Hey Mom!
I love the picture! It's adorable!
Tell everyone that I said thanks and that I love them all!:). I'm glad that you
had a great birthday! It sounds like it was a fun day, though I do not want to
hear what tasty food you ate or what movie you went and saw that I have to wait
9 more months for;). That's cool that you got to go to Sunday School, and I'm
excited for Ryan to start his mission papers (I want you to send me a video
when he opens his call) and I hope that Jacob LOVED the temple:). I haven't
gotten the package yet, but I'm sure it will get here eventually. The
dermatologist went well. The lady said that it's looking good, and she's right,
I'm not really clearing up everywhere, but my forehead is really clear and she
said the rest will be in a few more months. It was kind of a nice day when we
went because we had to go back to Benfica. We'd just finished divisions with
the sister training leaders (I went with Sister Nigri from Brazil, who is
really great, and I learned a lot, and I contacted a TJ on accident and wow, in
the end of the contact, he was crying and he even let us pray with him! It was
a super strong contact! Afterwards,
Sister Williams and I took the metro from here in Feijo to Pragal where we took
the train, and then we took another metro to Alfornelos and then walked to the
office. I'd actually gotten a package from Gpa and Gma Wach which was really
nice of them, tights, which was perfect, because I had just gotten a hole in my
last good pair of black ones:). Then we went to lunch in the mall (I had
Brazilian food, tell Dad he should be jealous;)) so that was a change:). Then
when we got back to our area and we had a ward activity where we watched a
movie:). It's always nice to have a little change.
Well, this week was good. We saw the
drunk man who I almost hit with my umbrella a few times. He had a lovely metal
stick this time and wanted to know where my umbrella was haha. We see him all
the time, and he always says "Ola Sister! Onde está a guarda chuva?!"
I think I'll remember him forever:).
Well, truthfully, I can not
think of anything else to say about the week! It was one where everyday was the
same. It was a little rough:). It was cold and dark and rainy. Plus we have
absolutely no investigators. I don't think we taught any actual lessons this
week other than for our recent converts. Manuel is doing really good. He's been
going to the Young Single Adults activities and he likes to walk with us in the
road and do contacts. He also is going to talk to the bishop this week to talk
about preparing to serve a mission, or at least a mini mission. Oh, and during
church yesterday, the bishop gave a really strong talk about how the members
need to bring someone to church next week for Ward Conference, and invited everyone
to do so, and so after church, Manuel was telling us that he was going to bring
someone. He's a really great guy. Then Pedro, who was baptized just
before I got here, he got the priesthood on Sunday (Sister Pinto actually found
him when she was here, and she calls him every Sunday to make sure he went to
church, in fact, I got to talk to her yesterday on the phone! Super weird:)),
and he's super excited to use it. Then another recent convert who had gone
inactive, she came to church on Sunday because we taught her this week with one
of the counselors in the YWs (the girl is 15), and wow the counselor did amazing!
The counselor, Irmã is a recent convert also, who was baptized in São Miguel
and moved here. There are SO many amazing members here!
Our only investigators that we have,
we're going to drop. It's really sad. The man, M., is just to much of an
atheist, and the mother just thinks we're entertainment, those cute little
American girls;). We went over to their house yesterday and we talked about the
Book of Mormon and we watched the film The Testaments with them, and M. was
really rude and just laughed through it. Sister Williams and I were pretty
offended by that, and when we got out of the house, we both decided that we
weren't going back because we're not helping anything, plus the house is just
not a good environment. I've never taught in house and had an investigator that
makes me doubt what I'm doing until now (Sister Williams said the same), and we
decided that it wasn't worth it to keep teaching them. Maybe one day they'll
both be ready. I think that one day M. will accept, but not just yet. It’s
always sad to drop people, because we just come to love them and we feel sad
that what we've got, that will bring joy into their lives, isn't what they
want.
It's almost time for transfers
again! This is the last week of the transfer! Kind of crazy! Sister Williams
will probably not stay any longer, so I could have a new companion next
week!
Well, I love you tons! Have a great
week!
Love always,
Sister Wach
Sister Wach
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