Wow, this week went by so fast!!
It was so crazy and we didn´t end up teaching a whole lot, but we had
alot of fun and helped strengthen the ward :)
First,
our Halloween activity was a hit! Everyone loved it! People came in
coustumes, loved the games, food. There was a cake walk, bobbin for
apples, music, sugar cookies... all things American :) Everyone loved it
though because they have never had an activity like this here. We are
hoping that next year they will do it again and keep a tradition. I went
as a cook because it was really easy and I already had everything :)
People thought my apron was really cute though (thanks Joanna :)
I
also celebrated the 1 year mark of my mission!! What?! My district
leader right now was with me in the CTM (he is from Bolivia) and we had
our District Meeting the same day we hit 1 year so we took pictures
together. It might be hard to read, but the paper I am holding says
´Feliz 1 Ano´which means ´Happy 1 Year´and Elder Pepper is holding the
paper with our names on it. I cannot believe that I have lived in Brasil
for 1 year! Time goes by so fast and I remember counting down the days
until I hit 4 monthes or 5 monthes and now, the days go by so fast! I
love Brasil so much!! I love the people, the food, the culture... Brasil
is such a beautiful, wonderful country and when I leave after I
finished my mission, it will for sure not be the last time I am in
Brasil :)
This week we also had a wonderful
miracle happen. So we had a meeting at the stake center and we wanted to
get a ride home with a member and not have to take a bus and we got a
ride from a member who lives in the José Tenório ward, but lives close
to us. So we were on the way home right, and we dropped of the first
sisters at their house and something came up about food and he asked if
we were hungry and without even waiting for an answer, he said of course
and he pulled over the car to a little resturant. We thought he was
kidding, but then he got out of the car and opened my car door and was
dead serious! He then went and got the other sister and he bought
´dinner´for us! We were all amazed and super grateful and we thought
that was it. We dropped the other sisters of again and then he was
taking us home when he asked if we needed food for tomorrow and we said
no, but he said that we probably needed food, so we went to the grocery
store. We thought he was kidding again, but yet again he got out of the
car and opened our car doors, so in we went to the grocery store and he
said we could pick out anything we wanted. He was just walking down the
alies like he owned the place and we were following behind him and he
would ask us what we wanted. I picked out watermelon because I love
watermelon now :) After he spent alot of money again, he finally took us
home. We thanked him 10 million times, but he said that everything he
has isn´t his, it´s Heavenly Father´s and by helping us, he is helping
the kingdom here on earth. It was really sweet ofhim. So now we have
almost 50 eggs in our apartment and a bunch of other food... It was so
sweet of him to reach out of us and even more amazing because we have
only talked to him a few times in our lives. Milagres são reais!
Well,
that´s about all for this week! I hope you all have a fabulous week!! I
know that Hevenly Father knows and loves each one of us and He has a
plan for each of us that we can become the best that we can be. I love
this church, I love this gospel and I love Brasil :)
I love you and miss you all!!
Com amor,
Sister Chilson
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