It is supposed to snow tomorrow! Eeekk!!! The week was good.
We got a new investigator! Yay! :) We are going on splitz tomorrow so I will be
in Belmont on the hunt for Mitt Romney!! hahaha lol. Transfer text is this
Saturday! So I will find out where I am going, if I am going anywhere. I have a
feeling that I am staying though. So next week I will be emailing on
Wednesday!! Just a heads up! The work is going really well here. The ward is
finally catching the missionary spirit!
11/4/13 letter
There is a lady who we are teaching who is from Cape
Verde. She is here for medical treatment and is staying with family for the
time. She had a tumor in her brain, and they went in and removed it. However,
she now has another cysts in there, and a blood clot in here back. She was in
the hospital for a week and a half. The doctors are doing a lot of tests to
help figure out what is wrong. She is in a lot of pain and is taking pain
killers. We went to visit with her last night and she kept saying "God
knows". This woman is heartbroken because she has to stay here for another
six months at the least, and this is that much more time spent away from her
three kids and husband in Cape Verde. She misses her family so much, but all
she says is "God knows". Her faith is absolutely amazing. Her visa is
expired, so she would have to go back to the Cape to get another one, but she
cant because she is receiving medical treatment that they don't have there. And
she has to have this treatment to live. And she still says "God
knows". If everyone's faith could be like this the world would be so much
different. I feel like it would be a better place, where people treated each
other nicer, and had more understanding. I have a lot to learn from this
woman.
email 10/14
I want to let you know that I have had a great week. At
transfer meeting this Thursday President Haight spoke about obedience and
shared this story. It is about a girl on her mission in Italy. Her mission pres
had told them in a conference to not go into the water. So one day, a really
hot day, her and her comp decided to walk along the beach, and they got closer
and closer to the water. Soon they were ankle deep, and then they were calf
deep. Then they realized that they needed to get out. Earlier that morning the
girl had cut herself shaving in the shower. A few days later this girls leg is
swollen and very painful. It got to the point to where her comp had to carry
her into the doctors office. The doctor looked at her leg and he could feel it
throbbing. So they decide to do an immediate procedure to relive the swelling.
When they cut into her leg insects came spilling out. Now this was due to a
small nick from shaving and severe disobedience. He shared another story.
Two sister down in South
America knocked on this mans door. He opened the door and they said that they
were from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He said come in we
need your help. His mother was having severe back pain, and they didn't know
why. The girls asked if they could look at her back, they got permission, and
when they lifted her shirt they saw a hole in her back that insects had made a
nest in. These girls were calm and immediately said a prayer. They they were
able to get they help this woman needed. Because of their obedience they were
able to remain calm, and to do the things which needed to be done to save this
sisters life.
Ok, bugs, gross. But it got the point across. Now whenever
there is a slight possibility of disobedience we think of the possible
consequence, and having insects in your leg is not worth it, not matter what it
is.
I can bear my testimony in Portuguese!
Eu sei que o evangelho é restaurado e verdadeiro. Eu sei que o Livro
de Mórmon é verdadeiro e foi traduzido por Joseph Smith. Eu sei que o Filho
de Deus vive. Ele é amoroso e poderoso. Eu sei que o Espírito Santo nos
guia. Eu sei que igreja é restaurada. Eu sei que os profetas são
verdadeiros e importantes. Eu sei que as escrituras são verdadeiras. Deus
e Jesus Cristo são amorosos. Eu sou grata por minha familia e meus
amigos. Eu sou grata por o Salvador e seu amor. Eu sou grata por a oportunidade
de estar juntos com Sister Lee e Sister Rose. Eu sou grata por O Livro de
Mórmon e as escrituras. Eu sou grata por os profetas. Eu sou grata por o evangelho.
Em nome de Jesus Cristo, Amém.
This
is my testimony in Portuguese :) enjoy
E-mail 9/23/13
It has been a fantastic morning! Grandpa made me pancakes
and hot chocolate, he makes this a lot. It is the breakfast of champions. I am
sooo spoiled. I don't know what I am going to do when they leave. :( This is
our last week with them. So sad. But at least we got to spend the time we
had with them. I think we are going to the zoo today. I cant wait to see the
two elephants they have. :D For District Meeting Lunch we went and sat in the
park and watched them. I think it was the best lunch I have ever had. :)
This was the first
week that I could see my breath on the walk to the gym. EEEKKKK!!!!! It is
already winter here!! I am not sure what I am supposed to so in the actual
winter time. Blah. We are going to go to Savers to see if we can find some
gloves. I have never been so grateful for thrift stores in my
life!!!!! Will you put some money into my account? The leaves are starting
to change color!!!!! They are sooo pretty! I saw this tree the other day
that was cherry red. It was the coolest thing ever. I am enjoying parts of
fall. I like the leaves and stuff. But I am not liking the cold. It rains here
all the time too!! It was super rainy yesterday.
The Investigators are doing well. They are progressing. We
have one that wont answer her phone or her door...
I got asked the other day, in target of all places, if I
was Nun. Yeah it was pretty funny. I also got the door closed in my face
for the first time this week. It has been interesting...
So I know that it is ridiculous but I have been dying to get a Russian hat. You know the kinds
with the fur around the edges. the sister I told you about has one, and I want
one sooooo bad. But in all reality, anything that keeps my ears from falling
off will do nicely. Any color of skirt. I will just be happy that I have
another skirt!! Mom, I have learned a very valuable lesson. You don't take
anything for granted on your mission. everything is important, and it
matters. Every little thing counts. You stop worrying about little things like
color and stuff and are just grateful that you have more than 3 outfits to
wear. :)
New email and pictures 9/16
Sister Lee and I have moved in with the senior couple because
the family that we were living with has a foreign exchange student living with
them and we can’t live in the same house as a male of that age. So our new
address is 215 Dartmouth Woods Dr. Dartmouth 02747. I love living here. We are
getting spoiled sooo much. It is like living with grandparents. They are super
sweet and funny. They cook for us and take us places so we don't take up miles
on our car. I love it here. They are unfortunately leaving at the end of the
month. :.(
Yeah the game was way fun. YES, we have four investigators!
One of which got baptized yesterday! My first baptism!!!! I was sooo excited.
Sister Lee and I couldn't go because I have been really sick for the past 3
weeks. I finally got an antibiotic and I threw it up yesterday morning so we
didn't go to church. I was soooo sad not to be able to see her get
baptized. We have been teaching a lot. I have no time anymore. I am pretty sure
that I had way more time to do things like write letters and such in my last
area, and here when we get home, all I want to do is go to bed. Yeah it is
starting to get a bit chilly. It seems like it has been raining every night,
which I am sure doesn't help at all. The members say that this winter is
supposed to be a really bad one. I am sooo not looking forward to it.
I am, as the natives of this area say, all set. Thank you
though. Because we have been living with the Simpsons, this month has been easy
money wise. We finally have our own washer and dryer so I won’t need to pay 2
dollars for every load of wash and 2 dollars for every load of dryer. I am
super excited. They also buy food, so we don't really need to buy that either.
They take us out to lunch too!!!!! They took us to this place called Davies
Locker the other day. Oh my gosh! It is
right on the water, and it is the best seafood I have ever had in my life!!! I
got fish and chips and I was in heaven.
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