This week has been quite awesome. :)
So basically it all starts with the amazing people we have found each day and how we had a baptism this week... thats always good right?!
SO Nadia. she was the one baptized this week. She is amazing. she invited 43 people to her baptism... not all showed up but many of them did and her foster mom made her a cake and everything. She was so happy the whole day and her friends where so supportive. I am excited to see her progress. she is already a great missionary. i think her baptism was filled with the most people i have seen in my whole mission. and she entered the freezing cold water with no complaints! I dont know why.. maybe because it is february but it is FREEZING here in sal. i wear a jacket constantly and am still cold... haha but its fine. people let us in more easy because they see us suffering.
So yeah... nadia was a door contact. her and her family had already been taught before. we are still working with the mom. her mom works so much to put food on the table and has trouble getting to church but she has desire to change and knows she needs to. and i think the spirit nadia has now will help her mother greatly!
other great miracles is Eugenio!!!! He was in the same hiache ride as us when we returned from Palmeira one day- he is the one who stopped and talked to us and asked where we were from and what we were doing. We told him and he seemed super interested. IN our first lesson we saw how he is super prepared. and he came to church on sunday and has already read 50 pages in the book of mormon. he understood the story of nephi and was already quoting.. i will go and i will do! haha He has a rough story.. when he was born his mom died the same day. his dad kind of blames him for the death and doesnt pay any attention to his son. he says that he joined the army to try and get some attention and now he feels like he is on the right track following the church. during our lesson of the plan of salvation we felt the spirit so strong as we talked about his mom in the spirit world and how she has the opportunity to accept the gospel aswell. he needs to take the first steps! And he is super excited to learn more and prepare for baptism in march. i will keep updates on him.
Next story of the week is pretty funny. So we have a member. Single mom with 4 boys. all under 9 years. haha they are super cute! We went by her house to ask if she could host a lesson in her house later in the day and we called for her... he son walks out and said to us that Tete ( his mom ) was inside and that we should walk in... her youngest son is like 3 or 4. but super intelligent. Here in cabo verde the doors can lock inside AND outside.. before we walked in i noticed the keys where on the outside to lock people in but i didnt pay much attention because we were so excited to see tete. So we walk in and her son Louis closes the door... still we dont think much of it until we dont hear Teteºs voice anywhere.... we then realize that her son had locked us inside... hahahah it was super funny. so we nicely ask him to let us out and finally he does and we go about our work. it was hilarious that this little innocent 4 year old just locks us inside his own house! Great times.
But this week in church we saw a miracle... our frequency DOUBLED! it was amazing. we almost didnt have enough chairs. now we got to keep these people coming and help them be active. it was great to see the differences in just one week. we are really working hand in hand with the branch and the branch president expressed his gratitude to us. Members and missionaries together brings miracles.
Well that is all.... Hope all is well in america! Cabo verde is doing awesome!
Sister Johnson
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