Zum Zum Zum!
Dear People of Earth,24
This week´s letters is fast and furious (yes, one of those
films was in Brazil too!).
This week I began learning Capoeira, an ancient
dance/martial art form of Brazil that is the coolest thing you´ve yet seen! The
slaves disguised this martial art as a dance so that their owners wouldn´t stop
them. This is how they learned to fight so they were prepared for revolutions
they would do. It involves a lot of kicking and flips, etc. A less-active
member brought a friend of his and we trained together. I will train with them
every P-Day now! It´s a huge upgrade for P-Days, instead of sleeping in a net
all day, but I´m incredibly sore to say the least. It´s great!
Zun, Zun, Zun Capoeira Mata um. Isso é música de Capoeira.
Chiquezão!
Spiritual Story:
I was on a division with a member named Cristiano. We were
walking in the street when I felt a name come to my mind of someone that we
needed to visit. I instantly knew where to go, so we went there. When we
arrived, not only was a woman we´d been looking for there, but her friend was
there too. He talked with us for a bit, obviously incredibly intelligent. When
I asked him if he´d seen the Book of Mormon before, he said he´d already read
it, and then referenced many prophets and elements of the Book of Mormon. It
was awesome! We´re teaching him in his home every day now. He´s incredibly
intelligent, which is his triumph and downfall. He knows everything is true but
is looking for a sign. Don´t look for a spiritual confirmation when you already
have it! It´s incredible how The Book of Mormon was miraculously placed in his
home. He just found it in a box and read it. He doesn´t even know where the
contents of the box came from. God truly prepared a way for someone who would
read his book to read it. I simply exhort all of us to exercise more faith,
like this man needs to do right now. Ether 12:6 proves true time and time
again. We receive a witness after the trial of our faith. For him, reading the
Book of Mormon wasn´t a trial of faith. His trial of faith now is baptism.
I know that God is preparing people every day. Let´s go find
them!
Love,
Elder Engle
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