depois da prova de vossa fé‏ After the Trial of your Faith October 7, 2013

 October 7, 2013

Querida Familia

This week was a little stressfull. There is a couple in the branch here Sheila and Alex. Sheila is a member and Alex isn´t. He never had any interest in the church until recently, when he was falsely imprison on charges of Drug Trafficking. Sheila fasted and prayed for a long time that he would be released. He was released after 1 month in prison and he came out with a new vision of what he needed to do. He went to church the next day in a white shirt and tie. God had humbled him because of the prayers of his righteous wife. We went there monday night to have a family night with them and when we got there she was crying. The police had passed by and arrested him again 1 hour before the appointment. There was an error in the prison system and he had to go back. He was so excited to hear and accept the message of the restauration. He would have been baptized yesterday, but now he is in prison for a couple more weeks until the lawyers get everything figured out. Happily Sheila did not lose faith and continued firm in her prayers and went to every session of conference (she is 7 months pregnant too). She knows that the miracle will happen after the trail of her faith (depois da prova de sua fé). But it was good to see how the lord works in our lives. If we don´t humble ourselves, He will do it for us, and He isn´t too gentle when He does. But it is true that EVERY knee shall bow and tongue confess that Jesus in the Christ.

We also had another exchange this week, Elder Slight (DL) worked with me. It was good to be with an american again. We taught a funny old man and his grandson. This old guy started to go off on a rant about how the time has changed. He talked about robbers and drugs and how adam and eve ate the fruit and this is why there are black people and why everyone is different, then he told a story about when he was on the ranch. He talked nonstop for about 5 minutes, then we forgot about him and taught his grandson instead. He never did stop talking and then at the end of the lesson we put all the catholic prayers together in one giant prayer. 

And we were doing visits with Our recent convert felipe and his sandal broke in the street, so we left him on the street corner and ran to the store and bought him new sandals (the cheapest ones we could find :)) 

But the best part of the week......RAIN!!!! it rained! finally! Saturday and Sunday it rained alot. Really cooled off the city and for the first time I slept without the fan running! 

Transfers are tomorrow and we are expecting a change. I´ll let you know what happens!

Love you all!

Elder Applegate

This is a BAT that was in our house.

BBQ Ribs made with "Imported" American BBQ Sauce.
Cost of BBQ Sauce was $7.00 US.  Worth Every Penney!!