Campos - Week Nineteen

Hey fam, what's up? Sounds like there's a lot going  on at home, but I'm sad to hear that there is some contention. =( Contention drives away the spirit, Drew, Darcy and Blake. What you guys can do to help have more peace in the home is, 1st, read Moroni 7. That is an awesome chapter, in verse 48 it says to,  pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love. This is the first step, is to have the desire to love one another, and to follow the example of the savior. Pray asking for the strength to love and serve. 2nd, talk to the person about what is bothering you, and ask them to stop. 3rd, regardless if they change their actions or not, make a goal to serve them. For example, make a goal to do something nice without them asking. Pick up their room. Wash their dishes, do one of their chores around the house. These small examples of service will help you love more. =) Love you my siblings.

Keep up the good studies Drew. Don't slack off. I know that you have tons of potential, but that's not everything. We have to use it.  So, don't be lazy in your schoolwork.

Darcy, way to be a stud. keep being a soccer star, and keep being an example in the family. =)

Blake, my favorite brother, how are you doing bud?! Keep up the studies. Start studying the scriptures every day, and you will be the smartest boy in your class. Keep being the lovable teddy bear that you are. You are an example of love and kindness. These are attributes of Christ and are very special. I love you brother!

Well this week started well, but didn't end great. We started out this week great. We had members with us, We were able to teach Pricila, who came to us saying that she had a dream about us and that it was serious. So we were thinking that she didn't want to go to church, that she thought the Book of Mormon was false, and things like that. But she said, I dreamed that you guys were leaving in a month! haha Which is half true, transfers are in a month, but while we were talking to her she expressed her desire to be baptized, because she wanted to be obedient to the commandments of God. Wow how awesome is that? So we marked a baptism date with her. This Sunday coming up she should be baptized. We just have trouble talking to her because she lives kinda far away.

We stopped teaching Marlene, because she didn't want us coming by every day anymore. I'm a little sad about that.

We had one day this week that was just outstanding. We taught only a few lessons, but we marked 3 baptism dates, in that  one day. The Spirit was really with us.  It was cool. Just walking down the street I was feeling theS pirit as if we were teaching the first vision. So awesome. I love that feeling. We had an awesomely spiritual lesson with an investigator named Janieli, its just frustrating that since that lesson we haven't been able to talk to her again.

We also are teaching and marked a baptism date with a woman named Leia, who already has a testimony that the Book of Mormon is true. Her problem is that she just started going to another church and they are expecting her to be baptized there soon. But we'll she how she's doing this week, and we'll try to teach her husband also, who we taught the first time, but he works so much so it's hard to teach him.

Bruno and his friend Eago are doing great, Eago, has a lot of interest in the lessons. The last time we taught him, he asked some great questions and was really understanding our message. They didn't go to church this week though, so we'll have to re-mark their baptisms for the Sunday after this one coming up. I really want to see them progress.

The love that you develop for the people that you teach is really incredible. You care so much about them, because you learn to listen to what they're saying. You teach them depending on their needs. I really want these investigators to progress.

I'm just a little frustrated because my companion has tons of potential to be an outstanding missionary, he just doesn't have the desire to follow all the rules. And I end up getting frustrated, because I know that the Lord would bless us with so much more success if we were more obedient.

That's about it for this week. I'm trying my best to serve the Lord.
I'm amazed at how fast the time goes by. I'm worried that I'm running out of time to do the Lord's work here in Brazil. At the end of this transfer I only have 8 more. That seems like not enough time. Yikes!
Better try harder then.

I love you guys. Keep up the good work. =)

AMOR PRA TODOS NA FAMÍLIA.