Te Amo

Sunset on a Boat

Yeah so, we just kinda were working this week. You know that message about happiness and all we kinda just, told people about it, and talked about the baptism of this perfect man named Jesus. It was AMAZING! No one really wanted a change in their life this week so we were really just planting a lot of seeds. We have been talking to anyone and everyone, really just shifting people like chaff. We have been blessed by the people here in Barcarena they are truly amazing! 

Elder Belo - TRAINER at Subway

Tuesday we saw some interesting things. Spiders the size of my hand. Dead Bullfrogs bigger than my head. Pretty cool! I can´t understand any of the names here so I really let my companion write them down and I repeat the names after him. Its intense! A little about my companion. Lived in Belem his whole life. Convert of 4 years, went to school in the Oregon as a transfer student, and knows the Shaws in Eden. He lives in Belo Horizonte and speaks okay english. Its a blessing for me so that I can understand lessons in depth. 

Wednesday had District meeting with the Zone. Our district is awesome, cause its me and Elder Belo with some great sisters. 

ZONE MEETING

Thursday and Friday we headed to Belem for the Mission meeting. President taught that better baptisms doesn't mean less baptisms, it just means we aren't teaching as well as we can be, which i think is true. Had some subway, which was just a little piece of america in my day. Any piece of america at anytime is truly amazing! Mom, tell Andrew Weenig i had the Jesus Guarana and it was AMAZING!

Saturday we had a lot of lessons planned, but only taught a couple and made more and more contacts. Its good because we really are just planting seeds. I had a little bit of an idiotic new missionary moment. We have this pull up bar, yep you know where this is going, and an elder asked if I could flip around. What a great idea! This only holds 200 lbs, add my force, and WHAP! landed flat on my back. Couldnt breath for 10 seconds and for the rest of the day, I felt like I was carrying 20 pounds on my hips from the pain.

Flooded street after rain

Sunday, oh get ready, woke up and forgot I had a talk for 20 minutes in sacrament meeting. So I spent the morning stressing and really just praying for guidance. Put in a little bit of scripture magic and BANG! Gift of tongues. It was amazing letting the spirit absolutely flow. I could feel my tongue loosened and the words came easy! It was great! But not the craziest thing! We got time for CTM or training the youth for missionary work and in the middle of the training, a bunch of people started running around screaming and yelling. Turns out a kid was having a heart attack. It was interesting watching the process of these members in the blessing. First lathering his hair with oil and then blessing him by casting out a devil. Its amazing to see, though the concept is a little off, the lord gives us blessings based off of understanding. These people understand bad health as a cause of a demon and because they are faithful, the boy was able to breath normally. It was really an eye opening experience! The priesthood is the power of god. We are truly blessed by his love and authority!

Te Amo e Boa Semana!

Elder Della-Piana