This week was great!
Lots of work and lots of blessings! First off, I want to comment that
the funeral sounded like it went really great. Very beautiful and could
tell it was a special and spiritual one; as it was for a very special,
studly, and appreciated man.- My Grandpa Sargent. At times during my
service, I really do feel that I can feel his spirit. It always warms
and comforts my soul, and gives me the desire to work even harder. Makes
me walk tall and have joy when I testify of the truthfulness of this
gospel.
At night I enjoy looking at the stars. You can see them really
well here in Itaqui. I think I enjoy them so much because its just about
the only thing that is the same in the United States.. hah! Besides the
gospel and this church! My companion. had to get his braces changed this
week! I got to sit and watch. pretty cool. especially because I got to
experience what It feels like to be a patient as a missionary just like
in your dental office mom! pretty cool haha.
So we are going to move
this week into a nicer apartment. finally! haha. but until we do, we
still have cold showers. and its starting to be cold in the mornings, so
a cold shower does not sound fun at 6:30
in the morning anymore! But we found the cure. what we do is boil
water, then add cold water until we have sufficient water for a
´´shower´´. Take the bucket of warm water to the shower, and just splash
the water on myself until I'm clean. hah. takes longer to shower, but so
worth it! haha.
I'm starting to like the food here. at least parts of
it. I like it hear in itaqui because they have ´´cherrascos´´ all the time! Which is basically a big open barbeque! lots of chicken, pork, beef on
sticks and then they cut it off for you. pretty cool.and there is a
famous dessert called ´´torta de bolacha´´ the people here make it all
the time. its way good! idk how to describe it but its like graham
crackers with milk and dulce de leite, man is delicious! oh and the
other day i had bread that tasted exactly like your Finnish bread mom!! i
ate tons of it. haha!
So Sunday, I gave my first talk at church in the mission field! All in Portuguese of course. It was
great! the Holy Ghost really helped me share my thoughts and feelings in Portuguese. Another example of the gift of tongues, Seriously! I
talked about what it means to take Christs name upon yourself, and
especially applied it to member missionary work. Went well.
The best of the week, was definitely the baptism Saturday!! We had two baptisms. José and Junior. José is the adult, he chose to be baptized by a member, Clayton, really a cool experience! We love it when the investigators chose a member to baptize them because the member will be around long after we leave because we change cities every so often! The other baptism was for Nelson Barcellos Junior. The boy with his mom (all of her kids are members of the church except for her, her names Nadia, were working with her now!) Junior is 9 years old and guess who he chose to baptize him. Me! I was very privileged and thankful for the opportunity. Love that kid.
It went great. and the spirit was felt so
strong. My 1st baptism of many more to come! I kinda got to to experience
what it was like for dad to baptize me because junior is just about 8 like i
was when I got baptized! Pretty neat. Anyways the scripture that keeps
coming to my mind is (D&C 18:10,
15-16)
So true! Well I want to talk more about the baptism experience but I am unfortunately out of time again! Thank you so much for the pics and updates! Love you all! Have a great week.
The best of the week, was definitely the baptism Saturday!! We had two baptisms. José and Junior. José is the adult, he chose to be baptized by a member, Clayton, really a cool experience! We love it when the investigators chose a member to baptize them because the member will be around long after we leave because we change cities every so often! The other baptism was for Nelson Barcellos Junior. The boy with his mom (all of her kids are members of the church except for her, her names Nadia, were working with her now!) Junior is 9 years old and guess who he chose to baptize him. Me! I was very privileged and thankful for the opportunity. Love that kid.
15 And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!
16 And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if you should bring many souls unto me!
So true! Well I want to talk more about the baptism experience but I am unfortunately out of time again! Thank you so much for the pics and updates! Love you all! Have a great week.
More Pictures that he sent us this week!!
(We think its a Carnival Float?)
Love,
Elder Jairus Sargent
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