This week was an amazing week!
My companion and I have been seeing success through teaching online.
We received 2 referrals this week. The first one is a Brazilian lady who lives in Italy near our area. She contacted the temple visitor center a couple months back because she had been curious about the church due to an experience she had. One day she was locked outside of her own house and she didn't have her phone or anything since it was in the house. She went over to her neighbors house that she had never met. They were american and they were members of the church. They tried to communicate with her the best they could and they welcomed her into their house and let her use their phone. She said that they treated her so well and she felt like she had been part of the family for so long because how much loved they had showed her and she was a stranger to them. She found out they were members of the church and her desire to learn about the church fluttered in her heart. She had planned to go to the visitor center to check out some things but then the quarantine started. Finally she reached a sister missionary here who referred her to my companion and I since we are both Portuguese speakers if is easier for us to communicate with her and teach her. This lady is so prepared. She had told us that she has visited many churches and is trying to find the true one and that she can see corruption everywhere but she had a strong desire to know about our church and about the temple. My comp and I were so surprised and we started with first lesson and talked about the Book of Mormon. The lady was so eager to start reading it... so we sent her the PDF online since we can't physically deliver it to her. She loved the lesson so much that she has scheduled to have us teach her everyday at 5:00 pm. She is so amazing. This is Miracle number 1
Referral number 2: an Italian member in our ward randomly called us at 10:00 at night and so we answered because it was strange to receive a call at that hour. He then told us that he has a friend that lives in Brazil and wants to know more about the church and wants a copy of the Book of Mormon. He then said that he remembered that we were a Brazilian companionship and he told her that we would get in contact with her. Anyway we were super surprised that an Italian member gave us another person to teach from Brazil! Before we knew it this lady contacted us eager to know more. The next day we had the opportunity to video chat her and teach her the Restoration. She said that she used to walk by our church all the time to get to work and she always had the desire to go in. As well as she had seen the missionaries multiple times and was just waiting for them to stop her but they never did. She then told us that she is very interested in learning more and she really enjoyed talking with us!
3rd Miracle: My companion and I have been teaching the gospel of the Restoration to one of my cousins in Brazil. Last Monday she randomly called us saying that she wanted to get baptized on Sunday May 3rd! We were super shocked and surprised about her decision. We hurriedly, during the week, finished the lessons with her and prepared her for baptism. Yesterday, 5/3/20, we had the baptism; she is in Brazil and that is where the baptism was held. My companion and I had the opportunity to watch the baptism online. It was amazing!
One of the reasons that this was such an amazing baptism, besides the fact that she is my cousin, is that another cousin of mine was able to perform the baptismal ordinance and the confirmation. He is currently a missionary. He was called to serve in Juarez, Mexico and spent 1 year and 4 months in Mexico until he was sent back to Brazil because of the COVID pandemic. He is at home but is still a missionary waiting to be reassigned to a mission in Brazil so that he can finish his 2 year mission.
Such a tender moment to see my family during this baptism. It was awesome to see her Uncle, who is also my cousin. We have been teaching him the gospel and he went to the baptism! Also amazing is that the lady in miracle #1, from Brazil that lives in Italy, joined us on the call so she could see how the baptism worked. It was very very special and heart warming to see my cousin follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by the proper authority of the priesthood.
Most of all this was practically the first baptism during quarantine and we had taught her from Italy while she is in Brazil through technology. What a blessing! What a miracle. Seriously the Lord's work still prevails in any circumstances.
My house mates and I did a "family photo shoot" as well it was super fun. We took some funny pictures and individual photo shoots.
Overall this week was full of miracles and we could definitely see Gods hand in our lives.
Sorella Hyatt🇮🇹
We received 2 referrals this week. The first one is a Brazilian lady who lives in Italy near our area. She contacted the temple visitor center a couple months back because she had been curious about the church due to an experience she had. One day she was locked outside of her own house and she didn't have her phone or anything since it was in the house. She went over to her neighbors house that she had never met. They were american and they were members of the church. They tried to communicate with her the best they could and they welcomed her into their house and let her use their phone. She said that they treated her so well and she felt like she had been part of the family for so long because how much loved they had showed her and she was a stranger to them. She found out they were members of the church and her desire to learn about the church fluttered in her heart. She had planned to go to the visitor center to check out some things but then the quarantine started. Finally she reached a sister missionary here who referred her to my companion and I since we are both Portuguese speakers if is easier for us to communicate with her and teach her. This lady is so prepared. She had told us that she has visited many churches and is trying to find the true one and that she can see corruption everywhere but she had a strong desire to know about our church and about the temple. My comp and I were so surprised and we started with first lesson and talked about the Book of Mormon. The lady was so eager to start reading it... so we sent her the PDF online since we can't physically deliver it to her. She loved the lesson so much that she has scheduled to have us teach her everyday at 5:00 pm. She is so amazing. This is Miracle number 1
Referral number 2: an Italian member in our ward randomly called us at 10:00 at night and so we answered because it was strange to receive a call at that hour. He then told us that he has a friend that lives in Brazil and wants to know more about the church and wants a copy of the Book of Mormon. He then said that he remembered that we were a Brazilian companionship and he told her that we would get in contact with her. Anyway we were super surprised that an Italian member gave us another person to teach from Brazil! Before we knew it this lady contacted us eager to know more. The next day we had the opportunity to video chat her and teach her the Restoration. She said that she used to walk by our church all the time to get to work and she always had the desire to go in. As well as she had seen the missionaries multiple times and was just waiting for them to stop her but they never did. She then told us that she is very interested in learning more and she really enjoyed talking with us!
3rd Miracle: My companion and I have been teaching the gospel of the Restoration to one of my cousins in Brazil. Last Monday she randomly called us saying that she wanted to get baptized on Sunday May 3rd! We were super shocked and surprised about her decision. We hurriedly, during the week, finished the lessons with her and prepared her for baptism. Yesterday, 5/3/20, we had the baptism; she is in Brazil and that is where the baptism was held. My companion and I had the opportunity to watch the baptism online. It was amazing!
One of the reasons that this was such an amazing baptism, besides the fact that she is my cousin, is that another cousin of mine was able to perform the baptismal ordinance and the confirmation. He is currently a missionary. He was called to serve in Juarez, Mexico and spent 1 year and 4 months in Mexico until he was sent back to Brazil because of the COVID pandemic. He is at home but is still a missionary waiting to be reassigned to a mission in Brazil so that he can finish his 2 year mission.
Such a tender moment to see my family during this baptism. It was awesome to see her Uncle, who is also my cousin. We have been teaching him the gospel and he went to the baptism! Also amazing is that the lady in miracle #1, from Brazil that lives in Italy, joined us on the call so she could see how the baptism worked. It was very very special and heart warming to see my cousin follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by the proper authority of the priesthood.
Most of all this was practically the first baptism during quarantine and we had taught her from Italy while she is in Brazil through technology. What a blessing! What a miracle. Seriously the Lord's work still prevails in any circumstances.
My house mates and I did a "family photo shoot" as well it was super fun. We took some funny pictures and individual photo shoots.
Overall this week was full of miracles and we could definitely see Gods hand in our lives.
Sorella Hyatt🇮🇹
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