Dear Family and Friends,
Just a quick run down. Life is
going great. The work is moving on. It has started to rain this week about
everyday and yeah it is refreshing!!!
I had a neat experience this week. This week my companion and I were eating açaí
and a pastor sat down next to us and started asking a lot of targeted
questions. He stopped, went to buy some acai and then my comp said a prayer and
then the conversation began. I recognized that every time we bore our
testimonies the pastor was confused in the way that he didn´t know how to
counter our testimonies. It was a very special experience.
This
week, my companion and I have felt prompted that the work is going to go
forward in a big way. We know there are
a lot of people the Lord has prepared to receive the gospel and we just have to
make sure we find them. We know the Lord
loves these people and wants them to be happy with the gospel in their
lives. The members this week have really
started to open up to us and we have seen a greater desire in them to help us
share the gospel. Our president is very
happy with our work and we are pushing hard for a breakthrough in the work.
This week we had an interesting experience. My companion and I passed by a recent convert’s
house. His wife is a member who left the
church. She is always drinking and
smoking. The recent convert told us that she was in the
house and suggested that we could pass by and try to converse with her. When we got there she was not there but
another woman came out of the house drunk, she said that she was the mother of
one member. Also two more women came out
of the house, one was the mother of the other. The two women that came out are
from Bahia which is well known for Carnival and they were drunk. They started saying things I never thought I
would hear. After the experience, I
talked with Elder Francisco and we are both fine. There are no problems but we realized that Satan
was trying to put a block in our path and is trying to upset the work. I say this was a miracle because it has given
me a greater drive to baptize people and to be a worthy priesthood holder. I know my responsibilities and I am happy to
be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because I know
the value of my choices and my standards. Thank you for everything that you have taught
me mom and dad. I believe in the gospel
and I have seen so many miracles and the power of God in my life this week. I know that the Lord lives and that He does
perform miracles. I know that the work will grow here and that the blessings
will come.
Your son,
Elder Hoopes
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