Well another week here in Fortaleza. This week was tough. Real tough. My companion said this is the hardest area he´s been in his whole mission. We talked to lots and lots of people. Many of them rejected us right off the bat. We said one sentence to people and they´d just close they door. The ones that we taught were never home the next time around. Eleven people committed to coming to church, and they seemed pretty firm. But only one went, and she left part way through.
I know that my companion and I are working hard. We do our best to help people understand the importance of these things, but they don´t care. The Lord must be working on my faith and my patience. Elder Pili got mad at the devil, haha. He went off for a couple minutes talking about how he was working especially hard in our area so the people here wouldn't go to church or accept us. We´ll keep working hard though. The blessings are just around the bend.
Last Preparation Day we went to the Centro, or basically downtown Fortaleza. It was really cool down there. Basically the Manhattan of Fortaleza. There were a bunch of people and all types of shops. We visited a cathedral down there, and it was cool.
We are working with that same girl that I was talking about last time. Her name is Erislania. She went to church. She said that she had dreams about the things we were talking about. We hope that this works out and that she will listen to the promptings of the Lord.
Love all of you and hope that you are well!
-Elder Castagno
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