Through the Clouds of Cold Cascades Shines the Sun of Success

Through the Clouds of Cold Cascades Shines the Sun of Success

This week was great :) it rained alot though.  I have broken so

many umbrellas!!!

We started the week off with another family night with the Pinto

family and they fed us yummy food! :)

The next day we taught Maria Concecao with the elders. Ah, the elders

teach so well!!!!!! hahah she had this necklace that she prayed to and

Elder De Pina made her give it to him hahah it was funny. Maria is so

funny... hahah! She helped us a lot this week with our portuguese :)

especially the word bacalhau... I hate that word! We taught her each

day to help her understand better and prepare her for her baptism and

she was baptized!! :)

Oh it was so great!! Her baptism was great, we did it right after

church. She was so cute and bought this cake and sandwhiches and

candies for her baptism. She was a completely different person. She

shined!! She was so happy!! Oh I love her!  We met her in the street

my first week here. She said after we talked to her she cried all the

way home. She made lots of progress hahah because the first time

I talked to her at her house,  I told her that we

didnt pray to maria and she snapped her fingers and slammed the door

in our face hahah!! But we went back and she let us teach her. She

loves the Book of Mormon and she said that she felt so much happier

every day. My favorite thing about my mission is to see how the gospel

blesses people and changes them.

Cold Showers

This week we didnt have gas in our house because the elders didnt pay

the bill...... So we had the coldest showers!!

I couldnt do it so I had my comp run to the microwave and heat up water

and then bring it to me! haha  and it was still so cold!!! But I am glad we got to

experience this because now I know how much I love warm showers :).

So when we called the mission office,

the finance elder  is from Ireland and he started talking to us in

English and I seriously had no idea what he was saying... his accent

was soooo wierd!! We told him to speak in Portuguese because we had no

idea what he was saying in English... hahah!!!

Valentine’s Day

On valentines day I got mom's package!!!! :) The warm

blanket was so amazing!!!!!!!! To celebrate valentines my comp and I went and

ate a salade at a restraunte :). Also that day the elders passed one

of their investigators to us. Her name is Debra and she is 14 and from

Brazil. She knows the church is true and loves the book of mormon. Its

just her parents that are not okay with her switching religions.

Obedience Brings Happiness

Also this week we had a ward activity and it was a movie night! It was

great! There were so many members there. Also the members brought

friends!!! :) They watched the crodes (sp?).. its about cave people. hahah

idk. But I thought for sure we would get permission from our president

to watch it, but he said no :( I dont think I have ever been so tempted

on my mission!!! hahah I wanted to  watch that movie so bad!!! But we

sat outside instead.  Blessing comes with obedience.

For Sunday I gave a talk. I talked about obedience. I choose to talk

about that because the people here look so sad... so a way to be happy

is to be OBEDIENT!! :) Our purpose here on earth is to have JOY! I

know that Heavenly Father wants us to be happy and He has given us

commandments to help us be happy. I know that this is true. I know that

each day we can choose to be obedient and happy. Whenever we recieve a

blessing its because we were obedient. So Choose this week to be

obedient and you will be happy!!! :)