I hope you all are enjoying being
home and reflecting on the memories and lesson learned on the mission.
There really is a different kind of love you feel for people on the
mission, and it´s because of the work and sacrifice you do for them.
When I get home we can all cry together about sucky normal person life.
Our Christmas Conference was basically all about how after the mission
you have to continue to progress spiritually, bringing all you´ve
learned into real life. There´s no such thing as a break, you haven´t
paid your dues to the church or the Savior. Mission is a boot camp for
the real challenges ahead.
It was great to
see you guys, even though I was in a house full of really loud Brazilians. It was better when my companion was talking to her family.
She´s doing a great job adjusting and is really helpful. It seems she
always remembers the things I forget and always has insights about the
work and lots of motivation to keep working hard.
Jonathan
was baptized Sunday and he looked sooo happy coming out of the water.
He really opened up a lot more during the week and is super funny and
wants to serve a mission. I love his sister too, Paula, who we
reactivated. She´s the only person I´ve met in Brazil who plays Zelda
Majora´s Mask. They are so cool, like I would best friends with them
outside the mission. I know they´re gonna help so much with references
and teaching with us.
Did I tell you already
about Deleon and Juliana? Well, they broke up and Deleon moved to
Mamanguape, which means he won´t be there to argue with us in our
lessons and we can baptize Juliana and her kids!! It was seriously a
miracle. He took the Book of Mormon in English and Portuguese with him
so hopefully he´ll read and gain a testimony someday. Juliana is good
friends with Paula and Jonathan, so they´ll help her a lot. Right now
she´s a little hesitant about baptism but she keeps the commandments and
all we need is one really good spiritual lesson with her. Pray for her
and her kids, Ikaro and Isaac.
Funny story.
We cleaned out our house and threw out a ton of books that no one will
ever use and left them on the corner where they collect the trash. So
Felipe, who lives close by, saw Preach my Gospel on the ground and saw
that it was from the church and took it home to start reading. He just
asked us ´´Do you guys have like a guidebook?´´ and then pulls out PMG.
We marked a part for him to read about Eternal Marriage and challenged
him to ask Paula on a date because they´re perfect for each other. I
think we´re allowed to do that? Either way he accepted our challenge.
hehehe.. We told the Branch President we´d help get everyone in the
branch married. Trunky.
My AP´s are Elder Morais and Elder Alves. What´s the name of the missionary who knows one of them?
Everything´s
going great in the Cidade Enoque. I don´t want to say goodbye, but I´m
excited to see you all, especially Lucy. Show her pictures of me so she
doesn´t forget who I am. I love you all so much! Have a great 2015!!
Um abraço,
Sister Moore
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