Happy Valentines day!! And Happy Carnival! Hahahaha even though its not very happy at all. I do not like carnival one bit. It takes everyone away from their homes and it brings them into more of the world. Its terrible. It hasnt been too huge here in Pirapora. They only have huge parties in the center of Pirapora near the river. It is wild down there haha. We still work though! Thats crazy about the weather and I miss snow haha its so hot here, but i actually love the heat more than the cold. But this week was super good!! Until Carnival started hahaha. But i am glad that that the family is good too! Miss you all but I love it here!!
This week was super good! Everything went so well and we worked super hard until Friday when Carnival started... It was terrible because it started on friday and so friday, saturday and sunday all of our appointments fell through, and we had nothing to do. We tried to knock on houses, visit our investigators but nothing worked. It was so hard! And to make it even more difficult, none of our investigators came to church, and Dalva didnt come either. We had only 20 people in church yesterday and it was so hard for us because we worked so hard this week. But we know that eventually the Lord will bless our efforts. We found some people this week to teach and they are super open to learn. We are hoping that they can accept the gospel and read the book of mormon. Pirapora is such a great area and it has a lot of potential, but it isnt progressing and it makes it hard because all of the other branches in the district and our zone are progressing. But i am not complaining because this area is so great and we have lots of potential. I just want to help so much!! We have lots of investigators to teach. We have Emerson and Betania who are always doing great, so marriage ha. But they didnt make it to church too. Our appointment fell through with Milena and so it was hard to teach her. We have to wait until this week because she didnt come to church either. But she is doing good too! We found two women that are super awesome! One is named Jessica and the other is named Regina. We were able to place a date of baptism with Regina and we want to teach her again this week and folllow up about the book of mormon. The book of mormon is so important and we need to read it every day! WHY?! Because it is how we gain a testimony of the restored gospel. We also were able to teach Sidney and Maria Aparecida, they also need to get married... But we are praying for them so much!
I love this gospel so much and it makes me want to share it with the whole world. Because everyone can be saved. Everyone! The plan of salvation is so amazing. If you havent studied 2 nephi 9 with real intent yet I recommend that you do! It is one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon and it is amazing that we can all be saved through our savior Jesus Christ.
Something funny that happened this week: We went to visit one of our investigators and she had an Intercom and so we rang on the intercom to talk to her. And She answered and asked who was at the door. I said, "Its the missionaries, How are you Sister Nilsa?" And she responded, "No No, Nilsa isnt here she is traveling." But it was her talking because we recognized her voice hahaha she just didnt want anything to do with us apparently, and so i asked her what her name was then if she wasnt Nilsa and she paused for a second and said her name was Camissa, which is basically a fake name. But I spoke with "Camissa" who was Nilsa and marked an appointment for Tuesday. Haha how funny is it that people are afraid of us sometimes. I wish they could see the importance of our message!!
But other than that this week was good, hard, and definitely hot ha. But I loved it! Pray for our investigators because they definitely need all the prayers they can get! I love them all so much and hope they can accept our message and accept the gospel. Even though the mission is hard, it is so worth it and i love how i can grow stronger every day. Oh and my toes are still the same sadly ha, But I have faith they will get better! They get a little worse once in a while but i know that the lord will give me strength!
Love, Elder Bestenlehner
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