5/31/16

So one by one, everyone in my district left and my new companion Elder
Craig arrived. We spent the first week contacting a lot of street
contacts that we had and introducing Elder Craig to a lot of the
members. Sunday, we had stake conference in Dorados. So we took a bus
early with the branch, watched stake confrence, and returned. It was
pretty good. They are exciting the members to try to split the stake
into two. So it was a good conference. We also had Mission Confrence
in Ponta Porã. So we took another bus there and had Mission Conference
Yesterday. Its was awesome. We will work hard to make goals, and put
our investigators on these goals, and we are promised baptisms. We are
excited for this.

When i was in Alta Floresta my companion Elder Donato and I found a
family. They are an awesome family but we taught them several times
and they still wouldn't visit the church. The husband always said,
"One day, we will go." We decided to give them one more chance and
that time he said, "We will go this Sunday." Since then, the family
hasn't missed one Sunday. My companion and I were both transfered but
happy to hear the news that they were all baptised and stronger than
ever in the church. I learned from this experience that no effort is
worthless in the Lord. The Lord has a plan and in His hands, we can do
anything.

-Elder Nelson