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| Sister Reis, A great missionary and friend |
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| My little buddy - Danilo 6 and already a charmer! |
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The title pretty much sums up our week. It was amazing! What
a turn around from last week. This has definitely been the busiest and best week we've had
in a while. So one thing I learned this week is that the Lord always places
people in our paths for a reason.
We taught a woman a few weeks ago, Fran, who had
already been taught a lot and had been to church a lot with other missionaries
here about a year ago and just never decided to get baptized. We left
thinking oh we'll never see her again, she doesn't want anything... and
that was that.
This week Sister Loisotto and I went to
buy chocolate at this
store we always go to and we literally ran, into her on the sidewalk but she
was yelling "meninas, meninas!" which is"girls, girls"...and she looked
a little frantic.
To set up the scene a little better...it was pouring rain so she had an umbrella, her purse, and this big bag with her. She asked us to hold this huge bag because she had to
run across the street to pick up her son from the bus and didn't have an extra
hand. So we walked to her front
door which was close, handed her the bag, chatted a little bit, and she told us
how much we saved her and how she needed us at exactly that moment.
She invited
us in (that was a surprise) and we got to share a message with her. Turns out
she was getting surgery the next day and was really nervous, so it was just
perfect timing that we could be there at that moment to help her out, even if
it was just a small thing.
Moral of the story: when you feel the need to buy
chocolate...
DO IT :)
We had a lot of experiences like that this week where we
hadn't been able to contact someone in a long time and Bam!, the person we
wanted to see happened to be home or we saw someone on the street we were
hoping to teach. What a blessing!
We saw lots of miracles this week. One includes
a boy we have been trying to teach, Jefferson. He's 11 years old and his mom
and sister and brother are already members. We started teaching him on Thursday
and he'll be baptized this Sunday the 17th! We are so excited! Another soul
coming unto Christ. It's such a beautiful thing.
A little update on Sister Robinson...She's doing ok. I have fortunately never lost a parent so I can't say I know what she's going through but with our knowledge of where we're going after this life I know she'll be ok. President allowed Sis. Robinson to watch the funeral here in our area this week at Irmão Fábio's house Wednesday night. We watched just the burial and it was so sad but also really cool to see how unified her family is. She's one of 8 and they just all love each other so much so that was the cool part. We
spent Pday with her last Monday and will again today. It's so hot today! But
we're all going to a park where I will be writing a nice long letter for my
dearest friend Janelle. Love you! Keep praying for her...She is one
trooper I'll tell ya.
He talks about how once we were all
together living with God before we came to earth and we left His arms with the
promise that we would return home to Him. We are all brothers and sister here
with the same purpose...to find our way home. We all chose to follow Christ
before we came to earth but some of our brothers and sisters here are lost and
it's our responsibility to help them find the path again.
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| Laira & I at ward activity-Festa da Nacoes, she was representing Spain |
See others as God
does and the way we see people now will be different. I really loved this talk and
I know that all things are possible as we try to follow Christ. I wanted to
share two of my favorite quotes here....1) "Of one thing you can be
certain: every person you see—no matter the race, religion, political beliefs,
body type, or appearance—is family. The young woman you look at has the same
Heavenly Father as you, and she left His loving presence just as you did, eager
to come to this earth and live so that she could one day return to Him."
and 2) Yes, the road has bumps and detours and even some hazards. But
don’t focus on them. Look for the happiness your Father in Heaven has prepared
for you in every step of your journey. Happiness is the destination, but it’s
also the path.
What a beautiful statement. I love this gospel.
There is nothing better in the world.
And I love all of you! Boa semana gente!
Updated with photos 11/25/13
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| PDay with Sister of our District |
This week at our last meeting, I made french toast for my zone and let me tell ya' it was not a fast process with a pan that only fits one slice of bread at a time. I made two loaves...I never want french toast again. I also made syrup! (still working on my homemaking skills) None of the Brazilians knew what it was or how to use it and jokes were made that it was hot glue haha. It did kinda look like it though. All was well in the end and very tasty! 
