September 8, 2014
P-day was just fabulous today! We
had time for everything AND my head is back to 100%. Mom, I am so grateful that you were able to
talk to President Cabral and get a sense of his personality. Outside of his general calls to repentance, he
is a wonderful man with a golden heart.
He took time to talk to me at mission counsel and make sure that I was
okay. Actually, I really do feel like I can lean on a lot of people for
support. When I first learned about
Dad’s cancer, I talked to all of my MTC district and they have prayed for me
and helped me through this trial, especially Sister Tingey and Elder Neu. I talk to them often at greenie training and
many mission counsel meetings. I am so grateful that it was Elder Neu who
translated for you because he already knew about the situation. I do want you to write to me about how Dad is
doing throughout the transplant procedure but don’t send me pictures because
that would be too much for me to handle.
We had a
wonderful night, we taught Henson, a 13 year old boy with a really good
heart. He is working towards
baptism. We also had a great lesson with
B. and M. where we had a whole family home evening planned, but the spirit led
us in a completely different direction. Gotta love the spirit. They still have a lot of doubts and
questions, but they are sincerely searching for something more in their lives.
September 12, 2014
Wow! I am
wiped out. Also, I haven’t written in my
journal all week because I haven’t been in our area this week. We had divisions
with Fregusia (S. Alves and S. Bobelenyi) on Tuesday and Wednesday, and with
Iraja (S. Ararejo and S. Lopes) on
Wednesday and Thursday. I tell you what
– divisions really do WIPE you out!
Especially when you are the companions that goes to the other area. You walk and walk and walk, you have to be
“on” at all times, and you have to cheerlead your missionaries. Both divisions went well and we feel like we
helped our sisters, but we sure are glad to be back together in our area.
Today we
had a lot of rejection. We had a brutish
experience with a Jehovah’s Witness today who basically dominated the
conversation and was very pushy and close-minded. We also worked really hard to find new people
to teach, but to no avail. People lied
to our faces, and even referrals rejected us flat out.
September 13, 2014
More
rejection today. M. told us that he
received his answer and that answer was for him to go back to his old
church. Sooo what can you do, we
testified about the restoration and the Book of Mormon and we’ll see what
happens. On a more positive note,
English class was just great. Almost all
of our students stayed for the spiritual message and one asked up for a copy of
The Book of Mormon. We also had a really
fun ward BBQ (churrasco) which has a great turnout. R., our recent convert, and A. and P.
came. R. is a social butterfly and
everyone talked to him and made him feel comfortable. It was a great fellowshipping activity (and a
nice break for us!)
September 14, 2014
Funny
story: Today we went to the island. We
were teaching a lady in front of her house, and at the very second that Sister
B. started reading a scripture, her dog burst through the door and jetted out
which started a frantic chase all over the yard. Everyone was helping, but the dog was so
quick that no one was able to catch her.
In the midst of all this, a sister called us on the phone to confirm our
lesson with her. Right as I picked up the phone, the dog ran past me and I snagged
her firmly by the scruff. She, in turn,
took my arm in her mouth. I just stayed
there holding on to her all the while reassuring the sister on the phone that
we were on our way. It was quite the
scene! But the dog was caught, she
didn’t break the skin of my arm, and we made it to our next lesson early!
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