Gente do céu,
So updates- we had a really special baptism this week of a college student.
He is from Guine Bissau, Africa! Every time we teach him it makes me think of
the kunovskys haha. he is doing study abroad and was pretty involved with
parties and everything else his peers were doing. But he has always had faith
and he knows the bible really well. He had a desire to follow christ, but lacked
something that we couldn't figure out. He was found and taught in february, but
it wasn't until we really challenged him that we figured out what was missing.
Last month he had some doubts about the word of wisdom... so we challenged him
to read and to pray, REALLY pray and ask if it was true. In the next visit we
brought a cevada (like rajas cup- that weird 'not coffee' that Brent used to
drink) to help him stop drinking coffee and he said he was ready to make the
change and wasn't looking back.
The Lord can change people. He loves us so much and he wants us to be
happy. Fiel stopped drinking coffee and stopped going to parties and it looks
like after his baptism that he has physically changed. His testimony was rad at
the end of the baptismal service. i almost wanted to stand up and say what lexi
always says at home: "PREACH IT BRUTHA!" haha.
OH HEY!!!!!!!!!! So i talked to president about extending... and he said
yes! He already entered into the system and changed my release date to november
5 2013. I am really excited. I love my mission you guys and the Lord has given
me 6 more weeks to stay and work here in brazil. I thought and prayed a lot
about this decision so don't think it was something spur of the moment.
Amo muito vocês,
-Élder Grondel
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