We weren't able to visit Juliano's family this week but we have been calling them and yesterday he came with his 14-year-old daughter to church!! They are integrating so well into the ward and the hardest thing about this family is just finding a time to visit them! More to come..
This week it rained every. Single. Day. All my shoes are still soaked and feet are pretty torn up BUT it finally passed on Saturday, thank goodness. We had the coolest experience one day where everything fell through and we were out in the rain from 2pm until almost 7pm. We decided to try a street we had never entered before and knocked on the first door. A kid man answered and when he saw how soaking wet we were, let us in without even asking who we were. His wife, Clarissa, came in and the first thing she said was for us to sit and wait while she went to get us towels. They brought us plastic chairs to sit on and towels and we started talking as if we were friends already. About 10 minutes into the conversation, she stopped and said 'hold on, who are you guys? I didn't even ask!'. We explained that we were missionaries and that we wanted to offer a message for her family. Clarissa told us that they had just recieved a bad phone call and that not minutes afterwards, we appeared at the door out of nowhere in the pouring rain so she was sure that we were 'angels sent from God'. We had the best discussion about the Restoration and what it means to have the gospel of Christ in our families. She understood everything and afterwards when we went to leave told us 'nope, you aren't leaving without eating something!'. So she made us a simple dinner and we talked for a while about music and family and it was such a good visit. Afterwards, she told us that she never has péople over but that she felt something different with us. We are just instruments in God's hands and I love getting to see where he leads us every week. Unfortunately she got sick and couldnt come to church but we will visit again this week.
2 divisions this week and one was in Atalaia, where I stayed my first 6 months!! I was feeling a lot of emotions going back there and am so grateful for the experiences I had in that area. I think I learned and changed the most during my time there. After I left, things got a little confused and some of the people I was visiting were kind of forgotten. When I went back, I was able to introduce the sisters to a lot of them and am hoping that I will get to see some fruits of my work last year!!! My miracle wall and xmas decorations are still there in that house too(see pictures :) ).
Still loving my area, loving my companion, but our President gave us a new rule that we can only speak English to each other after 9pm every day. She is almost fluent but I am struggling hahahaha. I am already planning for her to move to the US someday...
Sending lots of love to you all, give my mom a big hug for her 25th birthday tomorrow ;)
Love,
Sister Lauren Mather
pictures:
açai again
the district
got to see Vania from Atalaia again!!!
remnants of my time in Atalaia :)
Sister Acevedo!! love this sister
leather sandals in the rain...
more rain...
13 months!! and acai to celebrate. again.
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