Walking through a park at night.
Secured vehicle! ha ha
So this week was great! We have people that actually want
to learn about the gospel! And i had a few strange/ funny experiences! The
first is the van... i sent a pic with the caption "if you dont want
someone to steal your van... chain it to the ground". Whats really funny
is that these voltwagon vans here are like the most common utility vehicle and
i dont think anyone would try and steal this one. Unless he has something
valuable inside that led him to chain his van to the ground. then it would make
sense. My companion and i were laughing so hard. There was a DJ across the
street playing like Black Power rap from the 60s and 70s that same day too. I
taught my companion how to say "Lets have a Black Panther Party" from
Forest Gump!
There is a song that i really love that my companion has
and it is called "Closer" by Kyle Thorn. Look it up and listen, it
describes how i feel on the mission every day.
It is getting hard to formulate sentences in english when
i talk, writing is easy but when i talk its hard. I was on a phone call with my
mission president and we were speaking english and i couldnt talk as fast as
normal haha.
We were contacting last night in road and i walked up to
this person and said "O Senhor (Mister)" to call his atention but he
replied right back and in the moment he replied i saw the makeup and the hair
and then heard the voice, "Não, é a Senhora (No, its Miss)". I
realized that it was a tranny. I didnt know how to respond for a second then i
just talked about the church with him and asked if we could visit and share a
message about the Savior. He accepted, he has family that are mormon. Turns out
he doesn't live in our area and he said that he wants to go to the United
states... I made the mistake of asking why. He said to marry his husband.
Nothing against him/her, but it was just an awkward contact, i´ll tell ya.
So my spiritual message this week is what we have been
sharing with all the members the we eat almoço (lunch) with. Elder Neil L.
Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve apostles said that when we pray for
missionary experiences and for who we should share the gospel with that the
names and faces of the people will come to our mind, the words will come to our
mouth in the moment we need them, opportunities will arise and our faith with
surpass our doubt. (i couldnt quote directly because i only have in portuguese
haha) but this is the message. I invite all of you guys to pray for
opportunities to share the gospel. I have a testimony of this. It is something
that i tried to be dilligent with the year before the mission and it was
amazing. I found opportunites at school, work, and with friends to talk about
the teachings of the savior! Do it and you will see this too!
Love you guys, this time next week i will be 19 years
old... just think about how cool that is for a second!
Elder Sanchez