Where Can I Turn For Peace

"Where Can I turn for Peace"

We sang this song in comp study this week and it really hit me super hard. Ele e meu salvador e meu amigo, responde minha oracao, da me paz. Every time I ask, he is ready to respond. he understands my every heartache, and the heartache of every person in the world. There are so many people searching to find comfort but don't find it because they don't know were to find it.
Last night we contacted a guy who said he is athiest. We asked him if there was a time that he believed more and he said basically he got tired of searching for answers that he couldn't find. he gave us his contact, but I don't know if he really believed us when we testified that god answers our prayers and there are ways to find answers to his questions. Vamos a ver.
After the contact, Irma Young and I talked about how true it is that all of the answers come through the restored gospel of jesus Christ.
We also have tried to continue working with the familia Amojo...they are from Brazil. Irma Graf and I started teaching them, but they still haven't come to church. Our ward really needs them, they just haven't felt it enough yet.
Cool story...we had a few minutes to do procura, so we passed by the house of Graca and Arnaldo, but they weren't home. Irma Young started wealking up the stairs to the top of the building and we started knocking doors. Then a kid answered the door and we started to contact him, but he said his mom wasn't home, just the friends of his mom. He let us in, and guess who was there...familia Amojo!!! Vanusa and her 2 daughters!!! It turns out they are friends and really what we said was, well we felt inspired to knock that door, and God led us to them. It was so cool! We shared a brief message then marked another appt. with the familia Amojo! When we visited them, we started talking about the plan of salvation. This family already has really founded principles, you could say they are dry mormons but they just don't understand why we have the book of mormon. We have tried to explain many times, but we can't spoon feed them the desejo, although so many times I wish I could! We will continue to pray for them and one day they will open their hearts and they will be a great asset to this ward!
This was a week of milagres!! Afew weeks ago, we were contacteed by a guy named Nino. I might have talked about him with the name Nuno but it is Nino...anyway so we had a couple lessons with him, then he was at church last week. We have worked with him a lot this week, he is really searching for the truth. We talked about the basic principles of the gospel, and invited him to be baptised. He said he feels it is too early and that he wants to learn more. Then we read Alma 7:14-15 with him, and the part nascer de novo, be born again really stuck out to him! After the lesson, we showed him the pia batismal, (font) and as he stood there, the spirit was just so strong!!! He said baptism is a serious thing! Yes it is, but it is the greatest thing too!!! There is so much joy in making sacred covenants with Heavenly Father!! We will keep working with him this week! sidney has really helped us a lot with working with Nino. It is so awesome hearing the testimony of a recent convert, who always had a strong christian background and finally found the whole truth!
Also, this week we had a cool experience. Our first week together we contacted this guy, Alino, and marked an appt but it feel and we never got a hold of him on the phone. We passed by his house last Sunday night, but the address was wrong. right after this, a girl walked out of the predio, a fril that Irma Speigle contacted last transfer, and that I had met one time on a bus. Carmen...We talked for a minute and noted how interesting that it was we didn't know she lived there., but we felt led to find her. We marked with her for sunday afternoon (yesterday). so, last night, we went to her house, and as we knocked the door, who answered....Alino!!! What?!?!? He said that he is the primo of Carmen and that he also lives there. We had just written the address wrong. Wow! that was such a cool expereince!! Carmen wasn't home, so we marked another appt to come back an we got his correct number.
It was a really great reminder that God is guiding our every step. I just need to put the inspiration into action!!
I love this gospel. I know that God Answers our prayers and He gives us challenges to test us. Love is the answer for everything. God loves us so He sent his son. Jesxus Christ loves us so He gave His life. He loves us so he gave us the gift of the Holy Ghost. He loves us so he gave us the Book of Mormon to help us chegar mais perto de Christo and overcome our trials. perfect love casteth out all fear.
Thank you for your love!

xoxo
Irma Michael