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Week #46

Sorry for not sending emails yesterday. Here in Osório everything closes down on the holidays. Monday is not always the best day for P-day. The city almost looked like something from a post-apocalyptic film. Nobody anywhere. Very strange. 

This week was difficult. Actually this transfer was difficult. We have had one baptism, but almost everybody decided they didn't want any type of promise. It's difficult.

Just to give an idea of the way this mission works, the vision of the Mission President is that if people don't commit or don't have interest in baptism, then we don't have a commitment or purpose with them either. It seemed a little bit harsh at first, but it makes sense too. Even our street contacts are geared this way. We speak of baptism from the first moment. We say we prepare people for baptism the first time we meet in the street and it's incredible how many people accept. It's our first filter. Our investigators know our purpose from the beginning and many accept. The Lord is accelerating His work. 

There's a lot of potential this week. We have lots of names and people, but we could use some extra prayers. Especially that people will recognize answers to their prayers and follow those answers, especially Lisiane, Irma, José, Max, Mário, and whoever else we may meet.

That's all for now. Share the Gospel with someboy today and tomorrow and the next day etc.

Elder Dickson


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Note from Elder Dickson's mom:
On Easter Sunday I woke up to the great surprise of pictures sent from a sweet Sister in Brazil. Because of the blessing of seeing my son's happy face in these pictures I was able to handle the little extra wait for his email this week.