10-31-11 More baptisms upcoming

10-31-11

THANKS FOR THE BDAY WISHES! IT'LL BE GOOD HERE TO HAVE THE BDAY FALL ON SUNDAY.... AND YEAH I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT TODAY WAS HALLOWEEN UNTIL I SAW THIS EMAIL! DAHLILLA AND JUNIOR WILL BE MARRIED SATURDAY AND  DAHLILLA BAPTIZED SUNDAY, POSSIBLY WITH HER HUSBAND. HE FEELS LIKE THE HOUR HASN'T ARRIVED FOR HIM TO GET BAPTIZED AND THAT HE HAS TO BE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AFTER THE BAPTISM, SO KEEP PRAYING THIS WEEK THAT HE CAN OVERCOME THAT AND DECIDE TO GET BAPTIZED WITH HIS WIFE! WE HAD A GOOD LESSON WITH THEM SATURDAY AND HELPED HIM RECOGNIZE THAT THE SPIRIT HAS HAD A BIG EFFECT ON HIS LIFE IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO, AND THAT HE REALLY MUST FOLLOW IT. SILVIO AND CARMEM ARE GREAT. JULIANA ALSO, SHE WILL BE BAPTIZED THIS FRIDAY ALREADY! SHE HAS ALREADY MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS WITH THE YOUNG WOMEN AND SHE WILL BE A REALLY GOOD MEMBER. EDIMILSON AND ZINHA ARE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES, PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM. 

THEY DON'T HAVE HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS HERE, BUT ON NOVEMBER 2ND IS DIA DOS MORTOS [Day of the Dead], WHICH BASICALLY IS TO HONOR OLD RELATIVES  THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY. IT IS A HOLIDAY THAT NO ONE HAS TO WORK, SO WE WILL BE HAVING A BIG ACTIVITY AT THE CHURCH, SIMILAR TO THE 7TH OF SEPTEMBER ONE.

I RECEIVED ONE THING RECENTLY, WHICH WAS THE MEXICAN CANDY. DELICIOUS! MUIIIIIITO OBRIGADO! 

THAT IS A GOOD IDEA, THE BOOK OF MORMON CLASS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD GO HERE. IT IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO GET EVEN THE MEMBERS TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY. AND THE IDEA OF GOING ON DIVISIONS WITH MEMBERS IS A GOOD ONE. WE HAVE GONE OUT WITH SEVERAL BUT IT IS ALSO EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND AN HOUR WHERE 2 MEN CAN BOTH GO OUT WITH US AT THE SAME TIME. WE HAVE BEEN TAKING MEMBERS TO TEACH ALL 3 OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE (EDIMILSON AND ZINHA, JUNIOR AND DAHLILLA, AND SILVIO AND CARMEM) BUT COM CERTEZA WE NEED TO DO THAT MORE. LAST NIGHT WE TALKED ABOUT EXACTLY THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE NOTICED THAT THE MEMBERS WITH WHOM WE DO VISITS BECOME MORE EXCITED ABOUT MISSIONARY WORK. 

HAVE A GREAT WEEK! 

LOVE 
ELDER HOOKE