Mother's Day Phone Call

We got to SKYPE with Hunter for the LAST time on Mother's Day

Brad and Jessie made me breakfast in bed and Brad made delicious SALMON for dinner

Weekly update: MEMORIAL DAY

Well, unfortunately our baptisms this week fell through. We have no idea what happened to Vitor. He just seemed to disappear. And Mikael will need a little more time before his baptism. However, Silvio and Luzirene will be baptized this week, along with their daughter, Nicole. We are also planning the baptism of Neide´s daughter (Neide is a recent convert that our former Assistent baptized). This week we also went on exchanges with the Assistents to the President.

I went to Parquelândia, which is the Assistents area, this past Wednesday. I went on exchanges with Elder Carvalho. He´s from Portugal. He´s the only missionary from Portugal in our mission. I learned quite a lot with Elder Carvalho. Elder Peressute and I are trying to help out our zone the best we can, and the Assistents gave us a few tips. This week will also be our Mission conference, and I´m excited to see what President Bonini will talk about. Our mission is growing in success everyday due to our President´s new counsels and techniques. 

The mission is great, and my time is up here, so bye! See you all soon!

Elder Bispo

Elder Bishop reports this week--Memorial Day

Well, unfortunately our baptisms this week fell through. We have no idea what happened to Vitor. He just seemed to disappear. And Mikael will need a little more time before his baptism. However, Silvio and Luzirene will be baptized this week, along with their daughter, Nicole. We are also planning the baptism of Neide´s daughter (Neide is a recent convert that our former Assistent baptized). This week we also went on exchanges with the Assistents to the President.

I went to Parquelândia, which is the Assistents area, this past Wednesday. I went on exchanges with Elder Carvalho. He´s from Portugal. He´s the only missionary from Portugal in our mission. I learned quite a lot with Elder Carvalho. Elder Peressute and I are trying to help out our zone the best we can, and the Assistents gave us a few tips. This week will also be our Mission conference, and I´m excited to see what President Bonini will talk about. Our mission is growing in success everyday due to our President´s new counsels and techniques. 

The mission is great, and my time is up here, so bye! See you all soon!

Elder Bispo

THE BEACH EXISTS

This week, Elder Peressute and I went to our mission's Leadership Counsel. It was my first, as it is a meeting only with the Zone Leader's and the President. We learned quite a few cool new techniques, and I'm excited to put them into practice. It was also real fun to see all my mission buds. Many of them are also now serving as Zone Leaders.

In Tancredo Neves this week, we have been contacting and teaching a ton of people! As Zone Leader's we have to give a good example for all our missionaries, so we've been working our butts off to baptize! Because of our work, I believe the Lord is blessing us. We have found two wonderful young men that are excited to be baptized this week. Hopefully everything will work out alright with the progress of these two future missionaries. Mikael and Vitor already have friends in the Church, and were super excited when we contacted them and invited them to church. They have both accepted baptism and are steadily preparing for this next Sunday.

Our family that we are teaching, Silvio and Luzirene, are doing great. They are super excited for their wedding, and even more excited with their baptism. 

I went on exchanges this week with Mucuripe, which is an area that is basically just the beach. So yeah, I taught very close to the beach. And I actually got to see the beach. That was crazy! 

Tchau!

Elder Bispo

Meet the newest Fortaleza, Brazil ZONE LEADER

Hello every man, woman, child, and dog. Tranfers have come, and I will now be serving as Zone Leader with Elder Perressute. I know Elder Perressute fairly well, and I´m super excited to work with him. I will be serving in the Tancredo Neves ward, which is actually in the same Stake as Dias Macêdo, my current ward. Basically you just cross this one street and you can get to my new ward. It´s awesome.

This week we had a special visit from Elder Christofferson. He spoke a whole lot on how important it is to read and study the Book of Mormon. He gave us the promise that if we gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon, and if we are able to help others grow the same testimony of it´s truthfulness, then we will never go astray from the path of Christ. As I have made it a goal to always study the Book of Mormon in my personal studies here on the mission, I can certainly testify that what Elder Christofferson said is true. As my testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown and flourished here, I know how much it has affected my personal conversion. Also, I have seen when others began to plant this same testimony in their hearts, and I know how much it means to them. The Book of Mormon is true, and I know it. Many of my converts know it, and I am certain that that knowledge will bring them eternal happiness. I know that anyone can recieve these blessings when they are established upon the principles of righteousness that the Saviour taught. I know that Elder Christofferson is an Apostle called of God.

This week was so amazing here in Dias Macedo, and I´m pretty torn to be leaving this amazing ward. We have found two other families that have shown so much desire to get married and be baptized. Although I won´t be here to share in such wonderful moments with these wonderful couples, I know that I will be able to see them again, whether in this life or the next. 

Well, that was my magical week. 

Elder Bispo

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