Helllooo!
Well my first week
in my new area was SO GREAT. I love this area. Wow I have never felt a spirit
so good about an area and a ward. The ward here is small but strong-they are
really amazing people. They have 3 or 4 people that served missions here and
the rest think that we´re all angels sent from above (which I can’t completely
deny). We went to a São João party they had here and we didn’t know anyone and
one lady came up to us and said ´´I love you two. You are the reason that I
came to know about the gospel of Jesus Christ 6 years ago. Thank you´´. That
just melted my heart!
Oh and bday
shoutout to Spencerrrr-I like Spencer because he has good fashion sense and he
taught me how to change a tire, and because he let me hang out on his couch in Provo
and he’s a good listener and a good example to me. Happy 30th bday!! oops...
But my area is
decent sized, actually here there are 2 sets of missionaries and we live all
together. The area I’m at is the part above, because the whole city is divided
by this huuuge hill. Literally it’s huge. We have to take a van to get up to
our area every day which is like 30 minutes with all the stops, and then we
have to come down every night too. But it’s alright; our area has tons of
people and lots of members that live close by.
I got to give a
talk yesterday about missionary work (surprise surprise) and it’s so funny to
see when a missionary gets up to speak about preaching the gospel everyone
basically conks out haha. So you gotta throw a joke in there to wake everyone
up. But I like to give talks when I get to a new area so I can avoid all the awkward
questions that everyone asks to my companion like ´´does she speak Portuguese?´´.
It’s also funny how when everyone finds out you’re American, they start talking
to you about Obama-I pretty much always am up to date with everything he is
doing or saying because everyone thinks that is my number one priority for some
reason..
We got to teach a lot
this week which was great. We had tons of references from the members who took
us to their families houses who aren’t members, or their neighbors and we make
friends with them easy and teach them and mark dates for their baptisms! It’s
that simple people! I’ve been thinking a lot about our true identity as
children of god. If all of us really understood and really knew how precious we
are to god, if we really understood all that is waiting for us on the other
side, all the treasures and happiness and love, it wouldn’t be hard to keep the
commandments, it wouldn’t be hard to get up and go to church or read our
scriptures, we wouldn’t be scared to talk with people about the church, because
WE know how important it is for these people to know. That is what the
difference is about knowing who we really are. We are princesses and princes
preparing for our eternal destiny! I am very thankful to know that is true. Our
decisions really do determine our destiny. I love you guys so much! Have a
wonderful week!!
Sister Walker
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