The Rain-less Forest?
Last Sunday to Thursday it hardly rained at all here! It was just blazing sun all day, so we were pretty toasted every time we got home at night. However, this weekend it started to rain like crazy, so everything is back to normal again haha. It has been a pretty good week!
Last Monday, we went to play soccer and we played for almost 2 hours; it was super hot and I almost died haha. It was because there were plastic covers to keep the sun out, but they held all of the heat in; it was like a giant oven. We played with the Brazilian missionaries from right across the border; their Zone Leaders had come to stay the weekend, and so we all played with a few members too. It was pretty fun, until the last 30 minutes when we didn't have energy to do anything haha.
In the district meeting on Tuesday, we talked a lot about how we can help recent converts to participate in the missionary work. We talked about how important it is that the fruit of the work remains, and how involving our converts in sharing the gospel is so important to strengthen their own testimonies. I know that my testimony didn't really start to grow until I came here to the mission, so I know firsthand the spiritual power that we get as we share the gospel. So we did a few practices about how we can help them invite others to come to Christ, and it was a really great time!
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The other missionaries in the district are Elder S and Elder C; Elder Sr has a little less time than I do, and Elder C is going home next week! It has been great being able to work with them the past few weeks; we have been becoming really united (that's what happens when you are the only 4 Spanish speaking missionaries in the entire rainforest haha).
So No is getting ready to be baptized this week! I have seen a giant change in her the past few weeks; she truly has the desire to live the gospel and to share it as well. So we are hoping to have her baptism service this week!
On Saturday, after a giant downpour in which we got completely soaked and had to cross bunches of flooded roads, we started an English Class here in the Amazons! About 10 people showed up, but I was happy because they showed up even after all the rain, and during the Champion´s League and Colombia soccer games. It was a good time!
I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is His true church, and that knowledge grows every day that I study it, share it, and live it. I hope you all have a great week!
Elder Toombs
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