Hamann and Rich Baptism & Co

Man, these past 2 weeks have been great! Well, if I'm being honest, they've been weird and full of emotions. First off, sorry I missed a week...I have a lot of photos this week and hope it will make up for it! Soooooo, to start off, last week we were teaching someone regularly and we went to their house one day and her husband said she decided to travel (out of the blue) for the holiday. The holiday that's happening right now, São João. I have no clue why people celebrate this holiday and neither do they because I actually asked a lot of people... So, we had to find more promising places to bring people unto Christ. The next week (or this past week) we talked with over 100 people...making contacts...and we found some good people to teach, so we were all excited to teach them! BUT, we found out that the area we were working in WASNT OURS! We had a lot of references for our buddies though, so its all good and they were really thankful, so it all worked out! It was kinda funny actually. but it also sucks cause we have to find a new group to teach. But, at the end of this week, we met with some less active members and we are going to marry them and baptize the husband (in a month but still, YAY!). Also on Sunday, we started a mini MTC for the youth in the ward where we talk about how to be a missionary and how to help the missionaries. The first meeting held was awesome and i recognized something really important. Not all of us have the same opportunities in this life. In our class, we had our Bishop who never served a mission because he was baptized in the church when he was older, so he couldnt serve like I am. As he was talking, I almost felt the regret about his missed opportunity, but he was elated when we talked about serving a mission as a married couple. I am so thankful for my experience out here and am loving every struggle and every difficulty because i have the chance to grow and change to be more like the Savior. I hope everyone reading this email will look at the opportunities that the Lord has provided for them and, to quote Robin Williams in the Dead Poet Society,  "Carpe Deim! ​...Seize the Day!" Hope you all are well and know that I love you! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

The photos are mostly of what people do this holiday and the video is of a presentation of the youth in the ward! They have huge fires in the road and launch fireworks throughout the day. The photo of the group was our mini MTC!​