Wow
okay so to be honesty, I don´t even know where to start! I´ll start by
telling you about my new companion! (minha filha-my daughter). She is
from Sao Paulo (like all of my Brasilian companions hahaha). She´s
adorable! She has a really soft and high voice, it´s super adorable. AND
she is one day older than I! Her birthday is July 7th and mine is July
8th, isn´t that pretty funny?? Well she´s an amazing and dedicated
person. She´s super willing to work, even with blistered feet and she
isn´t scared to talk to people! Basically I feel really blessed and
happy to be her companion :)
Fun fact: This week I had cow stomach.
Fun fact: Never again will Sister Councill eat cow stomach.
Also
something interesting about Brasil. Here, teenage boys fly kites in
the street for fun! I thought that was super interesting because you
would NEVER catch a teenage boy doing that in the States!
Also
this week was realllly hard for me. My mom always said that the
mission is HARD, because people have agency. And this week I found that
to bee 210% true. We have been teaching Lucas and Leah. They are
awesome. Lucas is almost 19, and Leah is his mom. They were super
interested in what we had to say and we were SUPER excited to teach
them. We taught them about the Book of Mormon this last week, and a day
later called them to invite them to an activity. Leah said they talked
to their pastor and would stay in their church. MAN, okay guys. You
know that feeling you get after someone breaks up with you? Well I 100%
felt that after she hung up the phone. I´ve never cried so much on the
mission, except for in that moment. And I felt totally ridiculous,
because my companion is a newbie and I have to be an example for her
haha- but When I thought about it, my two trainers both cried during
their first week with me. I guess it´s normal haha.
No,
but seriously, it was the worst. And I understand now why missionary
work is so hard. You meet people, and you begin to love them SO MUCH,
and then when they aren´t willing to give it a chance- the Gospel, the
Book of Mormon- it is truly soo soo sad.
If
ya'll wanted to pray for them, that would be AWESOME. We already stopped
by once after this phone call, but yesterday their pastor visited them,
and she called again to say that they wouldn´t be receiving our visits
anymore. *sighhhhh* Please pray for them.
So
that was a huge part of my focus this week. Also we are teaching
Eliane. Her story is INCREDIBLY long, but if you all wanted to pray for
her and pray specifically that she can understand why baptism is
important, I would be very grateful!
Also a
call to all those who know what Blue Ridge is😉😎 Would you all be
willing to send me ideas of simple ice breakers, and things like that
from the class Character Education? It would help me a TON here on the
mission 😀 Thank you thank you! ❤
Yesterday
during Sunday School we learned about the Creation. How God created the
Earth, and how this is an example of how much He loves us. At the end,
the teacher asked a question that has REALLY caused me to think.
What do you appreciate most about the creation of the World?
Woah.
That´s a pretty grand question, huh?
It really made me think hard!
I
ended up saying that I appreciated most that God created the Earth with
diversity- that there are different countries with different cultures
that we all can learn from.
I´ve had the opportunity to
experience a little of Asian culture, and now Brasilian, and I really
want to experience and love so many more! (that´s my life´s dream in a
nut shell).
But I would like to ask all of you the same question- What do you appreciate most about the creation of the world???
I promise you that thinking about this will lead you to realize just HOW MUCH love Heavenly Father has for you.
Our God is a loving God.
He is a kind God.
He is a merciful God.
He truly is our Heavenly Father.
I love you all and wish you a happy-filled week,
xo Sister Councill
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