The Power Of The Member Missionary

July 28, 2014

This week was awesome!

Wednesday we had a family night to reactivate a family of less-actives. We did it in their house and it was awesome to see them all at church on sunday!

Friday we did an 'exposition' in market-fair. It was really fun. We got some members that stayed with our table of church materials and explained about the church, BOM, plan of salvation, etc. We (four of us) missionaries went into the crowd handing out pass along cards and bringing people to the table to learn more. In two hours we had 32 addresses and the members catching fire with missionary spirit.

Saturday was the Festa Julina. Usually it's festa junina because it's in june and a Catholic holiday to celebrate Saint John (the beloved). But the Mormons do it in July and call it festa Julina because it's a great excuse to have a ward party.
Festa Julina means eating Pé de Moleque, Paçoca, lots and lots of popcorn, Square dancing, everybody dresses like pioneers, hot dogs, and lots and lots of corn. Everything has corn. Corn cake, corn pudding, corn soup, and my favorite "canjica" That's basically a sweet soup of a type of corn, peanuts, cinnamon or coconut and sweetened condensed milk. mmmm. 15 investigators came, (it's always a lot easier to get the people to the party than to the church) haha.

Sunday night we did a family night and brought a family that we´re hopeing to marry and baptize. Fabrício already has a testimony of the Book of Mormon, and loved seeing that we listen to music and dance instead of saying that it's all SIN!!! haha.
I made chocolate chip cookies for the member that's been wanting the recipe since I got here.

It's funny that most people we bring to the church and that start progressing don't have doubts about the doctrine. They have doubts about if they can still listen to their music, if they can still hang out with the friends.
But when they see How LDS life really is, they LOVE it. No where else they have seen a group of people so joyfull, that values the family so much and that lives the commandments is happy doing it. Who wouldn't want to live the life we live?

That's why we try so hard to get referals from the members. Their friends already admire them for the life they live and the example they give. They already know that we are a happy and different people that can listen to music and play soccer and joke around too.

Thanks for all the support family, Here are some pics.
love,
Elder Wallace

Exposition at the fair.
Me eating cake at the bus stop.