Well when a city has a party, it is not
fun for missionaries. We have been restricted to working only during the day
while the Festa do Peão is going on because everyone is either drunk, sleeping
off being drunk, or sleeping so that they can go out at night and get drunk. I
guess there are a bunch of people who just went travelling because they didn't
want to be here right now, though.
But this has been a good experience for
my companion and I as far as growing is concerned. I have certainly learned
that being a missionary isn't really about success but about effort. In a
world where results are what seems to measure our success (because effort is
impossible to be measured objectively by humans), God measures by effort. It
is also important to remember that if we are really applying a good effort, we
will have success usually; but sometimes as a missionary it is not so. To take
away someone's choice to choose is a miracle that not even God can do. The
words of the hymn come to mind, "do what is right, let the consequence
follow." The consequences will come so lets just work.
I love you all and hope you all have a
good week!
Elder Russell
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