Bom dia querida familia! OH wait... why portuguese you ask? I had an amazing experience this sunday! So yesterday was a baptism of an 8 year old girl in the ward. Daughter to a Swedish mother and Brazilian Father. The De Souza Family. The dad's parents were also able to make their way all the way to sweden! So I had the priviledge of talking to some true Brazilians which even included the "random language nannerisms" (Pra que voce ta falandando Swedish pra mim? Voce understand tudo que eu falo) OH man, it made me laugh, good times.
In other news this week was actually relatively difficult. We had a good week planned out but our really positive investigators just couldn't meet with us on our planned days, so lesson plans changed from baptismal commitment to recent convert lessons! On sunday we found out that Dorothy had been home-taught and the investigator who we wanted to teach ended up being there! So she was taught! Just not from who we expected! The lord will accomplish His work no matter what! We have been teaching a woman from Macedonia. They (her and her boyfriend) just showed up at church the other day which was a total miracle. Turns out she came to learn swedish, and also about the church and would like to worship with us. She isn't moving as quick as we would like but she has a certain light about her so we know she has come HERE for a reason! Speaking of coming for a reason, a while back we had got a referral from stockholm named Wei Yin Dee, the elders said that she likes jehovahs witnesses but was interested in the message. We also taught a member and asked her for a referral and said that she had a chinese friend who should come to church someday. We were kind of disappointed in the fact that our referral answered and said she would be out of town for the week because of chinese new year and that we should call her on Sunday, no answer. As we go to church we see the member with a chinese friend, we asked her her name and she said Wei Yin Dee! Turns out that she was the members referral and had also been contacted in Stockholm by missionaries there and referred to us from them! Luckily she was able to stay afterwards and witness the baptism! She loved it and we will be meeting her (already with a fellowshipper) on Tuesday! Exciting things! In other good news after sacrament, 2 swedish college students walked in after and said that they were talking about religion and walked by the building and just felt like they should come in... unfortunately it was right after the baptism happened but they were able to witness the confirmation and the members were SOO good in welcoming them, they just kept telling me that they had felt so welcome and asked so many questions. Afterwards, it turns out that there was two other students who came as well. None of them wanted to meet with the missionaries or give anyone their numbers, so we were suspecting that it was purely for information rather than salvation, but we hope that the experience was able to plant a seed for a later time in their life when they miss the feelings im sure they had here!
Im so grateful that this church is conducted in a way that the Spirit guides. We would not be able to accomplish this work without that Spirit present in our lives, teaching, and church services. But this IS the ONLY true and LIVING church on the face of this earth and I am grateful to be apart of it! As missionaries we see such a small part of the grand plan that our Father in Heaven has for ALL of his children. And I look forward to that day to look back and see how everything that happens in this life was all part of the Plan. It's not what If, but What IS!
Sharpening will be this thursday so that will be exciting! I also want to give a shout out to SWA and Jake Happy Birthday to both of you! And Ailin a while ago (my bad)! I look forward to seeing more baby pictures! Yay for baby boys!
Love,
Äldste Wad
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