welp another week já era. we have about another week and a half of this transfer but we still have tons of things left to do before that happens. we hopefully have 5 baptisms this week. were preparing a family of 4 for this sunday. were hoping that everything goes well. last saturday me and elder custer had a "special" fast for them. we thought it was fast sunday but apparently its this weekend so well call that a special fast. we wanted people in church to be able to baptize. the entire family of 4 went to church and we even had 4 others. 2 that want to be baptized the week after. they went to church with their aunt for the first time and now want to be baptized. its easy to see how the Lord is blessing us here in our area. were working working working but are def having problems finding new people. boom members bring people to church or we find someone that is really good. were marking baptisms and running all over the place. were def working a lot. everyone were teaching are actually progessing in the gospel. weve taught very little first lessons because of this. sometimes we dont even have time to look for new people because were teaching our investigators. we have to prepare them all for baptism really really soon. were having a lot of fun here. were working a lot with the members and the young men. weve been challenging all the members to give us at least one reference. we went to one last night and its a family with 5 new investigators and they all wanna go to church on sunday. the young men are leaving with us. it s a great opportunity to show them how the mission is and to get them excited to leave soon. i should have taken more advantage of that when i was home. but now im living it so its all good. this ward is really getting excited. we see members like everwhere we go and theyre always asking how the work is going. always willing to help. i know were gonna have a ton of success here. everything just seems to be falling into place. the lord has def prepared this area for us to come at this exact time. we just need to keep working and doing our best. ive def gained a lot more confidence here. just talk and the lord will help you. its as easy as that. ive seen my portugues getting a lot better. its not even a problem anymore. the mission is such a great experience. ive learned that you just need to make it fun. thats the key to success. if youre not having fun then somethings wrong because fun is apart of the work. you just cant live for 2 years without fun. smile and live life to the fullest even in hard times. this area isnt easy. its probably actually the hardest area ive worked in but God knows our hearts desires and our willingness and has really helped us. im glad the trip to Florida was good. dad im down with going to universal studios. haha. and congrats on the sale. mom id send you our high 80s weather everyday but im pretty sure thats not possible. i just hope that one day it cools down. everything goes well here. we have a multi zone meeting on thursday and next wednesday well go to the temple. enjoy the blessings of the Lord because theyre always there. Count your many blessings. i love this song. anyways have an amzing week!!!!

lots of love

elder desanti III

P days ending i gotta throw in this email real quick. but i do have an excuse. we were at the temple this morning and we never really had time to use email. the temple was great like always. we had the opportunity to do sealings. it really makes you think about how many blessings we can actually receive from the Lord. that families really are together forever and that everything is possible if we are righteous to the Lords commands. this week has been so crazy trying to do everything possible. this week will be even more crazy trying to close everything before the transfer. last week we baptize the family of 3: cantuara alinee and leandro. mom sister brother. a really great family that ill have to tell you about next week. alinees bf ending up not being baptized for reasons unknown but were gonna work with him to get him baptized this sunday. we also have jhenifer and lorrana cousins who are the nieces of a member here in the ward. they are super excited to be baptized and are understanding and enjoying everything that we teach them. we also have ofelia who is like our grandma. she really loves the church and believes in the bom. she was already baptized once and is not sure if she needs to be baptized again. i really want to write more but ive kinda run out of time. we have our english class tonight and were really hoping itll bring us more investigators. but if not its fun to teach english anyways. i think i might try teaching in the mtc like dad did. it would def be a great experience but right now i still have a lot left to do here in Brasil. thank you guys for the love and support and the birthday wish mom. wish a happy birthday for Cassie. youre the best cassie! ill make sure to write a super long email next week telling everything and send some birthday cards to everyone. i love you guys so much. the mission may be hard sometimes but its worth every moment and i know itll only make me strong. remember the Savior in your lives. I know He lives.

 

elder de santi III