On a roll...

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Really just on a roll out here with everything! We knocked a street one night this week and at the end i felt an impression to knock a door on the crossing street. We met a really cool girl Carol and her boyfriend João who are super excited about our message. The dad of the girl sat in and was just burning us with questions haha! I literally had adrenaline running and feel like i was totally prepared to answer everything that he had to say. We will work with those 3 this week to really create a good friendship. 

We have enjoyed working with the ward as well and have received a few referrals that have great potential honestly. A lot of our best investigators are travelling this weekend which is a bummer. But we were able to mark 5 baptismal dates on saturday and sunday and are really excited to see the results of this transfer. Although its tough to postpone the progress of some people when life gets in the way, you gotta trust that the Lord is preparing them little by litte. 

Sometimes I cant help but to get a little upset with people I know have such potential in this gospel. But I sure have learned to trust that the blessings will always come according to our faith. When God promises something, we can truly know that he will not fail that promise. We sang "How Great Thou Art" (Grandioso és Tu) in sacrament meeting  yesterday and i felt the spirit sooooo strongly. It was incredible. How could we ever question the plan of the Creator of this entire universe? I've worked on aligning my perspecitve with the Lord's in all aspects of my life and have seen a huge change in my mission. 

Love you all! Happy 4th! Brazil may make it to the championship, but America will always be #1!! 
Elder G

pics-  sorry i need to take more pics...marshmallows with Rafael!


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