This week we knocked
quite a few doors again. While knocking, I felt like I was a "scream
monster" off of Monsters, Inc. The doors in Santo Antao are all so unique,
just like the people. And all we have to do is "pick a door" and see who
we get to scare... er, I mean, share, the message of the gospel with.
We have a
"third wheel" to our door knocking group. His name is Kedo, he's
eight years old, and he likes to follow us around during the afternoons,
hitting his spare tire along like on the beginning of Pollyanna. Doesn't matter
where we are, he seems to know just where to show up. And if our contact lets
us in, well he just follows suit, and sits right next to us for the whole
lesson. In Assomada I had a dog that liked to follow me around and enter houses,
but can I just say that Kedo receives a much warmer welcome than Chupa did.
We've tried teaching his family but they're not very interested, maybe one of
these days.
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| Our third companion, Kedo |
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| Kedo at work |
My favorite
investigator right now is a 17 year old rapaz named Bruno. Sisters have been
working with Bruno for months, but every time they get to the Word of Wisdom
lesson, they drop him, because he smokes and drinks and didn't know how he
would ever quite; but we've discovered something none of the other sisters
knew... Bruno likes to draw. He likes graffiti art, and so I've been getting my
graffiti on! Every lesson I design some sort of graffiti art for him, it's not
professional, but he seems to like it. And he's hecka progressing. He reads the
Book of Mormon every day, is developing a habit of prayer (he designed a sign
to help him remember), and this weekend, miracle of all miracles, Bruno
attended a baptism service..... and came to church! Sisters have been trying to
get him to church for months, but he's finally making gospel principles
personal and connecting them to his own life.
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| Flip charts, graffiti style |
We are also teaching
a family. Yes, a family! Patricia and Nelson have two kids, and they both have
family members who are members of the church but have never accepted the gospel
themselves. It's been years since they talked with missionaries, but I think
now they might be ready. We taught them the first lesson together, and it went
well, but at the end we mustered up the courage to ask Nelson if we could kneel
in family prayer and if he would offer it. It was his first prayer in who knows
how long and the Spirit hit home! Everyone felt it, his kids too. So I'm really
excited about them.
Well! That's all
I've got time for this week, but good things are happening here in Santo Antao!
Love you guys!
Sister Hanzel
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| District Meeting |
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