Sister's know FUN!

Noone puts Baby in the Corner...

This week has been full of laughs and giggles and a I love it. Edson is progressing so well. It`s almost to good to be true. He is a rockstar. He was at church yesterday singing his heart out it was so rad. This is his third time at church and he is all about it. He has the shakes a bit because he stopped cold turkey with the cigs and the coffee and the drinking but he is powering through. It`s so amazing to see a change in someone like this. We found another awesome family to start working with. Roseangela. She has twevle kids but only five live with her. She is really cool. Two of her kids went with us to church yesterday. Luis Carlos and Rafela. They are seventeen and eleven. It was really cool. They are totally pumped to come to church with us next Sunday oh happy day. We taught Gospel Principles yesterday as well. All these people that aren`t recent converts busted in just to see us teach. I was like ummm ok, but it was all good. I made brownies. So that way they could at least leave the class with some kind of inspiration. Friday we had this really cool leadership training. It is usually for the LZS and LDS and the Elders that are training. But because our President is a boss he wanted his beloved Sisters to come. So it was an all day event. We had lunch there, pracitced for hours and walked away tired but full of new knowledge it was rad. Saturday night was our ward activity. It was a dance. 50S, 60S, 70S and 80S. It was so much fun. OMG and me and Sis Mon were able to pull off pretty decent outfits considering we are missionaries. Luckily the Elders who lived in our house before left behind a bunch of clothes so I was able to get my 80S on hardcore. Followed by the classic tie tied around my head. People were like umm what is that? I was like this is 80S baby. It was cool. All the music was awesome. Like the DJ played popular music from that time period but it was in Portuguese so I was still able to sing along hahaha. Everyone was like how do you know this music I was like I was raised on the classcis. Thanks mom. It was a good turn out. Members brought there friends but none of the friends lived in our area... But it was still good. The week flew by it was way awesome. This gospel is truly amazing. I love to see how it changes peoples lives from night to day.

Boa Semana Gente,

Sister White

9 months and still going strong!

 three future roommates at the waterfall.

My nine months

awesome sign. Which means where are the elect today?

One with all of us at Richelle

It's all down hill from here...

This week has been fun and crazy. Last Pday we spent it with Pat who is this really cool member in our ward and we ate and laughed and had a grand time and she sang us African lullabies. She is amazing. I just love her. And she did our nails. I hit my nine months. So of course we had a huge party! We ate cake and french fries and had a picnic in the park. And took the crazy nine months pictures. It was way fun! I had a small panic attack. Like I only have nine more months to learn Portuguese and save people, but then I ate cake and I was fine. For a few days I had this wierd stomach pain I don`t know what happen. And Sis Mon was trying to make me some tea. Up north where she is from they drink different kinds of tea when they are sick and she was like hey drink this I was like no I want drugs. She was like oh you crazy American all you guys want is drugs. I was like yes you better beleive it. We met Telma who is this awesome lady. We taught her a really powerful first lesson. But she didn`t come to church that was sad. We will stop by tonight to see what happen. I made Taco`s for Ludy birthday on Friday and the Elders lunch fell so they ate with us too. It was way fun I used the stuff my mom sent me and the Brasilians were going crazy. It was so funny. They were like sweating they were like what is in this so funny? I was like this isn`t even the real good stuff. We met this other really cool lady named Laney. She is in her 70`S and a bit of a hussy. She kills me, but she is down to change. Yesterday was way funny. I gave a talk in church. I started talking in English and everyone was like umm and then I was like just kidding I will talk in Portuguese and everyone laughed. I talked about using our talents. I told them that my talent is to sing but I am embarressed to sing in front of a bunch of people. So after everyone was like I need you to sing at this or that. So funny I was like my stupid mouth. I thought maybe they wouldn`t understand me hahaha. And where we had lunch was way way fun. It was with two really cool families and we laughed and ate. It was awesome. And today we got to come to Votorantim and go to the waterfall and eat with Richelle. It was so much fun. I missed her so much!!! I loved every moment of it. P DAY goes by way to fast. Onto another week of giggles in the street and helping people follow Christ. I love BRASIL.

Tchau, 

Sister White

Picture Time

Sister Mon and I

view from our apartment

Well one thing is for sure the week goes by way faster when you laugh a lot. And one thing me and Sis Mon are good at is laughing. She has problems with sugar. So whenever we have dessert with the members she is crazy after when we go and hit doors. So hitting doors is way more fun. She cracks me up. This one lady who was a total bruxa was acting all kinds of crazy with us. Sis Mon was talking with her and I started laughing and ran away. And then Sis Mon started laughing and the lady was yelling at us and we were laughing so hard in the middle of the street. It was so funny. We met this really cool guy named Marcio. And he asked us a really intense question about Jesus Christ and his Apostles. And I was able to answer in Port it was awesome I was so happy. By the way that moment was totally from the Lord not from me. I found a sign in the street it`s a sign that has a arrow. We put it in the house and wrote on it with a big fat sharpie "WHERE ARE THE ELECT TODAY?" So funny and everyday we use it. There is still mass confusion with Bianca and her family. No one seems to understand the rules of the mission. Even our leaders in the ward. We cannot baptize because she is not in our area and two she cannot stay in our ward. But no one seems to want to understand me. Me and the Elders of the other ward are so annoyed with it it is crazyness. But the good thing is she wants to be baptized so it`s all good. We met another man Jaco and taught him last night. He is a member of the Congreacao. So he wanted to say the first prayer, sure whatever. Ok didn`t know he was going to give the prayer of a lifetime. My companion almost died. Oh people I just love entractions with them. Fast and Testimony meeting was yesterday. And I shared my testimony. And made everyone laugh, because I was like when I got here I was all we are really going to eat rice and beans everyday? So funny. And even funnier everyone attacked me afterwards and was like wait what do you guys eat then? So funny. And Sis Mon shared her testimony. I had to help her practice and all beacasue she has never shared her testimony. She has only been a member of the church for like three years. So when she got off the stand she got a invite to give a talk next Sunday she almost died. She has never given a talk before either. She was like no I am not doing it. I was like I will help you calm down. Oh I lost our cellphone. Opps. But we got a new one a few days later. The only problem is we have to pay for it.... The other day we were walking in the street at night and laughing. And then we got in between this dog gang fight. We spilt and ran like you know what to safety it was the funniest thing ever. Like I said Brasilian dogs are crazy. Well gente this week flew by and it was awesome. This work is so amazing. I have the best job in the world. To help people follow our Savior Jesus Christ. 

Tchau

So last Pday was super boring. We had nothing to do. Pday is the worst when you have nothing to do so from now on we will always have something planned with members or I don`t know something. Because you feel super homesick and bored out of your mind. But today we are having a zone activity and then Sis Mon and I are going to the center to go shopping. So we are remember Maria and her whole family? Well it turns out she is not in our area. There was a fat error on our map and she is not in our area. The Elders are over the moon because they have no one to teach right now but we were super sad. As was Maria but the show must go on. We will visit them on Pday`s and what not and go to there baptism so it`s all good. The other day we were hitting doors. Which depending on my mood can be fun or awful. Why fun? Because of all the crazy people you meet and conversations you get to have. So we are talking with this old lady. And she was all "Wait, what church?" We said the name again. And we were like more commonly known as "The Mormons" and she rolled her eyes and shook her head and made this huff sound. It was the funniest thing ever. I couldn`t stand it I started laughing. And then Sis Mon started laughing. And she was going on about how her daughter is a member but dosesn`t go anymore and all this jazz. And there I was still laughing it was so funny. We just love her. Picture a Brazilian Betty White... Now does the story make sense? So we started working out with the Bishop wife Shirley three days a week in the mornings. It is way fun. She is a hoot I just love her. And I am going to start a program for the sisters of the ward to do an exercise program with us the Sisters it will be awesome... Stay tuned for that outcome. We started working with Marcia who is a less active and super funny but not really ready to go back to church still not sure why? When we ask she changes the subject. The first time we met her she was all wow you speak really good Portuguese for only having eight months on the mission. Then I would say something else and she was all what did she say? It was so funny. I speak really well but she couldn`t understand me. I was dying. This week we lost a lot of people just not ready to step up to the plate. Vanessa. So sad. Sunday on our way to church this man was like Tia Tia. Which means aunt. Ya why they call us aunt is beyond me but anyways. He was all do you remember me? And we were like ya. He is homeless well somewhat he lives on the couch of a less active member. And is a drunk. Anyway he was all I want to go to church today but I need to change my shirt. I was like ok. We will swing back around and come and get you. We come back and he was still with his group of drunk friends and we were like so you coming and he was like well my kids are coming. Blah blah blah and he had a cop in his hand with some kind of alcool I was like oh boy. So sad. But this week had it`s ups and downs. That is the mission baby. A roller coster of everything and I don`t want to get off. Boa semana gente. Te amo.

Tchau Sister White