I talk in my sleep but don´t worry, it´s in Portuguese. ;)
Don´t have a TON of time, but what´s new?:)
How are all of you?
This
week was full of faith building exeriences! :) WE had a conference with
President Castro, divisions, an awesone talk from the Bishop, and a
goal to find a family.
Our conference, Sister
Castro talked about being excited to work and how we can have that
excitement:) a lot about being grateful helps with being excited.
Presidente Castro talked about knowing our purpose as missionaries. And
how if we dont know our purpose, we are like a ship without a rudder.
(he used a talk from President Monson in the Priesthood session of Oct
14.)
We also did a cool activity.. we got
blind folded, and had to follow a voice... Lucky for me, it was Sister
Castro, so i trusted right away. She led me back into the chapel and had
me sit down.. When i could finally take off the blindfold, i saw a
drawing of the temple. Really pretty. And then i saw like 45 other
missionaries who didnt make it back into the chapel.,.. they listened to
other voices.. President compared this to people who are learning about
the church,. There are tons of voices, and we need to be worthy of
their confidence. I like it a lot. He said, "Now you know how your
investigators feel."
The Bishop´s talk
yesterday was so good! About challenges in our lives. That challenges
are nessesary for growth.. Think of a chick, trying to break out of the
shell, if you help him, he won´t have the strength he needs to do other
things after that inicial break of the shell. I loved that. He also said
that, "God won´t do anything that we can do ourselves." Oooooh. Just
think about that. It really hit me.. If we are praying for
things/blessings/help but aren´t trying to get it ourselves, we need to
back up hahah. Really i loved that.
And
yesterday. Okay it really starts on Saturday. ( Our number this week
aren´t super great..) I was talking with one of our Zone Leaders, and he
asked how i was, how my week was going, and he said, lets set a goal.
Tomorrow, you will find a family. Do you think that Heavenly Father can
help you find a family?(of course...) So sunday comes around, I had been
asking everyone if they knew a family we could visit... How is it that
no one has a family? hahaa. But anyways. 7:40
came around, we still hadn´t found this family.. Just praying, and
looking around the houses for a sign that a family lives there.. I saw 2
girls sitting outside, "Perfect! Let´s talk with them!" Their mom is of
a religion not very friendly.. they didnt let us in..
Kept walking..
I
saw a dog, sprinting away from the house that he had just escaped haha.
And a little boy pretty much in tears, yelling after his dog..
So
we helped round in the dog haha the dad came out and helped too, it was
really funny, the poor dog looked really nervous. Anyways, finally got
the dog, and i started talking to the dad, Eduardo. Eduardo and Viviane
live with there son, of 8 years. (How pefect i know) we taught them
about prophets and the Book of Mormon and he was so excited to get to
read it! Set up another day to visit with them again.. It was such a
miracle! I am so grateful that we could have the opportunity to see that
Heavenly Father really does answer prayers, and lets us see miracles:)
It was way special! :)
I love all of you, read
Mosiah 24. Remember about what Christ did for you. Remember to show your
love to your family. And remember who we can live with after this life.
Knowing that we can live with Heavenly Father again, helps us decide
what to do TODAY. I love this gospel!!
<3 Sister Holden
Sister Santos and i like to match sometimes..
Plan of Salvation pillow!
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