Week #75 - Lages - Episode #9 - Many Elders, Few Mattresses

This week has been pretty great!

To start off, we had Zone Conference and on Tuesday and Wednesday nights all the Elders in our Zone traveled from their areas and slept in our apartment. 20 elders and 10 mattresses hahaha it was crazy but we had a good time. I ended up sleeping on the wood floor which was a great time!

This week we taught Juliani. She is a member's cousin who randomly showed up to church last Sunday. She is super interested and is really looking for the truth. We marked a baptismal date with her for Feb. 10. She really has been a miracle!

We also continued working with Cristiane and her family. Friday we visited her and she had already read up to 2 Nephi 9! Nothing better  than when an investigator really wants to learn about the Gospel. She will be baptized on Feb 17!

Sadly one of our solid investigators Bruna asked for us to stop visiting her :( But that's part of missionary life!

Everything is going well in Lages... we are finally starting to see the fruits of our labors! I know that the Lord blesses us when we do our part!

Have a great week! See y'all in 6 months!

Love,

Elder Scheer

Week #74 - Lages - Episode #8 - Diligence = Blessings

Hey everyone!! 

Not much news this week but we have been seeing miracles! The people that we have been really hoping to see progress haven´t been and that´s a huge bummer. But like always the Lord has recognized our diligence and has blessed us with others that are prepared.

First off,  Cristiane. She is the miracle of the week. We found her street contacting and when we visited her on Tuesday she had already read the pamphlet.  She is looking for the right church to follow. Our second visit, she had already received an answer and we marked a baptismal date for Feb 17! She also has 4 kids and all of them went to church on Sunday!!

Honestly not much other news.  I love you all! 

Elder Scheer

Week #73 - Lages - Episode #7- One By One

This week has been pretty good! 

Starting off with Roziane... we having been working a lot and praying a ton to help her. We invited her to read the Book of Mormon every day and she accepted and it has changed her. This week when we went to her house, she was literally glowing and so happy. She has had some problems with depression and we promised her that if she reads every day she will be able to overcome it.  She told us that she has a huge testimony of it and every time she reads it she has a great feeling of peace of happiness. I know that the Book of Mormon helps us in every way. Sadly, she still didn´t make it to church this week :(    But I know she will get there!

We also were able to mark a baptismal date with Bruna. She is 18 and dating a member in the ward. She has been reading the Book of Mormon and praying and said that she feels peace and happiness when she does. She feels like she doesn´t know for sure yet but we bore our testimonies that those feelings come from the Spirit. At the end of the lesson, we all knelt and each one of said a personal prayer. Bruna was the last one and she asked the Lord to help her know that this is the right path. The Spirit was really strong and it was an awesome experience.

Also this week we got to go to Florianópolis for a leadership meeting with all the Zone Leaders which was really cool. On the bus I read a book my mom sent me for Christmas called ´One by One´ by Elder Bednar. It is an amazing book that talks about the worth of every soul. There was a part that talked about inactives and the importance of ministering to them. It made me reflect a lot about what I could´ve done better before the mission to help those straying from the Gospel. It also reminded me of the incredible joy I have felt on the mission bringing some souls back the fold. I know that as members we have a huge role to care for every person. Please pray for and reach out to those who have lost their way, and most importantly, show genuine love for them.

I hope you all have a great week! Much love!

Elder Scheer 

Zone Leader Conference - Florianopolis - 1/12/18

 

Week #72 - Lages - Episode #6

Hey everyone!!

´Twas a great week and turns out I will be staying here in Lages with Elder Almeida. I´m super excited for this transfer!

Honestly not much to tell about this week but Saturday we had a baptism! Kate is 12 and her parents were reactivated so we got to teach her. Elder Almeida baptized her and I got to confirm her on Sunday.

One of our investigators, Roziane, went to the baptism and loved it! She asked us what she needed to do to be baptized haha. We are working to mark a date but she is having a hard time going to church.

It was very sad to hear that President Monson passed away. I´m so thankful for the wonderful example he was to each of us and his incredible teachings that have helped me to be a better person. I´m so thankful to know that we have a prophet to lead us and guide us!

I love you all as always!!

Elder Scheer

Week #71 - Lages - Episode #5 - Feliz Ano Novo!

I hope everybody had a great Christmas and New Years! Super crazy that it´s 2018.

I didn´t get to send an email last week so I´ll talk about a quick highlight. One day we left a Book of Mormon with an investigator, Rosiane and asked her to read Alma 7. We came back a few days later and when we started the lesson, she bore her testimony to us about the Book of Mormon. She said just that chapter answered so many questions and that she felt the Spirit very strongly. So awesome! I know the Book of Mormon contains the answers to the questions we have if we read it with a prayer in our hearts!

So this week I have spent in splits with Elder Bangerter in a city called Vacaria. They were having some problems here so I got to come down and try to help out a little. Elder Bangerter is my grandson in the mish haha, so we had a super good time together talking about good ´ol times in Jaraguá. When I got there I looked at the area book and they didn´t really have a teaching group, so we decided to make our focus building them a solid group. We went super hard for four days contacting and knocking doors and we were able to find 23 new investigators! There were so many miracles and it was so fun. One day Elder Bangerter knocked a door and the lady came out. He said ´´Hi I´m Elder Bangerter..´´ and she cut him off and said ´´Come on in!´´. Haha who does that?

New Years was really nothing this year but it´s all good. We found maple syrup in the apartment so we tried to make French Toast but it was a fail haha. Also last night I woke up at 2 am and

was itching super bad. I took off my shorts and 2 fleas fell out haha we got the fleassssss. 

Well I´ll be heading back to Lages on Wednesday and we shall see what happens with transfers this week. Love you all!!

Elder Scheer

With Elder Bangerter (my Grandson) in Vacaria

Week #70 - Lages - Episode #4 - Christmas Day - Family Skype