"It's Futeból, Not Basquete Rapaz" - Irmã Renata
Quick week! Unfortunately not a whole lot to report about this week from my end. Did a lot of running around the city, a lot of teaching, and ended up finding out that almost everyone didn't want anything. Wait! That's not a great way to start this off. We did see a miracle or two. Na verdade, they were actually some pretty incredible miracles! First of all, we are teaching a man named Raimundo Nonato. He doesn't live in Tutóia proper, but about 20 minutes out of town by car. He works in construction here in the city and we ran into him while talking to a couple of rapazes in an alleyway. The rapazes didn't want much of anything, but Nonato stuck around in the background listening our conversation. We started talking to him, learned more about his life, and now he wants to be baptized next week! He sent us some messages over the weekend (as teaching in-person is almost impossible) saying that friends of his had offered alcohol or tried to plan outings during he church ...