Hey family!
It was a great week this week. Very tiring and exciting. We worked the whole week preparing and inviting people to come to the open house. It was a very good success. We had more than a hundred people come through (almost 150) and many of them were interested and accepted the invitation to learn more. We worked long hours at the chapel but it was really inspiring and worthwhile. Yesterday we had a special sacrament meeting with Elder Cruz, an Area Seventy from Rio. It was really inspiring. Pres e Sister Fortunato gave testimonies and there was a sweet spirit in the meeting that was, to me, a blessing from God saying that he was pleased with our work. We sang Tal Como um Facho (The Spirit of God) for the hymn in the middle and it was really powerful. I received a confirmation that this is the true gospel, that God really called Joseph Smith to be a prophet and restore His Church. I also was really happy to see a recent convert in the ward Carlos Enrique pass the sacrament for the first time yesterday. It was really gratifying. I am very grateful for this work!
Elder Almeida is a great companion. Really funny, calm and a good example. He and I are getting along well. It is good to joke around a bit and let off steam with him.
The beauty of life is that it doesn´t end - there is always another day, something more to do or someone new to meet. That is something that I think is really special about the gospel - it helps you keep going so that you have a life in abundance as it says in the book of John. We aren´t meant to get to the Celestial Kingdom in one day - but we are meant to get there. It is a long journey but we can reach our destination if we just don´t give up and give our all every single day. I am so grateful for this great truth - it never ends! :)
I love you all! Have a wonderful, wonderful week!
Elder Jacob
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