So this
week we didn't have a baptism. But this week it looks like we
will have 3!
I started the week
with a light cough that steadily got worse as the week progressed. By
Thursday my tonsils and lymph nodes were
super swollen it started getting hard for me to swallow and then my voice
started to get lost ; ) Yeah, so that
was really frustrating I ended
up going to the doctor Saturday morning and he passed a prescription
for anti-inflammatory and antibiotics. I also asked him about a small cough or
"err hmm" I have had for a
long time (a few years) I just started
noticing it because a sister in my zone (that sings almost professionally) and
asked me about it. I guess I always
thought that it was something normal because I sing a lot and played a bunch of
sports that required a lot of yelling. I
started trying to remember when I started with the ''errr hmmm'' and I remembered
that in my sophomore year in high school during a soccer game I was hit in the
throat and coughed up blood, and afterwards I lost my voice for a few
days. Well the doctor said that I could be a scar or mini laceration that
is causing irritation or producing mucus. So he said that I could see a
specialist who could resolve the problem for me. I don’t think that it’s something that is really
urgent so maybe when I get home I will look for a specialist that can take a
look at my throat.
So other than that
stuff, the week was good. I got to visit
Outeiro again on Sunday as part of a Stake activity that I planned to help the
branch. I visited José Gabriele and
Lourdes. Gabriele was a girl I baptized
there. The family has had some problems with health and because of that
they have a lot of debts (unfortunately the debts are with a loan shark).
But because Lourdes got so sick she wasn’t baptized. During the
visit I taught about the necessity of baptism and the healing effects of the
gospel (I used Alma 36,I think, when Alma recounts the agony and pain of sin
and the peace and joy that comes through the atonement of Christ). At the end of the visit I challenged Lourdes
to be baptized this next Saturday. It
was a powerful visit. Oh and she accepted, but wanted to pray about it
first. I also told her that if by Saturday
she had received an answer that I would love to baptize her.
I think the mission is
really tough but definitely worth it. I learn
so much each day and it’s exciting to meet new challenges.
We have just finished
one more transfer and I will be staying here in Satélite for at least 6 more
weeks with Elder Leite. But our zone has moved a lot. It’s not
going to be easy with a some of the missionaries that are arriving in the zone
but I will do my best to help them be their best.
I love you guys so
much! Eu amo Voces! Yeah that’s
right. I love you guys in English and
Portuguese. ; )
Love,
Ben
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