HI everyone!
I
love you all lots!!!! This last week was super good! And I´m super
happy here in Guarapuava, Brasil!!! (I don´t have a ton of time left to
email, so sorry this will be a little bit shorter than normal)
What
happened this last week... MY FIRST BAPTISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHK.
Literally one of the happiest moments of my life. I definitely started
crying when they entered the baptismal font. My heart just bursted with
happiness because I know how much their life will be blessed because of
their decision. *happy tears* They- Elizandro and Paula- are so
wonderful. I know they will be life-long converts. I can already feel
their testimonies!
Funny
story: one day this week we made a contact and the woman asked my
companion where she was from, and proceeded to say that my companion had
a foreign accent, and I didn't! hahahahahaha yeah I wish that were
actually true... maybe in 9 months!
So
last week I had the goal to be more aware of, and grateful for the
daily miracles that I have everyday. I bought a little journal to write
down the miracles everyday. This week they ranged from being able to
talk about mine-craft (in Portuguese don't forget) to a 7 year old for
about 30 minutes, to having 2 baptisms. Miracles range from all sorts of
degrees!!! I realized the other day as I was walking up a super steep
hill, in the sun, that I had a smile on my face. And I thought "huh.
Why am I smiling right now?? I´m tired, hot, and super hungry." I was
smiling because I wasn´t thinking about those things. I was thinking
about the tender mercies, or MIRACLES, that God has blessed me with.
I
really know that God blesses, and wants to bless His children- US- and
He blesses us MORE when we are grateful for what He has already given
us. I have felt that this week.
I
know that God loves each of us. I know that Christ lives. E eu sei que
a Igreja de Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Ultimos Dias é o UNICO Igreja
verdaderia.
COM MUITO MUITO MUITO AMOR,
xo Sister Councill
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