Hello!!
Oh and for Halloween as you can tell by the pictures I was an Elder
for Halloween and Sister Menezes was a pirate. I’m going to see what I can do
to go to a members house or two tonight to try trick or treating.... but they don’t
really do that here so everyone will be super confused why I’m asking for candy
on their doorstep...
Anyways our week here was good, we tried to go to the government
with a couple to get them married but they got scared and ran away so it fell
through. We also had a meeting at the stake center for all the missionaries
training and being trained. Where they put us in 2 separate rooms basically to
interrogate us to see if the newbies would rat us out if we weren’t doing our
jobs right and to see if we were treating the newbies well. I’m glad to say I
passed with flying colors. Obviously... Sister Menezes even told everyone how
humble and patient and hard working I am. Three thumbs up and a pat on the back
from Presidente Gomes. Weiner! Oh and I got my package from mom, thank
you!!! Goldfish and peanut butter have never tasted so good!! Everyone at the
meeting was so intrigued by the beef jerky...
I am sending a bunch of photos hoping they will count for 1000
words here... I am in Siqueira Campos today (a different area in my zone) and
out of time because we had ´´pday with Presidente´´ which is basically code for
we´re not baptizing enough so he had our zone get together and brought us lunch
and told us to get our act together. It was interesting the things he said,
they made me think. He told us that not one act of service or force we make
goes unnoticed by the Lord. That was a good reminder for me after a week where I
felt like our sacrifices were less than valued here by the people we met. But
he talked about how we need to have a lot more faith, believe in the miracles
that the Lord promises are possible. Which is true-sometimes we get so caught
up in the day to day and the routine and talking with people on the street just
to say we talked with 20 or 30 people on the street that day, that we don’t
stop to realize that those are possible baptisms we´re talking to, those are
generations of Gods children waiting to be helped along the right path. It was
a good wake up call for me. It also made me really sad thinking that my time is
almost up here to prove how much I really am willing to serve the Lord. Obviously
we have our whole lives of dedicated service to show Him, but it will be in
other capacities that I’m worried won’t be as fulfilling for me. Its hard that
when I feel like I’m finally really good at something, that I know what I’m
doing, my time is already up. That is a hard feeling. But I’m working on not
thinking about that for now.
s/o to Sydney’s other name that I stumbled upon in Acts 24:24!
I love you all very much. I hope you know that!! Have a great
week! até logo!
Sister Walker
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