Monday, February 22, 2021
My fabulous district!
Let me start of by saying that GOD IS GOOD!! I just love Brazil so much. I have seen so many miracles here this past week being in Ceilândia! I love it! I will share some of the miracles from the week:
This week we spent a lot of time getting to know the area better and the people here better. We reached out to a loooooot of potential people and even started teaching 9 new people!! Wowza! It's been a fun time. On Tuesday we had district council, and yes... I am the only American in the district. The only American in the zone. Now, there are 4 Americans here so more are starting to come! Everyone here really likes to talk to me, which is a little awkward because I never know all of what they said, and when I finally do understand them... we are going into the next conversation.
Portuguese is coming good... I can understand my companion, but I am still having a hard time understanding others. And right now a lot of missionary work is over the phone.... and I can never understand people over the phone hahaha!
Here is the funnest experience from the week... we have a recent convert named Duda, she is 14 and her sister who is also a recent convert is 10. Their mom isn't a member. The only way we can go over to members homes is if a nonmember is there. So Duda invited us over to share a message with her and her mom! We were so excited! We were at a lesson with a different recent convert, and after leaving we went to Duda's house. While walking there, it was starting to rain a little bit. Not too much. But as we kept walking, it kept getting darker and raining even more. Next thing you know.... it's POURING rain and we are running through the street trying to find Duda's house. We stopped to look at the address and saw that we only had 7% on the phone. Then an elder started to call us. After we explained to him that we couldn't talk... WE HAD 1%!!! So we quickly memorized the address, and went on running through the rain again. Drenched. It was so crazy hahaha. After running for a minute, we stopped at a churrasco (which is like a barbeque here) and waited for the rain to stop. But it didn't.. so the owner of the churrasco made us ponchos out of giant black trash bags hahaha. And off again we went running. Turns out we had the wrong address. BUT luckily someone let us in and charge our phone. And we even ended up talking with them a little bit about our beliefs. Not too much, because they expressed they weren't interested. But hey, they helped us out and that was a miracle itself!!
Soaked!
A couple days later we went to a different churrasco and got some yummy food there. There was a guy who sparked up a conversation with us there, named Felipe. We explained our purpose, and he showed interest in what we were saying. So we got his number and with my broken portuguese I gave him a Book of Mormon!! We even had a video call with him a couple days later and he really likes the Book of Mormon. MIRACLES!!
I truly can't explain how big of a miracle it is that I am here. I still can't comprehend it. I am grateful that God has given me the opportunity to serve in 2 wonderful places: Brazil and Arizona.
Pray for Sister Guilott to have the gift of tongues to understand and SPEAK!! Love you all!
3 Néfi 5:13 "Eis que sou discípulo de Jesus Cristo, o Filho de Deus. Fui por ele chamado para anunciar sua palavra ao povo, a fim de que tenham vida eterna."3 Nephi 5:13 "Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life."
♡Sister Guilott♡
Ubers - How we get around at times.
Rainbow from our apartment window
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