Family Home Evening!
Crying cause my friends are getting married without me...but sooo
happy for them
(Megan and syd)!! I missed
the snow this year...especially during Christmas, but I’m soo happy to be a missionary
in hot weather haha!! Tell my baby G
that I got the videos but the sound isn’t working, but I was laughing really
hard cause I remember the music that was with that one!!! ugh my baby is
growing up too fast!!! The presentations that she sent I can’t open them, but I’m
sure they´re just so good!! Tell baby g tambem the her Portuguese is SOOO GOOD,
only a couple of errors, but I understood everything!!! using subjunctive
too...minha nossa, muito bem hhhahah!! WAHHOOO BEN IS SET FREE...always praying
for them!!
So this week was good, we had our district meeting Tuesday, and the
treinemento that our district leader gave Elder Troncoso, was soooooo good!!!
talking about how as missionaries we need to have faith, obedience, diligence,
and love. when we have these attributes or characteristics, we can keep moving
forward even when times are tough, we can baptize, we can find the people that
are ready to accept the message of the restored gospel....it was just really
good cause I’ve been feeling a little bit down with the area and the work that
we´re doing here, (sister leal and I) but anyway it was just really good!! I
met someone from Morocco this week...we talked with him in the street and his Portuguese
was really strange! He´s lived here for 8 months but he´s gonna go back this
week to morocco! but the crazy thing is is that my Portuguese was better than
his, and I’ve only been in brazil 5 months!!! CRAZZYY...DOM DAS LÍNGUAS!!!!!!!
Wednesday we had a treinamento for ALL THE MISSIONARIES in the world, so we all
met in alecrim again to listen to this treinemento...SOOOOO GOOD!!!! We
basically talked about everything that we all know that we need to do...but now
we got to do it and in a better and efficient way to do it! but yeah it was
really good!!!
We are starting to have some people that are progressing and
really doing the compromissos that we give them to do; like prayer, read the
book of Mormon, go to church.... but a lot of people this week have been
running away from us or just giving us excuses!!! Sometimes I’m just like `I
know that this will bless my life and that I will receive blessings when I do
this, but all right if you don’t want blessing in your life tudo bem, Chau.`
ugh its just hard sometimes ya know hahah!! BUT I HAVE FAITH!!!
Neai...the mom to Mathues who is serving a mission. She said this
week `someone that complains doesn’t have god in Portuguese...`Àlguem que
reclama não tem Deus`hahaha I was like hahaha that sounds like my grandmother
when she says no whining and no crying....hahah I just started to laugh when
she said that..especially since she was complaining about some of the mission
rules a little bit before hand!! hahah people are just sooo funny sometimes!
This week we planned on baptizing Jessica, but she was never in her house when
we passed by, just her mom who is a menos ativa, Vera!! She is sooo awesome, I
love her, she keeps saying that she will go back to church and that she will
return with her family and everything will be good (her husband isn’t a member)
but the past 2 weeks she bailed on going to church!! She´s progregindo, she´s
reading the book of Mormon and saying her prayers, but now she needs to come
back to church...be an example for her family!! She´s so proud of her son that
is serving in Curitiba (remember the elder that met Scott in the CTM) and that
she really has the desire to do good and start living the gospel
again...MILAGRES DO FILHO NA MISSÂO!!!!!
Friday we had a Family Home Evening with Abraâo and Marilene..we
talked about fé and we watched the video of Christ that has all the miracles
and curas that he did and I think it´s peter that is telling the story! It
really made me think and question my faith!! because Peter has seen the
miracles and the power that Christ had, but he doubted when he heard that
Christ ressuscitou!! He has SEEN all the things that Christ could do, but yet
he doubted here!!! I think Faith is something fragile but at the same time
really strong!! Elder Uchtdorf has a quote that I think of often...doubt your
doubts before you doubt your faith...something like that!!! JUST something to
think about!
Saturday we were just running around trying to get everyone firme to
go to church...some people were like no no I don’t think so, but after our
message it was like okay okay ill go (3 nefi 18 8-13) but Sunday came and
literally no one wanted to go to church...seriously something happened to
everyone so they couldn’t go!! I WAS REALLY STRESSED OUT GOING TO CHRUCH!!! because
we need to have at least 3 people in church to cumprir/fechar our goals of the
week!! I was praying and praying and praying, please heavenly father let there
be 3 investigators in church today...GUESS WHAT HAPPENED!!!! We get to church,
and I walk in;...guess who´s sitting there...Jonailson and Rose...a couple
that´s not married and that are our ex-investigators!!! I WAS LIKE THANK YOU
HEAVENLY FATHER I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THESE 2 WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT CAME TO
CHURCH ON THEIR OWN!!!!! I was still upset that we wouldn’t have closed our numbers
for the week, but I was so happy that they came to church! but wait for
it...another miracle happened.... after awhile I see NICOLAS outside waiting
to enter (he´s the boyfriend to a member and he´s been coming to church and
investigating for some time now) WAHOOOO INVESTIGATORS IN CHURCH!!!!!
WAHHOOOOO miracles happen...it´s serious! sometimes I just don’t feel worthy to
receive these little miracles or blessings because I know that I can work
harder or do that much more (there´s always more that I can do, I feel like
that), but I know that my heavenly Father is looking out not only for me but
for his other children too like Rose and Jonailson and Nicolas!!
WE also had a phrase that was said in church today, `the scriptures
are a map to return to live with God`
it´s so true...I’m always finding more and more scriptures each day
in the Bible and the Book of Mormon that are just so perfect for me in my life
and my trials as a missionary but also for our investigators!!! I’m so grateful
to be a missionary now in brazil! I feel more and more closer to my Savior each
day!!
Transfers are this week...I will be sad to leave (if I leave) but I’m
just praying to be happy with whatever is going to happen! I just want to do
the will of my Heavenly Father!!!
I LOVE ALL OF YOU...sorry my emails aren’t that great, but just know
that I’m praying for everyone!!! I got all the letters and packages that
everyone sent for Christmas!!! I’m just so blessed to have such an amazing
family...thanks for everything!!!
FICA FELIZ!!!
beijo
-Sister Talentino
Elder Troncoso (far left) Elder Sales, Elder Church and Elder S. Martins
Sister Alarcón, Sister Leal (minha comp.) Sister Lemos, and I
Elder Tavares....our AP..he´s from Recife and he goes home this week
