weekly letter

Olá Família,

    This last week went by fast. Elder Melo went to another area in our district for a couple days for a division. So Elder Barbosa and I stayed and got to take turns planning in our areas. We didn't get lost so that was good. We even had a day where we had 5 lessons! Which I think is a record for me, normally it is a lot more walking and rejection haha. We visited some old investigators and where able to find some new people to teach. This last week we also received a phone call from some Sisters from Mexico. They are missionaries that serve in the call center for mormon.org. So they answer calls, and chat with people online and then pass the information to us, normally they pass it in an email, but this referral they called to tell us the whole story and answer questions we had about him. They even marked an appointment with him, and we will meet him tomorrow. A little bit of a surprise, but interesting how many people are involved and working on the same team, all over the world. Last night we went to teach a family, the Dad of which has not been baptized, and were surprised to find that they had guests over. So we took advantage of the extra people and decided to go along with our plan to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is found in 3 Nephi 27. We taught about all the steps, testified and then we were surprised that the 2 guests passed their addresses to us. They live in Alto da Serra, where I served a little over 3 months ago. It was good to end the day finding and more couple that accepted more lessons. I know that this work is of the Lord, and that we are really just instruments in his hands. In the name of Jesus Christ amen.  Sorry I don't have much time today, but I love you all and hope everything is going well. 

- Elder Child

PS- Holy Cow! Congratulations for the great experiences you guys have had thins last week, Its cool how we are both on different sides of the world, but we are doing the same work of bringing people into the light. Great that Dad, and Mom were able to play key roles in Dee´s life help her get baptized!! Glad to hear about all of these experiences! Keep them coming!