Almost Home

This week was full of miracles! We had a good ole fashion fast. And you would think that after all this time on the mission that I would be a pro with the whole substain from food and water for twenty-four hours but that`s a huge fat lie. It`s even harder on the mission. And everytime I start I want to cry! But everytime I finish my companion and I are blessed to the upmost most! This time we found a bunch of pots and pans and things for the kitchen in the trash. All of it was pretty much brand new and we needed it for our house! And a brother in the ward gave the two of brand stinking new cameras! Out of nowhere! It was so incredibule! Our investiagators are doing well but at the same not. Sunday was awesome everyone that needed to be at church were there so that`s awesome! That`s all we ask for and it`s for there good! We are in the process of finding new people. That process is very taxing. We hit tweny four doors the other day and it was horrible. No one wanted to listen to us. But at least we got a few sure come back if you want. Hmmm. All you can do is laugh and pray for strength to finsih out the day. Today everyone in our zone twelve elders and the two of us went and climbed a mountain! It was so nice to get away from the city and get into the jungle! Full of monkeys and wind and awesome views. It was so nice. We brought sandwiches it was so rad and orange juice and cookies. Who was in charge of the food that no one brought but we brought enough? Me and my BBF it always happens that way! We are woman and the end of the day. My legs feel like they will fall off but it was so worth it! Next week I will show the pictures!

 

Five Weeks

I can`t believe I am in my last transfer. Sometimes it feels as if I just got into the field and here I am on my last transfer. I have so much to do it`s insane. This week flew by and we had some good moments. We took a young couple Bruna and Anderson to a less actives house Pamela and her husband William who isn`t a member. And they hit if off so well and totally shared the message they didn`t even need us there. Those are the moments I love the most I was so happy. It went so well. For both sides. It made Bruna and Anderson happy and excited about missionary work and William and Pamela to see that young couples who go to the church are really cool and not a bunch of losers hahaha. A lot of people think we don`t know how to have a good time, that is wrong, we know how to cut a rug. Joao Carlos is doing really well. He is just loving our lessons and the church it`s so awesome. And we marked a date with Rilza. Things are going really well I couldn`t be anymore happier. This really is the Lord`s work. And we all can partake of it!  Nike was right, JUST DO IT!

Easter Miracle

This week was good. It was slow everyone was out of town and it was semana santo, saint week because of Easter and all that jazz. So it was on the down low. But we had some really good lessons with our investigators it was awesome! We helped a less active with her thesis. She has to translate her paper from english into portuguse. So she called on us to help. We were like ok let`s do it. Ya when we got there guess what the paper was on? Theories of Frued. I was like oh no. We were there an hour and I left with a huge headache and mass confusion. But it was good we are building a good friendship with her and learning Freud hahaha. The best miracle of all was Sunday. We had five investiagtors in the chapel. It was an Easter miracle. And the bishopric gave each of us huge choclate eggs and two pannetone it was so cute. There are pictures of our Easter festivals but as you know me and my BBF don`t have cameras so we borrow from the Elders in our zone so lame hahaha. So next week we will email the pictures for everyone to see. That is about it. The week went by fast and slow at the same time. We are now in the last week of the transfer it will be crazy, and I will stark my last transfer it will be crazy. BOA SEMANA GENTE

Back Together and Better than Ever!

Hello Mate

This week was good. I got a phone call from my old companion telling me that one of our investigators that we were teaching died. That was a sad moment. He was a really good guy. He died from an appendixes ya I have no idea how to spell that. But it was so sad. The part that is even more interesting is that he didn`t want to except the gospel. Weird to be on this end of it. Hmm I hope that he is more open in the spirit world. We were walking in the street and this man stopped us and was speaking in English. But not just regular old English but awesome English from England. And of course it took my brain like two minutes to respond because I was so huh wait what. But Paul is really cool. He has been living here for over a year teaching English. He visited the church in England and loved it. I hope that we can teach him. Won`t that be way fun to teach someone in English. I have already started teaching BBF to say a prayer and share her testimony in English she is coming along really well. Other than that it was really nice to end the weekend with conference. I loved every moment of it. And I totally understood everything. I watched in Portuguese because it`s my last time and I wanted to watch it my last official time in Port with my BBF and it was heaven. So many wonderful things were said. Can`t wait to read all the talks over again next month. We even had one of our investigators there and he loved it. Well really we thought he was sleeping but at the end he explained to an exact t what every talk was about it was awesome and surprising. We loved it. It was so awesome. This week was great. The weeks are going by so fast it`s insane. I need to take in every minute and basically like Tim McGraw sang live like I was dying. Have an awesome week gente!

O Loco

This week has been fast and full of lot`s of interesting things for the books. Where to begin. We got to teach a really cool man that we made a contact with in the street. His name is Jõao Carlos and he is a learned man. He has two college degrees and is way smart. He liked our message a lot. A lot and invited us to a seminar, well I guess that`s what you could call it. What is the name of the thing where you go and speak on something. He said that we could come and represent the Church. My beloved companion was super excited. No that`s an awesome chance to set people straight and help them understand what we believe, but I was like oh no sometimes my Portuguese get`s a little fuzzy when I`m nervous so who knows what I would say we shall see. We were looking for a house at night and we heard this woman call our names well called us. She was like I need help. She was this tiny woman carrying a baby and two large backpacks. We helped her to her house. She was cool. She was like well you can come back in the morning and teach me. We were like oh ok. Ya these moments in the mission are always a mouth opener for sure. We went back she wasn`t home. It`s all good. We are going to go back again. No worries. And one of our investigators we were teaching who never really let`s us talk we taught her daughter and it was awesome and the mom stayed quiet this time. It was good the spirit was strong and all it was nice. And then to finish the weekend strong. Sunday one of the recent converts was like I`m going to call my husband I`m not feeling to well. We walked down with her to the parking lot. And it was me and another irma and Edna passed out and went into a seizure It was crazy. Luckily Marcello was walking out who is a big and tall and buff Brasilian which is unrare and helped us out. Edna totally whacked me in the face but it was all good. She has that once disease where you have seizures and pass out I can`t think of the name. But it was crazy. I was totally calm and calmed her and supported her head. Poor thing it was so sad. But she is good. This week has been really good. I love the work of the Lord and how it always pops out of nowhere. When you feel you are on your last leg of hope he enters in and calms the storm. Tchau gente boa semana!

This week went by really fast. We had some really cool experiences. We taught a woman named Marlene. She is suffering from the loss of one of her sons and her husband. She is a really sweet lady. She expressed to us that she adopted three of her six children and how speical that is to her. Then we were able to add to that specail moment by saying that me and my BBF are adopted as well it was pretty cool. She was crying all over the place. The spirit was pretty strong. And then we got to teach Adalva. Who is this litttle old lady who has a lot of problems that she likes to act out it`s rather funny. But we got to help her out it was pretty legit. And the rest of the week was filled with talking with literally everyone in the street. When you don`t have a lot of people to teach you have to find. At times the finding part is really taxing on the soul. But usually that is where you get the more funny moments on your mission. Excuses that people give are pretty funny. But I really like my area. If you don`t mention the problem of cockroachs, slugs and ants in our house it`s alll good. Ya our house is a zoo. But it`s all good. And the best news of all I think that summer is ending. I am so so happy! Bring on the "cold" weather! Have an aweome week gente. I know that times are tough. There are moments when you want to call it quits or sit on the sidelines but there is always someone who is rooting you on, just like a silent cheerleader. That would be our Savior Jesus Christ. Where can you find that peace and comfort that your are always searching for but can never seem to find in any other place. Take it to the Lord. Pray. Pour your heart to him. He is there twenty four seven and it`s free.