Olá Família,
This week was good. We had splits with some Elders from another city for a few days.
One had finished his mission and was going home and the other would be transferred to
another city. So we had divisions for 3 days. Our house had 3 more Elders than normal
because of transfers so that was fun. I will be staying here in Juiz de Fora and Elder Accioly
(my old companion) will go to another city 6 hours away. I am excited to stay here and keep
working. I had the opportunity to interview two people for their baptisms this last week too.
The first was an eleven year old boy called Daniel, that was pretty energetic and was excited
to be baptized and keep going to church. The second was his Aunt; Miriam who had stated to
me when she entered that she did not feel ready and did not want to be baptized with her
nephew. However when she shared her testimony and that she loved to come to church and
everything, I knew that she was ready but hesitant and perhaps a little nervous to take that first
step. We read some scriptures together but she still hesitant. I was trying to find something that
I could share with her that would spark her faith and help her be baptized. I felt like I needed to
share an analogy, that I hope makes sense to you guys...
the analogy was to imagine that I was in a snack shack and I spilt some ketchup on my white
shirt. No matter how many times you wash the shirt there will always be that little pink stain,
until you use bleach and the shirt will become spotless and even more white than before. The
same happens in our baptism, Throughout our lives we are constantly staining our souls
(white shirts) with sin(ketchup). And it doesn't matter how many times we pray for forgiveness
we will always have the little pink stains, and we must be baptized(washed with bleach) to
become pure and worthy to enter the kingdom of God. Even after our baptism we will still
stain our shirts and need to repent and use the sacrament to wash them again and again
until we are made perfect.
The analogy is a little strange but here it makes a little more sense, at least to me. haha.
it was really an amazing experience and she was baptized with her nephew Sunday morning.
Miriam thanked me a lot for our conversation and felt like I was really a servant of God and that
she felt God´s love for her. She explained to the Sisters after i had left that she had dreamed about
her interview the night before and that I was the same Elder that interviewed her and that the room
and everything that happened was exactly like her dream. It was definitely an experience that i will
not forget. i love oyu guys tons and am happy to hear that every one is enjoying the cold weather. haha!
- Elder Child
PS. I will need to know what airport you guys want to pick me up in. haha also, Elias the man I baptized
a year ago, was sealed to his wife!
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