So, tell us about your week. Hopefully you were able to find some new investigators and the ones you have been teaching are still progressing. So glad to hear about Luis's baptism. Isn't it amazing how the gospel can change someone's life and make it so much better!!!
Thanks for the updates and the pictures! Things are going good here in São Carlos! This week flew by. Unfortunately we didnt teach very much this week, but what we did teach was awesome! We are working with 3 families right now:
1. Fábio, Elizangela, Giovani, and Gabriel. Giovani is a friend of a member. He is 14. We finally taught the whole family this weekend. They are super special. We taught them the Restoration and they accepted to read and pray. Only Giovani went to church this week though. They dont go to any church but have lots of family values.
2. Ricardo and Paola. They are next door neighbors to a lady in our ward. We taught Paola a couple of weeks ago and then werent able to find her again. We had met Ricardo but not taught him. We passed by Saturday night planning on inviting them to come to church. We knocked on the door and Ricardo invited us to come in. It kind of caught us by surprise. We taught the first lesson again and Ricardo talked about how he had gone to many churches but always felt that something was missing. They said they would read and pray. They couldnt go to church on Sunday because Ricardo had to work. They need to be married too.
3. Aline and Thiago. We contacted this couple during the week in the street. They simple accepted straight up. Hahah kind of wierd after lots of rejections. We went and only Aline was there. But she really liked the message of the Restoration and accepted to be baptized. They couldnt come to church either and also need to be married.
So these are three awesome families that we are working with right now! Please include them in your prayers!
We had interviews with Presidente this week. It's always good to be with Presidente and learn from him. He is a good man. The mission is struggling as far as baptisms. When it comes down to there are lots of missionaries who dont want to be completely obedient and dont want to work very much. Im grateful for my comp. But President came down hard on the zone and it was definitely needed. It was kind of hard for me because Elder Boren and I are doing everything possible to help the zone. But things will work out. President said that he is happy with us and to just keep doing my best. Good to hear. I asked him how to have a greater influence and he said that the only thing to do is to keep being an example and invite others to follow.
Transfers are next week. 99% Sure I will stay here in São Carlos with Elder Boren. Super stoked!! This will be my last transfer. Yikes! Time is flying by. I am just trying to stay focused and give it my all. There is nothing better than serving the Lord full time!
I spoke in Sacrament Meeting this week. I talked about faith and about the importance of faith in every aspect of our lives and especially missionary work. I felt like it was one of the better talks that I have given. And get this. . . Elder Boren and I sang a duet in Sacrament Meeting hahahahah. I have really grown to enjoy singing in parts. We sung (without piano) Sweet Hour of Prayer. The first verse was Elder Boren singing the melody and Me singing the base. Then we switched. The base was a cintch. The melody was a little high for me and I started shaking a little bit ahah. I think my voice may have cracked once but oh well. It was fun.
I know that the Church is true! We are led by living prophets and apostles today! Jesus Christ leads the Church! He is our Savior! The Book of Mormon is true! Have a great week!
Elder Hawkley
PS do you like our new study glasses??? Hahah they dont have a prescription. We got them cheap at a street fair!
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