Week #40 - Florianópolis - Episode #9 - Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I hope you are all enjoying a great day off! I´m thankful for all of those who have fought for our nation! Keep them in your prayers!

This week has been super great! Just the rain that has been really annoying. I remember when I liked rain at the beginning of my mission.....hahaha

Anyway we have had some great lessons and are helping our investigators progress!

Daniely is 14 and is waking up her parents every Sunday to go to church! Her parents are members but her mom didn´t want us to pressure her to get baptized so we are going to finish the lessons and then talk to her parents about a date! 

Miracle of the week: We had just finished teaching a recent convert at the chapel when a Filipino lady showed up asking if someone speaks English. I started talking to her and she said that she has been here in Brasil for a year and she just moved here from another state. Her entire family was baptized in the Philippines and she started going to church and wants to be baptized! Nothing like someone walking up to you saying they want to be baptized. It really puts a smile on your face as a missionary haha. Anyway we will start teaching her and her husband this week! 

Also the Americans that moved here have started teaching English for free every Tuesday night so we are telling everyone and hoping that it works as a great finding tool!

This week I have been studying Chapter 3 in Jesus the Christ which talks about why we need a Savior. I have always known Christ´s role in the Plan of Salvation but I learned so much. God gave us complete free agency which means He will never force us in anyway to choose bad or good. Because of the fall, we are all subject to temptation everyday and make mistakes. Only through a perfect sacrifice sin was overcome. And through His resurrection death was overcome. I have a huge testimony of Jesus Christ. I know that He suffered for us and that He lives. I am so thankful for the scriptures and other sources that we have to learn more about Him and I recommend you
to read this chapter! 

I hope you all have a great end to the holiday weekend! Love you all!!

Sempre fica firme, forte e feliz!

Elder Scheer