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| Congratulations Marcos & Vanessa! |
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| Baptisms of Taila, Marcos, & Fabricio |
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| Elder Lindsey getting transferred |
Hello!
What a great week! Well Elder Lindsey is the new Assistant to the President!!! I am very excited for him and I was sure to tell him everything I knew. He was one of my best companions, easily, and I am going to miss working with him. My new companion is Elder Reis from the Bahia, Brasil! He is a newer Elder and he is turning a zone leader right now and I will help him in all of this process. He is a very good worker and is always striving to do better. I am pretty excited to see what happens. I will be sure to send you a picture next week :)
So, on Saturday after the first session of conference, Marcos and
Taila were baptized!!! It was a great experience. Marcos and Vanessa got
married that morning downtown and then we had the baptism in the
afternoon. We ran downtown and signed as witnesses to the marriage. It
was a little different, the marriage. It is so weird to think about a
civil marriage. There was just that feeling in the air that says "this
is going to end at death." I am very grateful for the knowledge that our
family will stay together after this life and all of this is possible
because of the restored gospel. I am very grateful for the Prophet
Joseph Smith and everything that he did to be obedient and receive
everything that the Lord had to give him.
Taila´s dad, sister, and cousin were at the baptism. They enjoyed
it a lot! Taila´s dad was happy. It was a great baptismal mtg! I baptized
Taila and Marcos was baptized by Sandukan (the shorter guy in the picture).
Elder Bordolli, who did Marcos´ baptismal interview, told Elder Lindsey
and me that Marcos surprised him with everything that he knew! Another
family in the ward :) That other man who was baptized is from another
ward, his name is Fabrício and his favorite place in the world is Temple
Square in Salt lake City...weird right??? He works for a company there
and has gone several times and has many friends there. He was very
happy! His wife will be baptized here in a few weeks.
Little Samantha Lynn Dawson looks very...little, pink, and perfect!
Ha. Wow! I found out that she was born a few days ago...I think it was Daniel that told me but I don´t remember really. But I am so excited to
meet her! And Wayne! and Ethan! and Ellianne too! I hardly knew her!
Wow, the family is growing so much. It reminds me of that tomato seed
like was told in general conference, take care of a tomato seed and it
grows a plant, that puts out more tomatoes, that put out hundreds of
seeds, that we plant again, and on and on until we have millions of
tomatoes. Is Samantha healthy? Allyssa as well? Was Adam able to help
out with the delivery?
Mom, I will try and do something nice for Daniel on the 12th.
General Conference was great! We only lost the talk by Elder Perry
and half of the sister before him. The transmission fell. We were able
to see all of the sessions and they were very inspirational. They sure
did talk a lot about the missionary work...and the ward mission leader! I
loved that part. And how we must expect more of the Deacons and all of
the youth in the church. Wow, I never gave a lesson as a Deacon, but
hey, why not!! I believe that the last words of Christ to the Apostles
were cited about 3 times.
Lots of things are happening here on the mission, it is a very
strange view point being at the end of the mission and having seen so
much pass before me. Lots of missionaries are arriving, but I am worried
too. There are many missionaries that are being sent to help them turn
into someone worthy. The mission is being used as a "life fixer" and it
is frustrating. My job as a leader becomes a lot more complicated this
way...way more complicated. But, on the other hand, the work is moving
forward. We are going in the right direction, just with little velocity.
Wow, that picture of Ashley in her prom dress was very hard to
swallow...she is looking like a woman. Wow, she is a lot different. You
are forbidden to go to the singles ward or institute until I get home
Ash.
So the other half of the area will no longer have Elders but Sisters!! Elder Maiava is now a zone leader and his companion was transferred. Sister Wrigley will reopen the area training a new sister.
That will be cool! This last transfer of 5 weeks is going to pass very
fast...new comp, showing the area to the Sisters, baptisms, splits in
other areas...weird! This transfer 10 Sisters are arriving and 2 Elders,
so many areas where Elders are serving will now have Sisters. Our zone
now has 8 Sisters. And no, the zone did not split, but it shrunk a
little, we now have 26 missionaries.
So we are going to have to redivide the area of Areal because we
did not want to give the Sisters the dangerous neighborhood...so we are
going to split it up the middle in the other direction. The street São
Francisco de Paula is going to be the division, we will get the north
side.
Life is great and I am very happy. Lots of good things will be
happening this week :) I am very grateful to be here on the mission and
for all of the support that I have received. I thank those who have
followed my happenings here in Brazil. I want you all to know that I
know that this is the way to more meaning in life, and you can only know
that by trying it out. Come and See! I promise that you will not regret
it.
Love,
Elder Bradley J. Dawson
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