April 16, 2012

Oi familia!
This was a great week. My new companion is Elder Pires from Pará (a state way to the north). I really like him, he wants to work:)
This week I had some great experiences. The first was the baptism of Rafa. (Rafael) He is awesome. We were teaching him about missionary work and I decided we could do a practice to help him overcome his fear of talking about the gospel. During the practice, he was pretending to talk to his friend André. In the middle of the practice, André showed up. He came in and then Rafa started to teach him just like he had done in the practice. He will be a great missionary one day. I have met very few people with his sincerity and determination in following the gospel. He wants to go on a full time mission. I hope he does.
This week we found 2 in-actives; Cristan and Jefferson. When we got to Cristans house he said that the day before he told his mom that he wanted to go to back to church. The next day we showed up out of nowhere after 2 years of not talking to the missionaries. This happened 2 days later with Jefferson, the same exact thing happened. 1 day later it happened one more time with a 38 year old man named Antonio. The 2 young man came back to church and they want to start preparing for missions.
I really felt the hand of the lord helping us this week.
1 year down :(
1 to go:)
Até mais!
Com Amor,
Elder Rollins