There was a lot of
rain this week which means it is harder to find people. But despite the rain we
met Isha who is a 30 year non practicing Muslim and moved from the Middle East
to find peace. She told us she was looking for something new. We taught the
first lesson to her and she was pretty overwhelmed because everything was so
new. So we starting teaching the lessons
at a slower pace. She is amazing and I am excited so see what happens with her.
We taught Antonio a
lot this week. We fasted and prayed for
him and he finally found a job. But because of his job he has to work this
Sunday—it’s kind of a day to day thing. He is so ready to get baptized but the
rule in our mission is that investigators need to attend Church at least 2
times before they can get baptized. We are praying that he can make it this
week. The problem is he really does need the money so when he gets called in he
needs to go. He said he is excited to
hear from the prophet and follow his counsel. We are excited for him to hear
General Conference! He was so prepared
to hear our message!
We have been teaching
this man named Ruben Silva who is Portuguese and has a girlfriend with 4 kids--they
are so funny. When we first met him he wanted nothing to do with us and said he
didn’t believe in God. But we convinced
him to let us in. We taught the plan of salvation to the whole group. The girlfriend and kids are religious so they
were really attentive and liked the message and us. Ruben still said he didn’t believe what we taught. A week and a half later he let us come back
and finally said he know God exists. WHAT A VICTORY!!! The spirit can change anyone’s
heart. Even though he has a REALLY REALLY long way to go, he is on this path
and that is what makes me happy.
This week I have been
really focusing on listening to the Holy Ghost.
I can tell a difference when I TRY to listen and then be obedient to its
counsel. Also I have been reading this book, “The Power
of Member Missionary Work”. I’m reading
it in Portuguese so it’s pretty slow going.
There was one part I liked a lot where he went through every blessing we
will receive when we share the gospel. There was 20 some promised blessings and
I know I feel more happiness!
A funny thing that
happened this week--in the missionary manual it says that Sunday is
the best day to knock doors. This does NOT apply to Portugal. We had a couple
of men run us out of their building shaking a cane at us shouting, "This
is my day of rest!!!!" Our pointing out the difference between rest and
the Sabbath didn’t help! haha
Well that’s all for
this week. So grateful that Luke came
home from the NICU this week. I love you
all! Vamos batizar todo mundo!!!!
-Elder Herrmann
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| Antonio |
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| View overlooking Lisbon |
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| Biting Elder Richards hahaha |
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