Slower week...

We had a lot of good lessons this week, but no one really came to church. It stinks, and I wish it wasn't so, but it happens. We have had a lot of rain lately, and it's been nice because its cooler, but it also scares people away from church. 

Super green right now

Janin is making a little bit more progress. The biggest problem we have there is, right now he has a contract with a soccer team that he can't break, and they require him there every Sunday morning... not cool, but we will find a way! Guta got all ready to come to church and as she walked out the door, the Catholic priest passed by to take her to church, and then took her there by the wrist. :(  Jerk! Next week we will not leave her house until she is leaving with us!!! 

Ward activities

We do have this one investigator named Myguy (not sure how to spell it, but that's how it sounds! :)) He is from Nigeria and really awesome! In the first lesson he said he knows the Church is true! So he should be baptized here really soon. We hope next week!

If you sell American stuff, expect it to be gone when the elders come :)

I am sad to say that I think this might be my last week in this area! I hope so much that these people I have taught and helped will keep going! I don't know for sure if I will leave but, if I do, it's all good!

Love, 

Elder Naylor

School is Back!

So to start off, Janin was not baptized. The problems he is facing have made it a lot harder then we thought. Also, Guta didn't come to church because her daughter was in the hospital. We are, though, having a family night there tonight, so that should be really good! Guta is so far in the Book of Mormon! It makes me so happy!

This week nothing huge happened... just kind of the normal teaching and walking and trying to find people to teach. It's hard because we always seem to find someone who seems to be so prepared, so golden, and then
something comes in and destroys what we had going. We seem to always be running into walls. Something we are really stressing right now in the mission is talking to everyone, That has been good, although a lot of people don't want to listen or do anything.

To be honest, this was just a very normal week. We have some good plans set up for the upcoming week, so hopefully they all go through!

Love,

Elder Naylor

Hold my hand!!! ...(that song by Akon has been stuck in my head! :))

To start off, this week was amazing! We had Elder Moriera from the Area Seventy come and talk to us!! Needless to say, it was super spiritual and I learned a ton!!!! I don't have time enough to write about everything, but the one thing I wanted to talk about is that he talked a lot about obedience to the rules of the mission and/or the commandments in general! He said that we need to follow all the rules to show God that we trust him and really love him. If we have a problem with any of these it's because we are selfish and think we know better than God! Ohhh, it was great! Can't argue with that! :) So that was great, and I still feel like I am on a spiritual high!!

Rainbow!!

The sad news for the week, though, is that Janin's wife has asked for a divorce... He was set to be baptized this week, but he has fallen off the track hard!! We are working hard to get him back, but it might be a while. Guta is still doing really good. She has gone down from 3 to 4 cups of coffee a day to only 4  times this week! She missed church this week, but she is coming to the family night with us today, so that's great! She has also read the Book of Mormon up to page 92!!! I think the farthest I have had an investigator read was up to  20, maybe 30 pages (they read really slow here, but thats ok! :)). We are going to set a date with her once her daughter gets back from vacation so they can be baptized together!

Good ole selfie

At church we had 90 people!! This week we are shooting for 100 and I think we are going to make it! A lot of good things are going on here in Fogo, and I get to be a part of it! :)

Yay!

I love the spirit and I love being here helping people out! Onward, ever onward!

Love,

Elder Naylor

Some Week in August...(on Sept. 1st :))

Hi Everybody! 

This week, a few good things happened. Janin is still doing great! He has been reading every day and still has a strong desire to get baptized. He will be gone this next week, but I think he will be alright for his date! I am so happy to work with someone who wants to progress.

We also found a lady named Guta, and she is amazing as well! She has a date for the 20th and seems right on track to make it! She just accepts everything so easy! She used to drink coffee 3 times a day, but has been working on cutting down!

We also have an investigator named Amancio, and he is already in 1 Nephi 11! He is hauling through the Book of Mormon! He is really smart, always has a question, and wants to know what the answer is! He is also learning guitar! I am going to teach him a little on Tuesday! :) I miss playing guitar!

The work is starting to go really well! After so much time of nothing happening, it's been really refreshing to have something now! Also, ever since our bishop came back (from attending the temple for the first time), he has been making things better! He now goes out with us once a week to teach and is really working to get the work going! It's funny how one trip to the temple can make someone want to serve the Lord more ;) So that's been awesome! 

This week the Area Seventy (General Authority of the Church) over Cape Verde is coming to do a conference, so that should be really good! :)

For those who want to know, Ebola has not been a problem here yet. There was one plane that gave everyone a scare but that got taken care of. The country is very ready for it and is doing well at getting the word out so that people prepare! We should be fine. If anything happens, we will be ok! :)

That's all I have for this week!

Love,

Elder Naylor