Good
●birthday surprises at family night
for ‘the mom of rosario’ aka vanuza. (of course, she was mad at us the day
before, her real birthday, because no one even said happy birthday.. oopssss)
●If I had a “cute” category this
would be there: a birthday party for ana rita’s (remember the sweet lady who
was baptized last week) little boy heitor. he turned one! It was so “touching”
to see how the family cares for him and treats him so well even though with his
age and medical issues, he may never remember this little party.
heitor's 1 year old bday party!-- so much love
me and naninha... a selfie with this amazing & newly baptized member
Bad
●when the smart elders take a
sleeping pill, but from what it seems like, it was actually for adhd, and then
they show up to lunch still druggy… the brazilian elder is speaking like an american
(inrrolado), the other isn’t even able to stay awake..
●losing the mission cell phone,
panicking, locating it at the church, borrowing keys, then almost losing the
keys to the church (this is why you usually don’t see two americans together)
●This place is an OVEN
#SOS #SENDMEAIRCONDITIONING
Awk
●my lovely companion sister tenorio
chugged half a bottle of pimenta to win a free scripture case from cleber
●add another velorio (funeral) to
the list
●when our friend at the lan house
(where we use the internet) makes a DVD for me of the mormon messages and when
he gives me the flash drive back its marked “mormons”
Awesome
●Yesterday church was full of our
investigators!!!!! Happinesssssss!!!!
ana rita's other son dionaton... we are buddies:)
it’s been made real clear that i’m
not going to cruise into the sunset because my mission is coming to an end. i’m
going to be tested and tried every moment that i wear His sacred name. the
wonderful thing is that i am passing through these trials with a great
companion. when she’s down i’m up and can help. when i’m down she’s up and helps
me. With everything that’s happened, we have had to remember why we are here
and who we are serving. i’m the happiest and have the most success when i do
this work for the right reasons in the ways that best fit my strengths and my
personality. we’ve decided to just serve the Lord and forget the rest. Sooner
or later people will recognize our efforts and where our hearts are, and
everything will work out.
Now, more than ever, i’ve realized
what so many people have told me-- just be yourself. obviously, i have to get
better, strengthen my testimony and i have lots of learn... but there is so
much pressure in the mission to be perfect, and when you’re not it is always
pointed out to you and sometimes not in a very constructive way. i want to be
perfect and i want to give my best, but i always come short. lots of people don’t
understand our hearts and don’t see all of our efforts, but luckily there
always is someone who does: God knows our hearts perfectly and Christ knows
exactly what we are going through. and thanks to our Savior’s Atonement we will
be perfect. One day.
The mission is soooo hard. But this
week i felt really blessed. we had FAMILIES at church… let me say that again, we had FAMILIES at church!
that’s plural, more than one. Every person has their own difficulties and challenges in life but
the gospel blesses everyone of those individual's exactly how they need to be blessed and as a
missionary, i get to help people learn and understand this message... so it’s worth it.
Happy pday! I love you all and am
so grateful for your examples and support.
Love youuu
oxoxoxo sister
faldmo
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