"Just Two Americans in White Shirts Walking Around in the Sun"

The following e-mail was received on Monday 5/21/2012:

Well, this week was a bit interesting. Not one of the best weeks but also not the worst. We are having some difficulties finding people to teach at the moment. A good amount of our area is already baptized...but most are inactive now. Also everyone we seem to talk to has already talked to us. It´s kinda funny sometimes. We just go up to people and ask them when they were baptized; most of them tell us a date...haha. 

We had zone conference this week. President told us some stats about Fortaleza....only 30% of all the members here are active. Ridiculous! I don´t know what happened. We are really trying to focus on families now. 

On the good side, we are helping two families become...well, families. [This week, we initiated two couples into the marriage process] so [that] they can be baptized in the future. It is a longer process, but they are more sure to stay in the church.

 Also, we had a really great lesson Saturday night. We had a member come with us to teach. She gave a powerful testimony that for sure reached to our investigator's heart. I love it when the members do all of the talking for us...haha! They seem to understand better and also they have the opportunity to hear about the church from a normal person...not just two Americans in white shirts walking around in the sun. 

Elder Godoy

This week we get to hear from Elder Godoy. That should be fun. Well have a good week everyone.


--Elder Castagno
 

Elder Castagno's 20th Birthday