HELLO EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 months tomorrow!!!!
Well, this week has been pretty fantastic. First off........
NIRO GOT BAPTIZED!!!!! So excited for him! He got baptized on Saturday and then
confirmed Sunday. He said something really cool after he was baptized. I asked
him how he felt and if anything felt different? He responded with, "I feel
like a child of God". So amazing. He said he feels loved. He hasn’t had
many people in his life. His parents live really far away and are pretty old,
he´s 45. He isn’t married and doesn’t have any kids so he was so happy to
actually feel like people cared for him and that there is always someone that
is there for him :) so awesome, got a little teary eyed, not just from the Spirit,
but also from the storm of flies that were getting into my eyes during the
baptism... DISGUSTING!!!!!
Anyways, so yeah Niro is officially a member of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. :) Nelson, the missionary who served in
Paraguay, and Curly helped him out with the whole baptism process. I have pics
:)
Also, we went to a member’s house for Almoço and she had 21
cats. She also made a ton of food for 2 people to eat. It was enough to feed
Shamu and still have left overs. It was good though :) I wanted to become Shamu
that day, but my whale powers weren’t activating that day, also the lady and Sister
Leite only ate like 2 bites of their food, didn’t wanna look like a pig or
something... pffft.
So, sad news. Sis. Barbosa left :( there was a transfer like
right in the middle of the week and 3 weeks early. It was sad, but Sis.Y.
Santos has a new companion, Sis. Teixeira. She is the bomb.com. She understands my references to
Nacho Libre and Miranda Sings!!! Now I don’t look like an idiot when I say
something that makes absolutely no sense and then laugh at myself.... So she’s
pretty amazing.
Umm... earlier this week there were a bunch of sisters over and
they were looking at all my pics I have of family and friends and... guy
friends... Man, they were going crazy. "Americano!!! Meu futuro
Marido!!" It was hilarious. XD We also had 5 cakes this week. Pretty sure
I am going to have “Diabeetus” when I come home, but I´ll be totally ripped, so
its ok I guess.
Moving on… we have some peeps that seem pretty promising. They
are really firm in their church, which is Catholic, but they have a load of
questions about our church. We taught 3 lessons in one night answering their
questions. We had to leave cuz we were there for almost 2 hours.... They are Fátima
and Ronald. They´re really nice people and very, VERY faithful.
So before we went to their house the first time I had a really
cool experience. So it was pretty dark and we had about an hour till we needed
to go home so we just made some contacts. We were talking to this one lady that
was at the beginning of a neighborhood. While talking to her my heart started
to beat really fast and I thought that we should not go through that
neighborhood. I didn’t know if it was just me trying to make an excuse to go
home cuz I was pooped, or the Holy Ghost. So, I went with the Holy Ghost and we
left. Then we went to a different neighborhood and the first person we talked
to said she wanted to be baptized and that we can teach her the lessons to
prepare her. Pretty crazy huh?
So, yeah.. lots of people. Sonya, who lives alone, which funny
story with her. We went over to her place for a lesson and we were starting to
teach it and getting really spiritual, when a lady, who I swear was Don Knotts,
came in and they started to prepare for a pedicure...... it was really awkward.
so we left and are gonna go back another day. Don can be there, and have a
different cleansing, of the SOUL!!!!
So, we met lots of people, but none have been home when we stop
by, or they don’t answer the phone. Also, we had 4 people say they would be
ready in the morning for us to pick them up for church, but none of them
answered the door when we got there :/ Pretty disappointing, but whatchu gonna
do. Glaucia is one person that said she would go and bring her kids, but she didn’t
answer, she wants to get baptized, but doesn’t really have a desire to actually
learn or go to church.... we´re gonna work on that :P
So, that’s basically it this week. Disappointment, happiness,
excitement, angry, all the feels. Well, I love this gospel and am so excited
for this next week. Its going to be amazing!! Hopefully :P I know the church is
true and that this gospel is what makes people truly happy and people can´t be
without it. They might think they are, but it’s because they haven’t had the
chance to understand the amount of joy that comes form this gospel of Jesus
Christ. I love serving the Lord, it is really, REALLY hard, but man is it so worth
it to see people feel the Spirit, even if it is just for a slight moment during
a lesson or even a contact on the street. Love it so much. I truly feel the
love of Christ in my life and hope you all do too. Love all of you and miss you
lots!!!!
Love
-Sister Ferguson
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