Well this week was GREAT. I feel like I'm at one of those really high points of the mission right now.
First off, the baptisms of Flavia and Deusinha went really well! So many people showed up that there wasn't enough room for everyone. I played 'Where Can I Turn For Peace' (an absolute BANGER) on guitar as a special musical number. Flavia and Deusinha are probably the most prepared people I've baptized on the mission.
We also marked March 28th for Raiane's (Flavia's cousin) baptism!
The free community civil marriage thing was rescheduled AGAIN. It will be April 17th. Andreia/Alexandro, Maxwell/Tatyane, Emanuel/Laryssa, and maybeeee Odilon/Deusinha will each get married! That would be 4 weddings in one day, then 7 baptisms the next day on April 18th. It would be the coolest weekend ever (if I'll be there).
This week I'm going to ask the ol President Cooper if I can stay one more transfer here in Porto (transfers will be in 2 weeks). All of the weddings and baptisms that we have planned will be next transfer.
Before my mission, I never would have dreamed that I would be involved in so many marriages. It's so weird when I stop and think I'm involved in such an important decision for a bunch of random people I found in Brasil. I guess Elder MacLay is quite the matchmaker.
FUNNY STUFF:
-My comp Elder Calazans was wrongly diagnosed with diabetes. We were at the pharmacy and they offered free tests to see if we were diabetic. Elder Calazans went first. A blood sugar level of more than 200 means you have diabetes. When the results came back, the little machine said that his blood sugar level was 400. That pretty much means he is dying. He was SO stressed out. He was thinking he was gonna die young and gonna have to change his diet even more (he's already lactose intolerant). But then the next guy got the same results and they found out the machine was broken. I politely declined my free diabetes test.
-A kid threw up during sacrament meeting. I was at the piano starting to play the intro of the last hymn, then he came running across the front of the pulpit throwing up everywhere. I couldn't help but stop playing because it was the most dramatic throwing up I've ever seen. There was a hilarious yet quiet gasp from the audience. It was kind of like the movies when something dramatic happens at a fancy restaurant and the jazz music stops abruptly. But then, I continued playing the piano again and everyone sang uncomfortably as the kid's dad carried him out of there.
-In the past 2 weeks, I've developed an addiction to tapioca. Tapioca is way different in Brasil, so if you want to know more about it you can look it up online. The stuff is amazing. It doesn't really even have flavor or anything. I can't explain why I like it so much but since it's so cheap, I eat it in ridiculously large quantities.
We've been teaching a lot about the Restoration in lunch appointments with members in preparation for general conference. The messages usually come back down to a really essential thing that we have thanks to the Restoration: a living prophet.
The fact that we have a living prophet to give us the guidance and revelation of God is really special. If it weren't for modern-day prophets (and ancient prophets, too), we would be missing out on a lot of really important truths and blessings.
The Restoration of Christ's church is an ongoing occurrence that started with Joseph Smith and continues with the prophet we have today, Russell M. Nelson.
9th Article of Faith:
We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
We are so blessed to have a prophet who directly receives God's word and reveals it to us!
Tenha uma boa semana!
<3 Elder MacLay
ps. check out my watch tan line in the pics
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