So on Friday, we get a text from the Church reference system to give a Book of Mormon to a girl named Mafalda. So we go straight there and eventually get directed to where she works. We enter the store and give her the Book of Mormon and find out that she had been watching this Youtuber's daily vlogs and loved how happy her family seemed. Guess what. That vlogger's Mormon. So Mafalda starts researching a little and ends up chatting with some missionaries from Temple Square online. That's when we get the reference. We gave her our number and invited her to church. She was totally going to come but her cat kept her up all night... (We both like cats so we'll be buds). Instead, she came to the capela after church and we taught her the first lesson and she had already read a good chunk of the Book of Mormon. SO ELECT! Then later as we were knocking doors, we get a call from a weird number and guess who it was. SISTERS FROM TEMPLE SQUARE! Sister Mariano and Geng! So now we're going to be working hand in hand with those sisters to help Mafalda. They'll follow up with her and prep her for our next lessons and keep the fire burning. Mafalda is so lucky to have 4 sisters working with her :)
ARMINDA
Man she is the cutest little old lady ever. So she was having trouble accepting a date for baptism even though she told us that she wanted to be baptized. So we planned this super sweet lesson in the capela with videos for her to really help her feel the Spirit. We started with the video about the man on the cruise ship that didn't realize that everything on the ship was already included in the price. (Shout out to Sister Nance for that one!) Then we talked about how she's standing at the door, just looking at all the blessings she can receive. (She's been coming to church for about 5 weeks now!) And you know what that door is? BAPTISM. 2 NEPHI 31:17-18. Then we talked about how we need to follow Christ through that door. Then we threw in the Because of Him video and then showed her the Baptismal Font and invited her to be baptized on August 5th. SHE ACCEPTED! I love love love Arminda!!
MARLENE
So we also decided to invite Marlene to be baptized. We taught her about the Plan of Salvation and what we need to do to return to live with God. She really wanted it! So she'll be getting baptized on August 19th!! She's already been to church 3 weeks in a row!
Yesterday, I had to teach Gospel Principles about Missionary Work (how perfect!). We watched a video about how we, as members can share the Gospel. Y'all should watch it. Literally describes perfectly how our members here in Matosinhos are. Go find someone today who you can help and share the Gospel with! Do it!
So yeah. That's just our little week of miracles! Matosinhos is literally the best ever.
Love y'all!!
Sister Hillam
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| My fave Sister Carter on divisions |
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| Someone trained this parrot to catcall every time someone walks by |
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| The cutest girls ever at church |
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