Osvaldo Cruz- Week 12 Transfer to Jardim do Sol

I got transferred!!! After a solid 3 months in Osvaldo Cruz, I was transferred back to the Jardim do Sol Stake in the Jardim do Sol Ward. My new companion is Elder S . He is from the state of São Paulo. He has only three months in the mission field.  I am going to be the senior companion for this transfer.

I will recap a little bit of what happened this week. 

The highlight of my week was I got to take our investigator, D  to the temple for a visit. We took him at night and show him around the grounds. We went inside the waiting room so he could feel the Spirit really strong there. We went inside the mini visitor center where we taught a lesson with him, which ended up being an amazing lesson. He felt the Spirit super strong while he was there. We have been working with him for a long time now. He is the gentlemen we started teaching the first week I arrived in Osvaldo Cruz. During our lesson, he accepted our baptism challenge for this month. I am really excited for him because he has really changed a lot in his life as he has learned more about the church. He will change even more once he becomes a member. 

We had a little bit of rain this week, but that did not stop us from walking and working a lot. 

On Saturday night, we had a special Ward Mission Family Home Evening. The Bishop, ward mission leader, ward missionaries and we had a little meeting to taught about the missionary work in the ward. We had a spiritual thought, a training, and testimonies of the ward missionaries. It went super well and everyone was a little bit more excited to share the gospel. 

Sunday was a pretty stressful and sad day. We worked a lot but knowing that night, I could possible leave the area left me pretty sad. We took a lot of photos and said our temporary goodbyes to all the friends we made in the ward. In the end, I did end up being transferred. 

This week, I saw a lot of how Heavenly Father uses us to do his work. There were many moments I was really confused and unsure on who would be able to accomplish the things that needed to happen. In every moment, Heavenly Father showed us a way. In every moment, we had to show a little faith and then Heavenly Father made everything possible. I know that every day He is helping us be able to accomplish his missionary work. I know that He has a great love for each of us and that He will always help us do what is right.

Thank you everyone for your love and support. I am having an awesome time and I am learning lots. 

P.S. Sorry that there won´t be any photos. I left my camera in the house but next week I will have tons to show. 

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Elder Pinkney