So this week is transfers and I ... am
staying in Votuporanga! But Elder De Oliveira is leaving. However, he is
staying close by. Actually, he is leaving to become my Zone Leader. It’s funny
how stuff happens. Sadly for him, a woman that we have been teaching for four
months decided that she wants to get baptized next Saturday. I guess he
needed to leave for her to get baptized. But her story is a happy one for those
people who are serving or served a mission and believe that members (other
Mormons) never help the missionaries. She is a woman of age that lives a good
distance from the church. A family that lives close to her picks her up every
Sunday for Church. And now, since her family is of limited means, so to speak,
that branch is going to do a service project to remodel her daughter's house. I
am very happy for her decision to be baptized.
In other news, the church continues to
grow in this region. If Votuporanga continues to have good attendance in church
meetings, it will become a ward this year and the Rio Preto Stake (which
Votuporanga is part of) will divide this year, as well, if every thing keeps
going as it is. The mission is growing too. We have hit almost 200 missionaries
now. A lot of wards have two or three companionships in them. This area is just
getting bigger and bigger, at least as far as the church is concerned.
It was a good week. The World Cup
continues, but I only know what the people are saying in that department so it
is kind of weird. I hope all of you are having a good week as well. I love you
all!
Elder Russell
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