It's OCTOBER!! Which means Fall colors, spooky season, General Conference and GOING HOME! It's sad, there are so many things I'm going to miss. But, it's also exciting. I really really want to make every day count. 

The mission is the best. It's pushed me to be better. I still have so many things I need to work on, but one thing I have learned is that God is happy with our progress, no matter how slow. He is infinitely patient with us. We might mess up 1,000 times before succeeding, but that's okay. The success is in the trying, not in the result. I know that the Lord accepts my meager offering because it really was all I had. 

This week was so fun. I love Sister Riches and am gonna miss her. We are always laughing. 

Miracles of the week:

- We visited a mother and her daughter who are in the ward and she was so glad we stopped by. She had had a wrist surgery and was having a hard time. She knew that the Lord was aware of her because He sent us. 

-We visited another couple who we had been doing English classes with and then they got super busy. It had been about 2 months since we talked to them so we wanted to see how they were doing. Liliane shared with us that her dad had passed away. We had the chance to sympathize with her and bear testimony that even if no mortal person understands, our Savior does. We were able to begin teaching them and it was a miracle!!

-Our friends Claudia and Edivaldo watched the Sunday Morning session of conference and LOVED IT!! They felt the Spirit and really enjoyed it. Claudia said she loved the talk about guardian angels. They're amazing. 

Talk about a historical conference for Brazil!?!? This year the Sunday morning session was streamed on a TV channel in Brazil! And ANOTHER temple was announced in São Paulo!!!! Guys, I don't know of another city (other than Provo) that has TWO temples! Brazil is the best and the church is growing so quickly there!!

This week we made a FIRE video for conference. It was some pretty professional editing. Go check out Facebook.  

We watched conference on our legendary pull out couch so it was amazing. We got Crumbl cookies and Sister Riches made cinnamon rolls so I had enough sugar for a month. Conference was incredible. I have such a testimony that these men and women are Christ's representatives and spokesmen (spokespeople?). We are preparing the world for the Second Coming of the Savior and they encouraged us to be courageous, faithful (not fearful!), prepared (emotionally and temporally), more Christlike, more unified and more pure. We can do it!! Vamos!

Abraços e beijos de Sister Dobbs!!