We had a great week! We worked really hard to bring people to church this week because the missionaries were in charge of sacrament meeting; we have 3 companionships here in Santarém, so three other missionaries gave talks about missionary work, we had testimonies from recent converts, I sang a song; anyway, we wanted a lot of people to be there, and we got 7 investigators to come to church, which is great! Normally we only have three or four, so it was great progress. The zone had two baptisms as well; the work is really getting along here!
We talked to an atheist for a while yesterday, and he said some interesting things. He said that part of why he didn't believe in God is because "all" religions are corrupt - priests and leaders are paid by the money of poor people, no one practices what they preach, things like that. I was so happy to be able to testify that God's church isn't like that! He also said that he had to see things to believe them; I told him to imagine that he had never seen an apple in his life. A neighbor gives him an apple tree seed and says that if he plants it and waters it etc. it will grow a bright or green red fruit, that is sweet, and you can make juice and pies out of it. So he plants it, and waits. He has to work to keep it growing, and won't see the results until the end; but when he sees the apple and eats it, he'll know that his neighbor was telling the truth! Basically Alma 32 modern-day edition. It's such a great application - God wants us to work, have faith, believe in Him - and after, He will show His hand.
The work is going great! Have a great week everyone!
- Elder Valentine!
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