Santa Maria, Brazil... I love you!
GOOD●zone leader invites us to have a little picnic last p day… alright I’m in!(more details below)
●this
week we had district prayer at 10 am and 10 pm every day via conference call…
prayers of only gratitude. it was pretty legit. happy thanksgiving amercia!
●i’m
so glad i’m not an elder. grateful for elders… yes. but let’s be real, skirts
are WAY more comfortable on hot days!!
Here we are: sis m & sis a@ santa maria overlook!
BAD
●this week i more or less got shocked by an electric fence (via umbrella) so that was cool.
●this week i more or less got shocked by an electric fence (via umbrella) so that was cool.
●door
knocking/clapping on hot hot daysL
●sometimes brazil hates me! i have to pay 120 reis for my package. stoppppp.
●sometimes brazil hates me! i have to pay 120 reis for my package. stoppppp.
●it’s
one thing having to cut investigators… it’s another thing when they cut you. feeling
like everyone hates usssss.
AWK
●my tan lines.
●my tan lines.
●i
think i ate sardines this week.
●forgot
my name tag one day. we all do it sometimes right? (don’t worry, we returned
home
and i put it on.)
just got done with some lunch out at the farm
AWESOME
●a
baptism this week!! thursday adriana becomes a member of The Church of Jesus Christ
of
Latter-day Saints!
●held
first english class!! it’s quite interesting, considering sister clay and i
have only been here
for less than 3 months.
for less than 3 months.
english class is in session!
please meet your teachers... sister faldmo & sister mora
●noite
familiars!! (family nights)… treats, games and the good ol gospel message. and
BAPTISMS!! see below.
●investigators
that KEEP COMMITMENTS! IT’S A MIRACLE!!
●walking
to lunch an hour away when suddenly a car pulls over and pushes open the
passenger door. I LOVE MEMBERS!
downtown... centro decorated for Christmas. Brazilian style
p day-- the hike:
ok, so this elder explained that in their
area there’s this really pretty view of the city and we could have a zone
picnic there. ok cool. so we start walking to their area and quickly i notice how
grateful i am for camobi. their area is ALL uphill, i swear!! and we aren’t
even there yet! we’re just in their area walking!! oh my goodness. then, 30-40 minutes later we finally get to this
view… and there’s still 135 steeeep stairs! so that’s cool. so glad i was so excited
to wear jeans. should have stuck with my basketball shorts. i can look cute every
other day of the week. i only have like
10 stairs more. so i decide to run the rest of the stairs. all the rest of my
zone is in sight watching. i start... and i trip and FALL in front of everyone.
happy p day sister faldmo! needless to say… today’s pday will NOT be as adventurous.
sim, nas aguas is the title of my post today because
this was the response of one of our investigators when i asked her if she
wanted to get baptized!! ("yes, in the waters") this was during an fhe tuesday
night with the cute neighbors that we teach together, at a member’s home. we
started the lesson on prayer and all of a sudden she told us how she, her
sister, and her brother had been reading the book of mormon together every day
and how this had completely changed everything. there was more love in their
home and they were happier. i really was speechless when this happened and was
holding back tears. this is the same girl that we’ve only taught once because
she said she didn’t believe in the book of mormon. she’s 16, her younger sister is 12, and their
brother is 10… and i never could tell if they seriously were reading when they
said they were or if they were just trying to make us happy. but they are! and
they are feeling the spirit because of it!! but just to make my life a little
more complicated, before our fhe they told us that they were moving… tomorrow… out
of our area! L
so we were good little missionaries and gave this reference to the elders in
their new area. i’m just happy to know i could plant this seed.
noite familiar turca
ALSO we have adriana... goodness i can’t talk
enough about her. we’ve only been
teaching her about 4 weeks. but… this week after a noite familiar when we were
all saying goodbye she got everyone’s attention, thanked us for everything, and
asked the member whose house we were in to baptize her on the date we had asked
her to think about!!! this thursday (thanksgiving day in the states) she will
be baptized! she prayed about it, she’s kept all her commitments, and she wants
this for her life.
adriana above with sis mora & me
adriana and her mother and the members whose home we are in
Things are good... thank you so much for all of your letters, packages & support!
i felt lucky lucky lucky blessed blessed blessed
this week to be here with these special people. i know it’s hard to keep commitments
and obey commandments but when we do, we are blessed and our lives change and
improve for the better. i don’t think i can say anything more or better than
these stories. 
i'm on top of the world
com amor,
sister
faldmo
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