Dear Everyone,

 

We are having quite a few changes lately! First off, we have a new pair of elders that opened the area that we were going to open at the beginning of the transfer. One was already here, serving as a trio with the District Leader and his companion, and the other came straight from Cape Verde due to a visa problem. Also, I received a phone call this morning saying that I need to be trained tomorrow to be a Sister Training Leader... AAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Anyway, this week was good. We are still in the finding, finding, finding, part. On Wednesday we didn´t have a single appointment, so we walked and walked and walked, just like those primary children! But we are also having good progress with our investigators. Paulo is slowly getting off tobacco. We decided to let him set his own goals on a calendar with gave him, and we would check up and help him keep up on his goals. I really hope that this works out!

 

João Carlos´ family basically rocks. We were only teaching Susana (wife) and Mariana (daughter) and when we presented a baptismal date they were excited, but said that they wanted to be baptized as a family... in other words that they wanted Paulo, the other son, to have a chance too! So we started teaching Paulo and he is just as open and sweet as Mariana and Susana! I am so excited about them.

 

I received a little piece of bad news from my old area. Sílvia, who was baptized on January 4th, decided to leave the Church because of doubts that she had about the Pre-Earth life. Man, that is so sad. I really wish that we could´ve taught her better how to receive personal revelation in personal prayers about our doubts and concerns! It´s just another evidence that we need to walk in faith on the Lord, and not on our doubts!

 

I love you all and I hope all is well!

 

Sister Derrick