I am in LOVE with Coité. I never want to leave. it is the cutest little town and everyone here is so happy! sundays are my favorite day because i get to see all of the ward members and they are all so sweet. Coité is already starting to feel like home. I LOVE my companion sister lee and my roommates sister dechamps and sister seixas. my roommates dont speak english so it is kinda difficult to communicate sometimes but we always get a good laugh out of it hahah. Today they taught me how to make brazilian pancakes! they arent really pancakes at all hahah. I love preparation day because we get to bond so much! and we get to go shopping and all of the fruit here is AMAZING!!! with every meal we drink juice and its always fresh fruit blended up i love it so much.
this week we worked so hard! today is much needed. Sister lee and i made a goal to really share the gospel with everyone and we talked to so many people!!! sister lee made me have a full conversation by myself too. it was so difficult but i did it!! I am learning so much portuguese! sister lee pushes me so much to go out of my comfort zone and it helps me so much! this week two of our investigators commited to be baptized on the 12 of december! i am so excited for them!
this week we met the most amazing family. the moms name is valda and she has 4 little children. they are all so sweet. they are really humble and were really excited to hear our message about jesus christ. I taught the oldest one how to pray and it was such a sweet experience. we are going to teach them again tomorrow and i cant wait!
the people here are just so amazing! I feel so blessed to be serving here! everyone takes us in and just loves us. every time we stop by a house to ask for help finding someone, they say "come in and sit down! do you want water, cake, anything? oh its so hot let me get a fan for you!" total strangers! everyone in this town just loves everyone. i have so much to learn from them. sister lee and i were cracking up because on saturday all the missionaries in our zone fasted, and EVERYONE offered us cake. all day! seriously we came home with 3 different cakes that day and now our fridge is just full of it hahaha.
this week i have been learning a lot about faith and hope. this past week i struggled to have faith in my investigators. it is kinda rare that they keep their commitments and i found myself just expecting the worst. i realized that i need to believe in them and hope for the best!! if i dont have faith in them how can i help them? this week i made a goal to have hope and faith in my investigators, and more faith in Christ.
pray for my investigators! love everyone and listen to the promptings of the spirit!
Com amor,
Sister Jones
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