I see a Belo Horizonte
This week was rather full. We had Zone
conference, and a ward activity.
To start off we had a zone
conference and I got to see a lot of other missionaries. All of my old
companions that are still in the mission were there. President Fernandes talked
quite a bit about our ability to choose. He made a comparison that I really
liked and want to share with you.
He compared our life to an airplane
flight. He gave us the ability to choose where we wanted to go, which plane,
the duration of our visit and where we sat on the plane. Then we got into the
plane and halfway through the flight we wanted to get out of the plane. We all
know what would be the effect of trying to leave a plane in mid flight. But,
why would we want to leave. We chose the plane, our seat, we accepted
everything. Are the plane walls too confining? To leave now would be
suicide...
In this life we accepted our
conditions. Even though we don´t remember, before this life we lived with God
and he presented us the plan of salvation. We accepted it. Why would we want to
leave now? Are the commandments too restrictive? To leave now would be
spiritual suicide.
This week we also had a ward dessert
competition. Elder Namauu and I made passion fruit mousse. Unfortunately, we
didn´t win anything, but our dessert was the first to disappear. So I think the
judges were a little biased against the missionaries. They can´t let two
Americans win against Brazilians.
We are teaching a lot of
people, but the investigator that is progressing the most is Rosemeire. She´s
come to church many times and has a baptismal date for this week. She seems
really excited for the Baptism.
Questions answered:
1. So, how are your pipes? Are things fixed and working better? Yeah,
we were able to get them all fixed and now we have water pressure. So, that´s
always a plus.
2. Tell me more about your English class. We
had a few more people come to this last session and things are going rather
well. We even have a few nonmembers and less actives going.
3. How are you and Elder Namauu getting along? We
are getting along well and are working together rather well. At times he
reminds me a little of Spencer, so that can be kind of funny.
4. Who else is in your apartment? Names, where from? Elder
Dantas. He is from São Paulo and is a nice guy. He only has 3 more weeks on the
mission, so he is thinking about home a little bit, but who can blame him. Elder Florencio. He is from the south of Brasil,
where it is like a mini Europe. As he is darker, a lot of people don´t believe
that he is actually from the south. He is really chill and a funny guy.
5. What’s your ward like? This
is the largest ward that I have served in and they are fairly supportive. A lot
of the people just seem to want to help. We receive quite a few references, so
that helps us a lot.
6. What’s the city like? The
city is good. We live next to the grocery store and bakery and here has pretty
much everything that we need. It’s not super hilly, but it is definitely not
flat. I shouldn´t be gaining any weight here with these hills.
Abraço
Elder Quain
Zone Conference
view from my apartment window
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