Elder Jacob Scheer: Week #41 - Florianópolis - Episode #10

What´s up everyone!! So this week got pretty chillyyyyy. I never thought that I would use long johns in Brazil but I was wrong haha. The cold is different because it´s a humid cold so you feel wet + cold and it´s just not very enjoyable. Wet shoes don´t dry and wet shoes = wet socks and feet.

First off the bad news is that I have literally tried calling that Filipino lady 3 times every day this week and she didn´t answer :( and she didn´t go to church. She really be playing with my emotions (smh) But I made the rookie mistake of not getting her address...

English class got us 2 solid investigators this week!!

The first one being JP. JP speaks solid English, but more importantly is looking for a path to follow. He is 19 and 6´4´´ 230. He is really open and really smart. We had an awesome lesson about the Restoration and he said it gave him answers to a lot of his questions. I´m excited to watch him progress!

Second is Victor. He is 18 and also looking for a path to follow. He opened up to us during our lesson that he doesn´t really believe in God. He finds it difficult to believe there is a God, that if He is extremely loving, how can so many terrible things happen in this life to good people. We explained about the Book of Mormon and invited him to read Alma 32 and to really talk with God. I have so much faith that he will gain a testimony.

Thursday was President and Sister Silva´s last conference. It was super good and I will miss them! One thing that stuck out to me was when President was bearing his testimony and said, ´´I am not better than anyone, I am not smarter than anyone, I don´t know more than anyone, but I am paying the price. If I died now, I would die happy.´´ He has truly dedicated his life to the Gospel and is a great example to me.

Today a member made cinnamon rolls for us!!! Best thing ever.

I love you all so much!

Sempre fica firme, forte e feliz