Aloha Todos!
It's a beautiful freezing rainy cloudy day today. It's 14ºC. I don't know what that is in America. But its cold!
Happy Halloween in advance, eat some candy for me. Halloween doesn't exist here.
First of all, I gave my physical therapist a Book of Mormon! I gave it to him on Monday and I had written a dedicatory in it. There was also a dedicatory from a member in the ward here who recommended I go to Pedro for physical therapy in the first place. Apparently their family is really close with him because he treated their grandmother right before she died and they just became really close. So the girl who wrote the dedicatory is a returned missionary and pretty much did my job for me and told him to read and pray about Moroni 10:3-5. However, I felt like I should write in it too. First of all, I gave my physical therapist a Book of Mormon! I gave it to him on Monday and I had written a dedicatory in it. There was also a dedicatory from a member in the ward here who recommended I go to Pedro for physical therapy in the first place. Apparently their family is really close with him because he treated their grandmother right before she died and they just became really close. So the girl who wrote the dedicatory is a returned missionary and pretty much did my job for me and told him to read and pray about Moroni 10:3-5. However, I felt like I should write in it too.
So I thanked him for the work he's doing and told him that without it I wouldn't be able to stay here in Portugal and finish my mission. I wanted him to know why it is I'm here and why it's the best part of my life. He seemed really grateful for it.
So I came back for my next treatment on Wednesday and he walked in and the first thing he said was, "Thank you so much for that book! I loved it!"
"What you wrote meant a lot to me and it really touched my heart."
So I asked if he had read some and he said, "yes!" and that he started to read it a little more after had some time to ponder what he had read and then continued reading little by little and really loves it!
You guys hes so elect I can't even handle it. He couldn't come to church because he was visiting his parents this weekend but he asked if he could come later! He's gonna get in the water. Pray for him. His name is Pedro. And he's awesome.
I've just been trying to really evaluate myself as a missionary lately and figure out what changes I need to make and how to do it. So it's been a pensive week. Our new district leader and Elder Herycz have helped out a lot. The priesthood is awesome. I got a blessing last night that was such an answer to prayer. You guys, I just love the mission. But I'm trying to really work harder this transfer so that I can be the missionary I thought I would be by this point in my mission.
The work has also started to get a little better this week because we've been able to do more of it. We've met some really great people and we are so excited to work with them. Hopefully we will have a baptism soon of a recent converts son. I'll keep you updated on that. We've been working hard to make our spirits stronger than our physical bodies so we can really accomplish as much as possible.
But yeah, things are looking up for this transfer and we're both really excited about it. Also, our district is legit. Irma Patterson (from my district in the MTC) is still here, and shes with Irma Rojo who I also knew in the MTC. Elder Herycz is from England and he stayed with us and his new companion, our district leader is Elder Guanuna and he's really fun. I'm excited for our first district meeting tomorrow. I feel like this transfer is going to be one of my favorites actually.I'm excited! But keep praying for me ha ha
love you guys!
Irmã Dean
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