6-17-13

...idont even know where to start. this week was super rough for my comp and i. we havent been able to find anyone thats progressing. we visit people, or they are not home, or dont want anything to do with anything! its so frustrating!! and sunday NOBODY was at church! not even our less actives. the rain scares everyone away..gah! we almost reactivated 3 people, but they werent there sudnay! i was a lil sad. but sis grundvig n i sang eu sei que vive meu senhor..er iknow my redeemer lives. it was super good..my comp sings soooo goood! she reminds me of tangled. down to the way she is and how she looks. shes so....innocent!!! but she helps me out so much. i was a lil stressed out and shes just so patient with me.

a monte de coisas mama ave maria!! nao sei o que fazer. quero ser melhor mas não consigo, quero ser superwoman, só que...não da...opa im talkin portuguese!! sorry.  i love it here in serrinha. the members are so great and the ward and...i just love it here!!!!! the lord really does hear our prayers and loves us. this week was hard and i have been fasting and praying so much for the ward and the members!!!! we were having a rough time and the lord blesses us in little ways. yesterday had a group of people lunch in the house of a member and it was just what i needed! and today were going to make tacos with other elders!! and i am sooooo stoked! i miss salsa and chips so bad! here doesnt have mexican food! haha i even dreamed about tacos last night! actually I dreamed i was home and talking english...didnt like that dream very much!

 

 i know that the lord lives, i know that he loves each of us and he really knows what we need to grow and to really know that He is here and loves us!!! he answers our prayers. ive been wanting to find cremosinhas(its like a popsicle but its not!) since petrolina and today i found one!!! ominhanossa you should have seen my face i was so stoked! just what i needed!!! its like my ice cream haha AND i fed a buncha wild monkeys today, no big deal :) the mission for me is really a growing experience and dispite all of the difficulties, i am more happy than i ever have been!!! i am so grateful for yall and everything

love sis benedict

 

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