Boa Tarde! Como vocês estão?
This week was crazy! Lots of stuff happened but whenever i come and sit down at the computer i always forget it all. That´s why my letters are so scattered because whatever i remember i just write it. Anyways... last pday after we emailed we went to a fair! it was so awesome! We bought vinho doce. We had some peeps research it to see if it had alchohol and we got the answer no. So we drank some. I still don´t know for sure if it had alcohol or not but it was tasty! haha we bought some fancy cheese too.
We were able to teach some awesome lessons this week too! First with Dona Leila. oh we love dona leila! So we have been really trying to get her to church. We had a powerful lesson about church with her and then she told us "this week i believe i won´t go" and then i just looked at her and told her "but we believe you will" and then me and sis nagliatti were able to find out some of her fears about church and help her. One of the things preventing her from church is her hair! haha she said her hair is ugly. So i suggested she could wear a hat and she about fell out of her chair. She is a very put together woman and just gasped and said she doesn´t have the head for a hat! Now it´s our joke with her every time we see her, we ask about the hat and every time she still jumps a little and says no! Anyways, in the end, she didn´t come to church with us because this week she said she had to say goodbye to her saints. She said this would be the last week and she will say goodbye and she will come to church with us this week! We are going over there to paint her nails and help her with her hair. (oh after i suggested the hat she remembered she had this wig thing so she pulled it out and we experimented with it and she said it will do!)
Also we have been working and praying a lot for Dani. She is still so incredible! She is truly trying to repent. She is having a hard time accepting forgiveness for herself. Buuuut we had this MIRACULOUS lesson with her. We found out that Paulo,(the guy she is waiting for to get baptized) can´t baptize her. Which was great news for us but she went crazy! But then in the middle of our lesson, paulo called Dani!! (it was crazy because he never calls) and we told Dani to answer it right then and talk to him about how he can´´t baptize her. Anyways, it was crazy and the spirit was guiding us. Multiple times during the lesson me and sis nagliati looked at each other and were like "oh man what do we do, she is freaking out" but lets just say as of yesterday, she mostly agreed to move her baptismal date to the 2nd of november! We are going to keep praying for her!
Also, we received an online reference to go teach a guy named Malek. We went over there and turns out he and his wife are refugees from syria! They don´t speak any Portuguese and speak a few words of english. But their daughter in law and son translate for them. We were able to get to know them a little and talk a litttle about the book of mormon and Joseph Smith. Then in the end we asked if we could say a prayer and they said sure so they turned out the lights and lit a candle and i said the prayer! it was the best! Malek has the cutest smile. We are sad because they are not in our area so we have to pass them to some elders. But we told them we would come pick them up for church with the elders so yesterday we did and it was so funny. But malek and his wife invited us to go have lunch with them this week to try syrian food. I am syriasly excited!!! They having such a hard time adjusting to life here and were so grateful just for our smiles! I hope all goes well with them in the future!
Yesterday was a great sunday! I am SO grateful for the Sacrament. When i partook yesterday, i felt such a peace enter into my heart. I know that through Jesus Christ we can ALWAYS receive forgiveness. I can try every single day to be better. I am grateful to be a missionary. I truly feel like i am coming to know my savior more. Every day i feel more indebted to him. Mom i know that jesus can help us with whatever it is we need help with. Sometimes, it´s a life long battle buuut every day we have a fresh start. Something that i think about is HOW we can rely on Jesus. One way is through Charity. If we purely love Christ, we will be like him and serve others.
I´m glad you guys are staying busy and happy! Eli sounds like he is doing great! i am happy for him! and adam too, i am excited to hear how the play goes.
Love you guys SO much!
Sister Emma Hulsey
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