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Olá!!

It was an amazing week! Maria José was baptized on Saturday before conference started! and then on Sunday ~3 people were baptized!!

First about Maria José. She is the mom of Rute who is married to Antonio, the man who baptized her in the photo. Rute was baptized back in August, and we have taught her family a few times since i arrived. the first day of this transfer we were on our way back to our area from lisboa and we recieved a phone call from Antoino. I answered but didn´t understand everything that he said-. I thought he needed help moving or something... when we arrived, it turns out he just was calling to tell us to meet with his mother-in-law (maria Jose) and Rute. Maria Jose finally wanted to hear about the gospel! the story behind it- she used to hate the church and the missionaries, but then she lost her job, andrealized how lonely she was and she wanted to change her life~. it has been incredible to teach her and see her life change through the Atonement of Jesus Christ!

The first week Irmã Reis and I were together, we prayed where we should knock doors. then we found this predio(building) with three families!! it is our ´eleito` building! So, Deizy, 15 years old, we invited her to be baptized for this weekend and she accepted without hesitation. We later asked her why she accepted and she said said because she thought it would be good for her! YES!!! She and two others were baptized!!

The two men... one is João Baptista who has been to church tons an dhe is ready for baptism but always was afraid to make the step... The miracle is... last sunday this man showed up in our sacrament meeting, and me and Irma Graf talked to him after the meeting. he said he had never been before, just that he felt he needed a change in his life, and he felt he should come here. He lives really close to the church. Super ready for the gospel!!! But he lives in the elder´s area so we received his information and gave ti to the elders. We felt impressed to give him a book of mormon right before he left.

We foud out later in the week that he acepted baptism and is so amazing!! he loved reading the book of mormon and was applying everything to his life! The Lord is always preparing people for baptism!

This work is incredible!

I loved conference! This church is true!

love you all!

we´re going to the beach again today!

love,

Irmã Michael!!!!! :)