So--- today we have transfers... I HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO BAURU,
SAO PAULO....I WILL BE A SENIOR COMPANION WITH SISTER CARYS BOTT- AN
AMERICAN SISTER!!
I
AM SOOOOO NERVOUS... I was hoping to stay in the State of Paraná...but
nope... I will go to Bauru...I told
the Lord in my prayers that I would do whatever He wanted me to do.... I
am nervous about having an american companion because it is so easy to speak in English..and I want to keep
progressing in Portuguese....I dont feel ready for this at all...hahaha
but I know that Heavenly Father knows of my abilities and is ready to
put me up to another challenge!
The elders in my zone told us on Friday that we should plan on being
transferred...lots of anticipation, but gave us
time to update our area book and visit members and investigators for the
last time here in cambe....
Before I get too ahead
of myself---- P-day de Zona was sooooo fun! We had a blast playing soccer
and card games as a zone! I seriously have loved my time in Tiradentes!!! I will be sad to leave so of my best friends but am trying
to have faith that all will work out in Sao Paulo as well!
Tuesday
was a super hard day for me! Members were calling wanting to tell me
that Kade was arriving=== they are fb friends will you guys and they
showed me some pictures of him arriving...my heart was so happy to see
everyone happy, but it was also hard to see! I WANT TO BE HUGGING MY
TWIN RIGHT NOW!" HAHAHA BUT I FELT EVEN MORE MOTIVATED TO FINISH THIS
WEEK OUT IN CAMBE SUPER WELL! OUR NUMBERS AND LESSONS THIS WEEK WERE
GREAT! I FELT REALLY HAPPY ABOUT HOW WE FINISHED OUR TIME HERE IN CAMBE.
SISTER PENNI-
SENT ME A HUGE PACKAGE ON TUESDAY TOO AND IT ARRIVED IN PERFECT TIMING
ON A HARD DAY! SHE SENT SOOOO MANY FUN THINGS! LOVE HER SO MUCH AND MISS
HER EVERYDAY!
I gave the BYU shirts to I.
and J.--- she cried and their kids were emotional when I told them
that it is possible that I would be transferred...they will take us into Londrina today with all of our stuff...I will miss them and soooo many
other people here in Cambe!!!!! My heart hurts!!! J. & I. loved
the shirts and were asking lots of questions about BYU--- they want
their daughter to go there to study someday--- they have always wanted
to visit the US.
This week we brought E. and N. to church! They are both 12
years old and are friends...they are always in the street and are soooo
great! They both come from really difficult homes and we have taught
both of them with their families... they are the only two investigators
within their families who are progressing right now. They are still
young and keep promises to go to church, etc. they were soooo cute and
begged us not to leave them...we will stay in touch on emails and are
sending the new missionaries who will come to Cambe to visit them. They
always run in the streets when they see us and yell, "tia! tia!" Its
sooo cute and I will miss them soooo much!
J., L. & F.---- L and F. have been my long term
investigators in Cambe- they want to be baptized but have problems with some commitments--- their daughter J. is a member and served a mission
but now has gone inactive. I love this family and
was so happy to visit them for the last time last night! I told L.
that I will see his baptism before I leave the country next May! haha he
agreed to call me when it happens!!! I will keep reaching out to J. to try to help her... I will miss them dearly!
I also said goodbye to N.--- my other long term investigator... she
was emotional and so was I... she promised that I will see her baptism
as well!!! Fingers crossed!! I bought a baby blanket from her to remind
me of her! Love her!
G.-- cute girl in
the pictures--- granddaughter of a member-- 11 years old!! She cried
when we told her that we might not stay! I love her to pieces and will
write to her while I am away! She is precious!
This week there was a big service day at the big grocery store in Cambe---- we were invited to participate with our ward and community to
help separate donated clothes for people in need! It was so fun! We even
took a picture with the governor of Cambe! We had a great day serving!! Look it up on youtube--- dia do bondade em cambe- brasil--
muffato...mãos que ajudam... it was such a great day!
THIS WEEK- I had a really cool experience in Cambe--- we have a central
part of the city where there are shops and more people and we ran into a Bolivian man named S.-- he was selling bracelets and things from Bolivia on a little cart and I had to stop and buy from him! He was sooo
cool and he and I spoke Portuguese and Spanish to each other! I got his
address to pass to missionaries where he lives and we talked about some
of the differences between the culture in Bolivia and Brasil! It was
sooooo cool and we took lots of pics with him! Then he
introduced us to his Turkish friend M.-- who lives in Brasil now
with his wife who he met on the internet-- but he only speaks Turkish
and English-- so he and S. communicate as best as they can... they
are good friends and M. told me that he met S. in the street and
that S. was the first person in Brazil to have enough patience to
try to speak to him even with the language barrier. SO SWEET! We taught M. a lesson on a park bench in English and got his address to send
missionaries to his house as well!
Before we started
teaching him, he mentioned that he wanted to go buy a beer, but I told
him that I wanted to teach him first... we talked about his beliefs
about god and Allah- and I taught him about the Godhead... after we talked he
left to buy his beer... I didn't think much of it, but when he returned,
he came back with treats and juice for me, Sister Ferreira, S., and him--
he told me that he felt like drinking a beer after talking to me wasn't
the best choice! haha made me happy!!!
I am
loving the exposure to different cultures, people, backgrounds,
religions! It is so cool! I was speaking in 3 languages! haha it was so
great!
I went into a big Catholic church to visit this week! It was different but super interesting! haha good times!
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