Hello!!!

This week I entered my ~last transfer~ which is crazy. Ainda não caiu a ficha. It doesn't seem real to me. I just want to make every last moment count. 

I'm staying in Portuguese with Sister Riches!! I'm super happy. I'll have served Portuguese-speaking my whole mission. But, there were a lot of changes this transfer. 2 new zones were created and now there are 11!! Guys, there are so many missionaries. Over 300. Our mission is HUGE.

Kinda sad that the zone got split, but now we have an all-Portuguese district so we do district council in Portuguese. Kinda fun. 

The Neves family we were teaching all got COVID so Ágata did not get baptized yesterday, unfortunately. Once they're better, we can teach them and hopefully invite the whole family to baptism. But this was kind of a RIP.

But, we were so blessed this week with a miracle. We got a referral from a member in our ward last week, contacted him and set something up for Sunday (yesterday). We could already tell this guy was golden because on Saturday HE sent US a message to confirm the lesson (guys, this never happens!) It was such a powerful lesson and the Spirit was present. I know they felt it. We taught the Restoration and both really identified with Joseph and his search for the truth. We shared a video about the first vision and after Edivaldo said that it made sense, the Lord said to wait until the true church came along. Right then, we could testify that we don't need to wait anymore. Christ's church has been restored and this is it! It was a really powerful moment. I know the Spirit guided every moment in the lesson, from the planning, which member to invite, and everything that was said. I'm so grateful to share these truths with others. It's all so awesome!!

We are having a blast here in Millcreek and I'm just grateful for every day I have to be alive and serve the Lord.

Love you!!!!

-Sister Dobbs

 Helloooooo!!!

We are living our best lives here in the USLCM!! Since I didn't write an email last week, I have a lot to catch up on. I feel like our weeks fly by. We keep pretty busy. Two weeks ago for pday (on the 24th) we went to Fashion Place Mall with the sisters as and got lunch + new dresses. Then, last week we got lunch and ate at Wheeler Farm which was super cute. 

We had some really good lessons over the last 2 weeks. We had a lesson with Ágata last Sunday and it was incredible. We felt inspired to teach the plan of salvation and it was seriously one of the most powerful lessons of my whole mission. She had gone to Catholic school so she knew a good amount already, but so many things we taught filled the gaps in her understanding. When she learned that the Fall was actually a good thing and was necessary, she loved that new perspective. But, then there was a moment when she asked what happens if someone dies before they got a chance to repent sincerely. (Guys, she's 18 and asks these kind of questions. Amazing!!) She began to cry and said she was scared someone in her family wouldn't have the chance to repent and wouldn't be with her after death. We got to explain about the Spirit world and how everyone will get a chance to hear the gospel and repent and she LOVED that. She's preparing for baptism in a couple weeks and she's so excited. 

Her mom, Karina, is a cutie too. We gave her a little sticky tab to mark the chapter in the Book of Mormon for her to read. Then, she went out and bought some for herself to mark her favorite chapters. So precious. 

We're teaching her 14 year old brother, Gabriel, too. We gave him his own Book of Mormon and I marked Alma 17 (when Ammon cuts off all the arms) for him. He'll love it.

Rodrigo got his answer that the Book of Mormon and the church are true. 

I go on splits about twice a week with the girlies, but it's only from 6-9pm. It's still fun. Whenever the sisters in the English area come to our area and we have lessons in Portuguese, it's definitely an experience. Another funny thing about serving in Utah is there are so many missionaries and our areas overlap and we see other missionaries ALL THE TIME. In any specific area, there's English missionaries, Spanish, us-- Portuguese, plus all the other language programs: Thai, Laotian, Chinese, Japanese, Karen, Swahili, South Sudanese (Arabic) and more. There's so many. There's one set of elders who are always in the same apt complexes as us. But they're cool and send us referrals all the time. 

This week I also had MLC and Multi district council, which were both super fun. We did service at the Granite Education Foundation again putting together school kits. We had a ward activity last Saturday morning playing volleyball. The members were teasing us so much and I loved it. 

I started MyPlan this week. It's something for your last transfer to get ready to go home. This feels surreal. 

I really am so grateful because my mission has taught me so much. I've grown so much. I've learned so much about myself. I've grown to know my Savior. I know He loves us so much. I feel so much closer to Him than ever before. I love Him. The mission has taught me how much I would do for Him. I've learned about sacrifice and consecration. I really am so grateful. 

Love you guys!!!!!

-Sister Dobbs

Pday with the Sisters:

Sister Aki from Hawaii, Sister Spencer from Gilbert, AZ, Sister Krumperman from Redmond, WA (who's going to Portugal) and good old Sister Davidson

Sister Almond @ MLC!!!