Week 18

Bom dia!!!

good news im staying in coité for at least 6 more weeks!!! im so excited and i know i still have a lot of work to do here. sister lee is leaving this afternoon and i will get a new companion. her name is sister cruz, and this is her last transfer of her mission--thats all i know so far! i will meet her later today i think. i know i will learn a lot from her! and now in our house will only be brazilians so i dont think i will ever speak english again hahaha.  

this week was so difficult and i learned a TON! because sister lee was sick i had to take on a lot of responsibility! i had to get Robert and jefferson ready to be baptized pretty much all by my self. sister lee stayed home with a member and i went with tais (a 16 year old girl in our ward). i learned SO MUCH! i had to make all of the decisions, phone calls (its really difficult to talk on the phone in portuguese), help tais prepare for our lessons, everything. i think it was actually a  good way to finish my training. now i feel a lot more prepared to take on whatever is coming my way this transfer. 

on saturday robert and jefferson were baptized and it was so great! there were a lot of almost disasters but everything worked out great! and on sunday our recent convert, vanilza, reveiced a calling in the relief society presidency! it is so amazing to see the fruits of our labors, that we are actually helping strengthen the ward! also on sunday it was so amazing to see everyone in church. EVERYONE was there!!! our 5 recent converts were there, all with members sitting by their sides. and some of our less active members and investigators came too! it was amazing to see our ward supporting them. i am so thankful for our amazing members!

i am just so happy to be here in this wonderful city sharing this joy with others! 

alma 57:26 never underestimate the power of faith!

com amor, 

Sister Jones

1&2- the water ran out in the church so we had to fill the baptismal font with buckets 

3- batismo!! robert is the cutest little one in the middle and jefferson is on his left (no theyre not brothers haha)

4&5- my two favorite little babies in our ward: luna and raquel