Goodness gracious and holy flippity flapper!! How in the world are you all doing? Thank you for your e-mails, love, thoughts, prayers, and EXAMPLES!! You are all such a blessing in my life and I am so grateful for each and every one of you!
This week was a long week. It always seems like it is a long week when we are anxiously awaiting the new transfers. I will stay here in Ubirajara with Elder Guilherme. We are in a district full of new missionaries. Yep... new missionaries training new missionaries. As well as a new missionary being District Leader. This should be fun!
So not a whole lot happened this week. Jacks baptism fell through due to his wife becoming super sick. We will work with him as he is searching for an answer. We hope to baptize him this week. Alexandre also fell through! We had a pretty neat experience with him yesterday, the spirit was so incredibly strong. I shared with him my last lesson.. which I decided to be the Restoration of the Gospel. It was seriously so powerful.
I would just like to close with my testimony on the temple. This past week we had the opportunity to go to the temple and to partake of the Spirit that resides there. Of course I was beyond excited because I LOVE THE TEMPLE!!! But it was incredible. I had a few questions and doubts that I took with me to ponder in the celestial room.. and it was amazing!! As I found a seat and said a prayer.. I really felt prompted to open up the scriptures. I grabbed the closest book to me and opened it up.. it was Doctrine and Covenants 100 and the first thing that I read (in Portuguese of course) was... `Your families are well; they are in my hands, and I will do with them as seemeth me good, for in me there is all power. Therefore, follow me, and listen to the counsel I shall give unto you.´ It was soo direct. I worry about you all. I worry about your health, strength, peace, comfort, safety, joy, and everything. But this answer was so simple and so straight forward. `Elder Abel.. Your families are well: They are in my hands.` What a blessing that is. There is no other person that I would trust than God himself. But knowing that He truly is watching over you guys and protecting you guys.. it makes this mission so much easier and gives me so much peace and comfort. As I was studying this this past week after this experience in the temple.. It goes on to talk about the missionary work that I need to do and really gave me another answer of to why I am here and what purpose that I have here in Brazil. I had two other experiences pretty neat in the temple that I will have to share with you guys another time. But I just want you to know that I know that God lives. He really is aware of each and everyone of His children. He cares about us and He truly does hear and answer each and everyone of our prayers. Sometimes it is a simple scripture to remind of His love and his promises that He has made with us, and other times He offers peace to our soul, strength to our testimony, or power to our faith. Each prayer that we give with our whole heart, having faith in Him, I know He gives for our faith. He offers many blessings into our life, that often times we don't see or probably never will. Although we owe all credit to Heavenly Father above. Often times we may think that He is not there or is not listening.. but I think often times we are just not really noticing the things He is giving. He truly is real and His love for us is everlasting. He knows of our struggles, our trials, difficulties, and everything.. and more than anything... He does not leave us alone and He never will.. or He would cease to be the loving Father in Heaven that He is. I am so grateful for my mission. For the opportunity that I get to help others feel of His love and find or notice the blessings that He offers. I love you all so much!! Have an amazing week and smile.. life is wonderful!! Let me know if there is anything that I can do for you guys.. I love you!
Love, your favorite Elder.. who is enjoying every up and down... Elder Abel! (:
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