Hello family!! How is life going wherever you may be? This week it
rained twice in Teresina---MIRACLE!! We are entering the epic that
everyone knows as the B R O Bro. In Portuguese the last three months of
the year are like this: Setembro, Outubro e Dezembro and these months
are the hottest of the year here in the Northeast of Brasil and so
because of the "BRO" at the end of each of the names of these three
months the entire state of Piauí knows that the "B R O Bro" is the
hottest time of the year---it´s a pretty cool abbreviation---I like IT!
This week we didn´t go on quite as many divisions with other Elders and so were were able to work quite a bit in our area!! We are preparing an elderly lady of about 60 years old to be baptized. We went to visit a less-active young man to reactive him, show him preach my gospel, the joy of the gospel, serve a mission, come back get married in the temple, understand the HUGENESS OF THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST AND know how to earn REAL joy and happiness on this earth and trust in the Lord in all that he does. We enter the "quintal" which is basically a patio and I asked him if I could enter his house and talk with those that were in inside---HE SAID SURE!! key: ALWAYS invite every single person to hear the message of the gospel. I am trying to develop more of this skill and teach more people at the SAME TIME!! I VERY MUCH DISLIKE teaching less than 5 people. I am here for two years and this is the time of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and I know that sometimes we have to teach someone one on one and sometimes there are those that have special needs but usually it is best to teach as many people as you can! Invite, those in the home, neighbors and ask them to call their friends and then wait for a few people to gather---it´s much better than walking individually to each one of their homes!
Anyways---she told us that she doesn´t like her church very much anymore and that she was ready for a change so we TOOK THAT WAVE AND SAID GREAT---WELL HERE´S WHAT YOU´RE LOOKING FOR!! The Gospel of Jesus Christ is right here!! She came to church on Sunday---we got a member to drive his car to her house and we planned this morning to bomb her house this week with missionary lessons and she will be baptized on the 21st of September!! We just have to work and pray and do better to achieve out goals--not only of our area but also of the ZONE TERESINA!!
This week we didn´t go on quite as many divisions with other Elders and so were were able to work quite a bit in our area!! We are preparing an elderly lady of about 60 years old to be baptized. We went to visit a less-active young man to reactive him, show him preach my gospel, the joy of the gospel, serve a mission, come back get married in the temple, understand the HUGENESS OF THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST AND know how to earn REAL joy and happiness on this earth and trust in the Lord in all that he does. We enter the "quintal" which is basically a patio and I asked him if I could enter his house and talk with those that were in inside---HE SAID SURE!! key: ALWAYS invite every single person to hear the message of the gospel. I am trying to develop more of this skill and teach more people at the SAME TIME!! I VERY MUCH DISLIKE teaching less than 5 people. I am here for two years and this is the time of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and I know that sometimes we have to teach someone one on one and sometimes there are those that have special needs but usually it is best to teach as many people as you can! Invite, those in the home, neighbors and ask them to call their friends and then wait for a few people to gather---it´s much better than walking individually to each one of their homes!
Anyways---she told us that she doesn´t like her church very much anymore and that she was ready for a change so we TOOK THAT WAVE AND SAID GREAT---WELL HERE´S WHAT YOU´RE LOOKING FOR!! The Gospel of Jesus Christ is right here!! She came to church on Sunday---we got a member to drive his car to her house and we planned this morning to bomb her house this week with missionary lessons and she will be baptized on the 21st of September!! We just have to work and pray and do better to achieve out goals--not only of our area but also of the ZONE TERESINA!!
This week a super
fun, awesome thing also happened---I GOT TO TEACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST AND TALK ABOUT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN
ENGLISH FOR LIKE AN HOUR!!! One afternoon I was getting a bit
frustrated with our afternoon visits because we were visiting people
that just aren´t progressing and so I said let´s go find some NEW
INVESTIGATORS!! The afternoon is tough because everyone is working and
all you find at home is people that don´t have much of a life or the
elderly that are usually very SLOW to teach---but God loves them
too--hah! Anyways we went to a giant paint shop, a hospital and a
Language School asking if we could mark a visit when they have meetings
with all of the staff! The Language School said that we could return
that night and that I could practice English with them!! They spoke
AMAZINGLY WELL---there were like 25-30 people and all they asked were
questions about the gospel!!! I basically taught a lesson and bore my
testimony for like 45mins to an hour and my companion just sat there
smiling and understanding here and there---BOY IT SURE IS AMAZING TO
TEACH THE GOSPEL IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE---the words have soooo much more
meaning and I feel so much more sincere and the Spirit was awesome---BOY
I SURE NEED TO IMPROVE MY PORTUGUESE SO THAT I CAN TEACH LIKE I DO IN
ENGLISH---still getting there!! One day I will speak this language
FLUENTLY!!
I love eating bananas with powdered milk and oatmeal
in the morning. At night I eat eggs, rice with milk and beans or bread
and butter!! I LOVE SERVING A MISSION AND I HAVE SO MUCH TO LEARN AND SO
MUCH TO DO TO BECOME BETTER AND HELP OUT THE ZONE---I still know that
the President and God expect waaaay more of me and I know that I can be
waaay more too but I have to be patient and DILIGENT AND SMART AND PRAY
MORE OFTEN
--Love you all my wonderful, huge family!! Thanks
for never giving up on me!
Love you guys. HI NATHAN AND SCOTT AND TIFFANY AND AMBER---YA WE´RE ALL SERVING TOGETHER!!
--Élder Allen!
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