Well, as I am sure you all know by
now, I have been transferred! It was sad leaving Cristalina, but I have left it
in good hands. :) But before I talk about my new area I will start with this
past week. And I will try to be a little more descriptive because Sister Dixon
got a little mad at me ha... So I’ll try to be better, ha!
The miracles started Tuesday night.
After a long day of working and not finding anyone in their home..... we were
heading home and ran into the elders. So we got started talking about our day
and everything, then they told us about their day. And they told us about a
family they found of 9 people. They told us that the family was super awesome,
the lesson was super awesome and they were able to mark baptism dates with
almost all of them! Then..... here’s the good part..... they told us that this
family lived in our part of the area!!!!!! Oh we were soooooo excited and
happy!!! Finally after a long transfer we found a family!!!! So Thursday night
we went and visited them. But first we ran into the mom, Bethania, in another
house earlier that afternoon. And we could tell that right from the beginning
she was really looking for the truth! So that night we went and visited, we
taught them the first lesson, showed them the video of the first vision and it
was more than perfect!! They were all paying attention and loved it! Oh
we were sooooo excited!!!! After the lesson we were walking in the street
talking about how it went, and Sister Costancio was jumping in the street and
screaming because she was so excited, and the older son of the family showed up
beside us on his bicycle laughing at us, hahaha...... que vergonha [How Embarassing]! But we were super
excited!!!
Also this week I was studying a little
bit in the end of Alma in the Book of Mormon and I have decided that if I were
ever to be a captain of war, I’ll just read Alma and follow captain Moroni and
Helaman. They know exactly how to win. :) That is by having the Lord on their
side of course... ha. :)
This week was a little hard with
Denis. We tried to visit him every single day, but we were not able to
find him. We finally found him one night this week, but we found him just a
little drunk..... so of course we sat down and taught the word of wisdom, ha.
We returned the next day and made sure that he really understood. But this week
he just wasn’t feeling ready to be baptized. So he will most likely be baptized
this following weekend.
Saturday night we had our Fest Junina!!
It was super fun! So the month of June here is kind of a big deal for the
Catholics here in Brasil. They have a holiday, which name I have forgotten, but
basically everyone in Brasil celebrates. So they have a big party where they
all wear plaid shirts and dresses, boots, hats, things that farmers wear. Then
they dance and dance and eat and dance and eat a little more ha! It was a lot
of fun! Of course we didn’t get to participate in the dancing.... but it was
fun to watch! Sister Costancio and I were able to find some plaid shirts so we
could participate. :)
Yesterday was my last Sunday
teaching Relief Society. But it has been such a good experience being able to
prepare the lesson every Sunday! And I have officially decided that the teacher
definitely learns a lot more than the people in the class!
Well I also passed my one year mark
this week..... so weird! Sister Costancio and I were commenting that it doesn’t
feel like we have been out for a year but then at the same time it feels like
we have been gone forever!!! But time is flying by sooo fast!!!
Well Friday night we found out that
we were transferred. So we packed everything up and left Sunday afternoon. We
stayed with the Sister trainers in Guará 2. So last night as we were getting
ready for bed, the assistants called and told me to leave my luggage in the Sister’s
house and the next day they will pick it up and take me and my new companion to
our new area..... ya let’s just say that the assistants aren’t really good at
lying, ha. So it was confirmed this morning. So now I am in Guará 2 with Sister
Alves, minha mãe!!! My first companion here in the mission!! I was super
excited! But being here in Guará 2 means that I am a Sister Trainer. Which
means we will be doing splits every week with the sisters, helping them out and
stuff. I’m super excited and honored for the opportunity but a little
nervous. But it will be good. :) It will be good to get to know all of the
Sisters. :)
Today I finally got to see my
companions from the CTM [MTC]! I was
so happy! When I saw Sister Dixon I ran up to her, gave her a huge hug, and we
started to cry, hahah. I know we are babies.... but it’s been almost 7 months
since I have seen her! So that was super cool!
Well that’s about it for this week!
Sorry, no pictures this time but I will try next week! Well, I love you all and
hope you all have a fabulous week!
Love Sister Steadman
