Hello my wonderful family! I love you all so much!!
This week has been so wonderfully great! Last week (Wednesday) we did a division with some other elders and I went to the center of Guarapuava. I spent the day there. It was neat. Elder Gabriel and the other missionary, Elder Sardinha, found a ton of new great people!!! I was so happy. They found a family: Julio, Laura, Marcio, Vando and Lucimara. They marked dates with all of them! They are a fantastic family! Julio, Marcio and Vando went to church this past weekend and LOVED it!!!!
Also a week ago we talked to a man called João who is just awesome. (to imagine him, he looks like Steve Carrell from the office- just as a Brazilian) Friday night, I did a division with Elder Rodrigues (he lives with us, he is our district leader- he is one of the best missionaries I have ever met). We went and taught João that night. We taught him the first lesson and it was so awesome. He and his wife accpeted dates to be baptized. So now we just need to accompany him and teach everything else. He went to church and loved it!!!!! On Monday night, Presidente Paulo (the branch president) had a family night and invited him. He loved it!!!!
On Sunday we went to Laura, Marcio, Julio, Vando and Lucimara´s house. Laura´s daughter was visiting with her daughter. So we taught them the first lesson again and marked dates with them. We taught a good lesson, but what was even better is that the Spirit was super strong there. When we identified the Spirit, We asked Marcio, "What do you think Heavenly Father is trying to tell you?" He responded, "That I need to be baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." That is a fantastic answer!!!
So yesterday (Tuesday) we went to Ponta Grossa for Zone Conference. Let me tell you. Zone Conference has to be one of my most favorite meetings that I go to as a missionary. Well, it was awesome. We watched a clip from a movie (Challenging Giants? That would be the translation) Where a football coach challenged one of the players to called another player on his back while crawling, without touching the ground. it was a powerful video that really touched me. We also watched a video about John Rowe Moyles, who worked on the Salt Lake Temple. It was about acting and not beling acted upon (2 Nephi 2:26). There is a quote that said, "He was the Sort that acted and didn´t wait for something to happen" or something like that. It was a great video and a wonderful conference.
So when we came back from the conference, we were all pumped and spiritually inspired (which happens after every meeting you have) so when we finally got back in our area, we went to teach Marcio and his family. We taught them the Word of Wisdom. We tried to apply all the things we learned in the Conference. I can tell you what, I have never taught a lesson on the Word of Wisdom with the Spirit so strong. It was amazing. I walked away from the lesson wanting to repent and do better and keeping the word of wisdom and I know for an absolute fact that they felt it as well.
Today we are catching the bus and going to Curitiba and we have the Zone Leader´s Council. I am super excited but it will be a humbling experience to explain about our super hard month. Like Coach Hornbeck always said in weights class, "Yesterday ended last night." October is over. Hallelujah.
Some funny things that happened:
Elder Rodrigues ran into a closed sliding glass door (I just about died from laughter!)
I was walking, tripped and fell into a pile of rocks (it was super funny)
Elder de Magalhães (who lives with us) ran into a fence this morning
and some other things that I can´t remember.
Well my family. I love you all so much. I know the church is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet. President Monson is God´s living prophet of the earth today. Jesus is the Christ!!!
Don´t Stop Believing!!!
I love yous!
Com Amor, Elder Askins!
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