Still meeting with Jailton and we arent really sure what to do with him, to be honest. Sometimes he seems completely uninterested in what we have to teach and sometimes he seems so eager to learn more about the gospel. He was traveling this weekend and couldnt come to church but we will visit him this week.
Didnt get the chance to visit Joiro and his family this week, but we scheduled Tuesday to visit them. Stay tuned...
Taught a few other people this week but Ill just skip to the important part - EDUARDO AND JACIRA!!!!! They really are our miracles here!!! We visited them on Tuesday, and they talked about how much they loved church and what they felt there. We gave them a Book of Mormon and taught them a little bit about it, challenging them to read it. When we returned on Saturday, I taught Eduardo English for an hour or so and after, Jacira came in and started talking about what she had read. They read the first few chapters as a family and had marked verses to ask us about! We had an awesome discussion with them and their 2 kids, Palloma and Vitor, and explained everything about the restoration of the gospel through Joseph Smith. The Spirit was SO strong and they talked about how they have felt something different since we started coming to teach english and now teach about the gospel. We talked about how God is in the little details of our lives and everything happens for a reason. After talking for a while, we invited them to be baptized and they all accepted!! Eduardo responded 'I would be baptized in this church tomorrow if i could'!!! We scheduled the 1st of December for their family to be baptized and I am so excited to continue teaching them and visiting them. We always hear about people being prepared to hear the gospel and this family fits that description perfectly. They are such a strong family and it is clear that God has been preparing them a long time to get to where they are now. We came home that night and celebrated with strawberrry and brigadeiro tapioca. MIRACLES. I love them.
The rest of this week was full of good things. We had zone conference this week and I always love seeing all the other missionaries in Sergipe. One of them sold me a guitar and I havent stopped playing it all week. It is helping fill the longing for music...
On Thursday we had lunch with Meg and Marcos, our substitute grandparents here. Somehow it came up in our conversation that ice cream here isnt the same as the USA so they insisted on taking us out to 'real ice cream' that night. It wasnt too hard to say yes.
The only bad part of this week was that we were sick for the last half of it. I feel bad because I got it first and passed it on to Sister Galdino. It started on Monday as a sore throat, but by the end of the week we both were pretty under the weather with sore throat, headaches, body aches, and lots of fatigue. I spent Friday and Saturday with a fever but we had visits scheduled both days so we didnt get the opportunity to recover. After church and lunch yesterday we came home and rested and I think we will stay home today for pday as well. I am doing better now but I think my companion is spent. Adjusting to missionary life is tiring enough but getting sick on top of it isnt fun. She has yet to complain this week and I am so grateful that she is willing to work so hard. It is paying off!
I think that is about everything from this last week. Wanted to congratulate Michaela and Kirk on their engagement!! I must say I never saw that one coming and I dont feel nearly old enough to have friends getting married but you guys look so happy and I am wishing you the best :) Thank you all for your updates and support, I love you guys!!
Love,
Sister Lauren Mather
Photos:
*got permission to go to the beach for pday!!! we are living in paradise
*sisters de sergipe
*reunited with seumanu <3
*a salon just for us
*ice cream with Meg and Marcos
*celebrating with brigadeiro...again
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