Ola Querida Familia!
Thank you so much foryour email. On wednesday, i kind of just hit the lowest i have been, but the next day I decided to change my attitude! Things have been much better. My perspective is diferente. I know this has only happened through the Savior, he is strengthening me every day. I love what presidente Hinckley´s dad said to him. I have been TOTALLY selfish. i really was focusing too much on my anxieties, and all my problems instead of just trying to love the people. I try to talk to everyone, and a lot of people don´t understand me and I don´t understand them but i am starting to feel more love for them. ANYWAYS....
So this past tuesday I went with 2 other sisters because sis Smith was in a meeting. anyway it was really good because i talked with another sister who is in her 2nd transfer. She was just a really good exemple and very encouraging! And on thursday yes, it was my companions birthday!!! We had zone meeting in the morning which was awesome! i learned that i need to have more faith! if i focus more on faith i will recognize more miracles. So after zone meeting we had a very special birthday lunch at KFC (they had this GREAT deal it was 5 items for only 4 euros!!) then we shopped a little at the mal, then went and taught! Well, tried to. haha we were able to go teach one of our investigators Siderley. They were so cute. we ate pipocas and guarana and then taught about baptism. oh man Siderley was SO close to being marked for baptism but he was still just a little unsure. We are going to teach him tonight with a member so hopefully it goes well! His daughter taynara is a recent convert. On sunday we went over before church to try and get her to come but she wouldnt! We were sad but we have hope for her. They are awesome though. So we have siderley and olga who are progressing right now. We are really trying to widen our teaching pool because we have not been meeting our goals! we have found a really cool city called areosa that we feel good about. We contacted some people there last week and we are going back this week!
Some funny things that happened this week. Last night we tried really hard to get home on time. (our house is super far away and takes about na hour to get back from anywhere!) anyway we hopped on a bus and then had to switch and made it to the other bus just in time. Well after about 20 mins on that bus we realized we didn´t know where we were (well i pretty much never know where we are but sis Smith didn´t know either) yeah i don´t know where we ended up but we had to get onto another bus after that, go back to where we started and get back on another bus. oh man, we did eventually get home, so that´s all that mattered!!
Another funny story, we contacted this funny lady in the street. We chatted with her for a minute and then gave her bejzinhos. but she had this huge mole on her face that we ended up kissing! hahaha me and sister Smith just laughed it off.
I feel very blessed to be here. Portugal is absoluteley beautiful! i am always amazed by the new beauty i see every day. I am starting to gain more charity for the people which makes me want to serve them more. We have a pretty big ward here. The members are pretty funny. They don´t really like us ( i think because of some past missionaries) but we are trying to gain better relationships with them so we can get references and their help. So far so good with that. Oh which reminds me, last monday família de carvalho invited us over for dinner and guess what she served...NUGGS!! it was truly a blessing. haha their house was so special, you could totally feel the spirit there. He is in the stake presidency. they are just so awesome and i really appreciated them!
Well good luck with school starting. Change is hard and scary But what i have found works is learning to rely on the savior. This week and my personal studies i have been Reading in Matthew. I LOVE learning more about our Savior. It is what gives me the fuel to keep going. Because Christ is EVERYTHING. we have a message of salvation! I also read the verse about give us this day our daily bread. I have been trying to take things day by day to receive my daily bread of help with missionary work.
I love hearing the funny stories! poor grandma. man her and grandpa are so funny but honestly like so many of the old woman here are exactly like her so it just cracks me up. Best of luck with everything this week! I pray for you guys all the time. Also thanks for your prayers. The work must go on because it is people salvation we are talking about!!!
Love love love you guys!!
Love,
Sister Hulsey
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