Sister R. and Sister G. went home Thursday, so lots and lots of prayers for them. And I´m staying here this transfer, so that makes me happy. Heavenly Father blessed us with about 15 new people in this last week and a little bit that I´ve been here. I´m excited to work!
And
my area is AWESOME!!!!!! It´s WAY MORE country side, beautiful, a
little tiny branch of 40-50 something people, we´re working our BEHINDS
OFF because her comp was out of the game as well, and I´m learning SO
MUCH!!! I´m a different missionary!!! I told Dad, "This
change has been a MIRACLE for me! EVERYTHING changed, and I´m a
completely different missionary. My comp actually told me this week
that I talk too much and am too focused on our people´s problems, and I
have to work on making the lessons shorter......I´m working on it, but
It´s definitely a problem that I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE!!!!
SUUUUUUUUUUUUPER excited about what God is doing with me. It´s CRAZY to
watch!!!"
My spiritual highlight has been my prayers this week. I´ve started
keeping a little notebook and a pen at my bed, and I write what I feel
and hear as I pray, and Heavenly Father REALLY SPEAKS to us. I´ve been
able to really talk to Him and receive answers about what I´m really
going through in the day to day. TRY IT! Keep a little piece of paper
with you and write down what He says to you. He is our Father, and He
wants so badly to hear from us. Please talk to Him-He knows everything so
perfectly, and will never make you feel small or inadequate. THAT is the
Adversary trying to get you to not pray, to not feel your Heavenly Father´s love for you. SO pray, just talk-not just ask and express
gratitude-just tell Him about whatever, and He´ll respond. Just be ready
to receive the response.
I´m
a happy duck here, and it´s rainy today, so it´s not CRAZY hot!!!!
OH!!! but my hair is really turning red, I´m turning WAY DARKER than I
was on Christmas (and yes, I´m even using sunscreen), and did I mention
that my eyes are TOTALLY turning green here on the mission?!?!?! I have
light eyes...they´re almost totally GREEN! Super strange to look in the
mirror and be so different so fast!
WE MADE SMORES to celebrate transfers!!!! American smores in the most Brazilian way (closest-thing-to-graham-
More beautiful! <3<3<3<3<3
For
those comps who REEEEEEAAAAAAAAAALLy take the don´t be separated from
your comp thing seriously......the things you find on a mission......
MY new area....I NEEEEEEED TO LIVE SOMEWHERE LIKE THIS!!!!! Like....FOREVER!
Yes. Just yes......
P-Day taking out the trash clothes............
I would actually be really grateful if you guys could pray for our safety. The end of December through February are the holidays, and everyone is always drunk, and men of the world are just disgusting creatures. [For those who may be unfamiliar with how she's using this phrase, she differentiates between men of the world and men of God. Having grown up with 4 brothers, and with many wonderful men in her life, she is very appreciative of GOOD men that conduct themselves appropriately. It's the other kind she's speaking of here!] We´ve been super protected, so you don´t have to worry, but situations just get weeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiird.
SO in my last two minutes, I want to say that I´m just super grateful, and work fixes EVERYTHING!!!! No matter how sad, depressed, nervous, anxious, tired, irritated, disappointed, misunderstood, ANYTHING I feel, work ALWAYS fixes it!!!! I know this from experience. I have experienced it time and time again, and those experiences have prepared me to know how to do so now.
Every one of our experiences teaches us of an eternal truth. It´s WAY easier to be happy and grateful when you´re looking for the eternal principles in your experiences, good and bad. So that´s my challenge this week-find the eternal truths, and write them down and express gratitude for each one. That and pray for someone else this week. God will help you see yourself and them in a whole new light-much MORE light!!!
Love y'all!!!! Moroni 8:3
Sister Little
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