Week 33 - Speaking and Baptizing in Cabanagem!

Representing Paysandu Sports Club - a soccer club in Belem!

Still an Alabama Boy! Wearing his 2015 National Champions shirt, sleeping on his crimson sheets and houndstooth pillowcase! And snuggled under his Nauvoo blanket made with material from our City of Joseph costumes!

Special baptism five years in the making!

Hello!

This was a good week. We could have done better in a few areas but it was overall good.

I had the opportunity to do a lot of public speaking this week. Tuesday I was told that I would give the training in our district meeting on Wednesday morning. That didn't give me much time to prepare but it was ok I still brought the house down haha! Wednesday night a missionary from this Ward returned home. So we were invited to his house where they had a little welcome home party. During this little get together I was told that I will give a talk on Sunday. So I had some time to prepare for that one!

This week we passed by a little McDonalds stand that only sells ice cream. It is a little expensive here but I wanted to try it. So I bought a hot fudge sundae and it was literally the best thing I have ever eaten in my life. Besides açaí of course. But really, I almost cried because it was so good. So that was a highlight of my week. From now on I will start guarding 8 reais every week to by a hot fudge sundae. (Note from Betsy - obviously I will be putting a little money in his personal account each week as long as he is near this McDonalds so both Clay and his companion can get a sundae...)

The missionary who returned is super cool. His name is Ronan and he already received a calling in the ward to serve as assistant to the ward mission leader. He will help us a lot.

About the family we helped to arrange their marriage - it turns out that he lives in a different area and after the marriage they will move to a different ward... So we basically gave a great baptism to other elders. But that's ok. As long as he gets in the water I don't care who baptizes him!

We are teaching this one lady who is the mother of a member here in the ward. She has already read the book "Principles of the Gospel" and pretty much knows more about the Church than me. She is hesitant to be baptized because she has attended another church for many years and her husband won't change churches. She has a baptism set for this Saturday but it is not at all firm. But we will work with her this week and try to help her be committed. Please pray for her.

We are also teaching another woman. She understands everything about baptism and what not, but she has lots of doubts and questions about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. But she came to church on Sunday and liked it a lot. She even asked, "When is the next baptism you are planning?"! So we will work with her as well this week.

We had a baptism on Saturday morning!!! The guy from the area book finally decided to be baptized! He is very smart and was very prepared for baptism. The return missionary Ronan baptized him because they were best friends before Ronan went on a mission so it worked out kinda perfect that he returned this week.

Well that is about it for this week. Me and my companion are doing good. He is learning really fast and the Lord is blessing us everyday. The time is literally flying but we are doing good work!

Love yall!!

Elder Green

It rained a lot one day and the roads were flooded, actually its like that everyday.