Email Received March 22, 2010
7th Area: Mossoró- Belo Horizonte
13th Companion: Elder Küster
Kleyton's Baptism
yep, this will be my last official week as a full-time missionary. i am overly excited and insanely sad at the same time. it is weird. so today will be my 2nd to last email, and next monday will be my final one. this week i will work like crazy, then next week begins the fun, with traveling to natal, joão pessoa, even recife! (and eventually arizona).
we have been teaching that 17 year old, Luan, for over a month now and we were all excited for his baptism and randomly his grandma that he lives with didn't let him at the last minute. but this week we're gonna continue teaching him and i'll keep the baptismal font full of water. he is really progressing well and he will definitely serve a mission in a couple years.
speaking of investigators that are PROGRESSING, believe it or not, that guy Max is still doing well and he is going to church, and even institute. (he is the one who is athiest). i have really seen a change in him since we have started working with him and teaching everything. there is nothing else like a change in someone in their belief-- not just from one belief to another, but from NOT believing at all, to starting to live what the belief teaches. it hasn't been a short or easy process with him, and it will continue like that, but it is worth the wait and the prayers. another guy i am really excited for is Adeilson, someone who was a fruit of that survey we handed out to all the members, and we contacted him early last week then taught him for the first time on saturday. he is someone who has been looking for the truth for a long time, and by his questions and comments during the 1st lesson (restoration), i could tell this was the type of person that recognizes truth when they see it. or better- FEEL it. we are gonna meet his wife and kids tomorrow night and teach--as grandma riggs used to say-- "the whole fam damily" haha. we baptized that boy Kleyton on saturday, and he was confirmed on sunday with all 8 from last week.
in other news, presidente fernandes is coming way out here to mossoró tomorrow, he wants to do a division with me and we will have zone interviews and he is gonna sleep in my house. he said he will probably take me to a barbecue as well. yeah, i definitely love the man. it will be a great experience and i am excited.
hope everyone has a great week. pray for my investigators. get the smallville dvd's ready. here is the song i will be singing this week: "The time is far spent, THERE IS LITTLE REMAINING, to publish glad tidings by sea and by land." (Hymns, # 266)
With Love
Elder Brad Sherwood
2 comments:
they really are coming home.
it's hard to believe, but wow! am i ever excited.
i was glad to see brad can still think of the words to a hymn in english.
it was a good one, too.
Oh happy days!!!!
He is another handsome white dressed man.
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