The Brazilian Adventure: Week 35 January 27 -- Feburary 2

My Dearest beloved Family and Friends
     Primavera is so much more different then Embu-Guaçu. Our area is much smaller and has a lot more people. My new area is 20 times more smaller then Embu-Guaçu. My old area was HUGE. I´m in the more city part of Sao Paulo. It is crazy here. It is going to be a lot more easier to accompany our investigators now. So that is good. But people are just a little less receptive here and there are so many more Churches, everywhere. It is going to be interesting. So my new ward is different then Embu-Guaçu. It attendance is smaller then most and the members aren´t the most welcoming. My first Sunday it felt kinda of dead. And there is some tension between some of the members here also. So I don´t know how we´re going to help with that. It is kinda challenging because our investigators need to be able to feel good going to church. that is so important. They need to feel welcomed and feel the spirit there. I don´t know how we are going to help with that. But it is going to take a lot of Christ like love, charity, service, and patients. But I´m excited to work here, I´m excited to do my part in helping this ward. 

     So this week, we have been working a lot on the open house of our new Capella or church building. We had a lot of visitors during the week. Us missionaries were sitting outside just handing out invitation for most of the week. That is a hard job. You are just getting rejected and getting some attitudes. But it is understandable. The city is a stressful place and these people are coming home from work and just want to go home. The Lord helped us be diligent and positive. It was great. We had a lot of cool experiences on the streets and a lot of people went on inside and liked it a lot. We also talked to some inactive members and they said that they are planning on coming on back. 

    Yesterday we had are first Sunday school in the ward in the new church building. the attendance doubled. There were a lot of people. It was awesome. And the building was so nice. My new companion is a funny guy. He has a big heart also. 

   I´m doing great. Just learning how to help this ward grow. It is going to be fun here. I hope you all are doing great.

Be Happy.

Love, The Elder Jones