Hey Guys,
How´s everything going? Are you guys tired of getting my emails a day later yet? Yeah, me too. Yesterday was really really busy though. We were at the sister´s apartment painting ALL day long, from 8 to 8, it was crazy. But it was really fun and rewarding. Their house was really nasty, it hadn´t been painted for who knows how long. The area had been shut for a long time before they got there too, poor sisters. So now their house is beautiful again haha. They made us lunch while we were there too, that was great. It was a huge mess with all the paint all over the place, but we got everything all cleaned up; now it´s a different house. Let´s just say I now know how to paint a whole apartment in one day :)
This week was full of miracles. We saw a lot of amazing things happen through service. Saturday we had another service project here in Niterói, that was fun as well. We had to dig huge holes that were like three feet deep at least for them to build a huge wall in their yard. That was nuts. It was one of the hottest days here as well. It was like being in Oklahoma in the hottest part of the day, digging holes and sweating like crazy. Imagine how fun that sounds :) But it all turned out well. I probably lost 20 pounds haha. Good thing Elder Sanchez is a beast and works fast and well. That´s all I can say.
The Sisters baptized an awesome guy in their area, Eduardo. He plays hockey and baseball, that was a surprise. He is a really cool guy, we were talking to him while we were over there to interview him. An elect for sure, he will be a great member and will help out their ward a lot. We had a miracle in our area as well. They Lord blessed us with an amazing baptism. She is 83 years old but she seems like she is about 50 tops. She keeps up with us walking and has no health issues or anything. We taught her this week and invited her to get baptized. She didn´t really want to up until Saturday, but when we passed there on Sunday, she said that she had been studying and reading and had a dream about us and remembered that she lives close to our church up in Belém where she really lives. She got really excited about that and knew that it would be easy for her to keep going to church, so she was baptized here, it was amazing! She is a really elect lady as well, she has a ton of faith and is an awesome example. I love all of the people that I have baptized; I learn something different from all of them. They teach me a lot.
This was another week that flew by way fast. I don´t know what is happening with the time. I am really excited though, because I found out today that we are going to have a conference with Elder Bednar next month!!! It will be really awesome!! He is coming to visit our mission on the 16th of November. I´ve always wanted to meet Elder Bednar, so I´m really looking forward to that. It will be an amazing experience.
Love, Elder McDonald
How´s everything going? Are you guys tired of getting my emails a day later yet? Yeah, me too. Yesterday was really really busy though. We were at the sister´s apartment painting ALL day long, from 8 to 8, it was crazy. But it was really fun and rewarding. Their house was really nasty, it hadn´t been painted for who knows how long. The area had been shut for a long time before they got there too, poor sisters. So now their house is beautiful again haha. They made us lunch while we were there too, that was great. It was a huge mess with all the paint all over the place, but we got everything all cleaned up; now it´s a different house. Let´s just say I now know how to paint a whole apartment in one day :)
This week was full of miracles. We saw a lot of amazing things happen through service. Saturday we had another service project here in Niterói, that was fun as well. We had to dig huge holes that were like three feet deep at least for them to build a huge wall in their yard. That was nuts. It was one of the hottest days here as well. It was like being in Oklahoma in the hottest part of the day, digging holes and sweating like crazy. Imagine how fun that sounds :) But it all turned out well. I probably lost 20 pounds haha. Good thing Elder Sanchez is a beast and works fast and well. That´s all I can say.
The Sisters baptized an awesome guy in their area, Eduardo. He plays hockey and baseball, that was a surprise. He is a really cool guy, we were talking to him while we were over there to interview him. An elect for sure, he will be a great member and will help out their ward a lot. We had a miracle in our area as well. They Lord blessed us with an amazing baptism. She is 83 years old but she seems like she is about 50 tops. She keeps up with us walking and has no health issues or anything. We taught her this week and invited her to get baptized. She didn´t really want to up until Saturday, but when we passed there on Sunday, she said that she had been studying and reading and had a dream about us and remembered that she lives close to our church up in Belém where she really lives. She got really excited about that and knew that it would be easy for her to keep going to church, so she was baptized here, it was amazing! She is a really elect lady as well, she has a ton of faith and is an awesome example. I love all of the people that I have baptized; I learn something different from all of them. They teach me a lot.
This was another week that flew by way fast. I don´t know what is happening with the time. I am really excited though, because I found out today that we are going to have a conference with Elder Bednar next month!!! It will be really awesome!! He is coming to visit our mission on the 16th of November. I´ve always wanted to meet Elder Bednar, so I´m really looking forward to that. It will be an amazing experience.
Love, Elder McDonald
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