Saturday,
July 7, 2018
HELLO
EVERYONE!!
So
I have not been able to talk to you guys for a little while because 1. I have
become the new executive secretary which now my p-day is on Saturday and 2.
because this last two weeks have been REALLY busy.
First
things first (and I will try to remember everything but it will be a little
hard) on Tuesday the 26th, I helped change the principal [master] cylinder of
the brake system in a member’s car, and I changed the oil. haha it was fun but
it took forever because we had someone bring the pieces that we wanted but they
brought the wrong pieces the first time, and took a little time to show up the
second time. But it was fun, and I was able to help change everything just
fine.
Then
later in the week, we did splits which was really fun and the elders that we
did splits with needed a baptismal interview so we went and did that and HE
PASSED! SO there was that, then on Friday, I did splits with a member and we
were able to visit some less actives which was interesting. It was weird to see
that just not doing the small things led them to stop going to church. They
feel good about the church and everything, but just don’t have the same
excitement as before (I am talking about one case in specific).
BUT
THEN on Saturday came the big fun. There is a member in Barra Mansa called
Carlos (ou Carlão) and his car got hit. I think I already told you guys
that we helped to put it back into shape, we put in the front passenger seat in
again, and in general helped him out. But we wanted to paint the car, so we
gathered money from members from the ward (and his wife and daughter as well
without him knowing) and in ONE DAY, we sanded his car, beat his car into
shape, put on plaster, and we painted and varnished the whole car. MAN DID IT
TURN OUT GREAT and when we surprised him with the car he was super happy! It
was amazing to be able to see that.
When
we painted the car, we were in an area that didn’t have any signal, so when we
came back we had 8 missed calls from President Lacerda. So after my heart
stopped we called for him, and he asked to talk with me. As we talked, he
started to talk about when he was a missionary and that the best time was when
he was the executive secretary, and then he told me that he prayed a lot and
asked me to be the next executive secretary, so that was really humbling and
exciting. But then that came the fun part, he told me that I would leave the
next day at 2:00 after church. So when I got back at home, I packed my stuff,
then on Sunday, I said bye to everyone, and waited at the bus station with a
member until I got my bus.
Then
I went to Juiz de Fora! It has been weird to come back to this city but when I
got here, I ran into some members that I have known during my 9 months in the
Bairu ward. But as I arrived, I met my new companions, Elder Papalino and Elder
Chugg!! It was really fun to see them again and it will be fun to work with
them. So then we went immediately to the mission office, where we started to
work on the transfers of everyone else, that actually President moved at 5:00
(And I got there at 6:00). After, this week has been super busy with the
missionaries that were leaving, missionaries coming into the mission, and
dealing with their visas. Then, we had a meeting with President, the leadership
council, and I did an inventory of the deposit where we keep all of our
materials.
So
yeah, this week has been really busy but I am animated to be here and help the
mission in a new way now. I hope everyone has a great week!
Amo Vocês,
Elder Joseph A. Kupferer
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