The baptism went well, I baptized Rogerio and it was
special. The heater is broken for the font so the water is super cold.
Haha we have asked for it to be fixed but that hasn´t happened yet so it
was another cold baptism. Rogerio was kind of worried about it but
afterwards he said he didn´t feel any cold and he felt really warm and
good as he went into the water. We were really happy for him, they are
such a great couple. They set a goal to be sealed a year from now and
invited me to it already... haha we will see but that would be awesome!
Also this keyboard is really bad, so sorry ahead of time if there aren´t any spaces for some words!
So
on Sunday we went and it was really good. A lot of people came to church
which was nice because I was able to say goodbye to them. Church went
well, one of my investigators, Gabriel, the brother of Thaís came and is
really firm for getting baptized here at the end of the week. Bummer
that I won´t be there, but I am glad that he is staying firm and will
start on this wonderful path.
I was able to give a talk on Sunday, I found out at the beginning of
the meetings because one of the speakers was sick. So i was the last
speaker and when I got up there was 35 minutes left in the meeting...
haha so I was just a little nervous but it actually went really well,
another answer to a desperate missionaries´prayer. I spoke on the
Atonement and Missionary Work and spoke on the examples of prophets from
the Book of Mormon who repented and changed their lives and then had
the desire to share the joy they felt through the gospel with other
people. It went well, I felt guided by the Spirit. It also was sweet to
talk about, it is so true, when we apply the Atonement in our lives, we
naturally have a desire to share that grandest of all blessings with
others. I love the mission for that, I get to talk to others all day
about how they can be clean from their sins, be forgiven, and be
perfected in Christ so that one day they can be with their families
forever. It´s wonderful.
Rogerio got confirmed which was also really great,
it was such a tender mercy to be able to stay in Tucuruvi for just one
more week in order to see that happen.
After
church I took pics with a ton of the families from the ward and my
investigators and recent converts. It was pretty hard, I will truly miss
that ward. It was hard but super great.
Then I got here!! I met my comp, Elder Gimenez, from
Argentina, which reminds me a lot of my trainer, ElderMussin. He is a
great missionary. We are in Ariston, which is part of the Capitol still.
They are tons of people here, it´s crazy. It is in a city
Carapicuíba,which has one of the densest populations on the planet, or
at least they say that here! There are so many people here,it is so great
as a missionary, I just eat it up! We are teaching a lot of people here
and I am really excited. The ward here wants to split really soon and the
members are all super excited and want to work hard with the
missionaries. Also, we live in the same house as two other sets of
missionaries, one of them being Elder Matthews! He was one of the APs
almost the whole time I was in the office and is one of my best friends on
the mission, so that has been fun thus far. Even though I am only going
to be here for a short period, I am really going to like it here and
I know that I am here for a purpose.
On Thursday we are going to have a mission tour with
Elder Aidukaitis (or something like that, haha his name is difficult to
spell), he is from the first quorum of the seventy and is the second
counselor in the Brasil Area Presidency.We are all really excited, it is
going to be really great.
Well,that is about it, love you all and my P-Day
next week is going to be on Tuesday because of the temple! Woo hoo, love
you all!
Elder Carney
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