Week 10 - More Adventures in Obidos

Hello!
    Thanks for all the emails. It was great hearing from everybody.
Glad yall had a good week and that mom is doing better.
    So last p-day I got attacked by a dog for the first time!! We were early for an appointment so we were making some contacts and it was dark outside. We talked to this one lady for a little while then as we were leaving I heard something approaching me very fast from my side. Instinctively I jumped back on the road. It started barking and growling and I ran! It got a little bit of my pants but I didn't get bit. It didn't really chase me - just snuck up on me out of nowhere and tried to eat me! It scared the mess out of me and I almost had a heart attack! I was yelling in English and of course Elder Capello was about to pass out he was laughing so hard... The crazy stuff only happens to me it seems!
      And it finally rained! We got back to the house Friday night I think and it just started pouring. It didn't last very long but it was still nice. I just wish it would've rained while we were out walking all day in the heat! We got to go into the jungle a little bit this week! We had lunch and some contacts in some crazy places. So that was an adventure!
      This week we are starting an English class! The members here
have been bugging me about it so we finally agreed. They are going to make little cards to pass out to people on the street that say "Free English class with an American!" Haha!!! Because I am literally the only American here a lot of people might show up! Everyone wants to learn English and its a good opportunity to find new investigators. I am a little nervous though because you all know that English wasn't my strongest subject in school and now I will be teaching people!! But it will be alright.
     We have our first zone meeting this week. We will take a boat I think to Santarem and will be there for Wednesday and Thursday. The president will be there too so we will have our interviews. I am pretty excited. Another adventure!
      We had 2 baptisms on Saturday between the 2 sessions of
conference. They are both really good and I think they will be firm. We are teaching pretty much everyone they know and have dates set for a lot of them. Its amazing to see the Spirit literally change people and families. So again I didn't get to watch the first session of conference. It took awhile to get it set up and working. But we watched the rest of them. It was in Português so I struggled to understand but I still learned a lot from it. I loved hearing the music in English. It was so great to hear English! My favorite part of conference had to be the talk by President Eyring. I have been studying a lot about the Holy Ghost recently and that is exactly what he talked about. We all want the Spirit but it is sometimes difficult to maintain a close relationship. As we courageously follow every prompting of the Spirit we will begin to receive more and more promptings and our eyes will be opened to the Lord's plan for us. The Holy Ghost enlightens our understanding and we recognize God's word more clearly. Only through the Holy Ghost can we see people as God sees them. 
     Mosiah 3:19-My Ponderizing scripture for the week ;)- By yielding to the Spirit we put off the natural man. D&C 67:12- Natural man cannot abide in the presence of God. Therefore, follow the Spirit to return to live with God. Submit to the will of the Father as a child submits to the will of his father. I love studying about this. I know that the Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Ùltimos Dias is true. It gives me chills just saying it. I know this through the Spirit. We must always follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost.
     Well that's it for this week. As far as the Christmas package the only other thing I can think of is could you send a little photo book? Just of all of yall and the kids and what not. And even some pictures from here that I sent you. That would be nice. Thanks!
     I love yall and I'm thankful for all you do! Get better soon Mama!

Elder Green