Gotta Love Me Some Zone Conference

Happy (late) Mother's Day to all the moms out there,

Another good week! Another quick one, too.

Highlight of the week: we were able to baptize somebody else!

This week we were able to help Joelison be baptized and start making covenants with God! He's 15 years old and was - like the other folks we've met and baptized down here - totally excited about baptism. As for now, the rest of his family didn't feel prepared for baptism but were totally supportive of him and his decision. His mother had been praying for direction for her life and the lives of her children and said that she felt our appearance was an answer to this prayer! How incredible it is that I was able to play a role in this answer.

We did some more traveling this week by heading over to São Bernardo for divisões at the beginning of the week and heading over to Parnaiba yesterday for Zone Conference that happened earlier today.

Once again, Zone Conference was pretty darn great. Every Zone Conference I understand more that President Lindsey is an inspired man truly called of God to be here leading me and the rest of the missionaries here. It is pretty darn incredible to see how I can go into Zone Conference with questions and have all of them answered.

Just want to express once again the love and appreciation I have for every one of you! Thank you for reading, writing, and praying. I can't express how how it means!

We continue the 2-year race walk and are still trying to find those that the Lord has prepared. We will keep up the hard work and continue praying to find those that are ready to receive us! 


"Therefore, ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; for he that asketh, receiveth; and unto him that knocketh, it shall be opened."

3 Nephi 27:29

Other highlight: had somebody ask me what part of Brazil I'm from, so that was a little confidence booster.

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