Wow, it is February already! Crazy how time flies...
This week was good; on Saturday we had a baptism of Nicolau, who is truly a miracle. About three weeks ago on a Sunday morning he called the missionaries and needed help to find the chapel. They started teaching him about the gospel, and last week we invited him to be baptized. He was baptized and confirmed this weekend, and it was really awesome. I love teaching him and people like him, becuase although they don´t understand or know everything, they are willing and eager to learn. This is the characteristic that is most important- to be teachable and have a desire to learn, change, and grow.
His baptism was really exciting, but also a little sad because when he became a member that meant that we don´t have any pesquisadors that are progressing...we have a lot of finding to do. Last transfer was a white wash here with two new sisters, and not much work was done before they arrived. So essentially we are starting from scratch. It is hard, but I am trying to learn from this experience, especially how to be guided by the spirit. I know that there are people here that are prepared to accept the gospel, but we just can´t find them! But the Lord knows who and where they are, so we just have to trust in Him.
On the metro this week we ran into the same man and talked to him both times- he is probably in his fifties, has had a hard life, and is not happy but wants to be. We talked to him about the gospel and the atonement, and that he could find happiness through Christ. He said ´but I´m not happy now´and I basically told him that he wasn´t happy because he lacks the principles of the gospel and he needs to have faith in christ, repent, be baptized and receive the gift of the holy ghost, and only then will he find true happiness. I was probably the most bold and direct that I´ve ever been, but it was powerful because I felt the spirit speaking through me and he needed to know! I just wish that I could speak that way with everyone....still learning.
Today we are planning to go visit a castle, because we can only leave our area on the first pday of every month. I´m excited to see some history and I´ll send pictures next week!
Sorry if it is hard to understand when I use words in Portugues; I speak only Portuguese with my companion, and so I think of these things in Portugues. Yesterday a irmã who finished her mission stopped by with her family, and it was really weird to speak english with them! To be honest, it is kind of my goal to forget english :P Vamos ver.