It’s been another great
week here in paradise! We’ve accomplished a lot! We’ve been teaching Graça almost every day and
also invited her 10 year old daughter, Samira, to join in. She loves it and
wants to be baptized with her mom!! They are so amazing and love the gospel so
much. We have seen such a great
difference in their lives already! Graça quit smoking and Samira helped her through
making a contract for her mom!! I am so excited for their progress! The only downer with them this week was that
they couldn’t go to church because her ex-husband showed up and broke in the
house with alcohol. They were able to
escape and called the police. They had
to wait for the police so they couldn’t come to Church. We moved the baptismal date back one more
week. They are safe so it’s all good and
that’s the important thing.
We taught our other
investigator, also named Graça, and she came to Church and is saying that she wants
to be baptized! So yeah, we are blessed with a lot of "Graça" right now! It is
great!
We spent a lot of time
looking for people to teach and knocking doors.
To make it fun and keep us on our toes, my comp and I would give each
other a contact topic to use as we approached a door. For example, I knocked on a door and Elder
Richards said, “The First Vision!” I
then proceeded to talk about Joseph Smith and testify of his role in the
restoration.
Even after being here
4 months I still can’t get over how beautiful this island is. It is literally the prettiest place on earth!
The thing I learned
this week is that the Spirit is everything!
Missionaries don’t convert people--the Spirit does. I have seen time and
time again in my mission how the gospel and the Church can change people’s
lives. It is a privilege to bring the message and the Spirit into investigators
homes. We have to do everything we can to be worthy of that sacred Spirit by
always obeying the promptings of the “sweet small voice”.
I love you guys all so
much!
-Elder Herrmann
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