This week was really good, we
had zone conference which is always the best part of the transfer. We learned a lot of things but the best part
was when President Tavares spoke. He talked about what we need to do to become
exalted, everyone was just in awe of the things he was teaching us.
We have had some set
backs....the family of Natalino has completely fallen off the grid and though
we tried they wouldn’t set up a time to talk to us all week. Also, Cesar’s
baptism fell through because of some family complications...we are just going
with faith. But some good news is that we found some people to teach this week!
We were knocking on doors and we found a guys named Nelson. Nelson is 26 years
old and is actually American, born in the US and then when he was 10 years old
he moved to Portugal because his parents are Portuguese. At first he let us in
because he didn’t want to be rude but we could see that he didn’t have a lot of
interest. After the first lesson you could see his countenance change. He told
us, "when can you guys comeback?" We went back the next day and
marked him for baptism…the progress towards baptism will probably go slow
because he is living with his girlfriend but man, he could be a great leader in
the church. While we are teaching him we see him gain more and more desire and
interest! It’s so good to talk with him because he is a smart and self-reliant
and could really help the church a lot in Portugal. At the end of our last meeting when we said
we needed to go, “He was like, "Wait, already?!" It just shows what
the Spirit can do, it’s one of the most special things in the world to watch
the Spirit change someone.
We are also teaching a
women named Vitalina who we found street contacting. She is really friendly, about
60ish years old and interesting! She
owns a rehabilitation center in Faro and every time she see us she says,
"Oh my little boys from God, come on in!" We are hopeful to see her
progress!
The highlight of the
week was a meeting with the district presidency in Algarve. They told us that we are so close to sending
our papers into the headquarters of the church to become a stake! We need to do
some specific things this week to be able to send in the papers. We called all the missionaries in the zone
who are super excited and ready to go and do!
In the Book of Mormon I
am reading about the “Stripling Warriors”.
I love this story so much—their faith, their knowledge that God would
deliver them, their absence of doubt!
And I love how God blessed them and preserved them—not one died! I am
really working on increasing my faith everyday by doing the small and simple
things with real intent! I believe and hope that God will bless our
efforts with miracles!
The mission is just
too good, I hope you guys have a great week!
-Elder Herrmann
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