So this week was
super great! I actually was in João Pessoa for three days. I was on
exchanges with 3 sisters as part of my responsibility as a Sister Leader
Trainer. It was really great to work with other sisters and try and
help them to understand how to work more effectively. It was great to
see how much the sisters really opened up and I tried to help them as
best as I could. Also, I got to see the beach for the first time while
we were on the bus.
Mom: Loved the picture from the Nutcracker and
Heather said that her family just adored you! They said, no wonder we
love Courtney, her mom is so amazing :) Also, that is so sweet that you
made a quilt! Oh my gosh, they absolutely loved it! So cool Mom, thanks,
you´re so sweet!
Dad: That´s crazy that it´s snowing so much! Heather
said that the girls had 2 and a half snow days! Also, that´s kind of a
bummer that you were just in buildings all day during your trip to
Europe...
I really liked what you said about just going
forward with faith from Sister Dew´s book. It´s so true that we just
have to trust in the Lord and go forward with faith.
Bryan: That´s great that Dean was able to visit and hope that you are doing well!
Lindsey: LOVED the blog post! Looks like you guys
had so much fun! That´s so funny about Norah and a rocket ship! haha, I
wonder where she got that from? haha and the never-ending Christmas
music. haha, good old Pandora :)
I really love being a Sister Leader Trainer. It´s
hard to not be in your area for a few days but it´s so rewarding to help
other sisters.
So this week
was pretty great. It´s definitely interesting to work in other areas. I
was in João Pessoa which is a lot different than my area in Queimadas.
There´s way more condos and it´s hard to get in because they all have
gates with codes. But it was so great to see the work progressing in
other areas.
So yesterday we had stake conference which was
really cool. It was a broadcast from Salt Lake and Elder Ballard spoke
along with other General Authorities. There were two seventies that
spoke that are Brazilian. They talked about how much the work is
progressing in Brasil. It seemed like almost the entire conference was
about missionary work. Also, Sister Marriot, from the Primary Presidency
spoke. She definitely has an accent, she just served as a mission
president´s wife in Brasil. One of our investigators (he´s 10 years old)
asked me if she was my mom. I think just because of the accent, haha,
it was pretty great.
Also, as we were returning to Queimadas (our branch
just rented a school bus) the driver stopped and picked up a group of
church goers from another congregation that were returning to Queimadas
too. hahah, it was so funny to see the look on their faces as they
entered a bus with a bunch of Mormons returning from church hahaha
So we had an amazing lesson with Danilo (Camilla´s
(recent convert) brother). He´s investigating the church and he really
wants to know. He always reads the things we leave with him and he was
teaching US about how important the law of chastity is. Super cool and
he has a marked baptismal date for December 29!
Also, Diego, our recent convert received the
Melcezidek priesthood yesterday!!! It was so cool to see him stand up
during Stake Conference! Wow, he´s so great and it´s just so cool to see
the progress :)
Well, I think next week, Christmas will be p-day, so don´t be worried if you don´t receive an email on Monday!
I love you all and Feliz Natal!!!!
I hope you are all doing well and staying warm :)
I love you the MOSTIEST!!!
Love,
Sister Hicks
No comments:
Post a Comment