Week 10

Olá!!

This week has been crazy and amazing, but here is my day by day:

segunda:

was my two month aniversary!! it was so cute my roommates surprized me with a little celebration. First they blindfolded me and poured flour and water on my head hahaha (they took a video and it is hilarious) then they had a cake and fresh mango juice (my favorite) and they bought me a mosquito net (because the mosquitos LOVE me.. hahaha they always say "you poor brancinha") and they wrote me notes it was so sweet! I felt so loved! also today we found a golden investigator! we met him at the lojas americanas (american store) and he is trying to learn english. he came up to us, and he already knew who we are.  he asked US if we would visit his house and teach him more! we definitely dont get that every day hahah. 

terça:

the funniest thing happened this morning, we went for our morning run, and sister seixas and sister deschamps came with us. I was running by myself and everyone else was sitting in the middle of the square stretching and all of the sudden five wild dogs start chasing me (there are wild dogs all over coité). i was SO scared! i seriously thought "today is the day that i get attacked by a pack of wild dogs. im going to die." i was sprinting in circles trying to out run them, and finally i ran towards sister lee because i didnt know what do do! all she did was stand up and the dogs ran off hahahaha. We were all cracking up I looked so ridiculous! sister lee said there were a ton of brazilians watching and laughing at me hahaha (again "poor brancinha"). sister lee and i have not stopped laughing about this all week hahaha. 

also today we visited a less active family. they have two teenage boys and a nine year old girl. they want to start coming back to church, but i think they dont know where to start. it took a lot of work, but we got the teenage boys to come to the church with us to play volley ball with all of the youth after our visit. It was amazing!! everyone was SO happy to see them and i could tell they felt really welcomed. it was such a sweet reunion. and then when bishop stopped by and saw them he was SO happy!! it made me so excited to help their whole family come back to church. 

quarta:

we taught the most amazing family today! their names are rita and tico, and they have two kids bruno and bruna (its normal here for brother and sister to have basically the same name hahah pretty confusing) they were so open with us and asked a ton of questions. the spirit was so strong. All i could think is how badly i want for their family to be sealed in the temple so they can be a forever family. 

quinta:

today we taught this girl named ana paula, she is 16 years old. she is a friend of one of the members of our ward. we gave her a book of mormon last week and invited her to read it and afterwards pray, and ask God if it is true. she did! and when i asked her how she felt she said "amazing!" she said that she said a prayer of gratitude for the book of mormon after. i asked her about what she read and she actually understood it and wants to learn more! i am so excited to teach her more!

seixta:

today we taught our golden investigator and it was amazing! his name is arthur. he was so excited to learn he wanted to know everything! the spirit was so strong. 

also today we went out with an irmão in our ward to teach some of his friends. he is SO dedicated to the gospel it is amazing! he told us that before his family moved to coité, he had a feeling that they needed to move. his whole family fasted and prayed and asked God if/where they needed to move and they all got the anwser that they needed to move to coité (they already had family here). They packed up and moved! the ward of coité really needed them! both the parents have leadership positions and serve SO much in the church. Irmão sergio is the choir director and he is in the bishopric também! they serve so much! it is such a good example to all of us!

sabado:

we visited a member of our ward today who is having a hard time. she is basically my mom here in coité i love her so much! even though i we cant communicate very well (she speaks really fast hahah) we communicate heart to heart. I loved doing service for her! 

Domingo:

today was amazing! we had 5 investigators in church and EVERYONE in our ward welcomed them so much! even the little children shook their hands and gave them hugs it was so sweet! i am SO thankful for my ward! 

This week was so amazing! i am learning so much and i love these people more and more every day! I am so thankful to be here doing the Lords work. 

com amor, 

Sister Jones