Sorry I'm on so late today! And sorry if there's a couple of Portuguese words that don't make sense haha. I'm at the library in Vitória, today, which
uses Portuguese auto-correct. :)
This week was
seriously crazy! Don't ask me how much I slept this week, cause it isn't
much. But since I last talked to you all, I have taken 7
long-distance bus trips, and I still have the return trip tonight, and
then another to/from tomorrow. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BAHIA! I don't
even know why Bahia is so exciting, but it's an area that was in a
another mission, that is now part of ours, which means it's new, and
also in a different state, so that makes it awesome!
Tuesday
was Leadership Council, at the mission home in Vitória. Also, a doctors
appt because my companion was under the weather. But don't
worry, modern medicine is awesome, and she's doing great now! And, in
case you missed it, Leadership Council was in the mission home!!! It
was a coincidence at first because an old sister in the local Ward passed
away, so they were using the chapel for her funeral, but I think it's
going to be officially there from now on! Soooo much more comfortable! I mean the chapel is great, but I'll take the couch and the ocean view any
day. AND I think that means that the next time, we'll be eating Sister
Mazzagardi's cooking ;) Oh, but the meeting was really good too. My
favorite part(s) was(were) the special musical number (If the Savior
Stood Beside Me, in Portuguese), the fact that our training went well
(don't tell anybody, but the AP's called us at like 8 pm the night before
asked us to prepare it), and this super awesome all-encompassing
practice, where we literally practiced everything, and all of the
records (for the area book) and everything, from contacting on up. Super
cool.
Wednesday we worked in our area, but not for very long,
because we had to take a bus to another city, where we worked a little
bit, and then spent the night.
Thursday we woke up early to
take two more buses to yet another city, and then walk a mile in our
best clothes to Zone conference! Which was also awesome. We did the same
exact practice, but it was still just as fun. Also, we watched
more epic talks that all you normal people don't have access to, and talked about how awesome
General Conference was. Um, and Sister Mazzagardi gave a really awesome
training about something that I don't remember because I don't have
my notes with me (haha). And then it was interviews, and 2 more buses
back home.
Friday, I don't really remember, but Saturday and
Sunday were awesome, mostly because of a great Branch Council meeting,
and Isaque. So, Isaque is a 23-year-old that we met a couple weeks ago,
when we got lost really really close to our house. :) It was a pretty
funny contact, but we could tell even then that he had tons of
potential. Only problem is that he didn't know his address, because he
had recently moved. Last week we managed to talk to him over the phone,
and we marked an appointment for Saturday night. (He's a little
shy/antisocial, but he's also in the midst of getting his life back
together after a failed long-term relationship, and a couple weeks of
trying to drink it off, so we won't hold it against him. Anti social
people are easier to teach anyways - haha). And wow, is he prepared to
learn about the gospel! We spent about 2 hours Saturday night explaining
the Plan of Salvation (he has LOTS of questions, but they're really
really good ones), and then he went to church with us the next morning,
stayed all 3 hours, and even made friends with a couple of people! We
brought a young RM named Felipe with us Sunday night and taught him the
Restoration, and it was PERFECT. Seriously, so awesome. So now he's
happily Reading the Book of Mormon, and we will be back to teach him as
soon as we're done in the Bahia.
Today was just buses,
and hanging out in the mission office, chatting with everyone. Not too
exciting, but I love Vitória, so coming here is Always fun :)
Aaaaand... the exciting News I already told you all. I'm going to
hit one year this Wednesday! (Had to think really hard about what
day that was in English haha). And we will be doing splits with not one
but 2 of my old companions that day, so it should be awesome :) And I'm
planning on having strawberries involved.
I think that's it for this week! Love you all tons and tons! Until next week :)
-Sister Kirkham
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