September 2, 2009

Hey! Happy September! It´s kinda crazy how fast time flies! It just keeps going! I hope all of you that have school are enjoying the new semester/school year and I wish you luck! What else is new in your lives? Things here in Brasil are great! It is getting nice and warm...actually WAY HOT! And all of the Brasilians are worried about my white skin baking in the sun...I´m using sun screen don´t worry. Plus after all of those times at the lake getting fried...I think I´m prepared for anything. Ha! Remember that awesome trip to flaming gorge...before chan and car were officially part of the family... :). That was hilarious and in all of the pictures I am as red as a lobster! Anyway...my companion and I are feeling so blessed! We are working with a family that we prayed and fasted to find, they are awesome! They are so firm and have a baptismal date for sept 19th. They are happier and happier everytime we visit. Their daughter is 11 years old and is SO smart! Whenever we ask her to read a scripture she reads it and afterward explains what it means perfectly. She is way in tune with the spirit and has a testimony that this is the true church. She has been a great strength to her parents as well! The bishop and his wife visited them with us last night and we were way happy about that. On Sunday my companion and I and the ward mission leader gave a training on missionary work. We did some practices with members and talked about the role of members in missionary work. The bishop also asked me to give a talk on missionary work the same week so I hope the ward didn´t feel too much like we were repremanding them :). But we´ve already seen some changes...for example the bishop and his wife visited a family with us for the first time, he also planned a meeting with us and the ward mission leader (the first time we will meet with both of them together), and a few people in the ward offered to visit people with us as well. We were really excited about the response. Members really do have an important role in missionary work and I am glad to be learning more about this here so that I can apply it after the mission as well. What a blessing to be here in Brasil serving in the Lord´s kingdom on earth! I love this gospel and I love sharing it with others! I love you all! Hope you have a great week!
Beijos!
Sister Chelsea Dawn