This week we had some amazing experiences, I'm super excited to write this letter.
First off, we taught Sergio y Ines the ¨Tithing and Fast Offerings¨ Lesson. The lesson went well, and at the end, we asked if they had questions.....they just asked, ¨so can we start this week?¨ I almost died hahaha.....Ines came to church this week, and paid her tithing, and they aren't even members yet! We told her that she didnt need to pay it until they are baptized, but she stopped us and said that she wants to pay tithing so Sergio can receive the blessings, like I think Sergio y Ines literally just fell from heaven. Such a blessing to be in their home, and to feel of their spirit.
Second, in my last letter, I talked about how we found a man who invited us into his house after we had a feeling to talk to him, and he ended up telling us he had a dream of the spirit world.
Lots of things happened with him this week, so I'm going to expand a little bit.
This man is named Barbosa, he is 80 years old, lives alone, and his wife died 12 years ago. Right before his wife died, he had a near-death experience where he died for 7 minutes, during which he saw a glorious city, but a man told him he couldn't enter because he still had a work to do on the earth. WOW.
This man, Barbosa, told us that there is something different about us, and he can feel the love that we have for him, and before we even really taught anything, he told us he knows that the Church is true.....WHAT.
He told us how alone he has felt for years, and that he has been searching for the true church for many years, and he BEGS us to come back to his house. The spirit is always in his house, and we´re always crying
Also, Barbosa has a lot of pain moving around, standing up, has a hard time walking, etc. We gave him a blessing, and the next day, he was free from pain, could walk fine, and was shouting ¨Look at me walk!¨ It was almost too much for me. He already accepted a baptismal date, and eveytime I am in his house, I remember exactly why I am on a mission.....To Find People Like Him...people who are searching. It is such a blessing to be part of this work! The Lord truly guides us!
Funny Section:
1) So there is this one street in our area, which we can use for a short cut, but the down side is that there is ALWAYS drunk men on this street. One day, we decided to walk down it on the way to an appointment, cause drunk people are always way fun. Sure enough, one guy stopped us, and started talking to us, and talking nonsense. He decided that he liked us, so he led us to his house, on the way there, another drunk man found us, and grabbed our hands, wouldnt let go, and just kept yelling ÖREN POR ME!¨ or, ¨PRAY FOR ME!¨ we assured him we would, and got away before any other drunk guys got us. As we were hastily escaping, he just started screaming ¨HALLELUJIAH!¨¨ so naturally li turned around and yelled back....elder Ribeiro thought i was weird.
2) We were knocking doors, and i handed the ¨Ha nacido un Salvador¨ Or, a Savior is born, card. I asked the man if he believed that sentence, and he responded, ¨No, We´re Catholic¨ hahahahahaha
3) Got stopped by another drunk guy yesterday who kept waving his cigarette in my face and trying to look in my bag. He wanted to talk to me for a while, and i asked him if he had a religion. He said no, ¨Soy libre como un nube¨ ¨ im free like a cloud.¨ He then got emotional, and started crying......AND.....no joke, i was watching him, and a BUG crawled out from the side of his eye.....it was so freaky
Well, thats about it for this week, SUPER amazing, and awesome week!
The Lord is in his Work!
Elder Conover
Barbosa!!!
Sergio and Ines, and I promise I'm not fat...the
picture just makes me look like I am. Haha
My Mission
This is the ugly dog that we see from time to time....I have named him ¨Piranha¨
We were trying to imitate his face.
Me and the Familia Vera
You're a missionary when.....you have a sick watch tan!
My Mission
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