out
today that I will be staying here at least 6 more weeks with Elder Bini!
Transfers are going to be tomorrow and we have quite a few missionaries that
will be leaving our Zone which will be fun to get other missionaries. We also
found out that our Zone will be receiving two new missionaries from the MTC. It
should be another great transfer!
This week was awesome and I have a lot of pictures to
explain the week.
I did a companion exchange this week in another area in
our Zone. I stayed with Elder Calisaya from Peru. This is a picture of me in front
of a big lake in their area. We had a great day doing a ton of contacts! He is
a new missionary so it was great to help him feel more comfortable with
talking to people on the streets and in front of their houses. We did a lot of
contacting and helped their teaching pool grow a little bit. It was a long, hot
day in the sun but it was good.
Friday Elder Bini and I did another companion exchange.
This time we went to their house early in the morning and made breakfast with
them, which was fun!
I then returned to my area and spent the day with Elder
Smyth from Danville, California. It was fun to spend the day with him and talk
about all the mutual friends we have back home. We had a full day of teaching and were able to
have a great lesson with Carmosita, and we visited Junior, Elizangela, Vitor
Hugo, and Ryan with two of our ward missionaries and we all read the Book of
Mormon together. It was a great day!
Church was awesome yesterday! This is a picture of Elder
Bini and me waiting at the entrance of the church to greet people as they walk
in (something we try to do every week).
Michael and Lidiane! This is a couple that we have been
teaching for two weeks now. They are so great and yesterday they came to
church. They really loved it. Michael had been looking for the truth in his
life when we showed up at his house. He is super excited about the Gospel and
we are working a lot with him and Lidiane. They are preparing to get married. I
marked their marriage today at the Cartório in Centro, Fortaleza. Their marriage will be September 19th. We are super excited for them!
This is us with Junior, Elizangela, Vitor Hugo, Ryan, and
two of their cousins that they brought to church yesterday. This family makes
me so happy! Yesterday during Sunday School in the Gospel Principles Class the
lesson was on Missionary Work. Towards the end of the lesson, Elizangela rose
her hand and started talking about how important missionary work is for her and
her family. She explained a little bit about her conversion story and said the
first visit with Elder Pedrosa and I she knew that this was what was missing in
her and her family´s life. She said that the first visit, everything we said
was exactly what she needed to hear. She knew that we were sent from her
Heavenly Father and she says that she feels now like the doors of heaven have
been opened to her, thanks to the missionaries. It was a great experience that
she shared with everyone and made me feel super grateful for the opportunity I
had to come in contact with her and her family and act as an instrument in the
Lord´s hands to help them on the path back to our Father in Heaven.
We had our weekly meeting with the Priesthood Executive
Meeting. In this photo there is, Felipe (Elder´s Quorum President), Elder Goff
and I, Tiago (Ward Secretary), Bispo Felix (Bishop), and Paulo (Second
Counselor). They are all great and I love working with them and learning from
them every week.
Elder Goff and I cut our hair last night! It had gotten a
little too long and it feels so much better to have short hair again,
especially in the hot sun of Ceará!
Me in the park right near the Cartório in the center of
the city this morning.
Elder Allen has officially left... It was awesome to see
him one last time in the Mission Office this morning. He was just hanging out
there before his flight today. He has been my best friend on the mission and it
will definately be way different without him but I will take everything I have
learned from him and be sure to apply it these last 10 months of my mission! And
I´ll be sure to see him again at BYU!!
Anyway, that´s my week. I am ready and excited for another
great week and another great transfer here in Vila Velha, Fortaleza!!
Love,
Elder Helvey
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