Bom Dia!
This week was so great!! Things are really going well with a
few of the people we are visiting and I am really excited about the future in
this area. The couple we have been teaching for a while (Anderson and Níazes)
is really progressing well. We are trying to help them to get married and I
think this week we will be able to schedule their marriage. We had a few
awesome visits with them this week including one yesterday after church all
about temples and temple work and showed a lot of photos of all the different
temples throughout the world. It was a truly great experience and they shared a
lot of their feelings with us and Anderson explained the hope that he now has
and the desire to truly live the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was such a great
experience and our Ward Mission Leader, Marcelo, is really helping us out a ton
with that couple and pretty much all of the people we are teaching. He is super
awesome because he works a ton but is also doing a ton of visits with us and
really teaches well.
Beninha, who we have been visiting for a while, loved church
yesterday and is really excited about her baptism. The ward seemed really
excited to have her there yesterday and a few people came up to me asking for
her address and phone number so they can started visiting her even before
baptism which is awesome.
I did a companionship exchange with one of our District
Leaders, Elder Cassimiro. He is from São Paulo and we served together in the
Mission Office when I first got there and he was also a District Leader in my
last Zone too so we have become pretty good friends. The day was great and it
was fun to be with him as we both learned from each other. We have a few other
companionship exchanges planned this week so it should be fun!
Thursday morning Elder Moroni and I got up bright and early
to catch a bus to Aldeota for the Mission Leadership Council. It was awesome as
always! Seriously, I love those things. They always give me the energy and
motivation that I need. I loved the trainings we got and something that Sister
Bonini said really stuck with me as she talked about how we often need to renew
our desire to serve the Lord. As we face obstacles and challenges on the
mission sometimes we get discouraged and how we should "renew our desire
to serve the Lord." I have experienced a little of that but it was
something that I am really excited to talk about with all the missionaries in
our Zone on Wednesay because it´s something that I think can really help our
Zone get better. President talked about some awesome things and he again
mentioned that we are here to prepare this city and these people for the
Temple. He told us that the people are not yet ready and that´s why the Temple
that was announced in 2009 hasn´t been built yet. But that it is our job to get
them ready! It was a great training!
Anyway, it was a great week and I am excited for tonight
because we planned a Zone Dinner at the Stake President´s house and we invited
President and Sister Bonini so they will be there too. Should be super fun and
help us work harder!
I hope you all have a great week and things continue to go
well. I love this time of year and love it even more as a missionary! Thanks
for everything, love you all!
Until next week.
Love,
Elder Helvey
Elder Moroni and I putting the star on top of our
Christmas Tree that we put up in our room.
We have a few other decorations
including some awesome Christmas lights in our window!
Elder Moroni and I made Chocolate Chip Pancakes for
dinner this week. They were sooooo good!
Me with President and Sister Bonini after the Mission
Leadership Council.
Me, Elder Moroni, Marcelo, and Beninha at church
yesterday.
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