Churrasco e Conexões!!

Lots of spicy stuff going on in the Winder 17th Ward, lemme tell ya.

This week is transfers!! I got news that I'm training so yeehaw! I don't know what that means, if it's someone who was reassigned or gonna go to Brazil and did MTC online. We shall see. I'm gonna be in a trio for the first time and I am HYPED.

This week, we went out a lot more and knocked on doors of people who had been taught previously or referrals. We did that almost every day this week. I really liked it and we met some cool people. We even met people who spoke Spanish (the ones we were looking for had moved) and I got to use my #spanishskills and talked to them. Truly spicy. 

 I have learned that technology is extremely more effective for finding and teaching. We can have back to back lessons and don't have to worry about physically traveling from one house to another, and a million other advantages. The way we do the work is pretty different but I am honestly loving it. It's going well, and I'm pretty sure missionary work is never gonna go back to the way it was before. It's just so much more effective now.

Some highlights were that we got a referral from two spanish Sisters about someone from Brasil who's friend brought her to church and she LOVED it and said she wants to go every Sunday. I get the feeling she is gonna be golden. We talked to her last night and have a lesson planned this week. 

Another cool finding experience. We were knocking on some former's doors and we talked to this girl who was a member and asked if she knew anyone in the complex who spoke Portuguese or who needed to hear a message about Christ. She pointed out an apartment where she believed the family spoke portuguese or spanish. We went there the next day and met the sweetest lady who WAS from Brasil!! From Porto Alegre!!!!! She even KNEW some members I KNEW!! She is a member, but the only one in her family! Now we can get to know her a little better AND meet her mom and siblings and begin teaching them. #miracles!!

We got special permission to attend a churrasco with Gabi (our recent convert), Ícaro, her husband, and a bunch of members who are in their ward. She was so glad to see us and said the message we shared after really touched her. We also got to know her husband better, who isn't a member. And we are REAL BRAZILIAN CHURRASCO (barbeque), complete with beans, rice and potato salad. It was so good and I had missed it so much.

We had a super great lesson with our friend Kelly. The first day, we invited her to read the Book of Mormon. The next day, we called and she said, "Amei o livro!!!" "I LOVED the book!!!" It was so precious. 

We were really bummed because due to some scheduling conflicts with their wedding, Joselia and Marcos will have to be baptized next week. We're still working on the wedding. It's been a lot of hurdles to jump through, but I have faith it will all work out.

I love you all and I am so happy and so grateful to be here.

Sister Dobbs

 

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