So,
Another week. This week was good. Some good experiences, and some... others... haha
This week I went on divisions with Elder Tyler. It was good. He´s 2 transfers "younger" than I am, but I really learned a lot. But, I learned a lot positively and negatively.... if that makes sense. Like, they do some things there, like 'teaching a lesson' by doing a contact on the street, throwing in a gospel doctrine, and thats it. Count it as a lesson. But i feel that they´re just trying to get lessons. Numbers arent everything. Especially when they dont have a significant experience. We´re here to baptize and help people come unto Christ... not just teach 100 lessons a week...
Sunday we had a baptism. Léo(José Léonardo) got baptized. But it happened kinda differently than we had planed. We had scheduled it at 8 in the morning so his mom could go and then get confirmed during sacrament meeting. But, people get ready slow,... lets just say we got there at 8:30. By then the other ward had started so we couldnt do it. But it was good because his mom stayed for church. She´d never been and i think she really liked it. Then was the baptism, it was pretty cool. It just reminded me that sometimes things dont work out as we plan. But, the Lord has a plan. And it´s definitely a lot better than ours. We just have to do the best we can to try and make our plan, and the Lords´ plan, the same plan.
But, things are going good. Elder Barbosa is helping me a lot with portuguese. And he´s also been playing chess with me. Im getting better, so watch out! haha. But really, the mission is great. I love it. Some days are tough, but, you just have to "arise from the dust... and be men". Thats what Im trying to do.
I love you all.
Elder Tracy
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