TUDO BEM TUDO BEM!!! this has just become my absolute favorite saying. It means all is well. You can just say it at like any time and all is well. ANYWAYS... I am so loving this place. The days are long but the weeks just seem to fly by! I cannot believe how much i have learned already. I feel like my heart has changed. I have new perspectives on things. I have felt the spirit so much this past week that it has honestly at times taken my breath away. I have a constant peace and confirmation that I am doing the right thing! Sooo last Tuesday we were having interviews with our teachers just so they could see how we are doing. I was talking with Irmao Read. He shared the story of Peter walking on water. He asked how i think Peter would have felt. I told him I would have been absolutely scared to death, and would have had to rely on faith. He then asked me if I would leave the boat with Portuguese. He told me to use all the Portuguese i can 100% of the time. The thought scared me, but again we talked about Peter. Then we talked about how blessings are predicated upon obedience to laws. I had told him I want to be able to speak the thoughts of my heart. He told me that blessing will come by obedience to the law of SYL (Speak Your Language). He knew exactly what I needed to hear. I have been trying, and I can already tell a difference. The Lord blesses our efforts. He also helps me remember what I have learned and helps me retain it. I need to be a lot better about syl, but I am excited to try. We then as a district watched a talk or something about how learning a language doesn't take time, it takes mistakes. That just motivated me even more to use my Portuguese! Luckily, i have done many embarrassing things in my life so pretty much i'm numb to it so when I make mistakes I really don't get too embarrassed! We were able to teach some good lessons with our investigators however Me and Sister Morey both kind of got the impression that we need to do something different. We are going to try and just get to know our investigators better and listen instead of just spewing a lesson out on them. We are trying that tonight so hopefully it goes well! i'm excited. I know the Holy Ghost will tell us what we need to say in order for the investigator to feel God's love. This week we have also talked a lot about the role of the Holy Ghost. He is the one that does the converting. He is the one that carries our messages to the hearts of others. He is the one that can change us and them! It is through the holy ghost that we apply the Atonement, and also receive confirmation that we have applied the atonement! What a wonderful gift our Heavenly Father has given us! We also had a great devotional last night about Charity. In order to better feel the Holy Ghost, we must have Charity. I'm going to try really hard this week to find ways to increase my charity. I know the Lord will help me! OH and last night we watched the Joseph Smith movie and it was just pretty much the best thing ever. I only cried and got chills like 14 times during the movie. Oh man it was just too good. I know that Joseph smith was a true Prophet of God! Favorite line of the movie "Shall we not go on in such a great cause?" me and sister morey both were just pumped after that. We also got to do a sesh at the temple this morning! I love the temple and have missed it, it was so awesome to be back. Those are just a few of the times I have felt the spirit this week. This place is just incredible!
Some other highlights of my week....I ate nuggs like 2 or 3 times! We had them for lunch then I found them again in the left over line. Bencaos. Also, one night this week sister leavitt decided we needed an ice cream party so we went to the vending machine and bought a bunch of ice cream. It was super fun. (ps i had a twix ice cream and i highly recommend those. it was soooo good.) Also, our district and another have been doing things like smiling attacking and boming. They put smiley faces all over our classes so then we bombed their's with book of mormon stickers and wrote BOM dia on the board. Oh man Portuguese puns. Then they put dead crickets in our classroom the next day, but they were sour cream and onion flavored so that's a plus. haha good times.
I got to see sister Christiansen yesterday! She left at like 3 am this morning so it was a tender mercy that I just happened to run into her on our temple walk! She is going to do awesomely, i just know it. Also I was able to meet her at the map and we got a pic together. It was a tender mercy I found the map. I don't know why but I just get lost in this place. Everything looks the same. SOO hopefully when I host this week i will be at least a little helpful! I GET TO BE A HOST THIS WEEK! I'm so excited.
OK another highlight of the week, me and sister morey had some time yesterday so we decided to have a mormon message marathon. I heart mormon messages. It was so good.
I'm glad all is well at home. Sounds like 4th of July was a party, i'm SO glad Eli got to participate in the festivities this year! Good luck to Dad and Adam on the green river this week. I hope it is a blast! And i'm glad y'all were able to tour snow college. I think that would be a really good choice for the first couple semesters so If it feels right Megan, Go for it. And boa Sorte to aunt Lisa at g camp this week( That reminds me, earlier this week we had TRC which is where we teach members to practice teaching in Portuguese. Me and sister morey were teaching this guy and he told us something but the entire time, and to this day, i still don't know if he said he was getting married or getting engaged or going hunting. Either way on our way out I told him boa sorte (good luck) and he just kind of gave me a confused look:) . I know she would be such a great camp director. HOpefully spencer can bring in the big bucks this week, that would be awesome for him! I did run into sister Hatch quite a bit before she left! She is a sweetheart and I know she will be incredible. Thanks so much for the love and support. I absolutely love getting letters and packages from everyone, you are all so thoughtful! MOm You are the coolest thanks sos os sososososo much. I really don't need anything. Love you guys sooooooo much! Thanks for all you do and keep up the good work!
Sister Hulsey
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