Hey everyone!
We had kind of a
slow week this week with lots of random things happening that sometimes stopped
us from being able to work, like my companion getting sick, or the secretaries
calling us to say we had to move the next day to our new apartment and things
like that. But hey we moved! I am an expert mover. My motto was like dad: ´´if
we haven’t used it in the last 4 weeks, throw it out!´´ Sister Estela is more
like mom: “but what if we´ll need it one time in the next few years...´´ haha. But
our new apartment is actually in our own area and had a hot shower for one day
but then broke... oh the wonders of mission.
I’ve gotten
frustrated with our tactics of meeting people just by talking to everyone on
the street, it’s not very effective and you don’t meet people super interested.
So we´re gearing our efforts to work with the members to teach their friends
and family. It’s a slower process but you get better quality results. We met
the sister of a man in our ward and her family, Sandra, Cisero and Mateus their
10 yr old son. And let me tell you that little kid is one spiritual guru. He
had SO many questions for us about religion, like why Catholics have a certain
prayer different than ours or why some people think Mary is a saint and some don’t
and why there are so many churches. He told us ´´I worry myself sometimes so
tell me this; when Jesus comes back, what’s it gonna be like? Sometimes Satan
tempts me to do bad things but I usually don’t do bad things but sometimes I
do...´´ lol! We´ll get to tell him the answers to all those questions this
week!
The other funny
thing working with members is that we´ll be talking to them about missionary
work or walking around in a neighborhood and they ALL say ´´yeah there are a
ton of less actives that live here! You guys should go visit them sometime!´´
and I just want to bean all of them on the head, because they all think it’s
only the work of the sisters! I just think ´´you guys all know where they live,
what their problem is, what their background is, and we´d have to search around
to find out all of that when you guys could just go visit them on your own!´´
but hey we all have our own difficulties in life.
I think a lot about
how my family being strong in the gospel, how I was born and raised in the
truth, and knowledge that I have has influenced me. It is very very rare to
have such a firm family where everyone is active in the church here in this
area of Brasil. Very rare! I think of how much Heavenly Father has put every
single little detail of my life in order so that I could make it to this point
in my life and testimony, and be here sharing these truths that have changed my
family’s life with other families. I love my family so much! Thank you
for being wonderful examples of diligence and faith to me! Talk to you soon!
Sister Walker
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