Today is my two months!! I cant believe it time has FLOWN by! I feel like i left for Brazil yesterday! these two months have honestly been the happiest of my life. I have never felt closer to my Savior, I have never felt more love, and i have never felt more joy than knowing that i am doing the Lords will. Helping others to come unto Christ is the best work in the world. This is for sure the hardest thing i have ever done but it is the best thing i have ever done!
We taught so many people this week! one of my favorite lessons was when we taught Ana Paula. she has two little children and her husband died. we taught her about the plan of salvation and i could tell the spirit was touching her heart. her eyes lit up as we taught that she can see her husband again and live with her family forever. It is so amazing to share this good news with others!!
I am learning how to teach by the spirit! this week we were teaching a woman named tamazia. I was having a hard time understanding what she was saying, but i knew we were talking about prayer, and she asked a question. the thought came to my mind "maybe she doesn't know how to pray" i looked at sister Lee and she nodded for me to say what i was thinking. I began to explain simply how we pray and i was right, she had never prayed before! later sister lee told me that in that moment she had the same prompting, but for some reason she couldn't think of the words! I am so thankful for the Lords help every day! The gift of tongues is real. so many times while i am teaching, words are brought to my memory that i didn't know i knew!
Sister lee is helping me SO much! every day i teach something new and i struggle so much to explain sometimes, but the spirit helps my investigators understand. and sister lee is always right there waiting to help me if im really stuck. I am SO thankful for sister lee! i don't know how i got so lucky to have her, she is an amazing trainer!
yesterday was an amazing day! before church we went to houses of some of our investigators to bring them to church and everyone made up excuses for why they couldn't come. I just wanted to say "after all the savior did for you, and you cant give him even one hour to take the sacrament?!" i was a discouraged. but when we arrived at church, two of the inactive members we have been working with were there! it was so amazing to see how happy they were! and 7 of our other investigators ended up coming to church! it was a miracle! half of them were brought by members of our ward. I am SO thankful for our ward! they are all such good missionaries. they know the gospel is true, and they share it with everyone. there is no greater joy. everyone here loves everyone, and because they love each other they share the restored gospel!
something that is hilarious about Brazil is everyone loves English, but they dont understand it. all of the clothes, and accessories have English words on them. for example there is an old man in our ward and the other day he was wearing these shorts that said in huge letters "bad boy" hahahaha sister lee and i were DYING. also, our friend manuela got a new phone this week and she was showing us her phone case. it had writing in English "legendary beer" and she asked what it meant and i told her "Beer!" her mom just about had a heart attack hahahaha her mom was just screaming at her in Portuguese and i was dying laughing hahah. the people here are so funny. we laugh a lot together.
I am learning so much and gaining so much perspective about what is really important! these people really know what is important. i am so thankful for the opportunity to learn from them.
yesterday in church i was looking at all of the families in our ward and how much they love each other. i was really missing my family. then the man giving a talk explained that our Heavenly Father misses us! all He wants to do is wrap His arms around us and hug us. He wants SO badly for us to return to His presence. i realized that the feelings of saudade i have for my family right now, Heavenly father feels for all of us! The least i can do for Him is spend 18 months apart from my family, in order to help some of His children return to Him. Never forget how much your Heavenly Father loves you!
1 nephi 8:24 hold to the iron rod and dont let the mists of darkness in your path lead you away from our savior.
Com amor,
Sister Jones
all of the missionaries leaving the CTM for salvador! (im for sure the only american hahahah)
me and sister lee and our agua de coco!
[She titled this one "My cute little house." Ashley thinks she is so funny, its not really her house!]
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