Mais trinte dois

This week was intense.

João and Elane got married this week! It was a beautiful simple service. Unfortunately his baptism didn't work out for this week.. but they will get back from their honeymoon on the 7th of april and we have planned the baptism for the 11th. So we are still working on it.

 

 

 

And that almost ruined our shot to baptize this week, but nothing could stop us. We've been working with João Dimas to be baptized on April 4th, he's had some big problems with health and also some complications in the ward, but after a miraculous response to our prayers and his, everything fell through on Saturday morning and we felt impressed to invite him to be baptized on Sunday morning. And now João Dimas is a whole new man. Less stressed, smilely; a member of the church of Jesus Christ!

We had 13 visitors at church this week, 8 of them being new ! Now we are ready to rock, ready to work with these new people, new families.

Well that's it for now.

 

Élder Hamilton

Missionário d'A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias

Ala Rio das Ostras, Estaca Macaé - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro

 

 

 

Here is a letter Alex received this week from a boy he taught and baptized in his first area:

Elder Hamilton,

How are you bro?  Dude, you are talking Portuguese very well, with slang and all.  Today I spoke in church for the first time and chose to wear the tie you gave me.  I really hope one day you can find me again, you and Elder Fonseca are part of my life and are very important to me.  Good news also:  I am starting my application and plan to leave on a mission at the end of the year.  We are all well here, more and more by reading the scriptures, I am gaining knowledge of the Gospel.

A strong hug,

Victor

Perseverar Até o Fim

Today is transfer day, and we are staying here in Rio das Ostras!! And the son shall kill his father. 

 

I'm still going to pretend that this isn't the last transfer... but that will be a little hard! haha. I am pumped to work to the finish these last 5 weeks. Elder Luna and I have a weekly baptism plan that is actually very possible. So thats what we'll do. Please pray for João and Elane, that is our loftiest goal and it needs to happen this week.

 

The transfer ended with a great Sunday. We had many new visitors at church and also a family reactivated!! They are awesome, Marcos and Liliane. The have 5 boys, 5 great future missionaries.

 

 

Élder Hamilton

Missionário d'A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias

Ala Rio das Ostras, Estaca Macaé - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro

Novidades...

I'm sorry guys, I truly am getting terrible at these emails.  You all can ask me how the last two transfers of my mission were when I get home...

But for the time being, everything is really great! I have traveled so much this transfer it's not even funny, but we are still finding a way to serve our growing group of investigators. Many great ones these days too.

Please pray for João and Elane. This is a family we are working with that we will need some miracles to be able to get married so they can be baptized in two weeks. We have a few others who have baptismal dates. We are teaching a rising brazilian country singer who is scheduled for April 4th.  He is captivated by the book of mormon.

Love you all!

 

Élder Hamilton

Missionário d'A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias

Ala Rio das Ostras, Estaca Macaé - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro

Just Pictures

 

Howdy

Things are happening here in Rio das Ostras (Oyster River). Started out a little slow since the last missionaries left with hardly anything going on. But these first crazy three weeks have been good and we now have a decent teaching pool.

I love the members here, they are so great! You start to talk about missionary work and all the sudden they are asking about investigators that they want us to meet and give us great references. We started an activity in our district called "O Domingo que Ninguém Chegou Sozinho" or "The Sunday that Nobody Showed Up Alone". We are going to the members and making goals with them to bring a friend to church one sunday of the month. Everyone is participating and we are starting to see the results!

So here in Brazil (I imagine that I've already mentioned this before), marriage is a complicated situation. The government usually delays the process and couples end up giving up or getting discouraged. We have many families who we are preparing that need to be married. It's a process that requires great patience, but we are seeing a lot of changes in these families. We focused most of our time this week teaching families the importance of eternal marriages in the temple. This has clarify my perspective on the importance of my family. Families aren't just an earthly idea, but the foundation of God's eternal plan of happiness. The more I work and strive to eternally change the life of families here in Rio, the more I realize how much I love my family and look forward to my own future family.  I know that the lessons learned here will bless my family forever.

As famílias poderão ser eternas!

Family can be together forever!

 

Élder Hamilton

Missionário d'A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias

Ala Rio das Ostras, Estaca Macaé - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro

Hey

Quick update today:

Everything is great. Healthy and happy. My companion is too. We had 10 visitors in the ward this week, and things are really going well.

Sorry that this is so short, I'll write a well elaborated card this next week.

Até mais!

 

Élder Hamilton

Missionário d'A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias

Ala Rio das Ostras, Estaca Macaé - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro

 

 

 

 

 

Feliz Carnaval!!

This week has been quite interesting. I showed up with my companion in Rio das Ostras (our new area) on Wednesday. The next day, we traveled to Cabo Frio for a zone meeting and when we got back that afternoon we worked on finding new people to teach close to the house. And then the next day carnaval started, and we have to return home everyday at 1 oclock... Despite all the distractions, it was a surprisingly productive week, but I am getting anxious to work longer hours to get to know the investigators and ward members better. From what we've seen so far, Rio das Ostras is awesome!! and the members are great and love to help with missionary work.

My companion is Elder Luna. Fresh from the MTC. He is from Bahia Brazil but was living in Goianas before the mission. He's 25 years old, he's a whole lot bigger than me, and he is awesome! Very determined and wants to learn everything. We are spending a good amount of time studying the area book this week and preparing for a huge week ahead. I am super excited and know that we will see miracles here in Rio das Ostras.

Até mais,

 

Élder Hamilton

Missionário d'A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias

Ala Rio das Ostras, Estaca Macaé - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro