Well these past few days went great for me It was nice to talk to family. It just made me wish they were here with me working. I am so happy that everyone was there,I was very happy I could talk to Joseph too, I don't think you guys know how happy I was cuz I was crying the whole time. HAAA but I was so happy, I didn't think I would get to talk to him for two years let alone yesterday, and when you guys asked me if I wanted to my heart stopped! I was holding together (for the most part) talking to you guys but when I talked to him it was game over and I lost it, ha ha. It felt so good to cry with him, I think I was able to say like five words we just kept looking at each other and saying is that you!!
(This is way cool) There is a family in the ward....one of the families that's a friend to missionaries. They always hook us up with stuff, anyway her name is ***** and she is a convert and their family of five is all baptized! John doesn't know her, but she knows him! He is the first missionary she ever talked to and he contacted her but she rudely turned him down, then later thought about it and felt bad and after some time when different missionaries knocked, she let them in to hear the message!!! Now she is baptized and active ha ha how funny! I bet poor old John thought she was a lost cause but what he did changed her for the next time missionaries came knocking!
Real quick, an update on mission life! Mission life and the work is great! I have had some pretty crazy experiences this last week, we are working with some great people but for Brazilians the season of Christmas is one of the hardest times you can teach poeple. Cuz they party and it's just really hard to get in to some people, it's good with all the members though cuz they know the true reason of Christmas, so we did a lot of member and inactive work this week, we did however meet and teach a lot, a certain family I call --------(names are left out on purpose.) It is a family of 6 that are very poor they do not have running water or a fridge or even a house for that matter they live in this make shift shelter that's open to animals as well ha ha. When we went over there one time this week there was a guy we met from an unkown religion (all i know is that he wasnt catholic) and we had a run-in with him... OR SHOULD I SAY he had a run-in with us. This was all in front of our investigating family too. Anyway he said some very rude things that he didn't know what he was saying. It made my testimony really strong defending just about everything in our church. It was VERY HARD not to get upset and pull out some good bible bashing scrips I knew, I just kept thinking about Christ and smiling, I corrected him. At the end he wanted to give us a hug before he left cuz it's normal here and he said trying to be nice to us "just forget Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon and we´d be all good if we did". I looked at him in the face and said "I´ll give you a hug if you want but I will NEVER forget Joseph Smith, and the words of God he helped translate and what he did for this earth, and if only you knew or had half the knowledge I did of the Book of Mormon or let alone had read part of it you would take back those words" It was awesome and he didn't say much after that but as he was leaving he said "if you guys don't change while you have the chance it will be too late" and then I said "I couldn't agree with you more and that's why I hope God forgives you for saying the things you did to, and about, his servants" then he was quiet and left. He had said some pretty rude things, anyway it just makes me so thankful for knowing the true word. It was sad for him. Anyway the family believes us which is cool and we turned what happened into a learning experience for them about finding out for yourself the truth of the Book of Mormon. Three of the six were able to make it to church yesterday for christmas which was great cuz they met so many members who they made friends with and they got to hear Elder***** and I speak in church (yes I gave a talk in church for the first time of my mission, and it was on Christmas, and it was in front of some of my investigators) what a perfect opportunity!!!
I got sprayed with a hose by a guy....yeah, long story. But his wife is way interested and we'll see how that goes!
Some more good news, the family who we interrupted a fight with, are now happy and on their way to celestial status once ********* parole runs out and is baptized! They were beaming sitting together at church! If nothing else happens on my mission I will be content knowing I helped my favorite family stay together.... well unfortunately my time is up and I have to go! (walkey-talkey sound) beep. Elder Vincent is out!!! ~static~ :)
