Querida família,
I´m training the first American
Sister to arrive in this mission since MY group arrived!! Her name is
Sister Bunch, she´s from Parker Colorado and served for 6 weeks in
Oregon, so she´s still very new. It´s really different not having
someone who already knows how to speak Portuguese, but she´s awesome and
has a lot of desire to learn fast. I already love her like my own
daughter. She´s very deer in the headlights still, who wouldn´t be, but
I know she´s gonna help me a lot. I knew right away I would train her
when I saw her :)
So it was a perfect day, I
was so excited for this transfer, then a bomb got dropped on us: Rio
Tinto II closed, Sister Cameron´s leaving and I have to take care of
both areas and the whole branch ALONE. I have never had to do so many
things I don´t feel prepared to do at the same time. Our areas are very
far away from each other and I still don´t know how I´m gonna do it and
teach with someone who can´t speak the language yet.. Just pray for me
a lot.
Ronaldo was baptized!! He is totally
crazy but he has the ten commandments memorized,keeps all his
commitments, comes to church by himself and is always early. Sunday was
such a miracle. 11 investigators were at church! A lot of them have
to get married, aren´t old enough to be baptized the next week or don´t
want to get baptized, but we have one solid investigator who wants to be
baptized Sunday, Laércio! He was a referral from Fabio, a less active
who was also a miracle. The sisters that were here before just found
him by chance one day and he was baptized a long time ago in Natal. Now
he´s returning and helping us teach and everything. We´re also
teaching his niece Grazi. Pray for Laércio to be able to completely
stop smoking, he´s already cut down A LOT. He´s so elect!
Raul
went to church with his friend Lucas, and just doesn´t want to get
baptized still. His day will come.. like so many others. We have a
really great family as well who came to church, Juliana and her sons
Ikaro and Isaac. Her husband studies theology and is a tough nut to
crack, but Juliana loved church on Sunday so he at least needs to marry
her legally for her sake and for their kids. Isaac already asked his
mom to buy church clothes for him and wants to keep going every Sunday.
So cute! :)
This transfer will for sure be a
challenge, but I just need to rely more than I ever have in my life on
the Lord and my leaders and the members. Also my companion, she read to
me last night the scripture in D&C that says ´´look to me in every
thought, doubt not, fear not´´ that Sciammarella always read to people.
She´s so full of that new missionary spirit and I know it´ll help me a
lot. My priority is just to help her do all the things I wish I had
done better and for her to have the best mission ever.
I
love you all so much and am excited to see you again, but very sad that
this is the last transfer. Have an
awesome week!
Um abraço bem forte,
Sister Moore
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