This week was pretty good! I was so excited for
General Conference! I watched it in Portuguese for the first time. It was pretty
cool! The only parts I heard in English were when they announced who would be
the next speaker and when the choir would sing. I really wanted to hear it in
English but hearing it in Portuguese was awesome.
I remembered this week was April Fools. The day
before April Fools Day, Sister Neves told me to not believe what anyone would
say the next day. We had our zone meeting on April Fools Day. Our meeting was
about 30 minutes away and we needed to take a bus. On the way there, our bus
broke down. We called our leaders to tell them what was going on. They didn´t
believe us that our bus broke down ha-ha. They thought it was a joke. We showed
up about an hour later explaining that our bus really did break down and that it
wasn´t a joke.
Later that day, a member from our branch told us
that our mission president would come to Conchal to see our English class and to
see if our house was clean. Sister Neves started freaking out. I thought it was
funny because I knew it was a lie! I told her to calm down and reminded her that
it was April Fools Day. The look on her face was priceless when she told me
president was coming to our area ha-ha.
I had a lot of talks that I really liked
throughout General Conference. My favorite was by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, how he
talked about the spirit of gratitude. I also liked M. Russell Ballard´s talk too
about missionary work.
In the breaks between the sessions, my comp and I
went on splits with the youth to find new investigators. We found a bunch of
people that look very promising! :) about 5 want us to come back and teach them!
We have one appointment tonight that i´m really excited about! I´m hoping there
will be a few baptisms here coming soon! :)
I learned a lot about the atonement during
Conference and made me realize how much Jesus Christ loves us. I´m so grateful
for the atonement in my life and how I can use it to become closer to my Savior.
I´m so grateful for this time to serve in Brasil, and how it´s blessing my life
everyday. I love you so much and I hope all is well! Have a great week! Tchau!
TE AMO!
-Sister Whitnah
she added a short 2nd message to this
one:
I would really like to come back to
Brasil if i have the chance, you know. Brasil is so different than the US but
the culture is cool. it´s funny, i thought eating beans and rice everyday would
get annoying or i would get sick of it. but since i´ve been here, i can´t
imagine not eating beans and rice everyday. i love it! i´m soaking in the
culture and my mission. i won´t get another opportunity like this again. i´ve
thought a lot about how hard it´s going to be when i come home from my mission.
i´ve grown to love Brasil and have made so many friendships here. i know it will
be a HUGE adjustment, but Heavenly Father will help me to get back in the swing
of things.
i´ve thought about when i´ll get to train. at
times I’m really super ready and other times I have doubts that my Portuguese
isn´t good enough. but i´ve learned that it doesn´t matter if i´m fluent or not,
the Lord will help me with the language no matter what. i´m hoping to train here
soon. maybe the next transfer coming up.
i love you so much and i´m grateful for your
testimony. i know that the church is true and the we have a loving Heavenly
Father that knows us personally. My mission had blessed me in so many ways and
has taught me so many lessons that i know that i couldn´t have learned anywhere
else. Brasil was the place i needed to be to learn the things i know now. i´m so
grateful for my call and the opportunity to know my Savior more. once again,
LOVE YOU so much and hope your week will be great! :)
Love your Brasilian chicka! :)
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