"And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto theend they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be." ~1 Nephi 13:37

Dear Friends and Family

We had a great week! We've been working harder than ever and it's paid off, we've seen a lot of opposition, but we know which side will always win :)

We started teaching a man named Adelino this week, it was actually cool how we found him. We were walking with Paulo Jorge, a member, and we passed by a man sitting on a wall and both Sister Nogueira and I felt that we should talk to him, but we kept walking for some reason, but we slowed down as we passed him, and then Paulo Jorge said "Sisters, let's go talk to him." So we did and he turned out to be one of the most elect people I've met! He had already talked to missionaries several years ago in the other island, but didn't remember anything. We taught him about the word of wisdom and he accepted really well! He smokes, but he said he was ready to quit, as we've followed up with him, he has been making more progress than anyone else I've ever known! But there is a lot of opposition as well! Yesterday he was literally walking to church when he basically passed out because of a heart condition and woke up in the hospital! So he didn't make it to church yesterday, but he's doing a lot better and he's progressing really well. He accepted a baptismal date of August 14th.

We've been praying hard to have a baptism this month and so far, due to lack of investigators at church, it was looking like we were not going to have one, but miracles happen when we work hard! Paulo Jorge brought his grandson to church yesterday who's 8 years old and ready to be baptized. So we're planning his baptism for this Saturday.

I know that the Lord really loves His missionaries. He loves all of His children and cares a lot about us, He really wants us to be happy and He'll be here to help us always. I know that this is His work and we, as His children are all involved in it. I hope you all have a fantastic week!

I love you all!!

Sister Steagall

Photos:

Me and Sister Nogueira in a park!

Me and Graçinha! A cute member in our branch

Apparently there's some pokemon game that the kids are going crazy about! We see these kids running around with their phones trying to catch things, and we found this bike that says "Pokemon Hunter." It was pretty funny :)