Hi Mom,
This week was wonderful! Faustina and Everton were baptized Saturday and we had some investigators there to watch. Faustina was scared and two days before the baptism decided not to do it. When she arrived to the baptism, she arrived with the intention to watch Everton. Our ward mission leader, Nephi, served a mission in Paraguay, where Faustina is from, and pulled her into the office to talk to her. He spoke with her in Spanish and responded to her doubts and fears. She was able to talk to him freely. She felt the spirit and began to cry. She agreed to being baptized and was so excited. Faustina had been studying Portuguese for about a year and there are still some concepts and words that she didn’t understand. Nephi said that he was able to talk to her in Spanish and she was able to express herself. It was a miracle that he was able to testify to her in the language that she felt most comfortable with. He planned a trip to Curitiba that weekend but the spirit told him to stay and go to the baptism. What a miracle that he stayed and was able to help Faustina be baptized. It was pretty incredible and the baptism was beautiful.
We are teaching a few families that are interested in the church and are getting excited to find out what will happen with transfers. I will let you know what happens. Transfers are Tuesday.
I sent you some pictures last week but received a message that they were sent back. Did you get them? I will try to send a cd home with pictures this week.
I love you so much and hope you have a great Thanksgiving.
Love Sister Davis
11.27.2008
11.18.2008
November 16, 2008
November 16, 2008
Hi Mom,
Thanks for the recipes. Hopefully I will make the treats if I have time.
I sent you some pictures of our last p-day. We went to a famous cathedral with the Elders in our zone and took a ton of pictures. After, we watched “Surfs Up”. President Leal let us have the activity because our zone had a lot of success that week.
Things are going well here although last week my companion found out that her grandma died. This week was really hard for her and we both of did a lot of crying. Her parents were able to call her a few days ago and it helped her a lot to be able to talk with her family. She is doing a lot better and is able to focus on the work. We are preparing Everton and Flaustina to be baptized on Saturday. They are a young couple and she is pregnant (I probably have already talked about them). They are a darling couple and I am so excited for them. Everton is really interested in the priesthood and that he will be able to give blessings to his wife and baby. When we taught him about the word of wisdom, he decided in that moment to stop drinking and smoking and he hasn’t touched any of it since. He said he wants to have a happy marriage and will never go back to his old habits. I love them so much.
We had more people in our sacrament meeting than I have ever seen on my mission, 16 people and the majority were families. The other sisters are teaching some families and so are we. It was a wonderful Sunday.
Anyway, I hope everything is going well with you. I love you and miss you.
Love Sister Davis
Hi Mom,
Thanks for the recipes. Hopefully I will make the treats if I have time.
I sent you some pictures of our last p-day. We went to a famous cathedral with the Elders in our zone and took a ton of pictures. After, we watched “Surfs Up”. President Leal let us have the activity because our zone had a lot of success that week.
Things are going well here although last week my companion found out that her grandma died. This week was really hard for her and we both of did a lot of crying. Her parents were able to call her a few days ago and it helped her a lot to be able to talk with her family. She is doing a lot better and is able to focus on the work. We are preparing Everton and Flaustina to be baptized on Saturday. They are a young couple and she is pregnant (I probably have already talked about them). They are a darling couple and I am so excited for them. Everton is really interested in the priesthood and that he will be able to give blessings to his wife and baby. When we taught him about the word of wisdom, he decided in that moment to stop drinking and smoking and he hasn’t touched any of it since. He said he wants to have a happy marriage and will never go back to his old habits. I love them so much.
We had more people in our sacrament meeting than I have ever seen on my mission, 16 people and the majority were families. The other sisters are teaching some families and so are we. It was a wonderful Sunday.
Anyway, I hope everything is going well with you. I love you and miss you.
Love Sister Davis
11.11.2008
November 10, 2008
Mom,
Olá!
I loved your email and had a good laugh.
We heard about the elections and everyone here is excited. It is interesting how the United States is always in the spot light and everyone knows what is going on there. A lot of people have asked my companion and I what we think. I always change the subject.
So things are going well here. We are teaching a cute couple and the wife is about 5 months along with their first baby. They are preparing to be baptized and are loving the church. The husband’s parents are members and we are working on reactivating his parents and baptizing him and his wife. We are working and praying hard so that everything will work out. Another couple is waiting on marriage (which always takes awhile). They brought two friends to church with them and their friends were so impressed with the members, the things they learned and the spirit they felt. Unfortunately they don’t live in Maringá. Sister Nascimento (my comp in Londrina) and I spoke in church about Missionary work and Sister Nascimento, Sister Castro and I sang a few hymns while Sister Grover played the piano. It turned out to be a great program and hopefully it made the members excited to do missionary work.
So to answer your questions. . . . Our apartment is beautiful but sure has a lot of bugs. There are always coach roaches and red ants. I am used to it and didn’t even think it was strange until you asked. We found a weird looking bug that looked like a bat in the shower. I took a picture he he. My area reminds me a ton of Italy. Maringá looks more like Italy than my other areas. However, there are a ton of differences. You guys are going to love it.
Anyway, I am so happy to be able to teach the gospel and help the people here learn about the restoration. I am having such wonderful experiences and am learning so much.
I love you and hope you have a wonderful week.
Love Sister Davis
Olá!
I loved your email and had a good laugh.
We heard about the elections and everyone here is excited. It is interesting how the United States is always in the spot light and everyone knows what is going on there. A lot of people have asked my companion and I what we think. I always change the subject.
So things are going well here. We are teaching a cute couple and the wife is about 5 months along with their first baby. They are preparing to be baptized and are loving the church. The husband’s parents are members and we are working on reactivating his parents and baptizing him and his wife. We are working and praying hard so that everything will work out. Another couple is waiting on marriage (which always takes awhile). They brought two friends to church with them and their friends were so impressed with the members, the things they learned and the spirit they felt. Unfortunately they don’t live in Maringá. Sister Nascimento (my comp in Londrina) and I spoke in church about Missionary work and Sister Nascimento, Sister Castro and I sang a few hymns while Sister Grover played the piano. It turned out to be a great program and hopefully it made the members excited to do missionary work.
So to answer your questions. . . . Our apartment is beautiful but sure has a lot of bugs. There are always coach roaches and red ants. I am used to it and didn’t even think it was strange until you asked. We found a weird looking bug that looked like a bat in the shower. I took a picture he he. My area reminds me a ton of Italy. Maringá looks more like Italy than my other areas. However, there are a ton of differences. You guys are going to love it.
Anyway, I am so happy to be able to teach the gospel and help the people here learn about the restoration. I am having such wonderful experiences and am learning so much.
I love you and hope you have a wonderful week.
Love Sister Davis
11.05.2008
11.03.2008
November 3, 2008
Hi Mom,
This week was awesome. We marked baptism with a family that we are teaching. Four people accepted. After, we talked to a neighbor and she said she thinks the road they live on is in the neighboring ward. The bishop told us to continue teaching them anyway. They are a really cute family. Also, we are reactivating a family and teaching their non member kids. Their sons are in their 20’s and we are teaching them and their wives. Last night we watched the Testaments with them and they all we amazed at how strong the spirit was. They felt the spirit and the love of the Lord stronger than they have ever felt it before. They are preparing to be baptized as well.
Our church reminds me a little of the church we went to in Italy. It is an apartment building (an office building) with a small chapel that hardly has enough room to fit everyone. The ward is growing and they are going to start building a church building soon. It will be beautiful. I miss my old ward but I am liking Maringá. We live in a beautiful apartment with 4 girls.
On Friday we celebrated Halloween. My comp and I bought a pumpkin and taught the Brazilian girls how to carve it. Also, we made apple cider and took a bunch of pics. We brought candy to a recent convert’s house and taught their kids how to say “trick or treat”. We ate a bunch of cookies and candy and had a blast.
Things are going great and I am learning so much. This area is a little more challenging than the others but I am growing and becoming stronger. We are being so blessed by the Lord and are working hard.
I am so glad that everything worked out with my school schedule. Thanks again for preparing everything for me. I will also be needing a dentist appointment…he he. It has been awhile. Could you schedule a dentist appointment for me?
I love you and I hope you had a wonderful week and a wonderful Halloween. Thanks for the picture. P.S. don’t ever let Alex dress up like a girl again.
Tchau, até mais
Love Sister Davis
This week was awesome. We marked baptism with a family that we are teaching. Four people accepted. After, we talked to a neighbor and she said she thinks the road they live on is in the neighboring ward. The bishop told us to continue teaching them anyway. They are a really cute family. Also, we are reactivating a family and teaching their non member kids. Their sons are in their 20’s and we are teaching them and their wives. Last night we watched the Testaments with them and they all we amazed at how strong the spirit was. They felt the spirit and the love of the Lord stronger than they have ever felt it before. They are preparing to be baptized as well.
Our church reminds me a little of the church we went to in Italy. It is an apartment building (an office building) with a small chapel that hardly has enough room to fit everyone. The ward is growing and they are going to start building a church building soon. It will be beautiful. I miss my old ward but I am liking Maringá. We live in a beautiful apartment with 4 girls.
On Friday we celebrated Halloween. My comp and I bought a pumpkin and taught the Brazilian girls how to carve it. Also, we made apple cider and took a bunch of pics. We brought candy to a recent convert’s house and taught their kids how to say “trick or treat”. We ate a bunch of cookies and candy and had a blast.
Things are going great and I am learning so much. This area is a little more challenging than the others but I am growing and becoming stronger. We are being so blessed by the Lord and are working hard.
I am so glad that everything worked out with my school schedule. Thanks again for preparing everything for me. I will also be needing a dentist appointment…he he. It has been awhile. Could you schedule a dentist appointment for me?
I love you and I hope you had a wonderful week and a wonderful Halloween. Thanks for the picture. P.S. don’t ever let Alex dress up like a girl again.
Tchau, até mais
Love Sister Davis
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