Weekly

Hello, everyone! hope everyone had a great week! my week had its interesting moments. 

1st interesting person we met:

 Luciano. We met him last Saturday, went to his house on Tuesday. he was drunk on both occasions. Tuesday, we went to his house, entered, and sat down. He started talking and talking. We couldn't teach. We invited him to church, he was very excited, asked if he could bring his mom, and some friends. (he's in his 40´s I think) we said of course! We said a prayer, and then he said ´´can you say another prayer to get rid of the Macumbas in my life? (Macumba is like the voodoo black magic stuff, so basically, people tried to curse him or something) so Elder r Santos said another prayer, then he asked us for our numbers so he could call us. We gave him a pass along card with the number to receive a Book of Mormon. He got on his knees and bowed to us. We left. He never showed up at church :(

2nd- Junior. this man approaches me ´´are you from the America?´´ ´´yes´´ ´´you're Joseph Smith!´´ this man had been visited by the missionaries before, and he thought I was Joseph Smith for real.  Eventually, he sang a song to me, and then walked off. it was interesting. 

Valença is a special place. I am loving it though.

We also had some really cool spiritual experiences.

We taught the Plan of Salvation to a girl and her mom. They are awesome people. Her name is Ravena. She has 4 friends who are members, and her mom loves them. she wants her daughter to be baptized in a church, but she's still trying to decide which church. She is really like the Church of Jesus Christ. so anyway, we taught them the Plan of Salvation. God´s plan of Happiness. it is one of my favorite things to teach. For anyone who isn´t familiar with the Plan of salvation, basically it is God´s plan for us. We know that we are all children of God, and we lived in His presence before we came to this earth. We know we have a purpose on this Earth, and we know where we're going after we die. We know God is just, and after this life, it isn't just Heaven or Hell. And one of my favorite aspects of the plan, we know that we can be with our families for all eternity. That one day, when we die, our spouse will continue to be our spouse, our kids will continue to be our kids, our parents will continue to be our parents. It truly is a plan of happiness. 

anyway, we taught the plan of salvation, and the holy ghost was testifying so strong. it was an amazing lesson. they came to church this Sunday, and they really liked it. I'm excited to keep teaching them, and sharing the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. 

I am really loving serving a mission. It is an amazing experience. I am learning so much about the scriptures, and I'm learning so much about God´s love for each of His children. I hope you all have an amazing week! (sorry, no pictures this week:(