Jay Family Missionaries

Querida família,

 

This week was a little rough, but it ended really well. We have been working hard to help the branch and the district here and bring good people to church, but a lot of the time I feel the members don´t care about the growth of the church. We've suceeded in getting the district president and the branch president on our side, but most of the time I feel like we are working alone to baptize, reactivate and retain. This week in church I got a little frustrated because I want to do more to help, but I can't, it depends on the members. I was also really dissapointed because it has been a while since I baptized and the zone had a horrible month.

 

After church we went to visit one of our investigator families Edjailton e Karol. We had marked to pass by on Tuesday, but we wanted to see what they thought of church this week. They had told us that they wanted a Gospel Principles book, so we took one with us to use it as an excuse to go in. We got there and started talking with them. They told us that they had made the decision to get married and be baptized this month. It was the best thing I have heard this year! After all the work and struggles they finally got an answer and are going to be baptized! They are a great family and will be able to help the Church out a lot. Edjailton will be the first stake president here when the district turns into a stake.

 

Earlier in the week when we passed by there prayed with them to recieve an answer that the Book of Mormon is true. Karol got an answer that same night, but Edjailton wanted something more. We promissed him that he would recieve and answer at church, and he did. I also brought a little cardboard box full of coins that I have been saving for 7 or 8 months. I have about 240 reais. To get married here you have to pay 200 reais. Edjailton worked as a manager in a car dealership, but the owners closed the dealership and he is looking for another job. I offered to pay for their marriage because I thought they might need help. Karol started to cry and they said that they could pay for it. Edjailton will go to the cartório today to get the paper work going and they will be baptized this month. Família eleita!

 

We are teaching a couple other families as well. One of them is Juvenilton and Janaina. They are really inteligent and have been studying about the church on the internet and everything. They have asked some difficult questions, but we have been able to answer all of them and focus on a testimony of the Book of Mormon. The only problem is that Janaina works most Sundays, but I belive that they will be baptized this month as well. They just need to recieve and recognize answers to their prayers.

 

God has blessed us with some great families to teach, and we found all of them knocking on doors and talking with people in the street.

 

Gotta go,

 

Elder Jay brazil

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