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Thats for you Kevin. =)
Hey there everybody in the home town! Sounds like all is well back home. I´m doing well too. I´m not sure how christmas is going to work but I think that I´ll be going to someplace for the hollidays. i´m not sure if it will be maceio or some other place but i know that i will be traveling. just dont know the exact destination.
So I have Stories... Quite great stories... let me start from the beginning... Before we were all born god created a plan... ok thats too far back So!!!! we´ve been teaching a bunch of people and a bunch of people have been listening. its been quite amazing actually. This week we had a few baptisms too. let me start with the first.
First there was Marcos. He´s incredibly well read within the bible and has been searching for a church for quite some time. but based on his knowledge of the bible he was not able to find anyone that represented the church that he knew that exsited in the day of christ. but one day our bishop Aumberto found him and told him to invastigate our church. he started with the lessons about 3 weeks ago and decided to be baptized. He was baptized by the bishop.
Second their was Rita. Weve been working with her since the begginning of the transfer. Most of her familly has already been baptized but she was very afraid of the commitment to the church. She´s been avoiding the idea of baptism for about 20 years now. after a long time of convinceing and re convincing and re re convincing her to be baptized she finally she decided it was the right choice. She was baptized by her son.
Third their was Alysson. He is a man that drives a taxi for a living. He has a girl friend within the church and has always been looking for a church but he didnt know how to find the answers. When he found out about the missionaries he had a bunch of questions for us. He was incredibly curious. He asked lots of questions and seemed to be like sponge in recieving the answers. Eventually he decided that everything that we were saying was the truth. He was baptized by his Future Father in Law.
Fourth their was Geronimo. He is a slightly rebelious little 12 year old boy and We found him when he was invited to the church by his aunt, Damares. He was interested in the church because of what he felt their. He said that he always feels better when he´s done with church. He decided to be baptized too. He was Baptized by Elder Patricio, My companion.
Fifth there was Terezinha. We called Her Tereza for short. She was an old woman with a heart of gold. She was so happy to see the missionaries. She was Almost Deaf but loved to see and hear from the missionairs. She was always insistant on giving us food or something after we taught her. She was always very grateful for what she could understand. She can´t read and her age has taken a toll on her too. She cares for her Great Grand son Geronimo as best she can in her advanced age. She prayed many times that she might have an answer to what we were saying about god and christ. she wanted so bad that answer. And eventually by the grace of god she found it. She was Baptized and Confirmed by me.
I´m very excited about what has been accomplished this week. Its amazing to reflect on these people from such different backgrounds found something common in this church. Its been a testimony to me to see that people are willing to change many parts of their common lives to live in a more elevated manner. they´ve seen no better reason to do this than by the simple testimonies of two young men in suits and a few beloved people within their own lives. I know this is the church of God. I know it was taken away for awhile because of the wickedness of the people. I also know that it was restored by a young boy truly seeking for truth. I know this is the Truth that God would have everyone learn and apply in their own lives.
Thank you for all your prayers and support. I know that god has a special interest within this work. I´ll talk to you all in the next week. I love you all and miss you all.
Elder Cornwall.
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