Hey everyone,
We baptized Mateus and Daniel this week! Daniel wants to serve a mission (he´s 19) and Mateus is going to help his nieces and sister and other family members get baptized. We sure do love the miracles that God is putting in our path.
Some Português:
Esta semana foi uma das melhores da minha missão inteira!
Nossa área está explodindo! Trouxemos mais pessoas à Igreja semana passada que qualquer outro Domingo em minha missão! Não há nada de diferente que estamos fazendo para conseguirmos nossas metas em nossa área e na Zona. Só trabalho, organização e usando os membros. Está dando certo e temos batismos certos para esta semana, semana que vem, e a outra, e a outra. Estamos achando muitas famílias, embora não termos achado 6 todos os dias. Temos que nos arrepender nisto, mas estamos nos esforçando.
Vários milagres aconteceram esta semana, quero compartilhar um: estávamos buscando pesquisadores no Domingo de manhã e chegamos na Igreja com um pesquisador. Os outros falaram que iam vir depois, então decidimos ter esperança e só convidá-los para assistirem. Chegamos na Capela e percebemos dois rapazes que estavam vestidos de terno e camisa boa, mas não os reconhecemos. Sentamos ao lado deles e começamos fazer uma amizade. Eles - Eduardo e Guilherme (18 e 20 anos, respeitivamente) - disseram que já pesquisaram a Igreja muito no internet e que finalmente fizeram uma visita para conhecer. Eles fizeram uma amizade grande com tudo mundo e marcamos passar na casa deles na segunda-feira. Mais tarde, na segunda-feira, fui com um rapaz (Nei) para ensinar e conhecê-los. Demorou muito para achar a casa certa, pois não conhecia o lugar da área. Quando chegamos, eles estavam nos esperando juntos com mais 2 amigos deles, Thomas e Bruno. Ensinamos a primeira lição e ficamos assombrados em discobrir quanto que souberam da Igreja - o anjo Morôni, o Livro de Mórmon, a Igreja restaurada, etc. Quando estávamos prontos para marcar uma data batismal com eles, senti mais fortemente em minha missão para convidá-los pensar em servir missões (os 4), mostrei-os uma foto de eu e meus 3 amigos (que nem eles), e convidei Eduardo e Guilherme para orar a Deus, perguntando se deveriam se batizar neste Domingo (29/5/2011). Deu para sentir o Espírito quase numa maneira física. Todos aceitaram orar, ler e ir a Igreja. Saímos da lição com a boca arrastando no chão de tão eleitos que são aqueles rapazes. Ontém, Eduardo nos encontrou na rua e falou que quando todos oraram (até um dos rapazes que estava menos interessado que os outros), foi o momento mais especial da vida dele. Eles serão batizados nesta semana e na semana que vem! Estamos ensinando agora mais que 10 homens, TODOS com desejo para ser batizados!!! Iremos dividir a ala, ou qualquer coisa que o Senhor quer.
Tenho / temos aprendido que a missão não é sobre sua posição (finalmente estamos aprendendo isso), nem quantas coisas que faz ou fez, mas no desejo e obras que fez para trazar almas a Deus.
Sei que Deus vive. Só Ele poderia nos dar bênçãos assim, e sem Ele não teríamos estas bênçãos.
Portuguese to English translation
Some Portuguese:
This week was one of the best of my entire mission!
Our area is booming! We brought more people into the church last week than any other Sunday in my mission! There is nothing unusual we are doing to achieve our goals in our area and zone. All work, organization and using the members. Is it working and have some baptisms for this week, next week, and another and another. We're finding a lot of families, although we did not find all six days. We must repent of it, but we are struggling.
Several miracles happened this week, I share one: researchers were searching on Sunday morning and arrived at the church with a researcher. Others said that would come later, so we decided to have hope and just invite them to attend. We arrived at the chapel and noticed two guys who were dressed in suit and shirt good, but not recognize them. We sat beside them and started to make a friendship. They - and William Edward (18 and 20, respectfully) - said they had searched the Internet and the very Church that finally made an appointment to meet. They did a great friendship with everything happening in the world and set up their home on Monday. Later on Monday, I went with a guy (Nei) to teach and meet them. Take long to find the right house, because the place did not know the area. When we arrived, they were waiting together with 2 more of their friends, Thomas and Bruno. We teach the first lesson and we discovered it in amazement as they heard of the Church - the angel Moroni, the Book of Mormon, the church restored, etc.. When we were ready to mark a baptismal date with them, I felt stronger in my mission to invite them to think about serving missions (4), I showed them a picture of me and my three friends (or them), and invited Edward William and pray to God, asking whether they should be baptized this Sunday (29/05/2011). I could feel the Spirit in an almost physical way. All agreed to pray and read and go to church. We left the lesson with his mouth dragging on the ground so those boys who are elected. Yesterday, Eduardo met us on the street and said he prayed when all (up to one of the boys who were less interested than the others) was the most special moment in his life. They will be baptized this week and next week! We are now teaching more than 10 men, all desire to be baptized! We will divide the ward, or whatever the Lord wants.
I / we have learned that the mission is not about your position (we're finally learning it), nor how many things you do or did, but the desire and works that he has to bring souls to God.
I know that God lives. Only he could give us blessings so, and without him we would not have these blessings.
We also have a new bishop, we´ve got around 20 people that all want to be baptized, our teaching is improving every day, we´re trying to become Brasilian (we played Americans against some native Brasilian kids in futebol today, and we TIED. That´s right!), and we´re loving our missions. I´ve never felt so great on the mission! WE decide how we want our days and results to be.
One challenge: bring someone to church this month. If you really believe that you can, do what you can and pray for help, God will make it happen. Just do what you can, nothing else. Try a little harder - it´ll happen.
I love my comp and I hope you all know that in THIS transfer, I have learned how to be a missionary. Finally! It took us long enough! But it´s going really well and we´re excited for everything that has happened until now.
Something really weird has started to happen - I have started to realize how little time 2 years is and it´s weird. It´s a good thing and it has to happen, but there´s a lot to be done before that time. We have a lot of goals that need to be achieved beforehand!
Love you all! We´re going to baptize Guilherme and Eduardo this week (the two young men that will SERVE MISSIONS!!!), and Fernando. We´ve got a family of 6 for next week, and other people in the coming weeks. Let´s baptize them all!
Elder Brown
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