7-11-11

Hello Family,
We have been starting to do this thing called revelados or revealed. Where we have the names of everyone that has been to church at least one time and we pray over their names and choose the ones that we feel need to be baptized that week. Then, we pray over a date. So one of those is named Maria José. She is the mom of a returned missionary here named Claudia. So, we called Wed and they said they weren´t there so we went by Thurs and found her sitting on someones stairs. Well, we proceeded to talk to her and it went on for about an hour. We told her that we had received revelation that she needed to be baptized. But man she did not want anything to do with us. And we even prayed with her to feel what we were feeling and she did feel it. She just kept saying over and over that she didn´t wanna be baptized again because she already was in the Catholic church. So, we explained authority and then she goes on to say "My padre has just as much if not more power than you do." Well, that didn´t make me or Elder Nielsen happy so Elder Nielsen basically says the Pope is wrong and a liar hahahaha. She didn´t like that too much. So, we just told her to pray about it and that we would come back the next day. So, we did and she wasn´t home and so we called her and her and her husband yelled at us over the phone saying to leave them alone and then they told us their RM daughter told them to just tell us to never come back to their house. Wow! what kind of RM, and then we found out that Claudia was dating a nonmember and that she didn´t have a job but yet she was still moving out of the house. So, how does someone move out without a job??? So, we think she moved in with her boyfriend.
Then our other one that we had was the mom of a recent convert that we have. Her name is Maria (of course). And we were dead certain that she would be baptized that week. So, we set up an appointment go over and talk and it was a good lesson we taught the Restoration and all that stuff and did that same thing, we invited her to be baptized and she actually gave us a good reason. That she hadn´t read the BoM and that she needed time to read it. And dang it that is one of the best excuses I have ever heard. And she said that we can come back anytime but she just needs time to read.
So, then we do the name choosing again and it is like 9 at night and I get this impression that we need to go over to this one woman´s house. So, we walk about 20 min there and knock on her door. She opens tell us she doens´t want anything and then slams the door in our faces.
We have starting doing guided tours of the chapel in Guimarães. The chapel is right on one of the main roads in Guimarães. So, we just stand out there and as people walk by we ask them if they want a tour. Most people say no but we have a lot of people that say yes. So, we take them in, have a prayer and then watch "Finding Happiness", which is a really good movie. Talk about the BoM, and how it proves our message. And then we take then next to the baptismal font, talk about that for a second and then ask them that is they receive and answer from God if they will be baptized into Christ´s Church. Most of the time people say sure or that they were already baptized and then we go from there. But usually they work really well.
Well, that is all for this week. I love and miss you guys.
Love,
Elder Spencer Jensen