MOM AND DAD!
ITS BEEN ALMOST 6 FULL WEEKS SINCE I SAW YOUR LOVELY FACES!
RANDOM THINGS- SORRY LESS TIME THAN USUAL TODAY-
I havent received travel plans yet- but we are having a big orientation all day Monday, January 9
and so we should get all the info we need by then- I know that I will
be with my new comp and my mission president by the early afternoon on Tuesday, January 10! I am excited and a little nervous about leaving- I'm ready for a change
but will miss everyone here and am still not super confident about the
language yet--- but I am beyond stoked for a native companion! All of the
people here from Londrina or going to Londrina I can understand
perfectly! Such a blessing! There are so many different accents here
than sometimes it sounds like 40 different languages- but the Londrina
people speak in away that sounds much more like Spanish because we are
next to Paraguay and so I can understand literally everything they say! Sooooooo excited!
I've been teaching some Brazillian sisters how to sing Called To Serve in English and it's soooo
fun! They have taught me so many things- including Called To Serve in Portuguese and I just love learning things from them! They are
incredible!!!!!!!!!! iEvery week, all the girls on our floor get together and
sing Called To Serve in all 3 languages to the new sisters and the ones
leaving! It's a blast! I love it sooooooo much!
Every
week- on Thursdays, we do service in the laundry room here at the CTM-
R.- works at the CTM and I always try to talk to her
about gospel related things- the first week we were here while we were
doing laundry with her during service time, I felt prompted to ask her
if she was a member of the church- she said that she wasn't but had
started taking the discussions recently. she said the church had been so
good to her and her son- shes a single mom- the church gave her a job
at the CTM- and that she wanted to know more- I talked to her week after
week during service time about what she was learning in her discussions
that week. she would fold laundry with us and in all Portuguese
describe her feelings about the lessons. I could tell her faith was
growing each week--- and guesssssss what!!! This week- she showed us
pictures of her baptism that happened this past Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New Year's Eve was super fun! We
had ice cream buffets, games, casual clothes, and lots of social time! It was a blast! We actually all got to stay up´until midnight!!!!! And watch the fireworks in the court yard in the CTM!! It was wild! The Brazilians know how to party! We sang hymns at the top of
our lungs outside and everyone was dancing- it was a blast!
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