I love your pictures. Haha it
really looks like kind of a vacation, but obviously not because you´re
already doing amazing things! One Sister here who waited for her visa
thinks that the church in the US will start to grow faster than Brasil
because the members
are getting involved. Who can say if that´s true, but it´s so great to
here about so many miracles! It inspires me a lot.
ANYWAY... the reason I´m writing so late is that I
got TRANSFERRED. Already! It was kind of sad because I felt like I was
just getting to really know and love the members there. But now I´m
here in Santa Rita with Sister Cavalcanti and two other Brasilians. One
is like a foot shorter than me and it´s awesome. I don´t know anything
about this area because we´re opening it and it´s the first time
they´ve ever had sisters. Yes, that means we were left with an elder´s
house. Oh my gosh. It´s horrible. I feel like a homeless person
invading an abandoned factory. But that´s okay, opening areas that have
never had sisters is the best. We´ve spent the day walking around
looking for a place to email.
It was a good, way to short, transfer in Ipes, and
as always, we had a lot of good things happen right before I left. We
were going to mark the date of a wedding and baptism of a super elect
couple, baptize A who´s been investigating the church forever and
now doesn´t have to work on Sundays, and I was just getting to know the
members. It was a really cool week but it´s all left me now and I can´t
think of anything but this new area.
I´m in the same zone as Sister Sciammarella. All of
my companions are dying. It´s her, Sister Seal and Sister Johnson´s last
transfer. I´ll get to see Sister Sciamm every week and that´s just a
blessing for me. Time is flying but now I feel like my mission´s just
started again.
The biggest miracle for me this week was a personal
experience with prayer. I feel like the whole transfer I was just
carrying this stress that I didn´t know the source of or how to get rid
of it. I just never felt like I was at peace with myself or my work,
always doubting if I was doing things right. I had already prayed about
it, but I really just came to the point I had to know if I was trying
enough or too hard. I prayed with that kind of sincerity that you
always tell your investigators to do. The words of scriptures I knew
just came to my head and I asked if I was just trying to comfort myself
or if it was the comforter. It was obvious in my head the answer, but a
feeling of true peace just overcame me. Like I never wanted to move
from that spot. Then I just told Heavenly Father everything I was
worried about, the way I would to my own parents. My answer was just to
trust in the Lord and not in myself, and He will bring out my true best
self. And also that the things I want to change in myself won´t just
change immediately.
The next day was Sunday, when everyone loses their
mind. No one came to church. A was sick and didn´t come to his
baptism. But I just kept thinking about that answer I received and
nothing seemed to bother me. I did all I could and people made their
choices. I just enjoyed taking the sacrament, listening to the
testimonies of the members. Our district sang at the Elder´s baptism
and it was beautiful. Afterward I also got to comfort two different
less actives going through horrible things, people with no peace in
their lives. We sang hymns and listened to them. It seems like it had
been a long time since I´d just enjoyed the spirit like that, without
thinking about what me or my companion is doing wrong, without thinking
about our numbers, or when we have to leave for our next appointment.
Never lose sight of the ´´why´´ of the Gospel, and
your testimony will be that much more powerful, your work will be that
much more efficient. I know my Savior lives and loves me. He died for
me. I don´t have any doubts. If you feel like you´ve wasted time, or
like your best efforts aren´t enough, or you´ve messed up, or you´ll try
when a change happens, just STOP. Right where you are is the perfect
place to begin being the person the Lord wants you to be.
I love you all so much! I hope you have tons of success and miracles big and small! Make it an awesome week!
Um abraço,
Sister Moore
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