So this was a week. I lack a better adjective than the empty space 😁
Two weeks ago, we thought what we found was a golden investigator. He was an old reference of the system, and he, out of no where, sent us a message telling us that he wanted to hear our message because he needed help from God.
Naturally, we happily started to teach him. We were teaching him nearly every day, and he always responded to our messages with enthusiasm. When we invited him to come to church on Sunday, he informed us that of course he would go, and he would be 30 minutes early.
Then one night, we called him and he was obviously very drunk. We did the best we could then ended asking if we could call the next day and talk a little more. He said yes, of course, and we hung up. When we woke up in the morning, he had sent us a message apologizing for the state he was in the other night. That night, when we called him again, he was drunk, yet again. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, Sister Santos felt impressed to invite him to be baptized. He didn't turn it down, but he didn't accept either.
The next morning, we found that he had sent us a bunch of messages and then deleted them. This happened after every single lesson we had with him until one night he told us that he actually didn't need to change anything and that our message was flawed. Then, after a minute, he asked us if he could call us back at another time because he didn't want to say something he would regret. So we hung up.
When we woke up in the morning, we had nearly 25 messages from him that he had sent, then deleted. Later that day, he sent us several voice messages and videos that we didn't listen to.
So, anyway, our "golden investigator " is now under the category "do not contact" in area Book.
What else happened this week?
Our genius district leader decided to do a district council in person in the city of Barra Bonita. We had to take a bus there, then walk 30 or so minutes to a river. Our district leader ended up being late, by the way.
But we had our meeting and then, instead of taking the bus back, we arranged to have a member come pick us up because he promised that it would be faster.
LIAR.
He took an extra 2 hours to come get us, then Sister Santos and I nearly threw up in the back of his car where I was sitting on Sister Santana's lap because there wasn't enough space for the four sisters.
We resolved to never do an in-person district council again.
And then our zone leaders dropped a bomb on us telling us that we would be doing a mini zone conference in São Manuel which is further than Barra Bonita. This conference would be without President Card, we would have to pay for the bus, and our own lunch and dinner because there's only one bus option for a return trip.
I don't know if these Elders will survive the wrath of Sister Santos...
My scripture thought:
This week in Come, follow me we're studying Romans.
This particular verse stood out to me:
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.
(Romans 1:16)
If there's any time in the history of the world that we shouldn't be ashamed of the gospel of Christ, it's now. We should all stand out as disciples of Christ and not be ashamed to bear the name of the Almight God.
- Miriam
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