Just a quick one this week folks
Dear People of Earth,
Just a quick one this week folks. I still have a temporary
companion, but next week I should receive a normal full-time companion. My
health has been up and down a lot, but I should be getting better. I´ve lost 12
pounds since arriving in Brazil, making a grand total of 160 pounds. Attached
is a photo of Rosangela, who was baptized 3 weeks ago. She´s incredible and
showed one of her rare hidden smiles in this photo.
This transfer has been full of many trials of my faith. This
last Saturday was the baptism of Cristianey. He overcame mountains of
opposition this last week so that he could be baptized, including 100%
opposition from his family, depression, etc. Despite it all, he made it
through. It was a lot of work for us too, but miracles don´t come for free!
The scripture I leave with you all this week comes from
Doctrine and Covenants 4, which speaks of the field being white and ready to
harvest.
4 For
behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that
thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in storethat he
perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;
I testify that this is true. Even as I was sitting here in
this LAN House writing this email. A 12 year old boy came up and told me that
he´d already read The Book of Mormon with his family and that he wanted to be
baptized. The field is white (especially in Brazil), but if we don´t labor in
the vineyard, it´s to what good? Our law is to work! Let´s get to work folks!
Love,
Elder Engle
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