Week 77 Goodbye to Elder Vilaca in Castanhal

 Clay with Murilo - a young man in his ward - who just received his

mission call to Brazil Londrina Mission 

Hello!!

This was my companion´s last week in the mission. WHich means I spent a lot of time walking around with him visiting peaople and buying a bunch of stuff to take home. We went to Belém on Wednesday for his last interview with the president. After that interview you can imagine, it was difficult for him to get motivated to work! So our week was a little slow, but we were able to bring Aureo to church! He is the guy who really likes the church but his family is really firm in another. But he is committed to come to church every Sunday and will eventually be baptized. 

Want to hear a miracle? So Aureo drinks coffee because he works nights and has to stay awake for long periods of time. Members of the church here love to drink Tereré. It is a natural herb that you drink with water. It is really healthy and missionaries drink it like crazy because it hydrates really well. Aureo mentioned one day this week that he always wanted to try it and we said we had a ton at our house. The next visit, we gave him some. Long story short, he has completely cut coffee, completely, and is only drinking tereré at night. This all happened before we even taught him the Word of Wisdom!!! The Lord works in mysterious ways! 

Of the 9 areas in our zone, 7 changed this transfer. We will have lots of new missionaries in the zone, but we are super excited. 

Love yall!

Elder Green