Week 68 - Pray for water

11/27/16

So this week was great! we had a miracle happen. So last week was rough. We had fasted to have a miracle happen, or someone go to church and to have a baptism. So we got to church last week and I was like of course Heavenly Father will give us what we asked for, we even fasted. But when we got to church no one was there and everyone that we passed by to take to church had an excuse. So this week we were like alright, what are we going to do to have a baptism this week, to have more success here. So we were just like let´s start working in the Area Book and see what miracle will happen with the people that have already gone to church and have already marked their baptisms. So we found some names and we planned to pass by in some names that we felt good about. So we started on Wednesday and one of the first people that we planned to go and visit was a little girl. Her name is Gyselle. WE got to her house and she was there and she came out and greeted us. She is soooo sweet. She´s a little timid but really sweet. We started to talk to here and we wanted to start talking about the gospel with her. So we started to talk about baptism too, and we invited her to be baptized that Sunday and she accepted. She was a little shy about it but we knew that she would start to warm up and be excited. the next couple of days we went back and visited her and we had to talk to the parents. WE found out that her parents are less active...the mom started to talk and give excuses to why she doesn’t go to church anymore blah blah blah.so Sister Nunes and I started to get a little nervous about talking about the baptism. But when we started to explain to her about the baptism, the young woman program and all that she started to be all relaxed. and in the end it all turned out great. Sunday was the baptism of Gyselle and she was all nervous and embarrassed of the white overalls but it all worked out! she´s solo cute!

I know this was a miracle of the Fast that we did. If we wouldn’t have done our part, and continues to work hard and look actively for the miracles to happen, Gyselle wouldn´t have been found and baptized. 

the Lord wants that we exercise our Faith and work towards deserving these miracles, and to find them. It´s all in The Lord´s timing, but I know that The Lord is always watching over us, and that he wants us to keep pushing through the difficulties and the hard times, so that when we get to the light and all the good times, we can look back and say that Through Him and because of Him we made it to the light again.

I love this gospel! I love being a missionary! I get to see and feel the miracles each day that our Heavenly Father bestows upon us.

Here in Caicó no one has water in their homes...literally no one! Everyone is buying water, but now the reserves are running out of water too! It´s a water crisis. Everyone pray for the people here and pray so that it can rain here...it´s REALLY hard living without water! trust me. I know!

But yeah! I love all of you, Thank you so much for supporting me!!

ate daqui a pouco!!

Sister Talentino

week 67 We got to shake the hand of an Apostle!

11/21/16

So this past week was great! We had such a great opportunity to hear the Apostle Elder Renlund on Wednesday. On Tuesday we had our mission counsel so Sister Nunes and I got to Natal one day before to spend our pday in Natal! it was great to be in the city again!!

The counsel that we had with President Colleoni was great...but he burned all of us! Called us all out and told us all to repent! it was like ouch...haha but it was necessary!

It was great because the next day the Apostle, Elder Renlund talked about just that. Repentance. His message was just so spiritual and it was exactly what I needed in that moment! I even sang in the Choir! Mom you will be so proud hahah!

I have a certeza that he is a man called of God and that he really is an Apostle of Jesus Christ. I know that President Colleoni and sister Colleoni are also called of God to be our mission President!

It was just such a great experience, spiritually!

WE GOT TO SHAKE HAND WITH AN APOSTLE!!!! it was just so amazing!

But yeah when we got back to our area it was like a race to get our numbers closed and done. Sunday morning, we walked for miles and no one came to church. I think I heard about every excuse in the book...it is really hard to keep up the excitement to work when every week we have people that only progress for about a week or a couple of days and then when Sunday comes around it´s like the enemy is working twice as hard so people won’t go with us to church. And missionary work is hard when no one goes to church.

but I have faith that it will get better and I know I am doing my part so Heavenly Father will grant me my righteous desires to help and love the people here in Caicó!

I know that my mission is coming to an end, but I am so ready to keep working my butt off to help these people!!

I love all of you! have a great week!!!

Remember that every day we need to be humble and repent and r3ecognize our weaknesses so that our Savior can help up be strong and overcome our laziness or our other weaknesses.

´There is no such thing as Faith with laziness...we don´t want lazy faith!!´

get up and do something, to serve, to help, and to be more like our Savior Jesus Christ!

I love you!1

Sister Talentino

week 65 - Rondnelly was baptized

This week was transfers. I´m now with Sister Nunes, she is from rio and we are good friends. WE were in the CTM together! :)

her accent is so cool. I love the accent from Rio de Janeiro, it´s so different but so cool at the same time! I am in the same area, Vila do Principe in Calico.

this weekend we had a miracle happen. Rondnelly was baptized. He has heard of the church and has gone to church for over 23 years. And Sunday he was baptized!! It was soooo awesome to se him change and to see his Faith grown in God and in the gospel! And everything that was talked about on Sunday, the testimonies and the lessons talked about how our testimonies will grow with time and with our own strength and diligence! It was just perfect!!

another miracle happened when José Carlos, a member and his wife Alexsandra came by our house at like 9 the night and they gave us pizza...we didn´t have any food in our house, only rice, and they saved the day when they came knocking on our door giving us pizza haha it was just the best!!  I love that family!! :)

but yeah, just that happened this week. I’m excited for this transfer and I can´t believe that my mission is almost coming to an end, but I´m working and am enjoying every minute that I have left here in Brazil on the mission!

Halloween looks awesome. And here comes thanksgiving...What day will it be this year again??

LOVE YOU ALL...have a great week

Week 64 - Happy Halloween

Love you both so much...have a great week!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! :)

Week 63 - doing splits

Zone conference

Dulce de Leche de Argentina

10/24/16

haha..this week was a little rough cause we had to do a division (?) with some sisters that are being a little difficult, so I was looking forward to talking with you guys today! :) haha

I´m starting to feel that feeling of missing the mission when I´m still here...I just know that it will be hard for me to come home and not be on the mission....it´s so hard to explain!