First week in the mission.
Wow. Not
what I expected at all! It´s been a lot harder and humbling than I
thought it would be. The first few couple days were really hectic!!! I
left the MTC and took two metros and a bus ride to Sao Jose dos Campos
(about 2 hour travel). My companion has only been in the field for 3
transfers, so she was really scared about being a trainer and having two
americans in the same area. The next day we had a zone meeting, so I
met all the missionaries in my zone. Everything of course in Portuguese
and even though I feel like I´m understanding everything fairly well, it
was hard to keep concentrated. After that we went around to houses of
investigators and recent converts and just my luck not one person was
home and it started pouring down rain. Man it was really hard not to get
discouraged. After about 4 hours of that we had to travel back to Sao
Paulo because I still didn't have my official documents we stayed the
night with some other sisters and then went to the Polizia Federal the
next morning with everyone that I got to the MTC with. It was good to be
able to see my MTC companion and all the familiar faces from the
MTC!!!! Anyways all the details aren't important. The important thing is
that we were out of service for 2 days and when we got back to our area
it was hard to get in contact with all the progressing investigators. It
seemed like all of their lives where falling apart. One family wanted
to get baptized but the parents had to get married first. They had a
wedding planned for this month and now they decided to cancel. One
family is going through a really hard time because they live in the back
of their grandmas house, but she doesn't like us or them and she keeps
telling them they have to move out. We kept visiting them everyday this
week because they had a baptism planned for Sunday, but come Sunday we
called them about 20 minutes before sacrament meeting and they said they
weren't coming because they didnt have clothes, but my companion
explained that it wasn't about clothes it was about their desire to
serve. We thought for sure they weren't coming, but GOD ANSWERS
PRAYERS!!! All I could do was pray for them!!! And about 10 minutes into
sacrament they walked in the door, and were baptized later that day.
Miracle really!!! In the family there are two boys Adriano and Alan and
their mom Ivette, their Dad died a few years ago. They both are really
really funny and its amazing how much I´ve gotten to know them in 3
days!!!! The baptism was really really awesome. We had a great show up
from the ward. The ward here is amazing we have lunches EVERYDAY and
theirs so much support and love!!!! It´s great. Anyways even though its
been hard I know Heavenly Father has been blessing me and I know that if
I work hard and try to be perfectly obedient I can be a happy
successful missionary!!!!
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