Olá

Olá Tudo,

This last week was pretty good. We spent a lot of time visiting our investigators with the intent to get them to church. All of them said that they would be there but no one showed up...again. So we are trying to figure out what more we can do, we offered bribes of candy, visited with members, and teach them about why obedience to the commandments is important, but nothing seems to work. I am sure Elder Torres will think of something. Today is transfers, and they called yesterday with my new assignment. I am heading to Petropolis and will be serving in  Alto da Serra, with an Elder Cruz. I have heard that he is good, and likes to work. He is also Brazilian so that will be better I think to finish my training. Hopefully I will learn the language faster with him. But also the people have a different accent there, so i think i may have to start from square one again. I guess we will see. haha. We did have a batismo this week too. Bruna came to church on her own and has basically taught herself all the lessons through lds.org. So when we taught her it was just a review. She had a testimony really fast, and also had a lot of questions. We agreed on a baptismal date, and she was really excited. However, one of the sisters in the other ward found out and started talking to Bruna, and got her confused. Saying that it was to soon for her to be baptized, that she had to go to the stake activity that was scheduled for the same day as her baptism, and that she needed to learn more about the gospel. So last week was a little bumpy, for her. Even up until her baptism. But we helped her get through it and now she is back to normal. Kind of frustrating when we work with someone who is clearly ready for the gospel, lived all the commandments since she read about them(ON HER OWN), and knows more than the others we have baptized. And have a member from the other ward tell her she wasn't ready. But the important thing is that she was ready, and is now happy and looking forward to being confirmed. It is amazing to see the miracles happening here in the field. Truly everything can be done through the Lord, and nothing can be done without Him. I am glad to be an instrument here in Brasil. Even if I have no idea what is going on and feel completely inadequate, ´´the best we can do is nothing more than the what Lord expects of us´´ (Jesus the Christ). Love you guys tons! Glad to hear everything is going well. Enjoy the Cold! Your going to miss it when it is gone. haha.

- Elder Child