I already talked quite a bit about my area, and I'm
gonna send pictures too, but summary is that the area is really pretty,
but a little more rural and a lot more hilly, and the ward seems to be
really great, but a little smaller and a lot less formal. Also, being in
Trio is awesome! And now about my week:
So I
found out Monday morning that I would be leaving Cobilândia, and I spent
Monday and Tuesday frantically packing. Monday night we had a little
FHE, and then Sister Farias and I literally ran to say goodbye to Joana
Vitòria. We made it home by 8:57, which totally should not have been
possible, since we didn't even leave until 8:30, so I'm putting that on
my list of mission miracles! Luis Arthur and Luis Phelipe were at their
grandma's house, so I had to say goodbye on the phone, which was super
sad!
After transfers on Tuesday, we spent the
week cooking tons, listening to music every possibly moment, laughing
lots, and working like crazy. Here's a couple of the people we're
working with:
Ana and João Pedro: a rather crazy but lovable
senhora and her grandson. She hasn't made it to church yet because of
her health (physical and emotional) but she surprised us the other day
with her progress in the BoM! Marilda we found knocking doors looking
for a bathroom haha, and Aparacida was a street contact by the sisters
before I got here, but both absolutely loved the spirit that we bring.
Actually Aparacida, Marilda, and Ana have all been drawn in by the
hymns. Sister Sena absolutely loves it haha. Every lesson, she's like
"and now my americans will sing you a song!" hahaha.
We've
spent quite a bit of time knocking doors, but we've also gotten pretty
into contacting on the bus lately. Haven't gone to teach any of them
yet, but we've had some really cool experiences! Oh and Sis Levie also
got caught in the closing doors because we were already at our stop but
we hadn't finished our contact haha. That was hilarious, although it
probably shouldn't be hahaha.
Oh and I almost forgot about
Railom and Richard! Railom was another street contact that came to
church last week. We taught him just once this week, and met his friends
Richard at the same time. We invited them to mututal and they
came--except that mutual was cancelled...awkward... but it worked out
well cause we invited a young man in the ward to come teach with us
instead. Except we ended up just eating french fries and playing games
because we couldn't find a quiet enough place to teach. But whatever
haha. I'm excited to keep working with everyone, and to keep finding
more :)
Saturday night we had choir practice,
and a devotional with two 70's, which was super cool! Lot's of awesome
mission stories to get us all hyped up. Basically the theme was that
it's worth it to be a missionary. "Vale a pena"
Ok
the last thing I have to share is Fernanda, the miracle. See my journal
page that I'm going to send for more details, but basically she showed
up at church out of the blue wanting a book of mormon and to know more
about the church! Super cool.
Oh and a funny
story: we're here in this internet cafe, quietly listening to hymns and
writing emails, with a whole bunch of youth playing games and yelling
and then all of a sudden the power goes off hahhaha. It was like being
in a movie theater, at the climax of a film, the whole room filled with
tension--and then someone pulls the plug. But anyway, it came back on
after a few mins, so we're all good :P
Anyways, I'm running out of time, but I'll be back next week :) Love you all!!! Have an awesome week!
-Sister Kirkham
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