primiero batismo!! - Imbituba week 23

hello everyone! long time no talk.  sorry I'm not good at emailing but we're back in business right now and better than ever because we had Thaina's baptism last monday!!  someone once told me that 90% of the mission is hard, but the 10% makes it worth it, and this was definitely the 10%!  honestly i've never seen someone more ready to be baptized.  she has the strongest testimony and is already bringing her friends to our lessons...can you say elect investigator??? not to mention i also spoke, played the piano, and sang at her baptism!  if that doesn't show how much i love her, i don't know what does! she is the best!  besides that, nothing too crazy happened this week, just a whole lotta knocking on doors and saving souls, no biggie.

quote for the week - "no pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience, is wasted"

love you a brazilian!
sista kener

pics
1-4) Thaina's baptism
5) yoga on the beach
6) some brazilian creature
7) our reaction when our investigator starts doing black magic








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