Ola Mae!
I'm singing the national anthem, maybe, on the 4th for the whole MTC. Scary!!!
Well this week went by so fast! We had TRC on Thursday
for the first time. I love TRC! Basically what we do is knock on a
random door and we share a message with a member who just volunteers at
the MTC and speaks Portuguese. Best thing ever! We went in with no notes
and it really is amazing how much you can say. We taught a man probably
around dad's age who lost his job so now he just volunteers at the MTC
with his wife. He is so nice! We spent most of the time just chatting
and talking about ourselves and we taught him about the importance of
prayer and asked if he would make an effort to pray every night and
morning with his family. Then we asked him to pray and it was so
powerful! He prayed for our safety and for our visas and it was the
sweetest thing ever. The spirit was so strong.
So we have two investigators Victor and Flavia. Flavia
is such a challenge! She doesn't get the importance of religion at all and
doesn't believe in God or have any faith. We've had two lessons with her
so far and both have been a bust. We just can't figure her out! So
we've decided that we need to show her that she can trust us because it
seems like she's just putting on a front, so tomorrow we teach her and
we're just going to go in with questions and talk about ourselves and
build a relationship. It's what we've been needing to do all along it's
just so hard with a language barrier. We did commit Victor to baptism
though and now we're just powering through the lessons because he knows
so much already. It's a really neat experience. We taught him the first
lesson on the restoration yesterday and the spirit was so strong. Loved it! And we did it without notes!!!
Sunday was awesome. I live for Sundays! Every Sunday
we have to prepare a talk because they just pick you at the beginning
of sacrament meeting so you have to be prepared. It's so scary! So our
district leader Elder Poaletti was like " I hope they don't call on me
because I didn't have time to write a talk." I knew they would pick him
though, hehe, and he got up there and said maybe 2 words in English! It
was incredible. He gave such a good little talk. They only have to be
3-5 minutes.
It was 104 degrees on Sunday
when we walked to the temple. It was so bad. Way too hot. Our poor
Elders were dying and soon as all the sister got back to our classroom
we turned on the fan and just sat in front of it trying to cool and dry ourselves off. Too much information? I don't know what I'm going to do in Brazil!
Sherri Dew spoke to us in Relief Society! I love her.
And we had the new Brazil MTC President talk to us at devotional that
night. Sundays are the best! We get to watch a movie too at night and we
watched Legacy. The one about the pioneers. So cheesy. So good.
Last Tuesday
we had such a good devotional! I sang in the choir and then the lady
who wrote like 10 songs in the primary song book including a child's
prayer spoke and she sang us some songs and we sang with her and it was
just so cute. She also wrote As Sisters in Zion and she rewrote a
version of it for sister missionaries and so she arranged a NEW medley
like the EFY one but with the new sisters in Zion and we all sang it
together and when it was the elders' turn they all stood up together it
was so powerful! I was crying like a baby. You'll have to look up the
lyrics or see if you can find the music or something. It's so great!
Last night
in class we talked about the importance of listening to our
investigators and teaching people, not lessons. Which is something we've
been struggling with a little bit and the spirit was so strong in that
classroom. It just felt so peaceful and comforting. I absolutely love my
district and I absolutely love this work.
I know that this church is true with all of my heart
and I'm so happy for the opportunity I have to spread the gospel,
something that has blessed me and made me so happy in life, to people
who really truly need it. It's just amazing!
Te amo, Mae!
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