PRAISE TO THE MAN

*We were at Marta´s house and asked what song they wanted to sing, and they chose praise to the man... we haven´t sung it much in Portuguese so it was a bit rocky, well really rocky, and we started laughing in the middle, it was kind of embarrassing but we all laughed about it afterwards. Then we sang that song during the baptism, and it was way better with the piano and lots of people instead of just irmã brown and i. Well, you all sound great!!! Thanks for the news, crazy that Roxy is already home, and super great that she had such a great experience! Mom, dad explained the talk that you gave, it sounds so great! i am sure all the girls really loved it! can you send me a copy of your talk? Also, thank you mom for the scarfs and the other package that is on the way. Every time we see the youth here, they say, "did you ask your mom yet for those gummies and m&ms?" That was the first thing they asked about when i arrived here, but then i forgot for a few weeks to ask you... thank you!!! Dad, i emailed uncle Dave last week about Elder Weatley, as i couldn't´t remember who he was. But then during the week, i asked some elders and it turns out that he is in the Porto north zone. I met him at general conference, but i can´t remember really talking to him. I also asked uncle David some advice of what it was like for him as an investigator and a recent convert. I am grateful for the advice he sent. Another week full of miracles!! Monday night we were praying about where to go, then decided to go visit a less active family that had been in church the day before. I didn't´t even talk to them during church, but sat next to the dad during gospel principles class. After church, he talked to Elder Knuth (DL, we have elders in our ward) and said he wanted the missionaries to teach and baptize his daughter. We didn't´t know anything more about the situation. So after praying we felt we needed to go to their house, so we called and said we could visit. We taught them about the restoration and learned that the dad had been a member since he was 9 just that he had been on and off active all this time. the mom was baptized 4 years ago and same story. Marta, is the sister of the mom (Patricia) and she is 18 and hadn't´t been baptized yet! We felt really good about here and wanted to invite her to be baptized. we invited her to pray about Joseph smith and about baptism and she said she would! we were invited back on Tuesday night for the birthday of Jessica (daughter who turned 8) after singing parabens we taught them a lesson about baptism and invited Marta to be baptized on Sunday Nov 13 yesterday. she accepted and said she would read and pray about it too!! basically she just fell into our hands and was already ready to be baptized!!!! we passed by every day and taught her all the lessons, she was so super ready, and after her interview, Elder Knuth said she was `bem preparada!` She was baptized Sunday night it was such a great experience for this family! and the dad is preparing to baptize Jessica next weekend!!! Well, time is short as always... We had interviews with President Torgan, it was soooo good!!! President said i need to focus more, he said he and the lord have a lot of trust in me, and that i am always focused in good things, but that i need to focus more in Jesus Christ and come closer to Him. He suggested reading 3 Nephii 11-28 so i am working on that. also i have been reading the book of Mormon a lot more, i am so grateful for the powerful spirit that testifies that Jesus is our Savior and really I am here to help others feel of the redeeming love that comes as we let Christ into our lives! also, i am learning of the sweet sweet power of the atonement working in my life each day! i love you all and i know that the greatest love that we can give is the restored gospel! i am so happy to be a missionary!!! xoxo Irma Michael