week 45 - Blessings of the gospel

June 13, 2016

Mom this week was okay!! It´s just so amazing to see the miracles that happen everyday!

Don't have a lot of time but i want to just tell what happened yesterday at church with our fast and testimony meeting! So a little bit before our testimony meeting the President of the Ramo wanted to talk to me and and the sisters...he had some things he wanted to talk to us about..just that the President of the District was there too and also the members of the Presidente of the Branch. WE had somethings to talk about. After the meeting ( I wont go into details cause it´s good to focus on the positive) my Comp, Sister M Silva was really annoyed, and I was too, but in the end I was just like you know what, it was like a wake up call for all of us, ya know to work harder and work better together with the members and the Liderança (?) but yeah that was good to see that everyone can take a negative and turn it to a positive and to use what you learned in that situation to help you be better!!

but yeah after the meeting we had testimony meeting...and let me just tell you I cried when Mariano (recent convert) shared his testimony saying that he knows Joseph Smith was a prophet and that he is so grateful to be in the true church. HE ALSO GOT A CALLING, The secretary of the young men....and he is working to get the Melquesidek Priesthood!!! AHHHHH he´s just so perfect!!! and then after Mariano, Fatima went up...SHE WAS BAPTIZED LAST WEEK AND CONFIRMED SUNDAY AND SHE WENT TO BARE HER TESTIMONY!!! It took me about 10 years to get up the courage to bare my testimony and for her it took 7 days...hahah but yeah she said that the first time that we went to her house she was like after we left, uhh no that church isn't for me I already have my own religion. And then when we went back she said that we invited her to pray about it and to ask God. She then told her experience about how when she prayed a miracle happened ( when she found that bill for the energy) and she said that she believes really that this church is true!! and when she sat down I was like almost crying my eyes out and it was just so nice to see the fruits of our labors and that my recent converts are firm in the church, getting ready to receive the blessing of the Gospel in their lives. THIS!!!  I just felt so happy to see the blessing of the Gospel in the lives of the people we are teaching and that they have a true testimony of the truth of this gospel!!!

but yeah that´s my experience of the week...HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!

-Sister Talentino

moroni 8:3

Week 44 Happy Birthday Dad!

 June 6, 2016

So yeah this week was great!! we saw so many miracles that happened with the family that we baptized on Sunday. Fatima and Roberto. THEY ARE SOOO PERFECT!!!! WE visited them everyday this past week, they went to church Sunday too and they said that they loved it. So each day that we went there it was a miracle after another miracle. the Friday before Sunday (last week) we taught the Restoration and they understood and participated so well in the lesson. a the end of the lesson the accepted to be baptized the 5th of June! YASSS and then the Tuesday (day 30 of may) we went and taught the Plan of Salvation! Fatima loved it...she was all like we have to follow the path that Jesus Christ showed us to follow and all that good stuff. WE gave them a Book of Mormon (our last one that we had) and Roberto and Fatima were animados to read and learn more about it. The next day we went back and we asked them how it was reading the book of mormon and praying about the things we taught. We taught the 3rd lesson, theGospel of Jesus Christ, explained more about hows the batismo and all that. A the end of the Lesson, Fatima shared an experience that she had with her prayers. She said that she read the part that we left for her to read (2 nefi 31) and then she said her prayer and asked the questions we let for her to ask (if Joseph smith was a prophet? If the Book of Mormon is True? and If the Church of Jesus Christ is true?) and when she finished her prayer she said she had the idea to look at the scriptures in the Bible. She said she thought of the date (1/6/16) and so she went to Romans chapter 1 verse 6...and she said that was her response. When sister M Silva and I read the verse, I started to cry. It really showed me that Heavenly Father will always answer our prayers if we some unto him and ask him with an open heart and with faith.From this scripture she said that she knew she had to follow her Savior Jesus Christ. Roberto also said that he feels good about it and that he´s excited for his baptism!!!! After lesson we were walking back home because it was late and they live kinda far away (30 walking) to our house, and when we were walking I just started to sing, Senhor Meus Deus....( grandioso es tu) or in English How Great Thou Art...haha it was perfect!! I just felt so grateful to see the miracles happen in the lives of others!!! and let me just say..i cried..of course hahah!!

but yeah Sunday was their Baptism!!! It was so great!!! and after was Stake Conference!! This week was great!!

Presidente Soares was here to talk in the conference and it was all about how we need to work together, missionaries and members, to help build this District into a Stake! We need more active men with the Presithood!! MORE MEN AND FAMILIAS!!!!! LETS GOOOOO!!!!! haha

I´m excited for this coming week and to see what miracles will happen in our lives as missionaries and in the lives we are teaching!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!! I want to challenge you all to make goals and to plan your days so you can alcançar (?) these goals!!! It´s something that i am trying to do better. Planning and setting Goals!!! 

MORONI 8:3

Sister Talentino

Week 43 -

Hi:

haha sometimes I quote `well, we´ve done all we can do ` with some investigators..after the fact, and I just think of Scott haha!!!

there´s always those little things that remind me of you guys!!! :)

and OF COURSE, gotta help my little baby G!! 

You guys are sooooooooo cute!!! love you guys....I love the pics!!! tell timm and kyle that i love them and miss them!!! (Mom note:  Sent Natalie a picture from the beach with Douglas, Gabby, cousins Timm and Kyle and Connor - Hare Family Reunion 2016)

Week 42 - 9 Months in the mission!

                                                      Real Maple Syrup 

Love you too mom.... I don’t feel like writing a big long letter this week cause not a lot has happened.... this week. I will think about my testimony that I will give to Maddie smith and next week I´ll send it...pode ser?

I don’t know how things will be with the new news on pants and all that...I don’t want to wear pants but the sunglasses would be good, or a hat...I don’t know we have to wait and hear from our Presidente! 

This week was a little rough cause of some health problems...but lets just say that everyone is better now and we a re all doing good here in Sousa!!!!

I am just so grateful to be here and to see the Lord´s hand in the lives of these people. We are having some difficulties with some people progressing for a little bit but then they just don’t want more...it´s really hard to stay positive when there are a ton of people lying to you or rejecting you...but in these moments you have o stay positive and have the hope and faith that everything will be okay and that my Savior knows how I feel and through His Gospel and through His Sacrifice, it will all be okay!!!

Love,

Sister Talentino

Moroni 7:33!!

week 41- miracles happen all the time!

                                                    May 16, 2016

Sunset

So mom some people are telling me that they aren't getting my emails...maybe its because this week was a little crazy or because i didnt send one the other week...but whatever thats okay.

(Mom note:  Life happens sometimes. Funeral, Chicago, Utah trip, end of the semester grading - Sorry, but I got a little behind!)

so yeah this week miracles happened! let´s just say that i am so grateful for the power of the Priesthood in my life!! miracles happen all the time and its jut amazing! but yeah this week I hit the 9 month mark...HALF WAY THERE!! and minha nosssa it flies by. 

This week we had a division with the SLTs, and I stayed with Sister Mulberry...COMPANIONS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! hahah it was great fun to be with her and work with her again, it´s crazy to see the progress that we have made since the CTM haha!!

We had 5 people in church this week...2 girls that will be baptized next week, Larissa dn Eduarda, good friends that are just so sweet and I love them!!! one of our investigators went to church all by himself and he lives really far from the church building...he´ll be baptized this week com certeza!!! he already stopped drinking coffee and that´s all we got to teach him and his family so far, but i have a good feeling about this family!!!! We had another investigator, LEnaurea, who went! she is great too!!! her husband reminds me a lot of Dad...ALWAYS inviting us in to sit down, to eat something, to drink juice with them...He reminds me A LOT of dad haha it´s great!!! but yeah i´m super excited to work this week and to help these people feel the love of their Savior in their lives!

I LOVE THIS GOSPEL!!!! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!! 

oh mom...about the Cavs shirts..how many are you willing to send??? if think if you send some mediums and larges it will be good, but how many are you willing to send? Oh something cool we are trying to start here in Sousa is an English course!!! we are getting ready to start it here and we are praying that it all will go well!! I´m excited !!

but yeah...love you all, have a great week!!!!!!

Sister Talentino

week 40 - Happy Mother's Day

May 9, 2016

so yeah...I talked to you guys yesterday but I just want to say i love you all sooooo much!!! Thanks for being such a great, amazing, loving family! I just feel so blessed...I'm not sad, I am actually really happy, I just feel falta and suadade!! love you all so much...Happy mother´s day mom, thanks for being the best mom ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

abraço

Sister Talentino

Sousa Zone

week 39 - internet cafe is closing (:

May 2 2016

so i don't have more time cause the internet place closes right now...i´ll send a weekly email next week!!! love you!!! until mother´s day !!!