July 21, 2014- Brazil

In case i don´t see ya..Bom dia, boa tarde, e boa noite ;)

 

HI!:) Sorry for not emailing last week, had zero time, AGAIN. Pdays are so short sometimes haha.

But to catch up for the last 2 weeks... they would seem very opposite.

2 weeks ago we got a call from our mission president! He wanted to congradulate us on our work! We were SO close to reaching the Standard of Excellence. SO CLOSE! So he called and said Parabens, you sisters are awesome, and super pumped us up to go out and work! Was really cool:) he is such a busy, but inspiried man.

We saw so many miracles last week, we were fasting one day, and all of our plans were falling through, and a member pulled up in his car to tell us one of our potential investigators was at his house! So we raaaann back haha. And she had so many questions, we taught the Plan of Salvation and she just loved it! She said she and her daughter would get baptized when they got their answers. Man it was such a blessing:)

But this last week was the opposite. I can truly tell you that the adversary is real. Man and they do not like us! This week everything fell through, our investigators were dropping us, we were losing motivation. Last night, our Zone Leaders called and read us a scripture Doctrine and Covenants 6: 34 "Therefore, fear not, little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail."

We will continue working, we will be obedient, we know why we are here, we know whow will win this war. I have loved seeing the Spirit work in people, and seeing when they actually understand. I have loved being able to literally be an instrument in Heavenly Father´s hands, telling His children what He wants them to know. Feeling His love for them. Even though it is hard, and we definitely don´t see progress, or success everyday, i know that this work is the most important, and it all starts with love. I am a missionary in the União branch, in Cachoeira do Sul, of the Brazil Porto Alegre South Mission. And Heavenly Father put me here to talk to these specific people, because He loves them. Man, isn´t that cool?


Going off of that, this week i have noticed a lot from my Portuguese. Still super difficult, but, i can respond without thinking sometimes! Haha without conjugating or translating! I love those moments. I know that once i decided WHY i wanted to learn and know Portuguese, it all improved. Still learning, always, but it´s getting better:)


I heard there was a world wide indexing party last night? Did any of you do it?
OH! One thing, every week, we havea District Meeting, super fun. We have awesome traininings and usually a practice... This week, we practiced, and we just had to figure out the investigators problem and solve it, you know? Well, Sister Pikula and i (both newbies to Brazil, so they put us together so we actually talk haha) we start asking her questions... if she has a religion.. She sees our tags, i´m a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! "What no way!" Keep talking to her.. She starts bashing, haha. She was of a branch off. So because we didnt know what to say, we testified and invited her to pray.. That´s all we can do.

I love you all!! :) Have a super fantastic week!

Sister Holden