●remember the
guy that said he wouldn’t pray until ano novo? Well, he kept his wordJ so after the
new year he prays with us!!!!!! #dreamscometrue
●we got lots
of rain which means I’m not dying of heat at the moment!!! yay!
●5 months on
the mish... check
●went to a
brazilian baby shower
bad
●ew! ew! ew!
we had a visitor this week in our bathroom. a giant cockroach!!! also bad is we
were talking on the phone with our district leader when he was discovered so all
of the elders heard our screaming. don’t panic…we killed it with a gallon of
raid.
●so we were
cut lots this week. (explanation below) we’re down four investigators now. we also
now have a house we’re not allowed to visit… but a member lives there.
●i’m like 99%
sure my companion get electrocuted during a storm... scary but kinda hilarious
after the fact. after she said ´´i feel different.....´´ hahahhaha.
awk
●some less
actives at church wanted to hear our mission song (which if you haven’t heard
it you should get on you tube and check it out… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZJ7QigrHI ) the video
they found on youtube was of some elders with their rendition of our mission
song… featuring one of our zone leaders. It’s kindaaa funny. I’ll send a snail
mail letter to anyone that finds it and writes me about it:)
aaahhhh... hillary and here you are. in brasil with me:)
●new year’s
resolution to get rid of this word in my english vocabulary…. one of the little
girls in the ward at church, she’s 7, started saying “crap”. YIKES!!!!
●we were
emailing today at a place with only two computers. some people came in and were
awkwardly waiting but we only get one hour and the place closes at noon for
lunch (dang brasil) so we kept going. then finally this lady awkwardly tried to
slowly ask how long we would be because she thought we didn’t speak any
portuguese. hahahhaa. she used lots of hand motions. it was great!
this is esther and she is sooooo cute!!!
awesome
●this week we
went with some awesome members (first string in our ward-- if you know what i
mean) to visit the new investigators we have. we scheduled for 8:00, but our
new investigator thought we meant 8:00 am... oops. so, they asked us to come
back in 30 minutes. in that time this first string couple took us to visit some
old investigators that they remember visiting with other missionaries here and
so now, we’ve just added 4 new investigators to our teaching appointments! it
was AWESOME and something that we will be doing every week now!! i highly recommend this for other
missionariesJ
●LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN--- I TALKED IN MY SLEEP IN PORTUGUÊS!!! i don’t remember ever
dreaming in português but i sleep talked so that’s basically like the same
thing. and sister gomes heard it so i have proof!!!! #imarealmissionarynow
life is good. but, transfers are next week. i’m super nervous...
like that my time in camobi is about to come to an end. also i know i also
always talk about her but my first companion, sister jackman goes home next
week... what will i do without her?!
remember how i said this week we got cut a lot. in case you’re
confused, that basically means people tell us they don’t want to be taught
anymore or receive our message. usually it’s us that has to do the cutting but it’s
always awkward when THEY do it. especially when we still visit them anyways
because a member lives there in their home! it is sad and awkward-- but this
week it was ok. at district meeting one of the elders said that some people
have no real intention of learning or changing their lives, and that they
really become opposition for us because they are taking our precious and
limited time away from people who DO want to change, that need our help and we
could be teaching. also, last sunday we fasted for some of our investigators
who haven’t been progressing because we needed to know what to do and how we
could help them. i think the long story short is… Heavenly Father knows i have a hard time
cutting people, especially people who i love and love teaching or i really
personally want to see accept the gospel and improve their life. so this time, Heavenly Father stepped in and
did the hard part for me because i don’t have the heart to do it.
so, the good news is…
even though we’ve lost some who no longer want to see us, we gained some new
investigators that are searching. more
time now to devote to them, less distractions, and as always-- good hard
work.
over and out from the land south.
xoxoxoxo sister ashley faldmo
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