"I was born in Belford Roxo - RJ, in Brazil, in a Christian family, but as a child we did not attend mass so often, but I was beaten little. Being a teenager I started a path to make me count after a meeting to give continuity to the catechesis, and from some I was creating an interest in religion, which at that time was despised and was becoming disheartened.
When I entered college I was able to make great friends who, like the many activities I had done in my parish, would help me grow in faith and become more deeply interested in thinking about the Catholic Church.
After a message, being with our friends, I met a seminarian, now a priest, who asked me for my phone number and encouraged me to participate in the vocational meetings of the seminary. I accepted and came to participate in the meetings, because of the reality and I perceived a restlessness inside me, mixed with curiosity, but there was no clarity about what destiny had in store for my future. I was in my second career, with a paid career, then I could not make it if I thought we had 20 or 30 years.
After a year and a half of participating in vocational meetings and taking spiritual direction, because God called me for something, and being there I felt good, I wanted to be always more integral, to do more, to grow in intimacy with God, once you decide to take the next step and enter the seminary.
I entered the seminary in 2018, pursuing a career in business administration, to try to respond to God's call, which was not entirely clear, if not what I would like at that time. And so I say, God has shown his love to my life through many signs, that you want to understand, and on the way you go, being clear about the path.
Aware of my doubts and hesitations, to ensure that God does not abandon those who truly seek to do his holy goodness, I will calm down and reassure myself in this same process of struggle towards the priesthood. Thanks to all benefactors".
