Ah man this week flew by SO FAST. I´ve got lots and lots to share today! Woohoo, so "vamos la!" (let´s go!)
Funny things..
We
live in the "city" part of Guarapuava, and it´s super funny because the
people that live accross from our apartment have SHEEP! Yep sheep.
What´s even funnier is that some times we can even talk to them,
"baaaaaaaaa!" It´s hilarious. One day I want to ask the owners if we
can pet them, and then maayyybe we can turn it into a missionary
experience! hah
So
the people here in Guarapuava are CRAZY about Christmas. There are
already decorations and such up, and it´s the 7th of November..
So
to keep ourselves happy and not tired during the day, my companion has
started to do this funny thing when we talk to people on the street.
Sometimes (actually a lot of times) people say that they are super
familiar with the Bible and that they read EVERY day etc etc. Now of
course I´m sure some people do, but I know most of the time people just
say that because we are missionaries. So what Sister C. Silva has been
doing is talking about the Prophets in the Book of Mormon, and
pretending they are in the Bible. It´s super funny. So for example, "
Yeah I really love the Prophet Moroni in the Bible. He was such a great
hero..." Ah man she did it once during a lesson, and I nearly died XD
HEY
if any of you love to cook, please send me easy and cheap and yummy and
filling recipes!! Because sometimes a member will give us money for
lunch, and usually it´s not a ton, so it´s hard to eat out and we don´t
have much time to prepare a huge lunch (we have to eat a big lunch
because we don´t eat dinner). So I would reaallly appreciate recipes
<3 thanksss
OH
so one day this week we made MEXICAN FOOD and it was GLORIOUS. I haven't had Mexican food in so long.. and I really love Mexican food.
ALSO I decided to make a pumpkin pie because it is my favorite. So I had Mexican food and pumpkin pie and it was wonderful 😅 (anyone want to
send a recipe for apple pie??)
THIS
WEEK I HAD A SUPER COOL EXPERIENCE! We attended an English class, and I
got to talk about my mission, why I chose to serve a mission and what I
do as a missionary, IN ENGLISH. It was soooooo greaaaat. Please pray
that we can turn it into a missionary experience the next time we go!
So
this week I decided to study obedience. I felt that it was something I
needed to be better at. As I was studying, I found this scripture, "If
ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall
know the truth and the truth shall make you free (John 8:31-32)" I was
studying about how when we obey God´s commandments we are actually
giving ourselves more freedom in our lives. BUT what I began to think
about was the election that is tomorrow ( I think?). I´m honestly super unaware of everything that has been going on with the election, but I
don know that many people are stressed about it. And I just thought to
myself, "really as a disciple of Christ, as long as I am obedient/loyal
to God, then the truth shall make me free." AND I really really really
really have no doubt that God protects and blesses the righteous and
obedient. So with the election coming up, what shall we do?
Prayerfully vote and then strive to be obedient children of GOD and ALL
will work out the way it should :)
Also
this week my companion and I had a neat experience with prayer. Almost
all of the door handles in our apartment fall off super easily,
including the handle to our bedroom door. Well one night this week the
door was super loud and creaky ( I have since bought wd40) so during the
night I closed the door assuming I could just fix the handle in the
morning. Well when we woke up it was a LOT harder to figure out that we
had thought, and we were locked in! Normally the other sisters could
open it for us, but they were in Curitiba. So we decided to offer a
prayer, and sure enough a few minutes later I figured out how to put the
handle back on! This is a silly little experience, but I truly know
that God hears and answers our prayers. After this little miracle I
thought, "wow today is going to be a SUPER great day because it´s only
6:30 in the morning and we´ve already seen a miracle!!" Sure enough
that day was amazing and we ended up teaching NINE people!!!! Normally
we only teach around 5 or 6.
I
want to develop the faith that EVERY prayer I offer will be answered.
This is one of my goals in the mission. I know that as long as what we
pray for is in line with God´s will, and doesn´t take away the agency of
another person, our prayers are always answered. So let´s keep on
praying!
Com MUITO amor,
xo Sister Councill
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