Monday, January 16, 2012

"All we had to do is relax."

The following e-mail was received today:



Hello everyone once again! This week here in Fortaleza for sure had its ups and downs. In the end it was all good though. Toward the beginning of the week, we had a pretty hard day. Just about everything fell. From about two to seven at night we were just walking in the sun trying to talk to the people that we marked with. But of course no one was home. We weren´t very happy. Luckily there are bakeries just about everywhere we go, so we went to one for a break. We had a few laughs and planned out the rest of the night. We then had two great lessons with possible baptisms. It was interesting how a simple thing really changed our day--just taking a break, a step back from it all, and just relaxing. 
 
The next few days were great, we had many lessons, and we even had a baptism on Sunday. All we had to do is relax. Sometimes there is no use in stressing over something you don´t have control over--as in if someone will be home. This is the work of the Lord. It is all in His will. It was a good lesson learned. Our baptism was Elton. We´ve been working with him for a while. He really felt prepared and ready for this, and he made the right choice. Everything else is pretty much the same. 

Have a good week.
Elder Castagno

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