Yes you read that
title right, Felipe’s parents are lawfully legally married people it’s a
miracle!!! But I’ll get to that soon.
Hey party people,
happy New Year!
For new years here
we pretty much just wandered the streets looking for anyone, and I mean ANYONE
that we could talk to or teach haha. It was a tough 2 days because everyone
goes to the beach or just sits outside their house totally drunk dancing samba
or something like that. Then on New Years Eve we got a fireworks show because surprise,
some guy was lighting off legit huge fireworks right in front of our house on
the street haha. Not exactly sure how safe that is but it happened. It was cool
to see! We woke up at 11:45 and said happy new year and Sister Helm
tried to kiss me but I wouldn’t let her (kidding) and we went back to sleep. And
now its 2016 how weird is that! Oh and everyone in Brasil wears white on new
years eve to represent purity or new beginnings or something inspirational like
that so I did too. Note to self: never do that again.
Funniest thing
ever, Sister Helm is from Idaho and lives on a farm so I like to tease her
about that. And she told me that in Idaho on new years eve, instead of having a
big ball drop like in New York, they have a giant POTATO that drops at midnight and
I started dying laughing.
But okay back to
the family of Felipe who is just great. We just gotta get them to church! The problem
is that the dad works in the feira on the street everyday selling stuff. So if
he doesn’t sell that day, they don't have money for food or anything. So we´re
trying to work around that and get him to church. We had such a great lesson
with them this week about the restoration. The spirit was so strong and it was
amazing to see that it was connecting inside their heads even if they didn't
understand 100% of everything. The dad said that everything we were talking
about just somehow made sense to him, he didn't doubt any of it. And the mom
said that when we talk and come to their house that she can just feel in how we
talk that what we´re saying is true, that she feels something different than
when other churches come to try and teach them. And this whole time I was just
beaming thinking ´´yes yes yes!!! This is what we´ve been looking for!!´´. I
just love the restoration; it makes so much sense in my head. And maybe it
sounds weird the first time you hear it about Joseph Smith and a vision, but you
just have to pray to know. Don't ask us, go ahead and ask god and he´ll respond
to you. Its as easy as that! ahh missions are great.
This week was hard
to find people but finally all the holidays are over so we´re back in business!
And this week I get to start doing exchanges with the other sisters! Wish me
luck... oh and I’ll have to do emails to president and the zone leaders of the
other sisters next week and the week after so we won’t have lots of time to
email you guys so sorry in advance :( but I love you all!! Start of 2016 with a
bang, hoot, holler and more Christlike!
Sister Walker
P.S. Also: I shared a message after lunch one day at the
branch presidents house with his family. The message was that Pres George Albert
Smith once said that our own personal salvation is dependent on how well we
shared the gospel with others on this earth.
Then when I was
done his wife said ´´Wow. Sister Walker just burned all of us hard core.´´
hahaha whoops! But its true people! Get to steppin!!
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