This last week was a little different. Transfers was last Monday so I had to travel to Tetropolis Monday night, stay with the elders there, then Tuesday morning caught the first bus to Petropolis. My new companion is Elder Cruz. He is a little goofy at times but still good. We have been working until 9 at night here, instead of studying more at 8 o clock with Edler Torres, which is good, but drains the energy out of my system. Our area covers part of the rich part of the city, with clothing stores and apartment complexes, but most of the more poor area also. A large part of the hill doesn't even have roads just a sidewalk and stairs that go in between all the houses. We also have a lot of fog too so that is pretty cool. The members are nice here and seem willing to help. Our ward is still small, about 70 members, with a lot of older people. We spent quite a bit of time this week looking for a different house. Ours has mold in some parts, and we have to be careful where we store our clothes, so they wont grow mold too. haha. Our chapel is being refurbished so we share the stake center, so church is 3-6 at night. We can see Rio de Janeiro in between the mountains, I will send some fotos of our area, and of a small abacate (avocado).
A cool experience I had was last night. We were finishing up contacting at 8:45ish and I decided to give a pass card to this lady on her phone. She was a little older and looked a little mean, so i figured it would be a quick contact. I gave her the card and she gave us her information but told us that she wouldn't have time for us to visit this week. Elder Cruz started telling about the importance of being baptized and proper authority, and went on for a little bit. When he finished they both looked at me. I didn't know really what to saw, but i shared how important this gospel is. How i have a family in another country that i love a lot and miss a lot, but am here learning a new lanuage to share this gospel. Because the gospel isn´t just for this life, through the gospel we learn how we can be with our families for eternity. And that there are many people that don't know that. Her eyes got big, and she said that she wanted to learn more and would make time for us this week. She expressed how it didn't make sames for God to create us, only to die, with no purpose, and that that was all she had been taught. That no one had anywhere to go after this life. A cool experience to know that when you strive to have the spirit with you, the words you need will be in your mouth, and those words are what that person needs to hear.
- Elder Child
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