We are finally in the groove

 Song of the Week- Only Jah Jah knows by  kanaka 

Weeklyyyyyyyy 

Family night at Prez Clarke's house 

President Clarke invited us to have a family night at his house!! It was lowkey super stressful because half of the people we invited canceled last mintue. So we only had 2 people of ours show up. Respectfully Brasilians are the most flakely people I have ever met. ( worse than me ) but thankfully The elders came in clutch and brought people so it ended up being a good group! We had some yummy food, played games.. ( I won, never seen president clarke so annoyed it was really funny. Hes a sore loser lol he doesn't like to lose) then we all were talking little more waiting for the message to start, and  me and Sister clarke started talking about family history which lead us to doing the game on family search " find my relatives " turns out we are 3 COUSINS... WE WERE SHOCKED. We are not only related threw my dads side of the family but also my moms side..... small world. My cousin is my mission president!! Then was time for the message. president clarke gave a super powerful lesson on the Book of Mormon. Then gave each of us missionaries the opportunity to bare our testimonys. Truly I can testify with all my heart the book of mormon is the reason I am converted to the gospel, the church and everything. It is truly the tool to true conversation and true discipleship. 

Worst district council of my whole mission 

Literally have never been so humbled.... our numbers last week were soo bad. Presenting them were embarrassing. ( beyond ready for the pressure of the mission to be done here soon.. eternal battles as of late). We left district council Literally shaddered and we both looked at each other and said " lets never have a week like that again. " we thankfully didnt have lunch marked with a members so we had time to be home again for lunch before we went out and worked. We both took time I pray and study. I again had a moment in " gesameni " and prayed with all my heart, mind and strength that we could start to have some progress. That we could be experiencing joy, and not feeling pressure and annoyance with the work. We made a list of Sacrifices.. literally every little thing that could be slightly desobediência we put on the list. We then said a prayer and asked god to help us to teach with power and his spirit and to help us extra to find his lost sheep as we are Sacrificing extra. We left the house to work  and oh my goodness... PRAYER WORKS, law of Sacrifice works lol 

Day ( week) of Mircles 

Literally the following night and next few days we had after district council, were FULL of so many miracles we found some promising people and were able to make all of our numbers this week... most importantly we marked 4 dates this weeekkkkk 

We have a goal as a district to invite 1 person to be baptized everyday along with 50 street contacts and 3 LCM...... so far it actually has been going pretty well and has been making a HUGE difference in our work. I feel super blessed to be here with Sis Silva. This week I really felt so much joy in the work, especially watching the growth in sis Silva! She is becoming an AMAZING missionary!!! 

Everyone please pray extra hard for 

Maysa 

Thays 

Erikkson 

Leine 

Sunday

We had a WONDERFUL stake conference on sunday!!! Goodness. The área 70 came and spoke and it was sooo powerful. He told alot of really good entertaining stories and related them to the gospel. 

He gave 2 really good examples that stuck with me. 

1. He told a story how he was making rice and he was with his american comp. How hes comp always watched him make rice but never made it himself yet. Then one day his comp said " imma make rice..." and used all the same ingredientes but he burnt the rice and the rice never turned into rice..... his comp was left confused because he used the same methods to make rice and he wasn't able to make rice. We can relate our gospel lives to making rice. If we have all the ingredientes but aren't using them the right way, it wont do us any good. But if we use them the right way the gospel will bless our lives and we will be feed. 

2. He then told a stroy about love. How when he was newly married after dinner he would always sit on the coach and watch TV and his wife would be in the kitchen cleaning or when he left with friends... he then had the idea to always remind her " love, never forget I love you"... one day after dinner he said " love never forget I love you..." his wife responded " If you truly loved me you would be in the kitchen cleaning with me ".... he then tied it into the commandments. We all say we believe and love god... but do we truly love him?? Are we only speaking by our words? And not showing action? We show our love for god and our savior jesus christ by following his commandments and striving to do his works. 

He said alot of really good things but that is what stuck out to me!! We had alot of our friends come so I was super happy!! We then at lunch at my FAVORITE members house here and had a family night with them and it was a blast! Felt extra blessed! 

Love you all, have an amazing week! Feel free to always reach out! I do my best to respond!!!