2nd Week in Catalão

This week was great!

Last week after sending emails we walked to the bank that's in the ''downtown'' of Catalão. I've been wearing the shoes out this week because we live an hour away from the school where we have meetings. We proselyte close to the school so that means an hour walking to and from our house every day. It's amazing to think you can walk across a city in an hour. haha.

So anyway, we were walking to the bank and a lady crossed the street to talk to us. She said "Hey! I'm from this church." She was baptized 12 years ago in Belem and didn't know that the church existed here in Catalão. We're excited to visit her and invite the rest of the family to be baptized and join our group here in Catalão. 

The rest of the week we visited Bety, who was going to get baptized this Saturday. I say was becaus on the day of the baptism she got cold feet and hid. haha. She's in her 60's. On the day of the baptism she left home and didn't come back until 8 o clock... We were pretty suprised until we found out her neighbor had told her if she got baptized she would have to always use a skirt and couldn't watch TV anymore.... 

We also had a miracle where a student we had taught left the pamphlet we gave him at college. Another student found it and she called us asking us to visit her and her husband who are having some problems at home. They both came to church sunday so we are excited to teach them this week.

After all the running around during the week, teaching 28 lessons, calling everyone saturday, and the baptism falling through, we were pretty tired saturday night. But it was worth it. Sunday we had 10 investigators at church. Two couples that are married and a few part member families. The best part was that the less active men that we are working with to start the branch came too! We asked one to help us set up chairs and another to give a ride to our investigator. It worked! they all came. 

We need two more melchezidek priesthood holders to start the branch. Sunday we had 3 Less actives that can receive the Melchezidek priesthood here in a bit, and 2 more investigators that are candidates as well!

We've been doing service for the members too. Straightening up the yards of one that had a surgery these past few weeks and a lady in a wheelchair that has a bunch of dogs. It's been great because they always treat us super well, always giving the best lunch they can and everything.

Super excited to keep the work going this week. Hoping to see some more baptisms here in a bit. Catalão is super cool because we keep finding families that didn't know the church is here now, and other families that are less active but are coming back. It's so cool to see how God is leading us to find all of them and them to find us!

Have a great week and hope you all had a good THANKSGIVING!!! (yep, guess who forgot again) I remembered Sunday that it was this week. Haha. But I did eat a roast chicken on Sunday, so I guess that counts right?

Love y'all

Elder Wallace