This week was ridiculous!
So GUESS WHAT. MARTA IS GETTING BAPTIZED!! She finally finally said yes! We went over on wednesday morning, planning to read 3 Nephi 27. We read it with her and asked, so which side do you want to be on? The side that endures to the end or the one that´s lanced into the inferno? And she said, "Obviously I want to be on the side that perseveres to the end". So we used some other scriptures to explain that the way to ENTER onto the road of enduring to the end is by the door of baptism, and that we don´t have to ahve a perfect knowledge beforehand because the Holy Ghost will guide us. We invited her to be baptized on the 25th. She avoided answering and started asking a bunch of questions about what do you wear, who baptizes you, do you have to have a lot of people there, etc. After we answered, we sat in silence for about 30 seconds and she just looked down, thinking. Then she looked up at us, smiled, and said "Okay. The 25th then." So obviously we freaked out a little bit. We told her we were really happy and she said she is too :) I am so excited.
Almost as equally exciting, we met the ex-boyfriend of a less active member this week and he also wants to get baptized! Sergio. If you could keep both him and Marta in your prayers we would appreciate it!
On Thursday morning we contacted a mute lady. Either that or she was a very good actress. It was confusing. Maybe I´ll learn Portuguese sign language.
Last week we met this lady named Clementina (like the fruit). We had our first lesson with her this week and, turns out she´s a millionaire. She gave us some lemon juice-tea stuff and some delicious cookies. It was probably the most expensive snack I´ve ever had. We sat in a half-a-million-dollar apartment teaching a millionaire about Jesus! But it was actually a really wonderful lesson--she is one of the most genuine, sincere moms I have met here. She retired so she could be a stay-at-home mom, and she basically would make a wonderful LDS mom. We are really excited to keep teaching her (and not just for her tithing).
I hope you all had a fabulous Valentine´s day! I love you all tons!
Com amor,
Sister Gidney
p.s. a picture from Bom Jesus at sunset, and a codfish store. bacalhau....
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