...BECAUSE I'M HAPPY!

Hello everyone!

This week has been so good!! :) A lot of fun, and a lot of miracles. :)

Tuesday we got a random text from someone we had met on a footpath a few weeks back (she helped us when we were lost) saying that she had the day off and she would lot to meet! So we met her in town and had a little mini-lesson! She is really sweet, super busy, but really sweet! So hopefully we will be able to see her again sometime soon. :)

Thursday we tracted. A lot! And sometimes it can be discouraging when you get door after door in your face, or no one is home, but we did have a funny little moment! We knocked one door, but no one answered, so we knocked the one next to it and someone came out, right as the other door opened too! So we were able to talk to both of them. :) One lady wasn't interested, but the other man was! He said he had been invited to church a few time but never had gone, but thought it might be nice! So we set another time that we could come back. :) So that was pretty cool! :)

Friday we were able to see one of our new investigators, Julinho. He's 11. :) And we committed him to be baptised on May 10th! We still want to try and get his parents more interested, so that is our focus now. :) He is such a good kid! He is only 11, but he always gives really good, and thought out answers. He has started reading the Book of Mormon and says that he feels really safe when he reads it. :)

Saturday we played a really intense game of football, so I'm a little sore from that, haha. ;) 

Sunday was the best day ever!! :) It started out with Ana finally being confirmed (she has been sick the past few weeks) and then ended with 2 baptisms!! Marinho and Helder were so excited. :) They seemed a little nervous at first, but as soon as they were about to be baptised, their faces were beaming. The service was wonderful and the spirit was so strong! Both have come a long way, but both are so good. They both really grasp the Gospel. :) When Marinho was asked why he wanted to be baptized, he simply said "I want to follow the example of Jesus Christ." His brothers were baptized in February, and ever since then he has avoided the subject constantly. But the past few weeks, he has truly changed. You can see how the Atonement as really taken place in his life and helped him see where he needed to be. Helder is now currently the only member in his family. He wanted a full month to be prepared, and he is probably one of the most prepared people I have ever seen be baptized! The day before, he offered a simply prayer for comfort, and you could see by Sunday how ready he was! He was absolutely beaming! He has also come quite a long way. It was truly an amazing experience and I feel so blessed to have been able to witness it. :) 

I truly love Huntingdon so much!! Sometimes I feel like a mom with all of the Portuguese youth running around, but it's the best. :) The people I have met here have changed me forever. I've been humbled so much and am SO grateful for this little village. It has my heart forever. :)

So on Saturday, we truly were shown the power of prayer! We were going to Ana's house and before we left our flat, we said a prayer that we would be able to find some more good, solid, investigators. (Now that our 2 most reliable ones have been baptized, we really need to find!) When we got to Ana's house, we started talking to her Mum. She told us that she had a friend who had had contact with the church in Africa, but then had moved to Portugal. In Portugal, she was searching for the church but never found it, then she moved here. When she heard that Ana had been baptized, she said that it was the church she was looking for! She has been out of town for the past 2 weeks, but is returning on Saturday, and Ana's mom is going to take us over there to visit her next week!! :) We truly learned that when you are obedient, and always finding, and always praying, then the Lord will bless you immensely. :)

Well, I love you all so much!! I KNOW that this church is the same church that Christ established. I'm so grateful for this opportunity I have to be a missionary and to help others feel the same love from God and Jesus Christ that I have felt. :) And I leave this with you in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. :)

Love always,

Sister Moody