This week sure has flown by, there hasn't been a whole lot of work but it’s been a great week for work!
Last Monday was super fun! I tried acai
for the first time and it was pretty good. Acai is like frozen yogurt here. Everyone
loves it! We went out a shopped a little bit, got a couple of things we needed.
Here in Palmas, all the sister missionaries get these wooden rings, so we
joined the band wagon and got some too ha. We also visited the center of Brazil!!
There is a big government building right in the center and its really cool
looking! Big golden gates, statues and big compass, cool stuff like that. Our
investigator for that night wasn't in her house so me and sister Alves ended up
just going back to our casa (house) and studied for the rest of the night. I also
explained why popcorn is called popcorn in the United States. They all thought
it was pretty funny. They love trying to learn things in English so vie taught
my companion knuckles, peace out, slug bug and yellow car ha. She loves it!
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| Acai Yogurt |
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| Brazilian Government Building |
Tuesday: Work was a little bit slower
today. We met with Isabel for a bit, a member from the ward and she gave us a
reference. We tried to visit Val and Emily but they weren't home. We had other
contacts in that area but they weren't home either ha. But we went to go visit
a contact named Valerie and her friend that she lives with was there so we
talked to her and set up a meeting for this week. So hopefully that works out!!
We had an appointment with a member in the ward but we could not find his
house!! We walked in a huge circle! The streets are so confusing here. They do
things in quadrants but once you are in the quadrant it makes no sense. And i don’t
know which way is north or south so it’s a bit of a struggle sometimes ha. We
had a meeting with the ward mission leader at the church so we just headed in
that direction. We got lost again ha, but we found our way. Sister Alves
started having me ask people for directions which was a little difficult because
i don’t know any words but we found our way!
Wednesday: We studied the area book and
tried to find some more people and that seemed to help a lot. So in
moments when we don’t have anyone to talk to, we now have people to go see! We
went and visited a girl named Dalia. From the moment i met her there was
something different about her. She was so curious about the church and had
received lessons before. So we took a couple of minutes to get to know her. She’s
super cool! She’s 21 i think and is just working and living with her aunt. We
taught her about the plan of salvation and her eyes were opened wide the whole
time just taking it all in. she set up an appointment for this week and told us
she really enjoyed learning about our religion. I’ve got some high hopes for
her so i really hope everything works out!!! Later that night we went and
taught Zelia, Isabela friend. We taught her about the restoration. She teared
and up loved the message. This week we are planning on asking her to be
baptized. We will see how it goes ha. That night we had 2 sister from Groupi
come and stay with us because we had a zone meeting the next day so there were
6 of us in our tiny apartment ha. But we had it work.
Thursday: We had our zone meeting this
morning and it was good. I got a new pillow and finally my carry on!! I was
very happy. Then we hurry and ran to lunch. After lunch we tried to find the
house of a less active member in the area book but had no luck. But in our
searching and asking people we ran in to a girl named Sara and her sister Guiamara.
They both love to sing and are very religious. In our ward we are having a
talent show at the end of the month and invited them to perform and they were
all over that! Then we taught them. I started out teaching the plan of salvation
because i had the pamphlet for them and that’s just the direction they
conversation went. But right in the middle of it, i don’t really know what happened
but i started talking about prophets and the restoration. And it ended up being
such a good lesson. They were agreeing with everything we were saying and
wanted us to come back. So we are visiting them again this week. Sara is 17 and
Guiamara is 15. They have an older sister Jayne, but she didn't join in on the
lessons until the end. But i was talking to sister Alves after and she was
confused on what happened ha. But the spirit definitely led that conversation
and it ended being so good. It’s amazing how the spirit works and influences
the work here. Truly amazing.
Friday: We tried to find that house
from yesterday again but had no luck ha. I'm convinced that it doesn't exist or
the address was written down wrong ha. But we ended up talking to a lot of
people in the street so it was really good. Vie come to the conclusion that i
have no problem going up and talking to people, i just don’t know how to say
things and can’t always respond to them ha. But it’s slowly coming. We ended up
going to a member’s house and talking with them for a while. He gave me some
tips with pronouncing the words so I've been trying to practice that.
Saturday: Not a whole lot of teaching
but a lot of talking with people in the street! Sister Alves had a super bad
headache so we took things easy. We tried to find some more people and just
talked to everyone. We taught Monica that night and Amancay’s house. Amancay is
a member and Monica is 20. We taught her the restoration and it was really
good. We are hoping to set a date for baptism with her this week. That night we
got a little lost so we walked into an acai shop to ask for help and ended up
talking to one of the workers for a long time! She was super interested and
wanted to hear more. She was also super religious. But from the moment we
started talking to her i could tell she was a very special person. So on our
way out i told sister Alves that we had to visit her again so today we are
going to stop by and try to talk other some more!
Sunday: Church was much better! I could
understand a little more! It was father’s day so the primary sang. It was super
cute! Later we met with some of the missionaries of the ward and did a little
training for them. Just taught them to teach lessons very simply and clearly. Then
had them go out and talk to some of the struggling members. It was really cool!
I absolutely love working with the youth!
Sister Steadman
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