Monday, July 24, 2017

It's Raining, It's Pouring!

Hey everyone!! Hope everyone has had an amazing week! Because every week we have is amazing!!

Well, this week we've had a ton of rain, which is great! And annoying all at the same time haha! It's kind of really bi-polar on weather. Makes the days interesting! Buuuut, the work here is progressing slowly but well! We are teaching tons of awesome people!  
 
Everything is great here!! The work is progressing, we had 2 investigators at church yesterday, which was great but we had like 7 people say they'd go and not actually do it... that's always a bummer, and as we say here "faz parte" which means basically that it happens. My companion is Sister Nobre and she's probably one of the funniest people I've ever met!! Love her so much! She's 19 almost 20, and is a convert of 5 years, the only one in her family. She studied a little before her mission but wants to change her studies after and go into medicine. She's so friendly and talks to basically everyone. People love her! She is helping tons with the language! The whole house is! Oh and yesterday she said a prayer in English!! I've been trying to get them all to pray in English haha. 


I'm about 45 mins from the mission home. I love my district, they're all so great! And take real good care of me. They help so much, and always check up on me. Which is funny because I'm not the newest missionary, but I am the only one who doesn't speak Portuguese fluently yet. Its kind of annoying, but I enjoy learning the language. The members are amazing!!! I feel like this ward is the equivalent to your ward! Super friendly and so willing to help! We have zone conference this week, super excited!! I'll definitely get pictures! 

Investigators:
 
E: E is a contact that Sister Nobre made last transfer, and we finally got in to see him. He is super receptive to the lessons but has troubles with praying. Which is normal for tons of people, but without prayer the conversion process is kind of at a stand still. And finding answers and comfort in our difficulties is just that much harder. But he is super great! Hopefully he will open up a bit more to the idea of praying to our Father, and really having that desire to converse with Him. 

LH: 19 years old, and the brother of a recent convert. We started teaching him one day when we showed up to check on his sister and she wasn't there. He is super receptive and really excited about the lessons. So excited that when we finished our last lesson with him on Friday he hugged us both as we were leaving. Really funny, Sister Nobre tried to tell him no but he didn't care! 

J e L e familia: J and L are amazing! We made contact with J one day and when we came back to try and teach him he wasn't there and met his daughter taught her and made a date to come back. went back and J wasn't there but his daughter was and his wife L so we went in to talk to them. Needless to say by the end of the week we finally taught the family with J there. We are now teaching J, L, M, N, and 3 of M's kids. and one of their neighbors! Really sweet family, and really open to learning more about the gospel.  

B e M: B e M are brother and sister and really sweet. M went to church with us yesterday, but we have yet to get B to church. Teaching them is great, they help with my speaking when I mess up haha. And are super receptive to the lessons. 

A: A we have only taught once, in the middle of the road Saturday afternoon. But he was super excited for church and told us he'd meet us there, unfortunately he didn't go... super bummed! 

F: F is super hard to get in to see and teach but when we do its always great! We've taught him 2 of the 4 lessons and have asked him to pray about the lessons. He is literally the only one of our investigators who has actually prayed. Woooooo!! But he told us he prayed and received an answer that this is the true church! And yesterday he went to church with us!! MILAGRE!!! 

I: I don't know him super well, he's another contact that sister Nobre made last transfer and I've only seen him once for maybe 15 minutes. But he seems great and really open to the lessons. 

S: And finally we have S, who is a reference from some other sisters. We have been trying to get in to see her since i got here and finally saw her on Saturday! Shes super super sweet and sooo ready for the gospel. She already knows so much, she basically taught the first lesson for us. 

But things are great here! Super busy with the work and the language and stuffs! Yesterday in church we watched a video that I really liked. It was one of the He Lives videos. But instead of saying just "Because He Lives" it said:

Ele está aqui
em todos os momentos
em todos os lugares
Ele está aqui

Eu amo esse. Cristo não só vive, mas ele está aqui! Todos os dias, todos os momentos e em todos os lugares!  Eu sei que esse é 100% verdadeira! Que Cristo é conosco cada dia! Temos um irmão e Salvador que nos- ama muito! Eu sei que ele está sempre lá para nós. E sempre nos ajudará em nossos momentos de necessidade.

Amo vocês com todos de meu o coração,
Sister Moss 
 
 
 

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