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
