He´s my peace in going home from the mission

I love that little sis of mine! I'm sure that she´s going to  be ever better than me! That´s how it works! 

 MOM!!! Have you SEEN how Cam is doing!!! [Her brother Cameron is serving in the Piracicaba Mission.]  I´M SO STINKING HAPPY FOR THAT BOY I FEEL LIKE I´M GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!!! He´s my peace in going home from the mission bc I feel like I finally am figuring out how to be a missionary and even though I won´t be able to use all of this here for muito time, I can pass it all to him, and LOOK at the success and leader he´s having and being já!!!! His successes make me even happier than mine!!! I love him, and AH!!! We got to talk via email these last two weeks, and it´s the best! He´s rocking this mission thing! 

And the honey...I had NO CLUE why I decided to send it to him...it didn´t make sense, but the Spirit knew and took care of his breakfast! WOW! [Ashley sent Cam a package and threw in a jar of honey at the last minute.  Meanwhile, I sent him a package from home and threw in a jar of peanut butter at the last minute.  They arrived the same day, and that young man was SO excited to have peanut butter and honey toast for breakfast!!]

Oh ya! YES!!!! The shoes finally came! I have the HAPPIEST FEET EVER!!!!! And they´re super cute!! Perfect!! Thank you SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH!!! 

And I used the necklace yesterday!! And S França loved hers!! I got to see her at the Mission Tour, and she loves you a ton!!! And says thank you for putting me into the world! ;D

Esta semana foi muito boa. We learned a lot!!! We set some very real goals in respects to our obedience, who we wanted to teach and baptise and how we would change our work. WOW!!! the results were very good.  We found a family of 4 this week, our other investigators decided that they wanted to repent and get married as fast as possible to be able to be baptized, A. passed his baptismal interview and was able to get a Sunday off at work and will be baptised on Sunday, and many other little miracles throughout the week. MANY MIRACLES!

We had a mission tour with Elder Campos. Eight hours of pure WOW!! He had a special meeting with the leaders before where we learned how to lead like the Savior does. Answered EXACTLY my question "how can I inspire in people the desire to change" It was AMAZING!! He talked about our example and how we can serve, help and love! I also found a new favorite scripture in his words: D&C 123:17. "  17 Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." He talked a TON about work with members and how to have FAITH to reach our goals even when they seem impossible!!

I'm happy. I´m seeing miracles and the changes the Lord is making in me. Elder Campos said that the mission is the CTM (MTC) for life. THAT answered another worry of my heart. I´m really worried about losing what I have here on the mission. The changes that have happened in me, and as I learned in my study this morning, the gifts of the Spirit. That´s what I'm most afraid of losing, but the Lord is showing me little by little in my studies and other things about how to continue everything that I have here. I have to keep going through studying, serving in the church, marriage, family, GROWTH!! Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, what do we do? We swim,swim!! (Wisdom from Dory)

I´m learning a lot about how to understand God´s will and use that to see miracles and CHANGE!!! If we ask for the gifts He knows we need, we´ll receive them. If we ask how to use these gifts to serve, we´ll see miracles. Changing our will to be His will is the key. Scriptures and prayer and service let us understand what His will IS! I love this gospel so much. It is everything for me. Really, I am someone that I would NEVER BE ABLE TO BE without the Lord´s help, and the gospel teaches me how to use this power and provides the steps, opportunities and ordenances necessários for this to happen!!

Love you all and have the best week EVER!!!

Sister Little