This week has been very long and very rewarding. We’ve got so many people we’re teaching and they are progressing steadily. The only drawback is that they all live super far from one another, like an hour walk between each house. It just means we’ve been catching a lot of Uber and buses to get there which has left me with a permanent nausea, but oh well. No pain, no gain.
We had a cool experience this week as we got to visit one of our friends in the hospital. He’s been learning about The Church from its social media accounts and asked us to come visit him. Hospitals in Brasil are quite different and honestly very horrific. They just throw all the gurneys and stretchers together in one room and along the walls in the hallway. People pass away in cramped, public conditions which is not a very comforting way to go, but which also leaves lasting impressions and fear in those who are still being treated.
We only got a few minutes to speak to him but he was so grateful for our visit and the fact that we brought 2 irmãos to give him a blessing. He felt so good he wants us to go visit all of his family and give them blessings too. He wants to be baptized but we’re not sure when it will happen as he has no projected date of leaving the hospital. We’ll keep visiting and calling him though so the minute he leaves, he’s ready.
Matthew 25:34-36: “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”
Gotta blast, 🫡
Tchau Tchauuu
Com amor,
Sister Alyssa Grace
Caruaru, Brasil
Thank you for your updates. You inspire me to be better. My heart surgery was one month ago today. I am improving and grateful that the machine used to keep my blood circulating was invented by President Nelson. 💔♥️