For those of you who understood the reference in the title, good work.
Hello everyone! I hope all is well, wherever you may be! We had a solid week here in the Genibaú area, and I have been loving every minute I have spent here.
We had so many different meetings this week. Part of our responsibilities is to participate in meetings with our mission president and the stake presidents of the stakes to which our zone pertains. Because there are so few missionaries currently in the mission, we cover upwards of 6 different stakes. Those meetings are always quite interesting though, as we hear new ideas and goals from each stake president. We also had our interviews this week with President Priday! He is the man. He had some great counsel for all of us. I look forward to seeing what other kind of instruction he provides to the mission going forward.
The work went well this week. We did spend quite a bit of time inside the apartment calling and finding people online. We had several baptisms marked for this Sunday, but none of them ended up working out, unfortunately. We do have a few more scheduled this week though, so we are praying for some divine help there. But I have been so surprised by the receptiveness of the people here. Everyone is always down to hear a message about Jesus Christ. Finding through Facebook always seemed like a means to an end, but here, it is super simple and super effective. I look forward to helping other missionaries get a grasp of it too.
As far as Brazil goes, it is still hot. Every day, it is incredibly hot. Even in the rain. It makes it slightly difficult to sleep, and live, but if it were easy, it wouldn't feel as worthwhile. We have been receiving lunch from members every day, which is great. We hear the lockdown should be lifted pretty soon, but we also heard that that cases here in Brazil have not stopped climbing. And we still have the roosters across the street!
I have recently had to start preparing a bit for college and things when I get back home. Never did I think the day would come. It has caused me to do a lot of reflecting on my time spent as a missionary: time spent all over the world, in very different capacities, serving all types of people. I love my mission, and would not trade it for anything.
Love,
Elder Perry
Elder Perry
