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| Sister Little and Sister Bastos |
This week was.....interesting....yeah...
Highlights
Birthday
of Sister Bastos!!! Woohoo! Foi ótimo!! Super great! May I just say
that for the last three months, Heavenly Father blessed me with an angel
for a companion-and the best angel He has around at that!!! She is so
funny, works so hard, teaches incredibly well, and she has so much love
for everyone-me included! She has very literally changed my mission and
shown me a vision of the Sister I want to become. I will be grateful
for my Sister Bastos forever. In all honestly, she is the best, most
humble, funniest, strongest example! I have a great big gratitude bubble
in my heart for her.
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| "And a favorite Brazilian tradition...egg bath on your birthday! But we got a little excited with us both giving an egg bath on the other...and here´s us washing out our hair with a member´s hose...haha!!! Good times!!!" |
The rest of the week was
go, go, go....until I ended up in the hospital (hospital sounds worse
than it really is.....that´s just the "doctor" here.....EVERYONE goes
straight to the hospital...I don´t like the
hospital.....FYI......blek....
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| "This was after the egg bath and a real bath on her birthday! Yup!! That´s what an angel looks like, everyone!!! ;D" |
Spiritual highlight this week was about being grateful. Last night with transfers, Sister Bastos and I had some very tender moments. Lots of
hugging and crying and being grateful (I´d NEVER seen S.Bastos cry until
last night. Yup. We cried a lot. Good cry, yeah). I am SO GRATEFUL for
her and everything she´s taught me, EVERYTHING! It was really sweet for
her to see a glimpse of who she is and the difference she makes-she
doesn´t see it. This is why EXPRESSING gratitude is so important. Wow.
Everything is just so perfect!
But it was really good as well, to pray
and know that what I´ve done here in Paulínia pleases the Lord. That was
the most peaceful feeling in the whole wide world. I want to work
everyday to be able to have that feeling for eternity. Leave every
person better than you found them, and express gratitude for everything.
Everything! Times passes fast; I´m learning more and more to enjoy the
moment. I think that this is how God lives- He has plans (really good
ones-ETERNAL plans!), and then He lets His preparation play out moment
to moment. I want to be more like this.
OH!!!! But I did hear
about a crazy cool revelation in the book of John in the bible that
says EXACTLY what happened after church this last Sunday. Read John 7:53. CRAZY REAL!!!!! Read it and see!!! Super ...WOW!!!!
The
only other thing is a great big happy birthday shout out to that Daddy
of Mine!!!!!!!! He´s for sure the greatest! Thank you Dad for everything
you´ve taught me about hard work, honesty, loving everyone around you,
serving in the church with ALL of your strength, time, force, and faith,
and about how to love and provide for a family. More than anything you
taught me exactly what to look for in a husband and father for my
children. Did you know that when I was little, Mom told me that she
married the best man in the world, and I cried for nights on end because I
thought that there was no one left in the world for me that would be as
good as my Dad? Yup...I was a paranoid child...BUT know that I sure
loved and always will love my daddy!!!! You are my hero, and that will
never change. Know that all those times that I became nervous with your
advice, was just because I wanted to be just like you and make you the
proudest dad ever. Know that I'm still trying, and EVERY word of advice
you give goes straight to the heart!!! LOVE YOU TONS AND HAPPY
FORTY SOMETHING BIRTHDAY!!!! (It´s 44, right....? Tenho dúvidas
agora...)
So yes. Keep going. Every cloud has a
silver lining. Everything has a purpose, and so do you!!! Read Doctrine and Covenants 45:3-5, 7-9. This makes EVERYTHING worth it!!
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