Well hello there,

Things are good here in Jaú. This transfer blew by and I can´t believe that it will be over on Tuesday. It has been a great experience working here with Elder Fa. We have had a lot a awesome experiences together. We laugh a lot, which makes the hard times easier.We have not had the success with baptisms that we desired, but we have learned so much together. He has a very good voice and we love to sing to our investigators before we teach them.
There is one woman that we are teaching named Inês. The first time we taught her we sang ´´Careço de Jesus``, ´´I Need the Every Hour´´ in English. When we finishes she gasped and said ´´O My Lord and Our Lady that was beautiful, you two need to make a cd.`` Elder Fa and I couldn´t hold it in. We just started laughing so hard. She asked us why we were laughing, but I was laughing so hard that I couldn´t even talk, I had tears coming out of my eyes. A little later, she too was laughing.
Andrea is progressing well. She said that she still isn´t sure about the baptism. We prepared a lesson about repentance and then ended by asking her if she had already repented of her sins. She said yes. Then we had her read in Moroni where it says ´´The first fruit of repentance is baptism.``
She knows that it is all true and has told us that she believes. We just need to help her understand the importance of baptism.
I really knew practically nothing a year ago. I thought I did. All I had was the base, the foundation that was built thanks to good parents who sacrificed many things to teach me gospel principles. I have taken that foundation and built upon it these last ten months and I can See a great difference in who I am and what is important to me. Iscan´t even explain the transformation that is taking place in my heart. I have so far to go in order to be what the Lord needs me to be, but I will keep striving.
The source of a good life is a life being led by the Spirit. The Spirit comes through keeping our baptismal covenants and also through diligent study and prayer. I have learned so much studying this gospel and I invite you all to do a daily study of the scriptures. Not just reading. But rather, pondering, praying, asking, writing down your impressions and feelings. You will learn things that you will never forget, and you will write them to give yourself and future generations guidance. The source of the Spirit is scripture study, daily.

Love
Elder Nothum