Oi Familia!!
This is my LAST week in Pokey! It has gone by so
fast! I have a lot going on this week. I'm going to the Idaho Falls temple on
Tuesday for a departing temple trip, I'm going to my last zone conference in
Pokey and we are having a musical fireside on Sunday! There are 4 zones singing
songs about Christ and the Restoration! It's going to be awesome! I'm in a trio
and we are singing "Write Thy Name Upon My Heart". It's a pretty
song!
My birthday was pretty awesome! I went to zone
activity and my district surprised me with a party! Elder Porter baked me a
chocolate cake! :) The best part of that party was I got cake smashed in my face
haha! It was pretty great. I wish that I took a picture of myself. It was all
over my face. For dinner that night, we had homemade cheese/potato soup and
rolls. IT WAS SO GOOD! The mom made the same butter from Texas Roadhouse. It
ranks as the best meal I've had so far in the mission.
I did get my 2 packages! I loved it! :) I'm
sending you a package today of letters. I can't take them with me to Brazil,
because I'm afraid that my bags will go over the 70 pounds. Plus it's a lot of
space that I could use for other things. Oh, I got my flight info! I'll email it
to you. It will probably be a good idea to put some money in my debit card for
the airport. I don't know how I'm going to call you on next Monday. I'm spending
the night at the mission home on Sunday and President will go over with us about
our travel info. A week from today I'll be traveling to BRAZIL YAY!
:)
I totally forgot to grab my camera before I got
to the Family History Center. That's where I go to email. I have a couple
pictures of me and other missionaries from 4th of July. I had the best view for
fireworks! Our apartment is right across from the fair grounds and we just had to
walk across the street and watch them. It was pretty cool. There were 15
missionaries with us. We got to stay up til 11. So, the scariest thing happened
that same night. My companions and I went to bed right when the fireworks were
over with. We forgot to text our DL that we made it home alright. Like an hour
later, we hear this banging noise on our window. We thought someone was trying
to break into our house. We looked outside and it was our DL, his companion, and
the Sister Training Leaders smiling and waving at us. They tried calling us for
an hour straight and thought that something happened to us. But we were sleeping
all this time haha. It was funny but scary. It took me forever to go back to
sleep.
Today, I'm going to Down East! :) Sister Halbison
has been talking about going there all week. This past week was kinda a dead week with it being 4th of
July. It was hard trying to find people to teach. I think this week will be a
little bit better but not by much either. It's weird to think that in 2 weeks
I'll hit 3 months! I'm excited that I get to spend the rest of my mission in
Brazil! It should be pretty awesome! Oh random thought. So this lady was bearing
her testimony about her mission in sacrament meeting. She served in Italy and
her husband served somewhere state side. She said that serving foreign is better
than serving state side. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to serve both state
side and now foreign. As of right now I think serving a foreign mission will be
better than serving in Pokie.
Last week was hard Our investigator Anthony, is not getting baptized
anymore. He wants to make sure that he's making the right decision. His parents
are anti and they don't like the idea of him wanting to get baptized. He
reads from the BOM everyday and got an answer that it's true, he prays and goes
to church every week. I wish he would
get baptized. But I guess he is not
ready yet, please pray for him.
It was sad to learn that our 20 year old boy we were teaching(Will),
committed suicide. He was a member of a
less active family. His Mom is super
active and strong. Will had goals to
serve a mission. He had OCD, depression
and other mental issues. It’s SO
sad. We attended his funeral on
Saturday.
I
am trying to work hard with all those bad things that happened. Heavenly Father has tried my patience and my
faith. I am sure I will have many more experiences in Brazil where I will be
tested and tried. I love being able to share the Gospel. I know even for the short time I have been
out how great it is and I love every minute of it! I have learned to be patient
with myself and with others.
I’ve learned more about the scriptures than I could have ever learned in
Seminary or Institute. I also have
learned to rely on the Holy Spirit. I
can see now why I needed to go on a mission.
I need to be closer to my Savior and have a strong testimony of Him. He has done SO much for me! Many in my mission are homesick and want to
go home or can’t wait to go home. Not
me! It’s been the best decision I ever made.
I don’t want to think about home, I want to take the next 15 plus months
and give to the people of Brazil. I
can’t wait!
I'm so grateful to serve a mission. I'm glad that
I made the choice to go. It has blessed my life and the people I'm teaching. I
hope you have a great week and I'll talk to you on the phone next
week!
Eu amo voce! :) I LOVE YOU 
-Sister Whitnah
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