on tuesday we took the bus tree hours to pick up my new companion sister lima. she is an ANGEL. seriously she is such a blessing. i am learning so much from her and we are killing it together! i had no idea of my potential as a missionary until now! we are working so hard and our numbers have almost doubled! we have been teaching so many people and just running all week i am exhausted!! but it is absolutely the best feeling! my mission has totally changed, i never knew how much i could accomplish! i also have never been so happy on my mission! every night when i go to bed i really know that i did everything i could and that Heavenly Father is pleased with me. it is so wonderful to serve with a younger sister like me because we have so much energy! now all of the sisters in our house, me sister lima, sister r santos and sister seixas, all are the same age on the mission, we all were in the ctm together and now it is so fun to be together again! i am LOVING every second of my mission. i am improving and learning everysingle day. this is the best thing i have ever done.
right now we are getting three girls ready for baptism:
juciclede, who has a little baby girl and her husband is already a member of the church. they need to get married first, but she has such a strong desire to do what is right and follow the Lord´s plan for her. the Spirit is always so strong during our lessons.
ana clara, her whole family are members of the churc, but they are inactive right now. her dad has a drinking problem, but he is improving a lot and they are all showing a lot of desire to come back to church and help their family receive more blessings.
vanessa, she is the daughter of one of our recent converts, vanilza, who was baptized on christmas day. she is SUPER shy so she always refused to come to church but some kind of miracle happened and she is a lot more open with us and went to church on sunday and told us that she wants to be baptized! i think she saw the difference that the gospel of Jesus Christ made in her mom´s life, and God has been preparing her, and now she is ready!
we also have a TON of new people to teach. this week it was RAINING references hahah we received 14 from ward members! these people are SO amazing!
never forget that with God´s help and faith, we can accomplish anything! 1 nephi 17:51
have an amazing week! i love you all!
com amor,
sister jones
photos:
1- brazil has these tiny tiny ants that show up EVERYWHERE and we got home last night and they were all over inside of sister limas clock hahaha
2- our little ana clara
3&4- sister lima and i went to teach the family of a member, and they live in the most beautiful place ouside of the city
5- tiny coconuts! you crush it with a rock and inside is a tinnnnyyyy coconut that you can eat and it is delicious!
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