Ola todo mundo!!!
This week has been a blast!
Monday
When I was writing my email last week I had to end it really fast. Less-active called us and it was very bad. He told us that he was saying his last goodbye and that he was going to the other world. Basically he told us that he was going to kill himself. So we just dropped everything we were doing and called a member and ran as fast as we could to go and try to help him. When we got there we knocked on his door but no one answered but then we heard a person call our names and it was João Carlos the less-active. He was at a café across the street. He told us to come in his house and we talked for a little bit then João Martins (the member) came and we helped him calm down and get things back in shape. He is better now and is really happy. After we talked we had some cake and where joking around. Cake makes everything better haha. Then later that night we where contacting some people and we meet a girl named Rita. We told her who we where and what our message was and she was happy to hear about it. We asked if we could talk another day and she said yes so we marked the next day to talk with her.
Tuesday
Because we had the problem on Monday we didn’t have time to go shopping for food so this morning we went and did our shopping for the week. During the day we had a lesson with a man named Jeronimo who is fantastic! He has a lot of potential. We talked about the Plan of Salvation and he was understood everything. We even left him something to read in the Book of Mormon and he read it and loved it. We have more lessons with him in the future so we will see. We then had that lesson with the girl from the other night, Rita. She was very nice and has lot of faith in Christ. She works with one of our members at a store called Bolama (a grocery store). Because this member (Juka) works there we had him help us with the lesson. We talked about the Restoration and how our church began. She was understood everything very clearly. She told us that she wants to hear and learn more. We invited her to church but sadly she told us that she works every Sunday at the same time we have church. So we told her that if she really wants to go to church she can pray to God and he can help you with this. It was a very good lesson.
Wednesday
Today was a very blank day, not much happened. A lot of our lessons fell through and we were knocking on doors a lot and trying to talk with people in the road. We ended up finding a man named Franciso who was very nice. He told us that we could pass again someday and we could talk more about our message.
Thursday
Today we had our weekly planning because on Friday we have a Zone meeting. We had a lesson today with a man named Antonio. He is hard core Catholic.. We had a member come with us, Brother Andrade. It turns out that they actually already know each other and are good friends. So this was really good! We had a lesson on the Plan of Salvation and Irmão (Brother) Andrade shared his testimony which was very powerful. Then we had another lesson with Linda and Madalena. We talked about the Doctrine & Covenants and what it was for. It was a great lesson and they loved it.
Friday
Today we had our Zone meeting which was in Porto. It was raining all day so we were covered in rain but it was still super fun to walk to the church. The meeting was so amazing and I learned lots of new things to help me with my investigators. We later returned back to Guimarães and it was pretty late so we only had enough time for one more lesson, so we talked with Linda and Madalena. We talked about the Liahona and how they could receive it every month.
Saturday
Today was a very weird day. This morning we got a couple messages from a man named Nelo. He was apparently an investigator a very long time ago and he had our number. He was sending us some weird messages so we just blocked him and just continued our day. Portugal can be weird sometimes. Later tonigh we FINALLY had a lesson with José. He was the man that stopped his car at the bus station to talk with us. We had a lesson in the church and it was a great lesson. He said we can talk again and learn more. So we will talk to him again.
Sunday
Today was a great day in church we had lots of people share their testimonies and the Spirit was there. After church we found out that Madalena was in the hospital because she was having some problems with her bladder or her kidneys. We went to the hospital to go and visit her and see how she is doing, but they wouldn’t let us go and visit her because only her mom and dad could. That night we made some food for them and left it there for them. If you guys could add her to your prayers I would be very grateful. I will inform you guys about her when I get more info. But currently she is doing great and still has a smile. So that was pretty much my last week. I hope you guys enjoy. Remember I love you all so very much and wish you all the best in all that you do.
Come muito amor,
Elder Rusnell
This week has been a blast!
Monday
When I was writing my email last week I had to end it really fast. Less-active called us and it was very bad. He told us that he was saying his last goodbye and that he was going to the other world. Basically he told us that he was going to kill himself. So we just dropped everything we were doing and called a member and ran as fast as we could to go and try to help him. When we got there we knocked on his door but no one answered but then we heard a person call our names and it was João Carlos the less-active. He was at a café across the street. He told us to come in his house and we talked for a little bit then João Martins (the member) came and we helped him calm down and get things back in shape. He is better now and is really happy. After we talked we had some cake and where joking around. Cake makes everything better haha. Then later that night we where contacting some people and we meet a girl named Rita. We told her who we where and what our message was and she was happy to hear about it. We asked if we could talk another day and she said yes so we marked the next day to talk with her.
Tuesday
Because we had the problem on Monday we didn’t have time to go shopping for food so this morning we went and did our shopping for the week. During the day we had a lesson with a man named Jeronimo who is fantastic! He has a lot of potential. We talked about the Plan of Salvation and he was understood everything. We even left him something to read in the Book of Mormon and he read it and loved it. We have more lessons with him in the future so we will see. We then had that lesson with the girl from the other night, Rita. She was very nice and has lot of faith in Christ. She works with one of our members at a store called Bolama (a grocery store). Because this member (Juka) works there we had him help us with the lesson. We talked about the Restoration and how our church began. She was understood everything very clearly. She told us that she wants to hear and learn more. We invited her to church but sadly she told us that she works every Sunday at the same time we have church. So we told her that if she really wants to go to church she can pray to God and he can help you with this. It was a very good lesson.
Wednesday
Today was a very blank day, not much happened. A lot of our lessons fell through and we were knocking on doors a lot and trying to talk with people in the road. We ended up finding a man named Franciso who was very nice. He told us that we could pass again someday and we could talk more about our message.
Thursday
Today we had our weekly planning because on Friday we have a Zone meeting. We had a lesson today with a man named Antonio. He is hard core Catholic.. We had a member come with us, Brother Andrade. It turns out that they actually already know each other and are good friends. So this was really good! We had a lesson on the Plan of Salvation and Irmão (Brother) Andrade shared his testimony which was very powerful. Then we had another lesson with Linda and Madalena. We talked about the Doctrine & Covenants and what it was for. It was a great lesson and they loved it.
Friday
Today we had our Zone meeting which was in Porto. It was raining all day so we were covered in rain but it was still super fun to walk to the church. The meeting was so amazing and I learned lots of new things to help me with my investigators. We later returned back to Guimarães and it was pretty late so we only had enough time for one more lesson, so we talked with Linda and Madalena. We talked about the Liahona and how they could receive it every month.
Saturday
Today was a very weird day. This morning we got a couple messages from a man named Nelo. He was apparently an investigator a very long time ago and he had our number. He was sending us some weird messages so we just blocked him and just continued our day. Portugal can be weird sometimes. Later tonigh we FINALLY had a lesson with José. He was the man that stopped his car at the bus station to talk with us. We had a lesson in the church and it was a great lesson. He said we can talk again and learn more. So we will talk to him again.
Sunday
Today was a great day in church we had lots of people share their testimonies and the Spirit was there. After church we found out that Madalena was in the hospital because she was having some problems with her bladder or her kidneys. We went to the hospital to go and visit her and see how she is doing, but they wouldn’t let us go and visit her because only her mom and dad could. That night we made some food for them and left it there for them. If you guys could add her to your prayers I would be very grateful. I will inform you guys about her when I get more info. But currently she is doing great and still has a smile. So that was pretty much my last week. I hope you guys enjoy. Remember I love you all so very much and wish you all the best in all that you do.
Come muito amor,
Elder Rusnell