13 February 2017

oi! how are you all doing? sounds fun that mom is in utah getting together with family and daniel too. how is everyone else doing? crazy the family is dispersed all over the world! that´s awesome i hope everyone takes lots of pictures and present them to the family together with all the cool experiences!

this week was good, we had a zone conference that was great and I learned a lot. This work was a little difficult and we weren´t able to make a lot of progress with our investigators, but hopefully this week will be better. Yesterday we got rained on very hard and were extremely soaked (picture included) so that was kinda fun haha. Pedro and Rosané traveled, but we have an appointment with them tonight to resolve some questions that they have... 

This week i learned more about trusting in the will of the Lord, even when it is not our will. Accepting that God knows us perfectly and knows exactly what we need and the comfort that the atonement brings to know that He already passed through it all. That´s why He best knows what we need and what will help us learn and grow. 

Have a great week everyone!

6 February 2017

oi familia

This week was good, Pedro and Rosané (that golden family) came to church yesterday after they had cancled all other plans to be able to go. The daughter Bruna was traveling but she will go the next time. We are also teaching an evangelic lady that is the mom of a recent convert. She is great, but has a lot of mixed up ideas in her head because she is a ``prophet´´ in her evangelic church but she likes our church more and we are helping her gain a testimony and understand real truths. 

This next transfer i will stay here in Cruz Alta with the same companion, Sister Arroyo and I am really excited because Sister Gibson (from my MTC group) is coming here to be a new sister training leader and live together with us! I´m excited because she is awesome and I haven´t seen her my whole mission. Sister Cornick finished her mission and went home which was sad to say goodbye. 

A thought this week is about repentance (3 Nephi 9:22). This week i trited to really apply repenance in my life for the little things such as atititudes, negative thougths, and other mistakes. It really makes a huge difference and repentance is the solution to so many problems. Sometimes we forget the importance to repent, but its as simple as recognizing a mistake, try to not do it anymore and pray for forgivenss, trusting in the Lord for strength. This way we can always feel peace and calm of heart and be happy.

Love you guys havea great week!

30 January 2017

oi familia! i don´t have much time today but there is a lot to say!

first, i hope mom and dad are getting better and ben´s trip sounds so cool, i hope he has a great time! 

also, this week there was a worldwide missionary transmission and there were some changes. The daily schedule changed: now we have 2 more hours on p-day, companion study is more felxible, and the schedule to wake up and go to bed changes depending on the continent. In south america we sleep in a little more and go to bed a little later. also there are only 4 key indicators now! baptism, dates marked, investigators at church,a dn new investigators. the transmission was very good and spiritual and I leanred a lot. 

We had an amazing experience with a golden family. We had already taught the mom and daughter, but this time the dad was there too and the mom had told us and him that she wants us to share the message with him too so we taught the whole family ther restauration and by the end the mom and daughter were crying and the daughter asked, ```why would God wait all that time without sending a prophet?´´ and we explained that like a parent who gives an amazing gift to a child who doesn´t want it, God gave his son and the peoiple rejected him so he waited until the people were prepared again and she started crying so much and said she had gone to the Lutheran church her whole life and never felt how she felt just then. We explained that it was the spirit and she said it is impossible not to beleive in our message and then the dad gave the closing prare and it was beautiful and sincere and he thanked God for the wonderful feelings that the family felt. It was seriously the best feeling ever i couldn´t help but just smile.

Have a great week!

23 January 2017

oi familia

how are you all doing? that sounds like a nice warm winter there.

the baptism saturday went well, it was nice and spiritual and the new members will be great for the ward. Last p-day i cut my hair and we asked the hair cutting lady if she would like to hear our message and she agreed and we visited her this week and she was very receptive. She is devoted to the 7th day adventist church, but foudn interest in temples and baptisms for the dead so ib hope she will progress! It is also nice to see that some less active members that we re visitng are coming back to church.

like i said in the other email, we visited a little bird zoo that was so cool, dranks sugar cane jice and crepes on a stick. A lady there also gave us peacock feathers to keep that are huge! in was a fun little adventure. things are going well with my companion and this week i learned a little more about being humble and sincere with myself, the lord, and others and always working to exercise more faith. 

9 January 2017

Tudo bem!

How are you all doing? it sounds like the weather is crazy there and that you all have a lot going on with the start of a new year. good luck with everything!

This week was good. Felipe is progressing really well, went to church again and will be baptized on the 21st. I have never seen an investigator so excited to learn and change. At the beginning fo the week we taught him about teh book of mormon and 2 days later we came backa nd he was already in chapter 7 , had downloaded the church app on his phone and had already examined everything on the app: scriptures, hymns, general conference, family history, etc. and in church he was participating in the classes. We haven´t even taught him the word of wisdom yet and he already quit drinking coffee. Lots of miracles! We also have other good investigators from other religions but are really understanding about teh plan of salvation and restauration so that is great. My companion and I are getting along well and I am learning a ton.

There were some hard, reflecting experiences this week that made me think a lot about teh plan of salvation and find comfort in the love of God and in Christ´s atonement. I also really learned about praying continually at all times and the power and influence that this has in our day and life. We should not do anything without praying first or at least having a prayer in our heart. 

I love you all and am grateful to have you all as part of my family and I am grateful for teh atonement of Jesus Christ to bring hope to our lives. I know that the plan of salvation is real and I look forward to be together for eternity. 

Boa semana :)

2 January 2017

hi everyone! happy new year! thank you mom and dad for the birthday message that appeared in the mission news this month. 

How was the new year? do you all have pictures of your travels and things you did over the break?

this week we ahd transfers and my new companion is sister Arroyo from Argentina. She´s cool and is a convert for just 3 years now! I am able to learn more with her and stretch my comfort zone. We had a great week of work, found a ton of new investigators, especially couples and families wich is great because God´s purpose is eternal families! We also contacted a reference from e member that is golden, went to church the next day, had a ton of questions, and loved it! his name is Felipe.

This week I learned a lot more about God´s plan for us and how he knows us perfectly and sees us not as we are now, but He sees our potential. That´s why He will not leave us in our comfort zone, but keep pushing us with trials and obstacles so that we can have continual progress and eventually reach our eternal potential. And during all of this He will constantly love us and help us when we turn to Him. 

I love you all have a great week!

sarah

26 December 2016

I won´t write a lot today because we talked yesterday, but i´m sending a bunch of pictures from my compaion´s camera, It was great to talk to you all and i´m glad everyone is doing well, i am happy here and excited for a new transfer with a new companion, Sister Arroyo (but i am very sad for Sister VIcente to leave because she is awesome :( ) but yeah have a great week everyone!