Weekly
Update
Got a letter
from Sister Cannon from the CTM! Two weeks!
Correction
from lasts weeks update- ter bom ânimo- Mosiah 24:13-14
Yesterday
was a holiday here Day of the Dead. A few weeks ago I was excited because I
thought day of the dead here was like Mexico- uma festa! Mas na verdade it´s a
super sad holiday here everybody visits the cemetery and cries. So yesterday
all of the missions in São Paulo went to the cemeteries to pass out little
passouts that talk about the Plan of Salvation and to make contacts and referrals
during the morning. It was super interesting- how am I going to talk to this
person who is visiting their family member who´s passed away- especially
when the companion pulls out the "So how was the death of your Father for
you?" @_@ But we only talked to one man in the cemetery because we got
kicked out after not very long because it was a private cemetery. So we made
contacts in front and it was good. Our P day got switched so today is Pday.
In truth
this week was a bit of a doosy. The mom of Matues finally said she would talk
to the dad of Mateus that day and so I was super excited and really thought I
would get to baptize Mateus, but the mom said that the dad said no and got
angry and so the mom won´t support Mateus because she´s afraid the dad won´t
allow her and her daughter to continue coming to church. It was a bit of a
blow, we´ve been visiting Mateus for 4 months. This among other stuff made this
week difficult. But really God loves his children. Yesterday we got to teach
Julia another lesson. We taught her the Restoration and she is super great, but
the next week she gave birth to her son and we didn´t find her em casa and so
20 days after we visited she´s still great and wants to come to church :) Also
we have a miracle family. The mom, Elani, knows a friend who is Mormon and came
to church all by herself and loved it. She is reading the Book of Mormon and is
loving it. She read what we marked for her and the introduction and started
reading from the beginning. She has a husband, Alexandre two little girls, one
will turn 8 on the 22nd of November- perfect timing for baptism! Also we had
another miracle within the family because when we visited yesterday a cousin of
16 yrs moved in with them, Emily. Emily is super excited about the church and
visited the church when she was younger! I´m so happy to have the opportunity
to share the gospel and my testimony with this family. They will be baptized
probably at the end of the month and so I will most likely be transferred to
another area at this time because the transfer is on the day 17 and it´s my 3rd
transfer here, so I will probably leave for another area. I´m sad I probably
won´t see them baptized but happy to teach them and prepare them. I´m really
trying to learn more patience and perseverance and more faith to have more
confidence in myself! A mission is really trying at times, but I´ve never had such
opportunities to use the Atonement in my life to become a better person.
Beijos e
abraços
Sister Haggard
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| Divisions when Sister D Sousa came back |
