Oi família!
WOW!!! This week was AWESOME!!! Like any week of missionary work, it was ups
and downs, but it was all a good time.
We had some awesome lessons and some awesome experiences. I gave a talk in church yesterday about
inviting our friends and family members to hear about the Restored Gospel of
Jesus Christ through the church, family nights, integration nights, and other
cool stuff like that. Some of the ward
members seemed excited so I´m happy.
We´re really trying to get the missionary work going in this ward. It´s a really small ward (geographically and
numbers-wise) and we´re trying to take advantage of that and make some miracles
happen. In general, I´m pumped to be
here.
But, the experience of the week was cool. One of the missionaries in our house has been
sick for a while and his companion was getting some cabin fever. So, we´ve been doing in-house exchanges for a
little while to give Élder K.Oliveira some breathing room. I was out working with him on one of these
days. It was hot and everything that we
were trying fell through. As we were
walking along a street, I happened to look up and see a woman in the window of
a house. We said hi and passed by. As soon as we passed the house I felt the
Spirit say "Go back" So, what
could I do? We went back. We introduced ourselves and asked if we could
share a message with them about Jesus Christ.
They let us in and we began teaching.
We met two cousins, Elídina and James.
James was a little less open to the message than Elídina, but that´s
what was so interesting. James has a
bachelors degree in Philosophy, so he´s decently well-trained in twisting your
words and quetions around to confuse you.
He kept asking us these seemingly complicated questions to try and
confuse us and see if we honestly knew what we were saying. What impressed me is that with each question,
a simple tesimony was enough to answer his complex questioning. It was so impressive to me that everything we
do, everything we have as church members is so simple in nature that even a
child can understand the doctrines necesary for salvation. The Spirit testified well in that lesson and
I was very thrilled with the oportunity I had to teach them.
I know that the gospel is true because it is simple. The message we bear is an amazing message,
because it helps each and every person regardless of prior education. The gospel is simple. Jesus Christ is our Savior. He restored His gospel through the prophet
Jospeh Smith. This is His work. I am His representative.
Amo vocês. Até o
próximo!
Élder Evans
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