So, this week went well! We had
another baptism yesterday. Her name is Ana Claudia and I just love her
to death. She´s 11 years old but she´s almost 12. Because she´s primary
age it´s a mission rule that she has to go to church at least 4 times
before her baptism if her parents aren´t members. So yesterday was her
fourth time and afterwards we had her baptism. She was so excited and
she´s really mature for her age. She was a little scared but it went
really well. It was so cool to see little Ana Claudia being baptized and
I was so happy for her. We made a cake for her and put jelly beans on
top with the letters A and C for Ana Claudia. It was so cool!
So...Mom: That´s so cool that you guys are going to
Dallas for Thanksgiving! So exciting! It truly is a good thing that your
"jinx" isn´t there to mess up the travel plans ;) Have so much fun and
stay warm!
So, I actually seem to like the bug spray more than
the lotion. Sorry! haha, the spray is a little bit easier, I like the
spray from the infectious diseases place but it could just be Off brand
that has deet as well. Whatever works, just has to have deet :) Thanks
Mom, you´re the best! And just any kind of good suncreen :) The sun is
SUPER strong here!
I´m so glad that you´re enjoying the notes, I thought it would be a good present for you, I love you the MOSTIEST! :)
Our
teaching pool is pretty great, it was a bummer about Alessandra, but
Diego our other baptism from this past week received the Holy Ghost and
the Aaronic priesthood yesterday, so cool! One thing that he always says
to Sister Stolk and I that´s really funny is whenever we ask him if we
can mark another part in the Book of Mormon to read he always says,
"diga minha joven" which means say it my teenager, haha he loves reading
the Book of Mormon and he marks the parts that he loves :) haha so
great!
Thanks so much for the 5 steps about the Atonement. I really liked relating it to a GPS, thanks for sharing.
Also, thanks for the tips from the other
missionaries, I liked that too :) So cool that so many of my friends are
serving missions!
Oh and just a reminder, I won´t email next Monday because next Wednesday is transfers so I´ll email next WEDNESDAY! :)
Dad: That´s so cool that you got to speak at the
mission conference! I loved the 3 foundations that you said that we as
missionaries are laying down: for ourselves, our investigators, and the
members! It´s so true, I don´t want to just pass through an area but I
want to make a difference.
So cool to relieve your mission experience and I
know the missionaries loved the talk you gave, you always give the best
talks! :)
Kelsey: SOOOOO excited for you and Kimball! Congratulations! I hope everything continues to go well. How´s the morning sickness?
Stay warm too! It´s so funny to think that
Thanksgiving is this week but I´m so happy to be here and it truly is
full time Christmas season here! Last night we practiced the 4 Christmas
hymns that we´re going to sing when we go caroling, closer to Christmas
time, everyone´s really getting into the spirit of Christmas, in the 80
and 90 degree weather :)
Lindsey:
I just about died when I read what Norah asked about, "What´s Jesus like?" hahah, so funny :)
Also,
that´s so cool that everything went so well with the BYU management
society thing! And I think Judge Griffith gave a devotional at BYU this
past year, the name sounds familiar, so cool!
We also had the Primary Program in our branch
yesterday and it was crazy! The majority of the kids were visitors and
it was a little insane. Irmã Fatima asked Sister Stolk and I to help out
so we helped our during the first 2 hours before Sacrament meeting and
it was pretty insane but it went well.
So funny story for the week,
yesterday we were visiting a young man named Vito, he went to church
yesterday and he accepted to be baptized this coming Sunday!
So we gave him the Gospel of Jesus Christ pamphlet and on the front it
has a picture of Christ. Christ is wearing sandals and Vito asked if we
wear chacos, or sandals, because that´s what Christ wore. I just about
died, it was so funny how innocently he asked the question, hahaha :)
But Vito is really a great kid and I hope that we can help him this week
so keep him in your prayers :)
So like I said, transfers are this coming week and I
really want to stay here just one more transfer in Queimadas,
especially for Christmas. We´re already planning so many activities and
I´m just so excited! But we´ll see in this coming week!
One thing that I´ve been doing a lot lately is
reading in the Liahona from past General Conf talks. I am so much more
appreciative for the words of the prophets than I ever was before. They
truly are called by God.
Well, I hope everyone is doing well and I love you
all the MOSTIEST! Be safe while you are travelling and have a wonderful
Thanksgiving!
Love and miss you the MOSTIEST! And thank you for your love and support!
Lots of love, hugs, and kisses,
Sister Hicks
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