Ola querida família,
Guess who got transferred? I just got to my new area in Braga. My new companion is Sister Bollinger. I´m pretty excited--I´ve heard this is an awesome area. Also our house is like a mansion. It smells like America inside.
Even though I´m excited, it was REALLY hard to leave Cacém. I knew I was leaving on Friday (well at least I was pretty sure) so I started packing my bags Friday night. Sister Juilfs and I went over to Jessica´s to say goodbye to her and her sister Daniela and it was so sad. But Daniela said the most amazing prayer. Eu fiquei muito contente.
Alright I am going to tell you about our main miracles from my last week in Cacém:
Segunda-feira (Monday): Sister Juilfs and I were working with Irena, this wonderful member who helps us a lot. We went to our compromisso but they weren´t home. So we were heading to our plano alternativo on the main road when suddenly I was like "hey let´s go down this sketchy alley instead" (because I was really curious) and they were like "uh..." but I was already heading down there. Suddenly this lady appears, BAM. We start talking to her; turns out she´s super elect and has been SO prepared to learn about the gospel and the Plan of Salvation. All because we went down a dead-end alley.
Terça: We were running late for district meeting but the comboio was 30 seconds late so we ran down the escalator and jumped in just in time. I felt like Indiana Jones.
Quarta: It rained a LOT but we managed to get to our compromissos despite the river in the rua. Everything worked out perfectly. I also was wearing my rainboots even though it was sunny earlier.
Quinta: We met a really nice Brazillian lady first thing in the morning. We didn´t get her contact info and I was kicking myself as we walked away. About an hour later as we were walking back towards the comboio, we ran into her again! She said she had read our pass-along card and that she wanted a Book of Mormon. We gave her one, got her info, and set up an appointment to go back.
Also, learned the Linha Sintra handshake. It´s the handshake that all the jovens on the Sintra train line know.
Sexta: There was another random rainstorm. We had a lesson in Massamá Norte but there was ligtening and it was POURING rain and so we didn´t know if we´d be able to get there. We ended up stopping by a pesquisador we hadn´t seen in awhile and then right after the lesson, the rain stopped so we were able to go up to see our other compromisso, too.
Sábado: So our pesquisador Paula has been trying and trying to find a job because she has no money to eat and on Friday night she got kicked out of her apartment until she could pay for the luz and água. The next morning, only about 12 hours later, Irena called and said she found a job for her. So now she can move back and we can keep teaching her.
Domingo: I don´t know why but this week was probably the most meaningful week in church I´ve ever had, especially during the sacrament. I learned a lot from the talks and it was really nice.
So when I first got out here, I decided to make some goals for my mission. One of them was to find a baptism in every single transfer. But when I was praying about them, instead of that, I said that I wanted to change someone´s life every single transer. Because sometimes baptisms aren´t life-changing. I was thinking about this transfer, and I think the life I changed the most in the past six weeks was my own. I don´t know exactly how or why, but I kind of feel like a completely different person. But at the same time, I feel like I´m finally who I really am. So. Yeah.
I guess maybe I should include something sappy and inspirational but I don´t really have anything. I just know the Church is true and I know that Christ is our Saviour. And I am SO lucky and SO grateful to be here. I am going to be depressed when I have to come home. But the Church is true on every part of the globe!
Challenge of the week: Write down one miracle that happens every day this week!
As our English class would sing, "If you´re happy and you know it, shout `I LOVE JESUS`!"
Com muito amor e carinha, Sister Gidney
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