Today marks 11 months since I left for my mission! I can´t believe that I have almost been out a year! It is hard to think that it has been so long!
Earlier this week we got to be the answer to one of our member´s prayers. We were in the chapel waiting for one of our investigators when we received a call from our member. She said that she needed our help right away with moving some of her things. (She is going through a separation from her husband right now, and it has been really hard for her and the kids. They have had to move out of their apartment into another one).
We asked her if she could wait an hour, but she said that it had to be right then. So we said we could, and she came and picked us up. When we arrived at the apartment, we found that the husband had brought lots of the furniture from the old home and we were needed to bring everything from the hallway into the apartment.
It wasn´t a lot, and it wasn´t heavy, but our member wouldn´t have been able to do it with just herself and her two children. As she was driving us back to the chapel, she said that we were like angels from heaven who answered her prayers.
This week we also got to see a baptism in Covilhã! It wasn´t anyone that we had been teaching, but someone who the elders from Covilhã had taught. His name was João Sivi, and he was super excited to be baptized. He is from Angola, and kept talking about how he was going to visit his family there to teach them the gospel.
I had actually had the privilege of teaching him a few times while on a division in Covilhã, and so it was really nice to get to know him before hand. He is a man of faith and humility, and I´m happy for the branch in Covilhã to have this new member!
Also, yesterday we received news of the transfers. Elder Tavares will be going to an area near Porto, and I will be staying here with Elder Rodrigues. I think my new companion is either from Brasil or from Cabo Verde.
Another new thing that came with the transfers: I will be a district leader!
I´m nervous for this next phase in my mission. I´ve never been a senior companion, nor have I even been a leader. This transfer I will have to be both, and I feel a little overwhelmed. I don´t feel like the greatest of leaders or even that great of a missionary, so I know that I am going to really have to really on the Lord to help me fulfill this new role. In life we can only grow when we are stretched, so I guess it´s time for me to be stretched!
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" Philippians 4:13
I hope you all have a great week, and know that I love you all!
Wish me luck!
Love,
Elder Barker
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