So as
you can see in the title, we had our first (of many) random surprise
transfer this week! Our mission no longer has scheduled 6 week transfers
(aside from people coming and going, which has to happen every 6
weeks), so you could (theoretically) be transfered at any moment. Yup.
Scary. But it breaks the cycle of working well at the beginning of the
transfer and then slowing down. And people have to just pack and go,
instead of making a big deal of it. Which is cool, I guess, but we
didn't really get any sleep Monday night as we were last-minute packing
sister Levie's bags. I am still in Marcílio, and we are still in trio,
and it is awesome, but we are now together with Sister Jeremias, who is
from my group (we were in the MTC together), and absolutely adorable.
She's from Anapolis, Goiania, and is engaged to be married like as soon
as she gets home.
Anyways, on to our awesome week! I got my
package!!! Everyone who reads a little bit of english was laughing
pretty hard at how well it suits me. Ooh, and I also got given a recees
peanut butter cup (the sister that taught and baptized our financial
secretary sends him packages full of american sweets) so those two
things about made my day!
During District Meeting this week we
were instructed to make an action plan, including our goal for the
month, what we were going to do personally to accomplish this goal, what
the Lord was going to do for us (according to our faith), and what
sacrifices we were willing to make. And then we went home and wrote it
up and signed it. It was really an awesome experience, and we've been
trying hard to follow it throughout the week. We've been noticing a lot
of distinct opposition to some of the sacrifices we decided to make, but
we know that just means it all the more important. For example, we
decided that we were going to fast once a week, and also that we were
not going to think/talk about the things we miss during the day. It's
not that we'd been super unfocused before, but we wanted to really
devote 100% of our energy to the work. And it's been almost hilarious to
see all the things that have randomly shown up just to distract us. Or
the fact that all 3 of us wrote down a reminder to fast this Saturday in
our planners, and ALL THREE of us still forgot! So we decided to start
our fast yesterday afternoon, and break it with Almoço today. Unlike
last week, we didn't see any visible miracles, but I know that the Lord
will bless us for our faith!
We've been working with a ton of
people this week, but I think the ones that deserve the most mention
(and prayers please!) are Rosa, her neice Fabiana, (and Fabiana's kids:
Hychard, Sayonara, and Sofia) Fleverson, and Ericson.
So Rosa
was our Saturday miracle from last week. We didn't manage to teach her
at all this week, but we did stop by her house at one point, and she
told us we didn't need to come by Sunday morning, because she was
scheduled to work through the night, and said she would take the bus
directly from work to the church building. And guess what? she did! She
was fighting sleepiness and embarrassed about being in pants, but she
came to church on her own, inspite of everything. Can't explain how
much of a miracle that is to us.
With a lot of divine help, we
managed to find Fabiana's house without knowing her address or
anything. She wasn't there when we found it the first time, but the
spirit led us back there (rather last minute) on Saturday, and we were
amazed at how awesome her family is. They didn't make it to church
yesterday, but we have FHE scheduled with them tonight, and we are SUPER
excited!
So Fleverson was the other person who came to church
last week. He arranged for us to teach his whole guitar class (or the
people who showed up anyway) which, although it got scheduled and
unscheduled all week, ended up being a really awesome experience. And
that's how we found Ericson! He claims not to be religious, but he came
to church yesterday (WALKED AN HOUR ON HIS OWN TO GET THERE) and stayed
all 3 hours, and loved it! At the end of church, I asked him if he had
any questions, and he was like "yeah actually I do... who's mormon?!"
hhahaha so we gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon to read, along with a
quick introduction. He started to walk home on his own, but we sent a
member family who lives near him to go intercept him on the path, and it
ended up being a really good thing, because the family loved him, and
wants to participate when we go to teach him!
Oh, and a bonus,
one of our favorite member couples brought a friend to chruch with them
yesterday. Her name is Patricia, and she lives in the area of the
elders, so she's being taught by them, but we got to get to know her and
teach her a little bit during Almoço yesterday. She appears to be
awesome (and single) and got along really well with our assistant ward
mission leader. Just sayin...
Ok the last cool thing is that
we have official started our weekly trips up to Marechal, and it gets
better every time. We got a ton more references, and people wanting to
go out and teach with us. It's quite literally an all day thing, but the
bus is surprisingly comfortable, and I got to get a ton of reading
done, which made the trip more than worth it.
All in all, misison life continues to be awesome, and I can't wait to tell you more of my adventures next week!
-Love and hugs and handshakes from Sister Kirkham :)
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