Oi Family,
We had a wonderful mission reunion as we came together to hear Elder Nielsen, one of the seventy speak to all of us in the mission. I loved seeing a lot of the amazing Sisters that I have had the opportunity to serve with.
Here are some pictures from our reunion:
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| Me with Sis. Salles and Sis. Caleira, my two daughters, who I had the opportunity to help train. |
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| Me with Sis. Salles and Sis.Mariano who are both waiting for their visas to serve in the Salt Lake Temple Square mission |
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| I loved seeing Sis. Cellurale, one of my past companions! |
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| Sis. Oldroyd, another great companion I served with. |
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| Sis. Hunsaker, one of my first companions |
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| Me with Sis. Alves de Souza, who I went on splits with as Sister Training leader |
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| Me with Sis. Lockheart and a Sister from Casa Verde. |
So, this past weekend, we were invited as a mission by our mission
president to fast with a specific purpose to know how we could be better
missionaries--to recognize what we needed individually to be better missionaries
in this work. I went into a bathroom at a member´s house at lunch yesterday to
end my fast, and I decided to kneel and pray out loud (silently). As I prayed, I
thanked Heavenly Father for several things in my life. I thanked him to be a
missionary, and I remember talking to Him in a humble way, telling him I was
ending my mission. I told Him I didn´t want it to end, and I immediately felt
the Spirit. I told Him that I wanted to give the best of me that I could in
order to end my mission the way He wanted me to end it. I don´t think I´ve ever
felt so near to Heavenly Father, speaking to him in prayer, as I did yesterday.
I began to cry, thinking that my mission was coming to a close. I love this
work, and I don´t want it to end. I´m going to give my all EVERY SINGLE DAY to
this work because I know that it sure wasn´t easy for Jesus Christ at the end of
his mission. He had to rely more and more on His Heavenly Father in prayer for
strength to accomplish that which was given him. I know that Heavenly Father is
carrying me each and every day. Although my body aches, and this work is hard,
it is so worth it. Just like the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, if we sacrifice
ourselves and our natural man, because of love, it is all worth it.
Last night we had a wonderful family night with Bruna and her family!
Bruna is super cute, and she and her sister (who is a member) always write us letters telling us how much they love us.
We made a yummy chocolate cake for the special occasion.
Bruna came to church yesterday and we are looking forward to her baptism!!
This week we
found a young woman named Carina whose father had recently passed away. We were able to share the message of the plan of salvation with her. During the lesson, the Spirit was
strong, and she cried as she shared with us that someone who she dearly loved
had passed away.
She felt so much hope after the lesson, that she told us, from
that day on, she prayed more fervently to Heavenly Father, and didn´t pray late
at night (midnight) anymore, but that her prayers were REAL prayers. Her pastor
picks her up to go to the church she is attending (God´s Assembly is the name of
the church), but she has a desire to go to ours. this next Sunday hopefully she
can visit with her mom.
Also
we found another family who will come to church next week!!
LOVE YOU
ALL!!!
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