I’m very excited for Christmas! It’s great to be a missionary at Christmastime — we get to spend all day inviting people to be more Christmassy by coming unto Christ. It’s also fun to share the church’s Christmas program with people (Illumine o Mundo — Light the World. I remember watching videos from the church’s program other years with the missionaries and now I’m the one presenting the videos!
We had some wonderful little miracles this week with finding people. When we had a division [when you switch companions with another sister temporarily] my sister training leader and I marked a man named “Daniel” for baptism. He didn’t give us his address because he didn’t spend any time there and apparently it’s hard to describe, but he was really special and I wanted to teach him again. He said he would visit the church but wasn’t able to go on Sunday. Two weeks later our investigators (reference of a recent convert) gave us a reference of a neighbor, “Douglas.” On Sunday we took “Douglas” to church and I asked him about his family. He started talking about his siblings — and I recognized the description of one of them. “Daniel” is his brother!
I asked a different member, “Rodrigo” for a reference this week while my companion was calling someone. He thought about it and suggested we visit a less-active member of the church, “Júlia”, who I had never heard of before. He started to explain where she lived “in front of the postal office, on the side of road xxx” and at the same time my companion [on the phone] said “Ok, so your house is in front of the postal office on the side of road xxx.” She had finished her first call when she randomly had the thought to call “Júlia.” I’ve asked “Rodrigo” for references many times, and only this time he suggested “Júlia.” Clearly she needs a visit!
This is the son of a member in our ward. He is great. He is showing off his cool clothes here. It is too hot outside for that jacket! He is getting surgery right now so he can use some prayers. We are at the grocery store.
[For regular readers of this blog: it turns out there was a letter from Sister Faulconer last week that somehow didn’t get sent. I added the text to the pictures in last week’s post.]
Headed to Recife 