3-29-10

This week we have had a great week!!

Daisy Roman, from the DR is getting baptized!!! April 17th is her date and she even bore her testimony yesterday! She said "I knew my life was about to change when God sent these two little angels to my aid." Wow!!! She is such a saint! She already wants to pay tithing haha. She is so awesome, I'm so excited for her! We still have a little more teaching to do but when we taught the Word of Wisdom she said (before we started the lesson) "I've been thinking, and I kind of want to stop drinking coffee. And I really like fruits and veggies, but meat only sometimes." haha WOW! Perfect or what? Then we taught the Law of Chastity, which is usually super awkward, but she agreed 100% with the pamphlet and even said "Oh, I've always believed in this stuff." haha. She is so great! So that's probably my first baptism.

We also taught a guy named wilberto. He was interesting. We met him on the bus once before and he was a little insane and then we got a referral and went to it.... There he was. He is insane. At first, he was super nice, no problems, super chill guy telling us about his beliefs and then listening to us. Then his buddy lit up a joint and he started smoking weed during the lesson! What the crap! He at first was just a little woozy, and then he started to get a little insane. He was screaming and whistling and saying he was the KING! "SOY EL REY!" and then he asked us "Han Escuchado de El Hijo del Hijo de hombre?" we're like... what.... on earth? He said apparently that Jesus Christ had a son and it was the Holy Spirit... And then he began to tell us about how he is the prophet of 2010 and that he wants to write a book, like the Book of Mormon. We said "well.. can we finish with a prayer?" and I said the prayer and before I could say amen he started shouting and yelling in the prayer... Then as we left he said his door is always open to us... He's nuts, we're not going back.


We had transfers last week and we got a new elder, Elder Meira from Brazil. He lived in Brazil for 14 years and then moved to Utah for 5 and now he's serving here. He's awesome, he had a bullet bike before his mission ;) we get along great. He's a great Elder, and he has taught me a little portuguese as well. It seems as though I may end up learning more Port. than I thought. There are a lot of brazilians here, it's crazy.

We have been checking up on that door that we found open and we went yesterday again and the girls mom, Pura, was finally home! She is AWESOME! She said she had 10 minutes, but by the end we taught a 45 minute lesson and she even said the closing prayer! She is really great, I'm really excited for her family. I think they are amazing and were being prepared for us. So we'll see where that goes. I have high hopes it goes somewhere great!

I just want the Lord to be pleased. You know that. I have been having a lot of fun, and the language is tough -- but coming. Hopefully I will start understanding more and more and then learning more. I miss the family.

Tudo Bem
Adios

-Elder Conner Allred