Semena

Óla!
So we had a good, but also very slow week. Elder Alencar has been having problems with his lungs still and just now got some medicine, the medicine about knocked him over and he was falling over on the street, so we had to bunk at home for the day. We asked Sister Castro if there is a funeral plan for missionaries ha, because we´re not sure if he will make it the whole two years, he also busted his ankle pretty bad on Saturday and was told to go home and put it up. It seriously swelled up quite a bit and was purple. So we studied a lot, updated our area book better, and printed off a giant map of our area and put it together to try and stay somewhat productive.
Our zone really took off this week. Lots of baptisms being marked and miracles happening. We have a goal in the mission of 100 baptisms this month and everybody is really excited to work our hardest to make that happen. We have a goal of 17 in our zone.
We got to go the temple this Tuesday. It was so special to finally go again, after more than a year! Bishop da Cruz from Agronomia was there too and so that was special, it was really great to see them again! (him and his wife) I really tried to recieve inspiration and also just feel the calm that there is in the temple. The temple is the same model as the Medford Temple and so it almost felt like bein' home. It hit me that The Celestial Kingdom will probably feel the same way, just like going home.


Alex (who broke his leg last week) is finally home. We went to go visit him yesterday, we about fell over on the floor laughing, so he is in good spirits, he has sworn off the motorcycle forever though, said he was going to by a pony with three good legs and one gimpy one, and if it gets over 30 Kilometers per hour, he is gonna give it a smack on the ear. He has lots of time now to read and we are gonna leave him some church films and magazines etc. But there was a serious moment too when he expressed to us how much he thought about his life and that he as swapped bullets with people before, but never felt so afraid to die, and he took a good look inside. He REALLY is more intereseted in having his family forever now. The Lord works in mysterious ways.


We have been teaching a man and his sons named Jorge, and his kids are Vitor and Igor, they are progressing SOO well, has gone to church twice already, threw out his coffee, and hasn´t been smoking, and is praying everyday. He doesn´t read so well so his sister helps him to read the scriptures. He is simple and not very learned, but he wants to change his life and be happy, and so he is humble enough for The Lord to be able to do that in his life.


I had a really neat experience this week too. I bought the movie ´On the Lord´s Errand´ the film about the Prophet Thomas S. Monson's life, and in the end he says something like this "I know no sweeter experience than to feel a prompting and act on it, and then later find out it was the answer to someones prayer or need." I thought about that and the next morning I prayed to be the answer to someones prayer. At our District meeting that day, I saw one of our Elder´s who is training and will be ending his mission here soon, I felt like I should talk to him and just called him over and I asked him how he was etc. He has had a hard time staying focues and is wanting to finish his mission well, but it is being pretty hard. I listened to him and gave a few ideas and I just talked it out and offered to pray or fast with him, and we could give him a blessing. Later that night on the phone I experienced that sweet feeling that President Monson described, as Elder Geovoni told me that the things I had said was what he needed to hear and that he will be able to put it in practice, he had mentioned earlier that he had been praying a lot about that. It was indeed a sweet experience, and I hope to have more of them.


That is all I´ve got time for now. I hope that all is well. Remember that miracles really do happen. :)
All of my love
Elder David F Morgan