Hello everybody!
So this week I spent a LOT of time out of the area for one
reason or another... most of which having to do with a meeting with Elder Godoy
of the Seventy. I spent most of the time with the LZ's in their area, so it was all good.
Monday, we hurried out to Fortaleza and we stayed with Elder
Mosca and Elder Landskrun in Parangaba/Joqui. We spent the night there and had
a good time.
Tuesday, we had district meeting there in the chapel, and
then lunch in Parangaba. Afterwards, Elder Mosca and I went out and worked in
Joqui. We made contacted three or four references there, one of which was a
pastor for the Assembly of God. He is really busy with work and the church, so
even if he stopped and listened to our message, it would be very difficult to
follow. Afterwards, we made a few quick visits to some of his investigators
along with the Stake Patriarch. It was neat to get to know him (the second here
on the mission). Afterwards, we headed back to their house.
Wednesday was the meeting with Elder Godoy. The whole
mission was there, so I got to see a lot of the Elders from my group (Elder Heath, Empey, Swinney) it was really
neat. Elder Godoy talked about things that trap our work into something
ineffective. It was a lot about what happens and what should happen. Like if
you're out of the house 10
hours a day, but getting 2 lessons, you aren't doing something right, as well as the fact that baptism does
not mean that someone has been converted to the gospel. He helped us realize
this misconception and gave tools of evaluation to correct these things. After
that, we headed home and got back around 8 or 9.
Thursday, the LZ’s
came and worked with us, this time I was with Elder Landskrun. So we went out
with five ex investigators we were going to contact. The first one was a family
that loved the church, and lived close to the old branch president, but had
troubles getting officially married, so they stopped going to church. They were
ready to try for it again, and were really happy to see us. We promised them
there was a way to get it all sorted out and that they could receive the
fulness of the gospel in the near future. Afterwards, we searched for another
family and it turned out they moved. So we ended up doing a bunch of contacts
with neighbors looking for them, and then we found them! WE knocked the door
and she invited us in. We sat down and she looked at us and asked... "How did you guys find me?!?"创.
She ended up moving and the missionaries didn’t know where she went. She was
really happy to see us, and she like the church as well, but for some reason or
another, she stopped going to church. Afterwards, we met with members and
taught lessons, and then headed home.
Friday the LZ’s
went home and we taught a bunch of lessons and made new investigators. We got
the call for transfers and I was to stay, and Elder Rodrigues to go.
Saturday we worked to sort things out with the new house and
Elder Rodrigues packed at night.
Sunday, we had church and afterwards, we did some visits
with the stake and branch presidents with less actives. Then we came home and
visited some other people, then headed home.
Today, we went to transfers (I only went to the terminal). I
met up with Elder Leal, my new companion and we headed on our way. He is 19 and
from Sao Paulo. He is from
the same group as Elder Rodrigues and was serving in Juazeiro. So now we are
together! I am short on time, so I will say more the next letter.
Love you all!
Elder Cornwell
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