Week #61 - I sounded like a Brazilian?

Monday, March 22, 2021

Hellooooooo!! Usually I say "Another great week in Brazil" whenever I'm starting my emails... but I'll be real... this week was HARD!! Because I was sick the whole week 😭 but, i am recovering now! For those of you that have been reading my emails since the beginning on my adventure last year, you'll remember that my first time in Brazil I got sick as well, like really sick where I was hospitalized hahaha. This time wasn't that bad haha! I just had a sinus infection and had to sleep it off. So throughout the week, it was more chill.... pretty much did nothing except sleep for 4 days! But, Saturday and Sunday were some pretty great days. Let me tell you about them:

I was sick for a few days. NO FUN.

Grateful for medicines!

Saturday we started off our day by studies, and around lunch time we went to our recent convert Josy's house and had lunch with her, and her sister Júlia that we are teaching!! I'll tell you all right now... I LOVE the food here! Almost too much haha, don't want to get fat!! But afterwards we had a lesson with our friend Eunice in person! She is super cool, and wants to find the true church. I talked a little bit about her last week. She likes to meet once a week, so that makes it a little hard. But she loves hearing the messages we share!

After coming home from our lesson with Eunice, our uber driver was talking to us, and we were talking to him. And he asked if Sister N. Silva is from the North because of her accent haha (and she is). And then he asked me, "are you from Minas Gerais?" HE THOUGHT I SOUNDED LIKE A BRAZILIAN!!! He was pretty shocked to find out that I'm from America haha. Speaking of the language, holy cow the gift of tongues is real. As I was sick this week, I wasn't really speaking or hearing too much portguese. So I thought I would forget everything I learned! But that didn't happen, I can understand mostly everything people are saying, IN PERSON. Phones calls and videos call are still hard lol. But I also am able to speak more now! 

My district - zoom calls helps me to understand!

We have been teaching a guy named Marcio, and we invites him twice to be baptized, and he said no both times. So this week, we decided to stop teaching him because he isn't progressing. We have another friend named Francisca and we also asked her twice if she wanted to be baptized, and she said no as well. So we decided as well to stop teaching her. That's the hard part with missionary work. When you know people are SO CLOSE to making that promise with God, but their agency gets in the way. It's a good thing that one day everyone will be baptized!! 😁

Get this MIRACLE!! So as I've said this area is a little slower, not many people are progressing. And we only have ONE MORE WEEK left in the transfer. So, we decided that we would pray and use our faith like crazy to have someone progress towards baptism. Saturday night, we get a message from our zone leaders with a referral! And they explain that they taught her about baptism and that she wants to he baptized! And her whole family as well! We called her and honestly she didn't seem all that happy.... hahaha! But, she watched our church service and we have a lesson set up with her on Tuesday!

One of our ward missionaries is a cute 17 year old girl, and she has a new boyfriend that is coming to church with her that isn't a member. We talked to him at church on Sundsy, and he wants to learn more with us!! Miracles are real. 

I love you all so much! Thank you for the prayers on behalf of my health, and learning Portuguese as well! Prayers work! This is the last week of the transfer, and I honestly can't believe I've been here in Brasília  almost the same amount I was here the first time haha! Pray for Ceilândia 4 to see some miracles! 

♡Sister Guilott♡

I never get tired of the beautiful rainbows and crazy rain!

I hate cockroaches. They are SOOO big here!