I'm so glad you already
reserved my spot so SOON after I get home to speak! Ive been practicing
my English a little bit lately praying, so I hope I'll be able to talk
normal? Just no one make fun of me okay? The other day Sister Conley and
I were practicing different ways to invite people to be baptized in the
street and she goes- I think we need to be more (in Portuguese)...
"sneaky" (in English)? and I go... "sleuth" (in English)? Then we have a
2 hour conversation about if the word sleuth is a real English word or
if we are going crazy. So... that's just a little sneak peak at what you
all are in for!
Also, we will have Christmas in
casa?! I can't even believe my little ears! Does that mean we have to
buy presents? What do you guys want from Brazil? I think I'll just bring
home Paçoca, Goiabada, and Coshinhas. Ask Sister DePaula about them, they
are the best things in the world!
Anyway,
lets get to the good stuff. We baptized INGRID this week! It was
probably the cutest baptism of my whole life! She was so excited to be
baptized! She told us after I'm baptized (with hand motions) "I can't
SMOKE, and I can't DRINK, not even BEER!" CUTEST THING EVER. Also, she
was praying after a lesson we had with her and she goes- "Please bless
me with... i have no idea (sei lá! Saude?!), health?!" ...maybe you had
to be there? It was hilarious in Portuguese.
Also,
favorites of the week are one man stopping us in the road to ask for my
hand in marriage and I'm just chilling there drinking my açai. My
companion is literally freaking out (because she is only understanding
half of what he is saying) but she knew it was something about my
beautiful eyes and hair?? Hahaha. So I wait for him to finish and go-
thanks so much, but we are running late, you are always welcome in the
church. Then my companion goes- I don't think I understood what he was
saying....? Hahaha.
In other news it turns out
the 7th of September is the 4th of July here? WOOHOO for learning
Brazilian history? ALSO, as it turns out NO ONE goes to church?
Including members? So our little branch had like 20 people and half of
them are from other cities who have callings to come help a gente out.
It was so sad because this branch has literally been dying for 12 years,
and yesterday everyone saw how bad it is. People started giving DYING
cliché testimonies like... "I know the church is true, We just have to
keep hoping more people will see that." It was awful because our little
baptism was like- why is everyone so sad? There are a TON of people
here! A little perspective can turn any situation for the better right?
Also we taught an orphanage and a pastor this week, so we are thinking
we can just have a big baptism of like... 100 people at once?
One
thing Elder Audikitis said when he was here- "God is happy with you,
but he is not satisfied." I was thinking about the implications in our
lives this statement has. He is happy with you, but is he yet satisfied
with you? We can do more, we can be more, and it is my testimony that
this comes through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
Saudades de vocês,
Te amo, BEIJOS,
Sister Haley Mills
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