Elder Xavier Stilson - I guarantee Bishop Wood will love this picture!
BOM
DIA!!! Well I was transferred!! I am in Vilha Velha! I am in an area called
Cobilândia! I absolutely love this area and the people here are great!!! The
area is HUGE!!! We are in a trio as well. I’m with Elder Crapo again and Elder
M. Silva.
This
week was great and went by SUPER fast! I love when that happens! That means
that I am working and loving what I am doing! Our area is flat except for 2
morros or hills. That is where all the houses are at. Now at first I HATED
walking them, but now I love it!! They people here are amazing and so willing
to accept the gospel!!
This
week we had a BAPTISM!!!! Now how baptisms work here is that you have a wedding
in the morning then the baptism at night ;) The man that was baptized is Iran!
He is big like me and we get along great! He is just awesome!!! His wife
doesn’t want to be baptized right now but we are really going to work on her
testimony of the BOM!!!
We
also have a new investigator named Lorival. We met him this week and he is just
a great 71 yr old guy! We went and had some great lessons with him despite our
ability to teach PERFECTLY in our companionship. But he was waiting for us on
Sunday when we went to pick him up and he really liked church! So this Saturday
we have a baptism as well!!
We
have also been knocking a lot of doors this week as well. On the morros and
have had some success! There are a lot of Catholics and members of the Maranata
church who are very happy where they are at right now but we are working hard
and I KNOW that we are going to have great success in this area!
I
have really figured out why the last 2 transfers felt so slow and it was
because of my ATTITUDE!!!! As a missionary you can have an amazing experience
during your 2 years of service or it can go by SUPER slow. If you have the
attitude that you are here to teach people about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and
you are ready to do whatever it takes. Decide how you want things to be and
then JUST DO IT!!! ONLY YOU have control on what these 2 years are going to be,
NOT your companion, NOT your mission president, NOT ANYONE BUT YOU! JUST DO the
Lords work and he will bless you and you will ENJOY THE JOURNEY! I remember in
Jd. da Penha when we would walk I would basically just look down or in front of
me and not think about anything except who do we get to talk to next... Now I
am really starting to enjoy the people and what is around me and we all need to
do this!
Like
yesterday! I SAW FIREFLIES FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! And I wouldn’t have seen them
if I wasn’t looking around and enjoying what I have been given!!!
I
love you all! I hope everyone will put me on their mailing list for Christmas.
I would love to hear from
everyone.
Well
I love you all and JUST DO IT!!! Whatever it may be!!
Love,
Love,
Elder Stilson
Elder Stilson's new district
Recent Baptism
Elder Stilson's new area
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