First off thanks for the Happy Birthday wishes. It was a pretty good birhtday this year, with a sweet American flag cake and a baptism to top it off. It will be one to remember. It is kinda hard to celebrate during proselyting so the celebrations will continue on today as well!
The week started off really well with a leadership council where we debated every key indicador and suggested ways to improve in all of them. Lots of good tips and hints were given and as always meetings with Pres. Lacerda are really great. They also sang happy birthday to me there. Even after 20 years of life I don't know how I am supposed to act when people sing. Do you sing along, or just stare everyone down? It is one of life's mysteries.
This week as well we met with lots of new people to start teaching. We met with a teen called Agnaldo that had gone to church with his friend Taisa last week. He liked our message a lot and we even marked a baptism date with him. We met with another members friend called Natalia. She already had a Book of Mormon and had even gone to the church a few times before, but in that period she wasn't ready to be baptized, but now she is ready and just needs to know more. She said that she will go to church this next week. We also met with Naiara who is a members girlfriend and it seems like she is wanting a change in life. We marked a visit with her for this Thursday and we will see how it goes, but I am excited to see where this goes.
On my actual birthday it started off pretty normal, but when I got to lunch it went great. It was one of the best lunches I have had here and at the end, as I was getting ready to leave a message, Jois brought out the American flag cake and sang. It was delicious. Then that night Victor was baptized and his whole family went to watch it. His mom and dad are very supportive of him, but weren't that interested in religion, but they loved the baptism and the church and we might be able to start working with them. His mom didn't participate in the lessons but the last 2 she joined in with the prayer. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The mission is going super well, and I am benefiting from every minute.
Until next week!
-Elder Smith
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