This week was a great one. João Vitor and Dejailson were baptized and confirmed members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints!!!
Lemme give you a recap on their stories.
João Vitor was found in divisão with Elder Oldham (comp. from the ctm) through a simple contact in the street. After that, we started to teach him. He is one of the craziest and one of the funniest youth I've ever taught on my mission haha. He calls everyone something that translates to "big animal" and when we start to converse with him, he always responds with "só de noite" which makes no sense but it's hilarious. He is already calling everyone in the neighborhood to talk with us and go to the church with him. In such a short time, we've seen him grow much more spiritually and see his gift in helping with us with finding other investigators!!
Dejailson was one of the friends that João Vitor brought to church with him. He accepted baptism and is a great youth. He doesn't have the best financial conditions so we're gonna help him get a white shirt and tie to start passing the sacrament here soon.
We wanted a young man to get some experience and we asked if Pedro could baptize them both. Members baptizing is great!!
This week, we had Mission Leadership Council which was focused on Chapter 10 in PMG. We talked a lot about what went right last month in June. We talked how we can help retain the people we are baptizing and a lot of other issues that President Chamberlain and the mission is facing. After that, the assistants gave a great training on how we can use every technique in Chapter 10 as a leadership technique. How we can Start to Begin Teaching missionaries, how we can Teach missionaries according to their needs, etc.
The Leadership Council was great because it opened up my vision and how to lead and how to be a better example for our zone. Of all the leadership councils that I have participated, this was one of my favorites because President Chamberlain showed his faith in the leaders and we resolved problems as a true council as it should be. President Chamberlain said that our group has to focus on passing what we learned in our mission for all of the new missionaries that are coming through the ranks. By Christmas, the Leadership Council will be completely different with other Assistants, Zone Leaders, and LTS. Knowledge is only mastered when is taught correctly and simply enough for the missionary to apply in his mission. zone, district, and his companionship.
Also, Elder Whatcott and Elder Alves (my old comp.) got a buzzcut over in Bom Jardim. hahahah.
That's about it!!!
Amo vocês, tenham uma boa semana.
Abraço,
Elder Eliason
Fotos
1/2) BATISMOS
3) Twins - Me and Elder Whatcott at the leadership council
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