Hello!!
I'm not sure exactly where I should start this week..it was crazy! I had lots and lots to complain about all week and was really upset that we were clapping at door after door of people who had given their address to other missionaries and we weren't having any that were interested. We didn't have any meeting scheduled with investigators and were in the streets all day every day.The list goes on but I won't write about it. Then finally came the weekend. Saturday itself felt likke it was a week long. And then Sunday, Luciano didn't want to go to church and we couldn't find out why because the whole rest of his family just kept yelling at him and telling him that he had to go. It was really upsetting and so we ended up just taking Felipe and Mateus. We got to church to late and everybody wanted to talk to us at the same time and it was stressful. But then Sunday night everything changed. Actually, it changed at church. Felipe was confirmed and the Bishop gave the blessing while Elder Newby and I got to stand in on it. I was so excited I got a little dizzy and I think my heart almost exploded! And Felipe was smiling so big after it was over too. Later that night we were back at Felipe's house, wating for his friend, Rua, to come over. When he finally showed up we talked to him for a bit and then gave the first lesson. At the end of it, Felipe bore his testimony. About how excited he was for Rua to have the opportunity to read Moroni 10:3-5 and to learn how to pray. How good you feel while you are reading and how you feel even better when you pray and ask Heavenly Father if the book and the message about the Restoration are true. About how you receive a feeling of peace and happiness in you heart. He talked about baptism and how great it felt and about how he wishes he could be baptized again because it was such a good experience and you feel so happy; and how he's excited for the opportunity to go on a mission someday (which he'll actually be able to do in exactly one year from yesterday)!
WOW!! I almost cried! ANd I don't cry! My eyes were watering and my heart, once again that day, felt like it might explode. The spirit was so strong in that room. I don't think I've ever been so happy in my life. Here is Felipe who I helped find and teach and I actually baptized, as a member of the church now. He's already helping other people to come to the gospel and have this happiness in their lives! What could make me happier than that?!?
That night made this whole week the best week of my entire mission so far. I already know that it's going to be extremely difficult for me when I get transferred out of this ward. But I know this church is true and I know that he knows it.
Being a missionary really is the greatest thing I've ever done. I'm so excited for the opportunity to teach his friend Rua now and will keep y'all updated! He already said he felt really good after praying at the end of the lesson and seems pretty excited to read the Book of Mormon. I hope you all have a great week and remember that the good things in life are more that worth all the trials we go through to receive those blessings.
That's all I got this week!
Com Amor,
Elder Haws
***He sent some pictures but they didn't work for me..I will add them once my mom sends them to me again! Sorry!
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