This week started tough. Our investigator that was progressing the most fell through, and yesterday, the 4 people we had marked for baptism all fell through except for G-----. So we were really sad. But yesterday we looked at the map, and we were using very little of the space in our area. Less than one tenth. Everything in this small space was going wrong, so we just left and started contacting far away from there. In places a little closer to the Chapel, so we could bring them to church easier. We met a young man named R------. And after we met M-----, and asked him if he knew R------, and they are already friends. Then they brought some other friends to talk to us.
It was really cool. We are going there tonight to teach all of them, and tomorrow they said they would go to Mutual. I know that the difficulties we were having in our area were because of where we were working. I hope that as we are trying hard to expand our area of work that we will be blessed.
Wednesday our LD asked me to prepare a training and give it at District Meeting. So I had to prepare Wednesday night, and a little Thursday morning. But it went really well. It was about using questions that grab the persons attention while contacting. So that they are a little more curious. The idea is to ask questions about what they already believe, affirm that we believe the same, and they will be more likely to accept a visit.
But other than this, it was a normal week.
Apartments vary in our mission. This apartment is a little better than in Jordão. But it is a little more cramped with 4 of us. So it is more difficult to do laundry and stuff. And we don't have a clothes line, just a strange cage thing that you put your clothes on to dry. The microwave is a little newer, but the fridge is about the same. We live on the third floor, so the stairs are always great when you are finishing a long day. haha. But its great here. I really like living with 3 other missionaries. A lot more happens when you are in house.
That's cool that Kade Hillstead had pictures of baptisms in the ocean. We live right by the ocean, but I don't know if President will authorize a baptism in the ocean. Maybe if one investigator really wanted it, but we have lots of sharks here, so not many people enter the water.
I hope all is well at home. Love you all!
Elder Nielson
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