This week was HOT! It was 36 degrees Celsius, which is like 96 Fareneheit. We are always sweating and we get a little darker every day. The nice thing is, when we're thirsty, we just knock on literally any door, and even if people have no interest in our message, we can ask for cold water and they'll give it to us. Sometimes we knock on members' doors if we know of any nearby, but it's usually total strangers. Just one neat thing about the culture and hospitality here.
I was super happy because this week, two couples I was teaching in my old area got baptized! Tibiriçá and Leiliane, and Regina and Luis. They both got married, got baptized, and got to make eternal covenants with the Lord that will bless their families forever. I'm happy that I got to be a part of that.
I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but we're teaching some people from Venezuela. They're super cool, super neat, but, you guys..... I do not speak spanish. I tried, with the little spanish I remember from high school, but it came out all wrong. Luckily, Guillerme, a recently returned missionary in our ward, is willing to accompany us and he translates for us.
I bore my testimony in sacrament meeting yesterday! That was kinda fun. It was short and sweet, and in portugese of course, so that was a first. I'll pull a London Tipton (from the Disney TV show Suite Life of Zach and Cody) and say, "Yay, me!"
This week we had an apartment inspection, where a member in our stake came by and took pictures of everything to send to the mission president. The night before we scrubbed and scrubbed so everything was pristine. Also, we finally got our kitchen sink fixed! It had been clogged since the week I got here. Our kitchen had flooded many times and we had to do the dishes in this little sink in the laundry room, which was a good time. We are very happy now that it´s fixed. I feel like the feng shui of my life is restored.
My comp and I are going to the english classes on Sundays now and it's way fun. We met a woman one time in a thrift shop, who overheard me saying I was from California, and told me it was her dream to learn English. We told her that the church has a free english course and she came! We were able to start teaching her, so it just shows how the Lord places people in our paths and how we can use the resources the church offers to find people.
I know that this is the Lord's work, because if it wasn't, there's no way it would work. The system is perfect, this church is perfect, and God is at the helm. Imagine 60 million young people, in various countries all over the world, trying to learn foreign languages and invite people to come to Christ. Esta obra está crescendo diariamente, this work is growing daily and it is because of the Lord, not because of us. It is nothing short of miraculous.
Love you all so so much
Sister Dobbs
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| We ordered pizza one night and it was amazing! |
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