Letter 10

05/25/2009
Zone: Tubarão
Area: Criciúma 2
Tomas was baptized and confirmed this week and it was really cool. The night before his baptism, however, he was assaulted by a member of the church. A kid named Marcos who lives in the same apartment as Tomas.
Tomas had been sitting at the table in his kitched eating a little bread, and Marcos came in and took some.
As they had already established, apparently, an individualist system in the house Tomas refused him. He told him he wanted to save it so he could eat something the next two days.
Marcos in a rage threw the whole loaf of bread on the ground and stormed off to the refridgerator. Tomas demanded that Marcos pick the bread up. Then when Marcos ignored him, Tomas kicked the fridge shut, and repeated his demand.
Marcos shouted something along the lines of, 'You will not speak to me in this manner.' Then punched Tomas in the face. Tomas didn´t retaliate and remained on the floor.
Then despite this Tomas was baptized and confirmed the next two days.
I don´t think that Marcos will be allowed to serve a mission if he can´t even control himself, so he not only lost all respect but probably the opportunity to serve a mission as well.
We also lost the investigator Marcus who has a testimony. For reasons unbeknown to us, he has forbidden our return to his house. He had agreed to baptism and everything, but when one exorcises one´s free agency, we can do nothing more for them.
Hoping to report more good things soon.
Thanks for everything!
Ce vidiamo!
Até mais pessoal!
Elder Jacob L. Holdaway