Right now I am writing to you guys from a different area! Aza Sul. We just got out of our District Meeting and are waiting to go to the hospital ( yes again....) for my companion. So we are in the area of our zone leaders. Hospitals here are ridiculous and we will be spending the day in Aza Sul. Hahah, dang it.
Happy Birthday to Sister Willardson and Bryce Baby....
Happy Easter!!!!!!!
It was an awesome easter. 1) Because we have an awesome ward here. The people really are truly incredible people. We were getting ready for church, it was about 730 in the morning. We get a call from the bishops wife saying that our lunch was cancelled but she has pans of food for us. So we rush down stairs outside...and the entire family of the bishop is all dressed up as bunnies (yes, the bishop too) and they were hiding with easter baskets for us and chocolate eggs. Down here in Brazil they have these HUGE and really expensive chocolate eggs...and they are really really expensive.So a couple members went in on it... one of them being Iramo Chequino...(The one that sends pics always), our ward mission leader, bishop, patriarch. This ward is incredible. 2) The sacrament meeting was incredible. This week a missionary returned from his mission and he bore his testimony of Christ. The talks given were incredible...it was all just sooooo good. The spirit was so strong! Sunday night we had a family night with Irma Lena, whose son just returned, and her entire less active family. Her other son is the Ward Mission Leader to the sisters of Guara 2. So they came and Sister Tanaka and I gave the message, of course about The Atonement. It was all and all just a really good Easter. A lot to remember, but the spirit was with us the entire day.
This week we finally got to teach Paulo Agusto. The 18 year old that was very forward about his search for the truth and was at conference. He is basically a miracle as of right now. We taught him, and the lesson was 2 hours long. Because he had questions about every single thing we said. Not questioning to bash, not questioning to be annoying. Questioning out of real interest. He is so sincere, so interested. It was incredible, and a very detailed lesson. Haha. I mean 2 hours worth of the restoration...
This week Sister Tanaka and I decided to pre-question for baptism, Antonio...if you guys remember him. The investigator with the dream, incredible. Well we went to his house with members that he knows. We were just talking because he left sacrament early. And we didn't know why. Turns out he had Dangy...a really nasty disease that hurts, and you have zero energy, and you cant do anything but just wait it out. But he still came to church regardless!!!! Incredible. Anyways, we taught the commandments, and asked the baptismal questions. We have some work to do with him, but not anything because he doesn't believe. He is so sincere, and has such an incredible faith in the Gospel. He knows. So we are really excited to continue working with him. Because I know he will be a firm member, once he is a member.
This week was hard to work. The entire town here shuts down when it is a holiday...and it was a holiday Thursday until yesterday. Everyone was traveling, including members. So I don't have much to report on.
We just had an awesome District Meeting. Elder Calderon gave an incredible doctrine on the Atonement. Everyone, including Elders, were crying. I liked one question he asked. What is the Atonement doing for you right now in your life? Just think about that. How is it helping, guiding...etc.
I know this Gospel is true. I am so grateful for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. He paid the price for every single one of us, so that we may return to our Heavenly Father. The price was big for him, and what he asks of us in return is so little. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet. I am so grateful for his example.
Love you all. Excited to talk to you guys in a couple weeks!!
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Sister Craig!
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