July 15, 2018 Read the Book of Mormon Everyday!

Dear family, 

Looks like this week was a fun one! EFY is always such a great experience. 

This week was good for us, the work is still recovering from all that partying and the world cup but it’s all over now!

So it was awesome this week, we reactivated this girl that has been inactive for a couple years but she finally moved here from Rio de Janeiro and we did a family night with them a couple of weeks ago but she was still iffy about church. But now she met some cool friends from our ward and now she is going to all the activities and she is so excited about church. It’s interesting how a friendship in the church can change everything. 

Our investigator Flávia didn’t get baptized because she is afraid of her grandmother and family who are all really catholic. She is 19 years old, but she still wants her families support. We have been praying and trying to help. I think that we are going to help her by doing a family night with a bunch of in the ward that are her age. 

This ward has a ton of awesome young single adults so that helps a ton. 

I’ve been reading the Book of Mormon and it’s been the best thing ever, I never did read it before the mission alone all the way through. I remember that when I was in my second area I still was only a little way through in Book of Mormon but then it hit me that I haven’t read the Book of our religion! It was the first thing that Joseph smith did, God commanded that he translated the Book of Mormon before he restored anything else! and I didn’t even read it yet! I never felt so sad and I got on my knees that night and begged for forgiveness and I promised that I would read the Book of Mormon every day since then. My first time reading it all the way through was in Portuguese about a few weeks later and now I’m on my fourth time reading it and it really does help us through whatever we need. Its helping me finish this mission and use these last 7 weeks to do my best. 

It’s been a great transfer; this week I’ll receive the transfer but I’m sure I’ll stay. I really hope that I can hit my goals this transfer. 

I’m glad that everyone had a great week. 

Miss you guys and hope everyone has a great week

Love 

Elder Toma