To
start back to front, it's been an interesting weekend! Today we walked a
few miles in the pouring rain (y'all don't want to know what we looked
like when we walked in to Subway for lunch) due to a doctors appointment
and a lost umbrella (mine. oops.) but it was all worth it cause
everyone's healthy and I got a package!!
Oh but
also, I got a call last night that I'm being transfered! (It was
supposed to be tonight, but thank heavens it got moved to tomorrow!)
I'll be going all the way to the end of the world (or the mission, I
guess), way interior to Ipiranga, Teofolo, which is actually part of the
neighboring state, Minas Gerais. I'll be with another American, Sister
Whitters, from Idaho, who only has 3 transfers left. I'm sad to leave
this awesome ward (more about that later) and our trunky trio (also more
later) but I'm excited for a new adventure :) Just means it will be
hard to get letters and stuff there. Oh, and there aren't any hospitals,
apparently, according to Sister Sena (she would know hahha).
And
speaking of hospitals! No, I did not go to one this week haha. But I
also didn't go to church yesterday, because about 8:30am, I got
violently sick, and ended up spending the whole day (or most of it)
throwing up and all that fun stuff. But don't worry, I have bossy
companions taking care of me, ward members checking up every few hours
(I mentioned they're awesome, right?) and I've been drinking tons of
water and electrolytes and I got a blessing and I'm feeling tons better
and eating normally today. (OK mom? ;)
Our
other fun activity this week was Dia dos Namorados, which is the
Brazillian equivalent of Valentine's day. I wasn't all that bothered by
all the couples (it's hard to be when you have the best (and trunkiest)
trio ever) but I did get really into our romantic dinner. We order
burgers from the burger place next door and listened to music and filmed
a video, while eating dinner on our balcony in our pjs with our stuffed
animals. Just one of those mission moments you never forget :P
Oh
but we did work this week! Tons haha. We are working with some really
awesome people this week, (especially Rosa and Fleverson and his whole
family, plus Ericson) and we had a couple of really awesomely spiritual
lessons, a couple of finding miracles (including an entire family!) a
couple of promptings followed and a couple ignored (which was sad, in
the end, but we learn and we grow) and another awesome meeting with our
ward mission leaders. I really love the ward here, and I'm really sad
not to be able to keep up with those that we're teaching, but I know
that God (and my companions) will take good care of them :)
All
in all, it was another awesome week in the field, and I wish I had a
whole nother hour to tell you all about it. Something that we do here
and that I want to continue, is our daily inventory. Every single day,
we come home and we talk about our day--what we learned, what we're
thankful for, what the miracles was, and what we're going to improve.
And it's amazing that every single day, no matter how the day went,
we're all able to come up with something (or lot's of
somethings--especially miracles!!) for every category. Missionary work
is exhausting and relentless and extremely unpredictable, but trust me,
it's worth it.
Wishing you all a good (dry) week!!
-Sister Kirkham
PS:
Yes, the world cup started this week. No, we aren't watching the games,
but yes, we are extremely curious as to how it's going hhaha. I won't
send pictures, but Brazil is crazy, in case you all didn't know :P
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