Because our house is one of the best of the mission, we have two bathrooms, and one of the shower head-water heater things broke. So basically the bathroom with the cold shower has been mine, all mine. The other elderes are still taking hot showers, I don't know how they stand it.
Some missionaries put a wet towell on the bed to sleep or even put ice cubes on the towell to try and get some sleep. But we're lucky, there are parts of brazil that are even Hotter. But here's probably one of the driest.
This week we worked really hard. We talked to everyone that passed us on the street, knocked a lot of doors, visited the members to get references, everything that we should do as missionaries. We even had an investigator get a testimony about the book of mormon and accept to be baptized, but she will move Monday... haha. When we got to saturday night I prayed and said Lord it's in your hands now. We need people to come to church so they can be baptized, if it be thy will bless us with a miracle.
Saturday to sunday was the Dreaded DAY LIGHT SAVINGSSSSS and we lost an hour. So all the families we had to bring to church slept or it didn't work out. The member that was with us to give them a ride was starting to get frustrated. We went to the last house and I was super happy to see that the mom already had all the kids dressed and up! But then I heard the yelling inside the house and knew that something was up. Turns out her brother got drunk early that morning and told her she wasn't going anywhere, she had to go to his house and make lunch for everyone.
I was pretty down because we sift through a lot of people to find the ones who are ready, if someone doesn't come to church the first or second week we almost never visit them again, because we have to move on to the people that are ready to come. It's something that I never understood before the mission, but now it's part of life.
We got to church pretty down.. But in the middle of Gospel Principles a member brought a visitor in: Maria moved here from the Bahia and has attended church for like 3 months already! She needs to get married but she wants to be baptized and said the whole family will come this next week!
I thought the Lord chose an awesome miracle, seeing as our golden investigator moved to another state, a golden investigator moved here and came to church in the same week.
The church is true, this is the Lord's work. If we keep the commandments and do all the Lord asks of us, we can be happy and grateful NOW and will receive life Everlasting.
Thanks mom and dad for always keeping your covenants and raising me to the Lord.
Love you all,
Elder Wallace
Me elder Bruno and Elder Casafus, our DL.
Pequi popsicle in the office.
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