Blonde in Brazil: Jan 13, 2014

Well well well, it's been a while! Sorry haha but we've been emailing
on our iPads and they aren't the easiest to type on.. But I will
suffer.

So to catch up, it's been cold here! But today it is a nice 45
degrees, woot woot! That's about it. Haha.

This past week was cool, we had a zone conference, I love those. We
get so pumped! We talked a lot about what "the gospel" is. I guess
some missionaries just said "uhh well it's our church" um no! The
gospel of Jesus Christ is fait, repentance, baptism, Holy Ghost, faith
repentance, etc. = enduring to the end. So we talked about scripture
stores that went along with that, some are: 3 Nephi 27: 13- 20, Ether:
2 & 3. So cool! We also talked about companions haha and how everyone
is different.. There are introverted and extroverted people. Guess
which one I am! Haha definitely introverted, and guess what my
companion is! Yep, extroverted haha. So fun. And that's all I'm going
to say about that;) I love my companion and we get along great, most
definitely going to be a real good friend for forever.

Oh also, I have started working on my application for an FBI
clearance! Yay! Haha maybe ill make it to Brazil for a few months ;)
but I love it here, I'm not in a rush, I survived the arctic blast, I
can do anything! By the way, don't ever move to Illinois, I don't know
how people live in such cold weather, ugh. Jk move here, it's
beautiful.

The members here are so awesome! A family got some books and a cd to
help me with my Português! So nice of them. The best. We also got to
shovel some ice off of Brenda's driveway, so much fun, and the best
workout I've gotten since I've been here. Fo real, I'm still sore.
Haha.

Saturday we had an awesome lesson with Betty! Our neighbor, the one
who never shows up for appointments, yeah that one. Haha love her.
She's the cutest. Well we started talking to her, and she kind of, not
bashing, but not really listening? To us, but we kept going haha, when
we got to the Joseph Smith story, her whole attitude changed! She was
just thinking and you could tell the spirit was getting to her!
Afterward she asked if we were saying that our church is the only true
church, yep! Haha. We testified and said a prayer, asked her to prayer
to know if it really was the only true church, and then she kept
saying how much she loved us and our religion. And she told us to come
back anytime. The spirit is awesome! Haha. So that was my week ;)

Oh by the way, if you want a good faith visual, buy some bigelow green
tea, empty the tea out of the bag, make the bag into a cylinder, and
light it on fire! If you don't have enough faith, look it up on
YouTube. So good haha. And it goes along with the scripture Mosiah
2:41. The best.

Well have a good week, read your scriptures, you're awesome, and I love you.

Até aproxima semana!
Love, Sister Holden