Elder Kasey Lightheart

  Beautiful view at the train station Wow, what a week!! This was probably one of the more interesting weeks Elder Souza and I have had, so I definitely have a few things to share this time around! Earlier this week we had a wonderful lesson with our friend Gabriel, in which we included another pair of missionaries that live a little closer to him. Unfortunately, we've had to pass him on to those elders, but he's in good hands! That's the one down side to covering the Mission Branch, is that anyone we start teaching in those areas, we eventually have to refer to other missionaries who live closer. But its still been great to have a few extra people to contact and teach. On Thursday, we also had an interesting run in with bugs. Earlier in the day we started noticing big flies in the house, but just a few. Then they kept coming, and we knew something was up. We checked most of the house to try and see where they were coming from, but they seemed to come from every room. We we...

  P-day at last at the chapel. Wow! I still can't believe how fast these weeks go by. I hope you are all doing well! Earlier this week Elder Souza and I went over to the chapel, and luckily our Bishop was there so that we could use the computers. We basically just needed to make a few lists of some investigators and members both in our area, and in the mission branch we are now covering. Elder Souza was checking his Facebook at one point, and then suddenly it kicked him out. He tried to log back in, but his password didn't work. Turns out in just a couple of minutes someone had gotten access to his Facebook, changed the email and password, and then deleted any trace of it. Yes we checked with my Facebook to see if it was still there, but it wasn't. It was just gone. I felt so bad for Elder Souza, but we are just waiting in Facebook to try and get it restored using his ID. It was just crazy that it happened right under our noses, when he was using Facebook even.  We also had...

  Fun pic on our rooftop! Yet another week in quarantine down. Unfortunately, our lockdown has been extended for another week, but the work continues on! We were hoping to see our good friend Janayna be baptized this week, but there were a few roadblocks. Not only was she having problems with her phone, not able to communicate with us much, but she is also still preparing to get lawfully married beforehand. But nonetheless, she is super prepared and will no doubt be baptized in the near future. This week was the last week in the transfer and Elder Souza and I are staying together in Bras Cubas. Funny story actually, Elder Souza was supposed to go home this week with 10 other missionaries, but President Miller decided to extend his mission 30 more days for him. We didn't even find out from President, only from one of the office elders. Elder Souza loves serving as a missionary and would gladly serve another 2 years let alone 1 month, so he is content. But it was a pretty big shock f...

  Picture for a video answering this statement, "Because of him I can..." What an awesome week! From Easter to General Conference to baptismal dates, this was certainly a week to remember! Towards the beginning of the week, we continued to teach our friend, Janayna, all that she would need to know for her baptism on April 11th. We also received a referral from some sister missionaries in Salt Lake City, Utah of Diego, a young guy very interested in the church. We taught him a couple lessons, one with the sisters and one without, and then invited him as well to be baptized on April 11th. If all goes well, we may see these two enter the waters baptism this week! Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get in contact with Janayna the last few days, but we are praying that she is still willing to be baptized. But even if it takes her a little more time, I have faith that her and her family will eventually join the church! The other day Elder Souza and I also got called to be t...