Water Works the Week (Week #36)

Hello All!

This week was CRAZY!

We had zone conference on Thursday so passed the day in Fortaleza. Conference was good, and it was awesome to see my ´´filho´´ of the mission, Elder Passos. He is still in Pedregal training a new missionary! We talked a lot, and had lots of opportunties to learn from president Leite. The most interesting part about Conference was that at lunch they ran out of food. Elder Passos, Elder Tozin, and Elder Koster and I were the last ones in the food line and didnt get any, so President had Sister Leite drive us to a Restaraunt and eat there haha.

We returned to Quxada Thursday night, and Friday worked all day long until 5 PM when we went to Quixaramobim. This was incredible, I had the oportunity to see Ana Marcia, the investigator I discovered with my first companion Elder Paixao, finally get married so that she could be baptized. When I was teaching her with Elder Passos, she wanted to be baptised so badly but her husband didnt want to. I remember promissing her that one day he would change his mind, and am so truly blessed to have had the oportunity to actually see it!

Then Saturday morning I interviewed her for her Baptism, and that was probably one of the most powerful interviews Ive ever seen. Her testemony was incredible, and her desire to see her family change and also decide to follow her on this path, and how much these things already have changed her life and the life of her family! And after she asked for me to Baptise her! The whole thing was a true blessing!

Saturday after the baptism of Ana Marcia we litterally ran here in Quixada, and ended up closing a baptism of our investigator, Marciano. He is a young man of 16 but incredible. He told us he was going to be baptised and also bring all of his friends with him to be baptised. I thought of President Neslon and his experience teaching about the book of morman to a King, and the king said he would bring his whole tribe with him. At first we thought it was funny but Marciano is making good on his promise! He was baptised yesterday, and next week he will be confirmed and receive the Aaronic priesthood, and after church he will baptise 2 of his friends who visited church yesterday and attended his baptism!

Truly was a week of miracles.

I testify to everyone that Jesus Christ lives. That he truly is our lord and Savior. 

I hope you all had a wonderful week this last week with your families and friends, and I hope everyone is excited as us missionaries are for Christmas! But dont forget to try and be the light in sombody elses world this holiday season!
Love and miss you all!

Elder Ferrell

I will send pictures of the baptisms next week, this computer is having difficulties!