Hi everyone!!!!
It was a great week! I walked a lot, ate a lot, met some cool people, and had a lot of fun! We had Zone Conference this week which was super super good. It was about repentance and forgiveness and how to work with the members. I learned that the doctrine of repentance is something really misunderstood. Christ has already suffered, so it's us who suffer until the moment we repent (D&C19:16-19), and the fact that we can repent is truly a miracle, it is "boas novas de grande alégria" (glad tidings of great joy). Pain and guilt can become peace. It's a principle that we need to live as well as teach, because no one understands the Atonement better than someone who has applied it in their life. I love zone Conference because we are spiritually uplifted AND I get to see all the missionaries, including my sweet CTM comp Sister Maxwell.
A mission truly is a sacred time and I'm so grateful for this time I have to study the gospel, learn more about myself and grow as a person, and see the Lord work miracles. One theme of the week was that Heavenly Father truly answers our prayers. I saw that in so many different ways. When the day doesn't go how we planned it, we thought of someone to visit, and followed the prompting. It turned out to be inspiration because they were really needing it. This happened with Irmã Mara and Jonathan, a recent convert who is the only member in his family. It was a testimony builder for me that Heavenly Father is aware of each of us and loves us so much.
Yesterday at the weekly english class, we made chocolate chip cookies because they wanted to try an "american recipe." The smell reminded me so much of home and my mom's cookies and it made me so happy. In the class, I get to help with the correct pronunciation and grammar and I really like it. But it's occasionally embarrassing, because sometimes they ask me for a word in english and I can't think of it and yesterday, I thought "forty" was spelled with a "u." My brain just gets a little confused sometimes.
Today we had a little birthday party for Sister Motta who turned 20 on Saturday! We had lunch with Mãe Rose and she made burgers with batatas fritas (french fries) and a delicious cake. It was delicious and super fun.
I love you all, I hope you all have a great week, and I hope you all can find some small way to talk about the gospel with someone this week!
Lots of love,
Sister Dobbs
I've got a ton of pics this week of some members in our ward, lots of pics from Zone Conference and pics from today at Mãe Rose´s
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