Familia!
Yesterday was Fathers Day in Brasil! My ward put
on a huge Fathers Day lunch. There was so much food that I wished that I took a
picture of it. Today was fun but tiring. I hung out with my district and we made
tacos! They were really good! Oh, I found a Brasil jersey for 20 dollars!
:)
So this week we had interviews with President
Perrotti. He said that I will probably get transferred because of the situation
with my companion. He speaks a little bit of English, which is really good! He´s
a really nice guy and I can tell he loves being around all of the missionaries.
He´s super cool!
I talked to Sister Ware on the phone this week
and it made my day! She told me that Sister Loefke has her visa but is waiting
for Salt Lake to approve her health info before she comes to Brazil. I´m hoping
that she’ll be here this coming transfer! I miss her a lot.
Everything is going well for me. I’ve been super
tired lately. I have some pictures from our p-day! I´m excited to send them! As
far as the work goes...it´s been kinda tough this week. I invited our
investigator Juciara to be baptized and she´s having some commitment issues.
It´s also hard trying to find new investigators. But I know Heavenly Father will
guide me to someone that we need to teach.
Well i´m excited to hear about your trip!
This week was pretty good. I have a funny story
to tell you. Sister Colombre and I went on exchanges on Friday. We were at an
investigator´s house and the investigator offered me some cookies. They had
coconut in them. In Portuguese there´s a difference between coco and coço. The
first one means coconut and the other means poop. When you say it, it sounds the
same. So I accidentally said the cookies tasted like poop. Everyone burst out
laughing! I wanted to say they tasted like coconut but that didn´t happen. I was
so embarrassed. ha ha.
It´s crazy to think that Emily and Matthew are in
the MTC now. I still miss the MTC a little bit. I had a lot of great memories
there. This week I watched the Emma Smith movie. It´s about her life story with
Joseph Smith. It´s really good! Can you find out if there´s a CD from the movie?
The music is so pretty. There´s a quote by Emma Smith that I really like. It´s
referring to her trials. ``Strength isn´t something that you just have, it´s
something that you have to find.`` I think that is true. You find your strength
through your trials and Heavenly Father helps you find that strength. I have
noticed that this transfer has been a huge faith builder and strength finder. I
know that it can only get better.
I find out this Sunday if I’m getting
transferred. President likes to make it a surprise for all of the missionaries.
If I do get transferred, I go to the mission office and I meet my new companion
and find out where i´m going. I´m excited to find out where I’ll be
going.
Remember how Robbie gave me that long letter that
was addressed to that missionary. I finally got a chance to read all of it. All
I can say is wow. That was a powerful letter. I read it to Sister Martins and
she wants a copy of it. She loves how I’m helping her learn English. So far I
don´t like my bangs.( I wish I hadn’t had them cut) I don´t have the time and
patience to make them look nice everyday. I’ve decided to let them grow
out.
One exciting thing is happening this week! On
Sunday we are having a baptism! :) We have been teaching this guy named Brandao
and his family. Brandao is really crazy...literally. He told us that he wants to
be baptized in the pond across his house. We told him that he would have to be
baptized in the baptismal font. Other than that, he´s pretty
awesome.
I do have some pictures for this week. I feel
like i´m doing better with the language! I can understand a little bit more. Hey
I hope you get home safely. I love and miss you. Have a great week!
:)
Love, Sister Whitnah
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