Saturday,
September 15, 2018
Hey everyone!!
So this week was a lot of extremes. First things first, Gilberto
got baptized! We got him a white shirt and we went and picked him up with a
member. But as we got in the car with Edmilson (the member) he sadly informed
us that Sebastião, that was baptized about three months ago and his wife Eliane
got baptized last month, died unexpectedly on Sunday at 2:00 AM. That was
really hard to hear and was really hard for my companion who found and baptized
him. He was a really fun guy that loved his family and everyone in the ward.
But the amazing thing was that everyone in the quorum took turns to stay with
him in the hospital. I have never seen a ward get behind a person so much in my
life (well I have but this was spectacular) that I was left speechless. So
after the baptism, confirmation, and lunch, we went to his funeral. It was sad
to see Eliane that sad but as a member told me later, that she was actually
bearing her testimony for the nurses and for everyone that she knows that she
will be able to see him again. During the funeral, the sons of Sebastião just
said some words and the main thing that they said that made me cry was that
they thanked the members for everything that they did. It was a sweet spirit
because in that moment of crisis, they noticed that the members and the church
was always there. And they committed to come to church this week!! So we left
from there to come to the mission office because there was a fireside with the
youth about missionary work and President Lacerda talked and asked a bunch of
questions. It was cool to help out and see so many youth excited to serve a
mission! We then had a meeting with president who told us that there will be a
transfer anticipated on Wednesday, but he didn’t confirm the day. So, Monday
morning he passed the transfer, but didn’t say anything if it would be on
Wednesday so that evening we asked him, and he said it was to do the logistics
and then on Tuesday pass it and on Wednesday they would go to their new areas.
SOOO that night we worked until 9:30 trying to finish the logistics, but then
on Tuesday, there were a few things that moved so we had to redo the logistics
and then that night we had to tell everyone. It was a lot of work to say the
least haha. But all in all, it worked out. So that was the highlights of this
week. I know that life isn’t just for this life. I know that we need to do our
best to be prepared now. I hope everyone has a great week!
Amo Vocês,
Elder Joseph A. Kupferer
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