So this week was good. Things have been better. It hasn´t been that hot because it´s been raining everyday. Which is good for me because thats exactly how it is in Oregon during the winter. So, it´s good. And I think that soon My comp and I will be able to get a house that is actually in our area. So that will be nice. I won´t have to spend like 75 reais of my 130 that we get every two weeks on busses. It sucks. But this week was a good one. We had a Baptism! This little old Lady named Arli. Her baptism was a huge blessing because we happened to be in the right place at the right time to meet her. Because she lives in the favela and normally we don´t work there because it´s dangerous. But she saw us in the grocery store and stopped and talked to us. We got her address and stuff and marked a time to go and visit her. When we went to her house, we discovered that she is way poor and she has pretty much nothing, and that she has been waiting a long time to get baptized. She was supposed to get baptized like 8 or more years ago or something like that. But she had to go to the hospital so she didn´t go to church on the day she was supposed to get baptized. But she´s really cool. She´s a kind person and really just wants to follow Jesus Christ. We taught her everything again because it had been a long time since she last talked to the missionaries. She believes everything we taught her and she reads the Book of Mormon too. It´s realy cool. Her baptism was a big blessing for her because she´s been weighed down by guilt from many things in her life and she was really depressed. But her baptism has helped her to feel the love of the Lord in her life. It´s really cool to see firsthand how much the Lord blesses those that follow him and keep his commandments, and how he cares for and looks after each one of his children. I´m loving the work and the opportunity I have to help others.
Elder Bender
Spencer with Arli on her baptism day!
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