I have been lied to....completely and utterly lied to......

 

I have been lied to....completely and utterly lied to......BRASIL MAKES COLD!!!!!!!! I have been FREEZING! It got cold from one day to the next! And I have been so, so, so, so, soooooo freezing! It got down to about 14 or 15 degrees....celcius here!!!!!!!!

 

...I wanna see how cold that is in Fahrenheit......okay.......... ................ ......................... now I feel like a wimp..... that´s like 57-59 degrees........oh boy..... I´M GONNA DIE IN DECEMBER!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness.....GO BACK TO BYU IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AFTER LEAVING SUMMER IN BRASIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ......okay......all you who served in Brasil........ ........ you can laugh at me, but after that you have to make me chimarrão e pão de queijo....BEM quentinho!........ yeah.......

 

I bought new shoes! That mostly hide the marks from the sun as well! Woohoo!

This week was a good week. Hard like all the others, but WAY MORE HOPEFUL! We´re taking things into our own hands now bc a lot of the people aren´t super excited to help us (they want to "stay quietly in their little corner in their spare time" as they told us in a meeting this week), and the Lord is blessing us. We had two people at church this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We haven't had anyone at church this whole transfer! It´s been really discouraging in this area as we are lacking a lot of support and we can´t seem to find the people who are READY, but finally with a lot of changes that President is making in the mission, we´re starting to see little differences. It´s really hard, and there´s a LOT MORE REJECTION the way we´re doing things now, but you also have the chance to see who really is interested or not. 

 

A few things I LOVED this week. 

-Ether 12 uses the word "faith" THIRTY-THREE times! If that doesn´t call attention, I don´t know what does! I was talking with Calvin recently and he said that faith is a principle of power, and when our will is the same thing that God wants, and that´s what the investigator wants, NOTHING can stop us! It´s all about choosing to believe and then full speed ahead following the impressions we receive. Alma 37:6 says that it´s through the small and simple things that great things are realized. (I don´t have anything memorized in English anymore-it´s all in Portuguese. Sorry!) 

-My study today was THE BEST!!!!! I read a few chapters in the Book of Mormon this morning, and finished with Alma 26 which is EXACTLY HOW I´M FEELING!

 

v3,5: This is why I love this work! It´s hard, and it´s amazing! Seeing the changes in people´s lives! wow! 

....and I´m out of time.......

v.22 is the RECIPE for success in missionary work here and at home! Let´s go!

v.27-31

v35-37 MY TESTIMONY!!!!!! To you all! In the name of Jesus Christ, amém!

Love you all! Boa semana!

 

And Mom and Dad, thank you for listening so well to the Lord. You are such examples to me! I´ve had a few promptings this week, and the Lord told me THIS MORNING that I needed to get going on things, and then you expressed the same testimony! THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU!

 

 

And yes! There´s no place like home! (and yeah, I was a total creeper taking a picture of the back of someone´s car)