Wow, what an amazing week! This was the last week of the transfer and Elder Egbert will leave and go to Faro! I am super excited for him! My new comp will be Elder Smith. He was the office executive and has about a year in the mission. He’s awesome and we'll work great together. It’s a little nerve-racking now that I will be training him on how to assist the president. It will be stressful and a learning experience but I am way excited!
This week we did a lot of preparing for the transfers and we planned how we’re going to keep the momentum going forward in the mission
With the little time we had left, Elder Egbert and I wanted to baptize one last time together. We were thinking of any possibility and then we remembered Nelson (yes, another Nelson). He is a 10 year old boy and his mom is a recent convert of about 8 months. They moved here from Angola. Nelson and his mom always go to church but he was never baptized. His dad in Angola is Catholic and hates our church. The first miracle was that the dad was in town this weekend…2nd miracle was that he let us even talk to him…3rd miracle was that we went in there and for some strange reason we just said with boldness, "Look, your son needs to be saved and enter on this path with his mom, and we can do the baptism tomorrow, can we have your blessing?” He looked at us in silence then said, "Yeah, I think that’s fine." WHAT!?!?! Months ago we called him and asked for permission to baptize his son and he started yelling at us on the phone. I am a true believer that God really does establish a way for his children to come unto to Christ and be baptized! So Nelson was baptized on Sunday! Elder Freeman (the other elder in our house who has only been in Portugal 5 weeks) baptized him. It was great!!
The spiritual thing I learned this week was more about Christ’s atonement. I am so grateful for the sacrifice that Christ made for me and all of us. It was not just physical pain but also spiritual pain and suffering! D&C 19 “For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent…Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me. I am Jesus Christ; I came by the will of the Father, and I do his will.” There is nothing I love more than this gift and this promise.
Today was an amazing p-day! We went to Setubal, an abandoned military base. It had cannons and turrets and everything! We also went to an abandoned mansion and then to some caves. The pdays here in Portugal are always great.
I am loving my mission and serving the Lord. I’m trying everyday to do my best. Love you all!
- Elder Herrmann
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