So the next day we had 6 elders in our ward (5
secretaries and the extra elder) haha there were more missionaries than
members during the elders quorum. But then unfortunately only one of our
investigators came to church, Givaldo, but that was awesome because he
came without the rest of his family as they were traveling and it was a
big deal for him to come alone of his own accord, so we were psyched!!!
Then it was a definitely different sacrament meeting, haha there really
was no reference to Easter at all, that was a bummer. Haha there were
some really good talks on journal writing and other good topics, but I
was looking forward to a really great sacrament centered on Christ. Then
afterwards we had this seriously incredible lunch with these members,
it was SO good, and so much food, so that made my day! haha there was so
much food that 6 missionaries couldnt even put a dent in it! Then
afterwards we got to do the best thing ever on easter... do missionary
work in our area!!! I genuinely loved it. I was thinking about it on
Saturday and I am just so grateful to honor the sacrifice my Savior made
for me by working here in his name. I love it. So we did a little split
and I was with Elder Irineu and tthe other elder went with Elder
Barton. We were waiting to hear from President about the elder´s flight
info and when he would leave, well we were on one side of our area and
had just entered this less active lady who is returning to church´s home
and got a call from President saying the elder had to check in at the
airport at 7 pm... it was 6:05 when we got hte call. Let´s just say that
few missionaries have walked that quickly in the history of missionary
work, we met hte other set at our house with his bags and sent him off
and he made it all right so that was good, just a little crazy!!
Then monday started the week of transfers!!!! It was
crazy, haha monday we found out there had been an error in the exchange
rate from the dollar to the real so every missionary in the mission had
received 3 to 8 reais less than they should have for their allowance.
Haha so I had to make a payment to every single missionary in the
mission with the right amount they had lost, it took forever but it was
good to get that done!!! Then we found out about transfers!!!! They were
huge, it was one of the biggest President has done!! Elder Barton was
transferred and I officially finished my training and he went to
Sorocaba to be a ZL, he will do seriously great! And my new companion
is... Elder Albuquerque!!!! He is from Northern Brazil, and was my ZL
when I was in Itapetininga for my second transfer, so that was fun to
find out! He is super chill and a good missionary so that was nice to
find out. Then tuesday the new missionaries got to the mission and we
did training for them and then that night we did a giant split and I
took a really cool missionary from Santiago, Elder Medina, with me and
we were able to contact a man who we had taught once. Haha he works with
Boy Scouts but here in São Paulo, his name is Laercio, and he and his
wife are super nice. Well we didnt know if he was just interested to
talk or actually find out more and this time it went so well! He said he
had already read the Book of Mormon (or parts of it) and prayed about
it years ago, but he said that he feels now that he is being led to
something more inhis life and he knows that is why we are here right now
in his life. It was cool, and fun to work with this new missionary.
Haha he didnt really speak Portuguese very well, but luckily I was able
to recognize most of the spanish that he spoke. Then we had transfers on
Wednesday morning and it went well and resulted in a very very tired
Elder Carney. It was just crazy and now I am realizing that it is way
more fun to do my work with another missionary, Elder Barton, but now
it´s just me! Ah well, still liking it, wishing I could work in my area
more, but that is ok!! So yeah, that was the craziness this week!!
Overall I am super grateful to be here and
serve, it is such a wonderful opportunity and I am grateful to be here
serving my Master and Redeemer and give back what little I can for all
that I have been given.
Love you all, remember to be missionaries, these people and missionaries need you!!
Elder Carney
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