Week 72 - looking forward to Christmas in Castanhal

Hello!!

We started our week off visiting that family less active that went to church last week. We used the rubiks cube to explain how we can have a family more united. Each row of the cube represented something we can do to complete our family and make it perfect. Each row was read the scripture in family, family prayer, and go to the church. We slowely completed the cube while showing scriptures about these 3 things. Everyone liked it! We went back there later in the week and talked about the temple. They have a great desire to go to the temple and be sealed and are willing to make the necessary changes. Their 10 year old son was never baptized. So we started talking to him about baptism. We put him in front of a doorway and told him the doorway represented the kingdom of God. We said his family was already in there and were waiting for him. Then we help his wrists and said we represented sin. We told him to go into the kingdom with his family. He tried and tried and tried but we were holding him tightly and he couldnt get in. We asked him how he could get rid of the sin and go into the kingdom of God with his family and he didnt know. When then showed a video of Jesus Christ being baptized and explained thet baptism is essencial for our salvation. He then excitingly accepted the invitation to be baptized. So we will work more with him this week!

Also, there is a kid that has been going to church for a long time and even goes to seminary every day but his parents will not let him be baptized. They refuse! This week we found out that he turned 18 last month and really wants to be baptized. So we will also start working with him. 

We had a zone meeting on Thursday and I talked for about 40 minutes about planning every day and every week and how to set goals. So on Friday, we started heading back to the house at 9 to plan out next day. As we were walking home, a women started screaming "Help me!!" and was running! TUrns out she was running after her dog that had ran away a week earlier. Everyone on the road was running after this dog! But the dog was fast and got away. SO we kept walking back home and I stopped and got a milkshake real quick. As I was waiting for my milkshake, a dog walked right by my leg. I wasnt sure if it was the dog we were chasing or not. We soon realized that it was that dog so we took off after it! SO you can imagine me and my companion sprinting down the streets of Castanhal after this dog with a milkshake in my hand. After a lot of running and almost being bitten in the face, we trapped the dog in a health center and the old lady got it back. Quite the experience and service opportunity!

I am loving the mission!! All the experiences and people! And we are excited for Chirstmas!

Love yall!!

Elder Green