Week #74 - Back in Brasilia (Gama), the temple, and two new companions!

Monday, June 21, 2021

The Brasilia Temple behind me!

Oh man, what a week! Honestly, it was a pretty fun and crazy week... I am now here in Gama with my 2 comps, Sister Melanson from Texas, and Sister Campbell from Idaho! They were both serving in the same mission in North Dakota. This week on Friday, Sister Onstott another American will arrive and Sister Campbell will be her companion!! And I will be with Sister Melanson until I go home. 

But my companions didn't get here until Friday, so I was in Valparaíso with my buddy Sister Ferreira and her new comp Sister Christensen. And we all had a blast together. I'll be honest, it was hard because I was alone over 3 areas here in Gama, but wasn't even here in Gama hahaha! But we had a blast. We actually found a couple new friends to teach while I was with the Sisters in Valparaíso. 

But the on Thursday night I went to Asa Sul to our STLs home to then go to the airport the next day! But Friday morning, we got the opportunity to go to the Brasília temple and give a little training lesson of our beliefs to the people building the temples!! It was so cool, we got to see the temple up close and everything! We couldn't take any pictures while we were inside, but we could while we were outside! 

Then, my companions arrived! And we finally came to our area and we are loving it! 

We have had a couple lessons so far and are continuing to learn more about our areas. My companions don't speak Português too well hahaha, so it's been pushing me to speak and understand a lot better! 

My new beautiful companions!

We have  recent convert in one of our wards, and his name is Fernando and his wife is Izabel and they are hilarious! We went and visited them on Saturday night. Fernando is from Portugal and Izabel is from Rio de Janeiro... so we had some pretty different accents going on during the lesson hahaha! But we wanted to teach them about the priesthood and help Fernando achieve that next goal of receiving the priesthood, and when we asked him about the priesthood, he told us: "oh you don't need to worry! I'm receiving the priesthood tomorrow!" Well... OKAY! Hahaha it was super funny and super awesome!! 

I'm grateful to be here in Gama with these awesome sisters the last couple weeks of my mission. I have been studying a lot lately about light, and the light of christ in our lives and have found a lot of sculptures about this. One of my favorites is in the Book of Mormon.

3 Nephi 18:24 "Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the world. Behold I am the light which ye shall hold up—that which ye have seen me do. Behold ye see that I have prayed unto the Father, and ye all have witnessed."

3 Néfi 18:24 "Portanto, levantai vossa luz para que brilhe perante o mundo. Eis que eu sou a luz que levantareis — aquilo que me vistes fazer. Eis que vistes que eu orei ao Pai; e vós todos o testemunhastes"

Remember to show your light to others so they can feel the love of our Savior more in their lives! 

♡Sister Guilott♡

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