June 1 and June 8 Missionary Emails

June 1
Productive Week

We actually had a lot to do this week! We finally got in contact with Barbara again, we started making a Facebook video series, we filmed a cool video for our zone Facebook page, and we had some lessons with members. 

The big thing this week was we were able to get in contact with Barbara. She was going to get baptized when I got here, but then she started ghosting us and we had no contact for over a month. This last week we decided to stop by and leave a note at her house with an origami flower on it. She texted as soon as she got it and said how it brought her to tears and that she wants to meet again. We were so excited. We had a good call with her and are going to have a lesson this week. 

My companion, Elder Duarte, is starting a video series on The Book of Mormon this week. He is letting me be the producer and he'll be the star. I'm excited. We already made the intro and outro for all the videos, now we just need to make the actual content. I'll probably be sharing them on my Facebook if you want to check them out. They'll be in Portuguese, but we'll have subtitles. 

We also saw some manatees at a state park this week. That was super cool because they were just out in the wild. We made a video about them for our zone Facebook page. It will be going up in the next few days. Basically we did a lot of video making this week which was super fun for me. 

So yeah, we made some progress this week. We have good things happening. Elder Duarte and I are having a good time together and also getting a lot done. 

June 8
I Survived Quarantine Week 12

Hey yall! We had a lesson this week with Barbara! It went super well for the first hour, and then we listened to her rant for 2 hours straight after that. But it was good! She wants to start meeting twice a week and get back on track so she can get baptized. So that's exciting. 

We also filmed a cool video this week for our zone Facebook page. I think it turned out pretty good. If you want to check it out and support our page that would be great. I'll put the link at the bottom. 

That's really all the news for this week. Nothing too crazy that I can remember. Other than the weather being wild. Sorry this was a short one, or maybe that's a good thing. 
https://www.facebook.com/DisciplesinDeland/videos/692795427938985/