9-5-11
HELLOW FAMILY! SO THE WEEK WAS CHALLENGING, AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF MEMBERS AND VISITING LESS ACTIVES. THERE ARE SOME STREETS IN SAN MARTIN THAT HAVE LIKE 10 HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEMBERS, BUT ONLY 1 OR 2 THAT I KNEW OF (CUZ THE REST ARE COMPLETELY INACTIVE)...BUT ANYWAYS IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT DID MUCH GOOD. SATURDAY MORNING I WAS ON A DIVISION WITH THE LZ [zone leader] AND WE VISITED THIS HOUSE OF A LESS ACTIVE THAT ELDER ALBUQUERQUE AND I HAD PASSED BY, BUT THE LADY WASN'T HOME. WE TALKED WITH A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL AND I FOUND OUT THAT SHE IS A RELATIVE OF ANOTHER LESS ACTIVE MEMBER THAT I KNOW, AND SO WE INVITED HER TO CHURCH AND TOLD HER TO BRING HER RELATIVES, WHICH IS NORMAL, AND NORMALLY THEY DON'T GO. BUT THEN ON SUNDAY SHE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP WITH HER COUSIN AND HER COUSIN'S HUSBAND WHO ARE THE MEMBERS, AND ANOTHER COUSIN (DARLEE), AND THEY LOVED IT. DARLEE CAME UP TO US BEFORE SACRAMENT MEETING AND SAID "THE BISHOP TOLD ME TO TALK TO YOU GUYS CUZ I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED..." SO THAT WAS COOL, AND WE'LL BE TEACHING HER THIS WEEK AND PROBABLY HAVE THE BAPTISM NEXT WEEK.
AND ANOTHER COMPLETELY UNRELATED BUT VERY SIMILAR MIRACLE FROM CHURCH YESTERDAY--THIS 11 YEAR OLD KID, RUAN (NOT THE SAME RUAN THAT I BAPTIZED MONTHS BACK), SHOWED UP WITH SOME RELATIVES (WHO ARE ALSO THE FAMILY OF IRENE'S BOYFRIEND), AND TOLD US THAT HE WAS GONNA BE BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY. WE THOUGHT, OH HE MUST BE FROM ANOTHER WARD, BUT NO, HE'D GONE TO CHURCH SEVERAL TIMES A FEW MONTHS BACK, BUT NOW HE IS GONNA BE LIVING WITH THE MEMBERS EVERY WEEKEND AND WITHOUT EVEN BEING INVITED, HE ANNOUNCED TO ALL THEM AND THEN TO US THAT HE WILL BE BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY. SO WE STARTED TEACHING HIM YESTERDAY AFTER LUNCH, HE WILL STOP (OR ALREADY STOPPED) DRINKING COFFEE SEM PROBLEMA, AND THIS SATURDAY HE SAID HE WANTS ME TO BAPTIZE HIM... I GUESS I'M COOL WITH THAT HAHA.
WE TAUGHT MARILIA AND LUANA, AND THEY VERY POLITELY TOLD US THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THIS CHURCH ANYMORE, THAT LUANA WILL STAY IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THAT MARILIA WILL JOIN THE ASSEMBLEIA DE DEUS. MARILIA SAID SHE RECEIVED AN ANSWER THAT OUR CHURCH IS TRUE, AND ALSO THAT ASSEMBLEIA IS TRUE (WHICH WE TRIED EXPLAINING TO HER DOESN'T COMPLETELY MAKE SENSE, YES THERE ARE TRUTHS BUT NOT EVERYTHING...) AND SHE LIKES THE WAY THE PAID PREACHERS IN THE ASSEMBLEIA PREACH SO SHE'S GONNA GO THERE. SHE ALSO LIKES SPEAKING IN TONGUES IN CHURCH SO YEAH. THAT'S THAT.
CLEY IS DOING WELL, HE GOT A JOB, BUT ALSO GOT SICK AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY MORNING... BUT HE'S GETTING BETTER.
MONICA IS NOT PROGRESSING NOW BUT WE'LL HAVE PATIENCE.
THE WEATHER- IT RAINS EVERY COUPLE DAYS, AND IT IS WINDY NOW. IT IS KITE SEASON. IT SEEMS THAT EVERY YOUNG MAN HERE IS OBSESSED WITH FLYING KITES. THERE ARE LITERALLY GUYS MY AGE THAT SPEND THE WHOLE DAY FLYING LITTLE KITES, TRYING TO CUT THE STRINGS OF THE OTHER KITES THAT ARE BEING FLOWN ALL OVER THE CITY.
SATURDAY NIGHT I GOT TO GO TO CAMARAGIBE (CUZ IT'S PART OF MY DISTRICT) TO GIVE THE MESSAGE AT A FAMILY NIGHT AT THE HOUSE OF MARCELO AND JOELMA, WHO AT THE END OF THIS MONTH WILL BE MARRIED AND BAPTIZED! MARCELO IS THE EX PASTOR FROM THE ASSEMBLEIA. LOTS OF OTHER FRIENDS FROM THE AREA WERE THERE AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL AGAIN.
WE TAUGHT MARILIA AND LUANA, AND THEY VERY POLITELY TOLD US THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THIS CHURCH ANYMORE, THAT LUANA WILL STAY IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THAT MARILIA WILL JOIN THE ASSEMBLEIA DE DEUS. MARILIA SAID SHE RECEIVED AN ANSWER THAT OUR CHURCH IS TRUE, AND ALSO THAT ASSEMBLEIA IS TRUE (WHICH WE TRIED EXPLAINING TO HER DOESN'T COMPLETELY MAKE SENSE, YES THERE ARE TRUTHS BUT NOT EVERYTHING...) AND SHE LIKES THE WAY THE PAID PREACHERS IN THE ASSEMBLEIA PREACH SO SHE'S GONNA GO THERE. SHE ALSO LIKES SPEAKING IN TONGUES IN CHURCH SO YEAH. THAT'S THAT.
CLEY IS DOING WELL, HE GOT A JOB, BUT ALSO GOT SICK AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY MORNING... BUT HE'S GETTING BETTER.
MONICA IS NOT PROGRESSING NOW BUT WE'LL HAVE PATIENCE.
THE WEATHER- IT RAINS EVERY COUPLE DAYS, AND IT IS WINDY NOW. IT IS KITE SEASON. IT SEEMS THAT EVERY YOUNG MAN HERE IS OBSESSED WITH FLYING KITES. THERE ARE LITERALLY GUYS MY AGE THAT SPEND THE WHOLE DAY FLYING LITTLE KITES, TRYING TO CUT THE STRINGS OF THE OTHER KITES THAT ARE BEING FLOWN ALL OVER THE CITY.
SATURDAY NIGHT I GOT TO GO TO CAMARAGIBE (CUZ IT'S PART OF MY DISTRICT) TO GIVE THE MESSAGE AT A FAMILY NIGHT AT THE HOUSE OF MARCELO AND JOELMA, WHO AT THE END OF THIS MONTH WILL BE MARRIED AND BAPTIZED! MARCELO IS THE EX PASTOR FROM THE ASSEMBLEIA. LOTS OF OTHER FRIENDS FROM THE AREA WERE THERE AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL AGAIN.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK PARA VOCES TAMBÉM [for you also]!
LOVE
ELDER HOOKE
LOVE
ELDER HOOKE
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