Week 64: November 5, 2018 - The Spirit
Dear Family,
I know you are all wondering, so yes, they do celebrate Halloween here. We had a dinner with a member named Maria da Paz and her husband Bernardino and we ate rabbit!!! It was actually super good!!! At the end of the dinner, a few times when trick-or-treaters came by, I surprised them by answering the door and giving out pass along cards and then Maria da Paz giving out candy. It was pretty funny to see the people react as a missionary opened the door! Maria got a good kick out of it. The people liked it and asked for more to give to their family.
Elder Ray and I also had the chance to give a lot of blessings this week. One in particular, we went to this less active member's house and talked to a lady named Sandra at the door. She said how her mom, Margarida, had her knee replaced (super painful and takes a loooooong time to heal!!!!!) We offered to give her a blessing. She said yes. We gave her the blessing, and there was a super sweet spirit in the room. She was in tears afterward. They gave us soup and fruit afterward. It was funny, because Elder Ray and I were saying how we were hungry right before. The Lord works in mysterious ways!!! hahaha!!!
We also had a soccer activity at our church. The members loved it!!!! WE had a bunch of our investigators show up and a new investigator that we met there, Tiago. He loved the activity and went to church with us this week. We got to give him a Book of Mormon. He seems sincerely interested and super cool!!!
Super fun week and the mission is so awesome!!!! I love you all sooooo much!!!
Luv,
Elder Barton
Family night we had with some members. The got a puppy. so ya, we took a pic or 2
We also went out and visited a ton of people with Bernardino. He is a BOSS!!!! Everyone on the island knows him!!!! Everyone let us in no problem and was so open. We visited a lot of less active members. I noticed how the spirit was so strong and it seemed super easy to know exactly what the people needed to hear. The spirit is always so strong when we go out to teach with members. We actually had a lot of less active members come to church this week because of that!!! Score!!!!
Elder Ray and I also had the chance to give a lot of blessings this week. One in particular, we went to this less active member's house and talked to a lady named Sandra at the door. She said how her mom, Margarida, had her knee replaced (super painful and takes a loooooong time to heal!!!!!) We offered to give her a blessing. She said yes. We gave her the blessing, and there was a super sweet spirit in the room. She was in tears afterward. They gave us soup and fruit afterward. It was funny, because Elder Ray and I were saying how we were hungry right before. The Lord works in mysterious ways!!! hahaha!!!
We also had a soccer activity at our church. The members loved it!!!! WE had a bunch of our investigators show up and a new investigator that we met there, Tiago. He loved the activity and went to church with us this week. We got to give him a Book of Mormon. He seems sincerely interested and super cool!!!
Super fun week and the mission is so awesome!!!! I love you all sooooo much!!!
Luv,
Elder Barton
a split I did with Elder Zamora
Thank you Relief Society!!!!!!
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