Mom,
I can´t believe it´s already February! Time is
flying by so quickly! I´m doing pretty good. This week the weather went from
being hot to insanely hot. I completely cut pop out of my meals and I only drink
water. A lot of our meals with the members they give us a lot of pop. And
sometimes I really don´t want to drink it because I know it will give me
headaches. So I only drink water and juice.
This week we visited Danuzia, Bruno and Carol.
Our baptismal date with him fell through. :( We really think him and Carol won´t
get baptized until Danuzia gets divorced from her husband and moves into a new
house. She has told us more than once how badly she wants to get baptized. We´re
going to the temple with them this Saturday! Danuzia wanted to see what the
temple looked like. She´s pretty excited about that. :)
On Thursday, Sister Howell and I went to Village
to knock on doors. To explain Village it´s very country. When Robbie was serving
in Honduras and would explain what his areas looked like, Village is what I
thought of. Dirt roads that would go on forever and all you could see is grass
fields. I took a couple pictures to help you see what it looks like. It looks
pretty.
Yesterday, we had an awesome lesson with a member
who brought a friend to FHE. We taught about the Restoration and the Spirit was
so powerful! It was incredible! Laura´s friend is named Olifer. He´s 19 years
old and he goes to the Congregation church of Jesus Christ. I´ve never heard of
this church before. He seems very interested in the church. We committed him to
read the Book of Mormon and to pray about it.
I have something funny to tell you. I can´t
remember what day it was but one day this week, Sister Howell and I ate out for
lunch. Afterwards, she wanted some chocolate. There was a place that was really
close called Caucau Show. It reminded me of Godiva Chocolate. But anyways, we go
in and bought a piece of chocolate. I was eating my chocolate and kept thinking
how weird it tasted. I looked at the rapper and it had liquor in it ha-ha.
Sister Howell laughed at me and said ``I wonder how your parents are going to
react when you tell them that you had liquor during your mission? ha-ha`` I
thought it was pretty funny! This reminded me when Alina went to Belgium and ate
that chocolate covered cherry with alcohol.
For p-day, we´re gonna go to eat some lunch.
There´s this place close by the bus terminal. They sell pastels and juice. After
that, we´re going to go back home and clean our mini house and SLEEP. I´m
exhausted! We´re getting our transfer calls this coming Sunday. I want to
organize all my stuff so that if I get transferred, I can be ready. I´ve been in
Barao Geraldo for 3 transfers now. I would like to go to another
area.
I liked the quote you shared with me. Since I´ve
left for my mission, I´ve learned a ton! Especially about Jesus Christ and how
he means so much to me. My testimony has grown a ton since i´ve been in Brasil.
I know the things i´ve learned in Brasil I wouldn´t have learned in Idaho. That
i´m grateful to have served in the states as well as in a foreign country. My
ward mission leader showed us this book called how to be an everyday missionary.
I think Desert Book has it? But I read it and there´s a lot of good advice in
that book. It talks about how you can talk about the church in a simple way. At
school, work, or pretty much anywhere. It´s really awesome! If you have time,
you should take a look at it. :)
I hope this week will be great! I hope your foot
continues to get better soon! LOVE you so much! Tchau! Amo vocês! :) Enjoy the
pics!
-Sister Whitnah
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