And speaking of
fruit, this week was a week of finding - and hopefully with all the new
investigators we found this week in Achada Gomes and Covao Ribera we will see
the fruits of our labors in baptisms later this transfer. We have twelve new
investigators from the past week, and one really cute family. I made a giant
Plan of Salvation game board to play with the three kiddos in the fam during
our next visit, and I'm hoping we can help the whole family, parents and little
ones alike, understand that our message is one of hope and they can be together
forever.
Weeks filled with
the first lesson are exhausting, because that lesson is really long - but,
those are also the lessons with the best quotes from investigators, because for
them, our message is brand spanking new. To follow the fruit theme we've got
going on here, I'll share my favorite quote from the week - we were teaching a
25-year-old mom and her daughter, and when we asked them why they thought the
purpose of this life was, she said with all the seriousness of her heart,
"To drink sumu (juice) and then die." How happy I am that there is
more to life than Compal. We can all have "first lesson" quotes and
experiences, we just need to open our mouths and share the happy news of the
gospel with our friends.
All of us can
and should become engaged in the work of salvation. The Savior has given us the
following responsibility with a promise:
"I have chosen you and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should
remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it
to you" (John 15:16).
Have a happy and
fruitful week,
Sister Hanzel
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