So it has been raining a lot and Elder Mendes
and I seem to have the worst luck with rain. When we are in people's
houses, it is not raining. When we are in the street, it is. We
have gotten quite wet this week, several times. But this is all good
because it is supposed to be raining this time of year in Franca and things get
really messy when it doesn't rain. A
semi-tropical region, where I am, is very dependent on the rain.
To tell you the truth this was one of our worst
weeks in quite a while in terms of how many lessons we taught. That was
because we turned into pseudo-private investigators this week. We have
been teaching a girl named Karollayne who has wanted to be baptized for a very
long time but because she is only 14, her parents have to sign a form giving
her permission. But here is the catch, she doesn't live with her parents.
She lives with her Great Grandmother who is not her legal guardian so she
couldn't sign for her. Her Mom lives on the other side of the city, out
of our area, and we didn't even know if she had legal guardianship anymore.
And Her Dad was a bit difficult to find. So basically, we spent two to
three hours every day this week trying to get this form signed. There were a
lot of miracles that happened and in the end, Friday night, her Dad was found
and he was convinced to sign and she was baptized on Saturday. It is really
awesome to see her faith. Her family is not really in favor of her being
baptized. Actually, opinion varied greatly between the different relatives.
Yet in the end she did what she knew was right. I am really grateful to
have gotten to see this miracle happen.
I love you all! Have a good week!
Elder Russell
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