Monday, December 17, 2012
So we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving
Day here in Brazil but I celebrated by listing 100 things I’m grateful
for. I’ve started doing this all the
time now during some long, hot days, and it really works! Thinking of all the blessings I have makes me
want to serve others more. I’ve been
given so much, that I am happy to share this gospel with others. I am only here for 18 months, and I hope I
can learn Portuguese well enough to be able to express to these people how much
I love Jesus Christ and His gospel. The
people here were promised that they would hear the gospel in their own language.
Então... this is what I´m doing, and it is such an honor.
This week was amazing. One day started out not too good at first when one of our lunches fell through. We have to pay Reals$ 5 to travel there and back and so we were bummed when the lady wasn´t answering the door. We went to the house of another member but they weren´t their either. What a bummer! Before returning home to eat we decided to stop by the house of a menos ativo. She was painting and too busy to hear our message but she told us to visit her daughter who lived next door. It was hot and we were hungry--but my companion wanted to visit this reference first. Ok... let´s visit one last person.
This week was amazing. One day started out not too good at first when one of our lunches fell through. We have to pay Reals$ 5 to travel there and back and so we were bummed when the lady wasn´t answering the door. We went to the house of another member but they weren´t their either. What a bummer! Before returning home to eat we decided to stop by the house of a menos ativo. She was painting and too busy to hear our message but she told us to visit her daughter who lived next door. It was hot and we were hungry--but my companion wanted to visit this reference first. Ok... let´s visit one last person.
It turned out to be the greatest
visit ever! The lady was super welcoming, her house was clean and she totally
wanted to learn about the gospel. And she is a cook for the people on the
boat! Lunch was delicious! We totally talked to her and her 18 year old
daughter about how when we are following
the Savior and God’s commandments in all things we are always exactly where the
Lord wants us to be. There is nothing that isn´t guided by him when we´re
doing what´s right. And when something goes wrong it´s either to for us
to encontrar or help a person who needs our message/our light or some sort of
learning experience we needed to have ourselves.
Cabedelo really is a beautiful port
town. Since I’m new here I still see something
new and different that is different than in the United States. This week
I saw (and heard) a Volkswagen Bug truck with big speakers driving through the
town announcing someone’s death and giving their obituary over the loudspeakers.
At one house we visited, the girls
were watching Barbie pop star. They sang the songs “Girls just want to
have fun” and “Perfect Day” in Portuguese
:) it was really fun to hear it in their language :)
Love you sooooo much! Thank you all for everything, Love, Sister Johnson
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