transfer 8, check

Querida família,
Transfer news:
Sister Derrick and I are both staying!
The other sisters´ area is CLOSING. Now it will just be me and my comp in our house. Weird.
The elder who got emergency trasnferred out four weeks ago came back and is with the elder who got emergency transferred IN two weeks ago. Complicated.

So I am going to tell you about a couple of the people we are teaching.
Quen Ling Deep. He goes by Deep. He is half Chinese half Mozambiquan. He was one of the ones taught by the elders 20 years ago. We have been reteaching the lessons and he came to general conference and to church yesterday. The only problem is he smokes. So we are helping with that. But he really loves learning the gospel.
Maria do Céu (mary from heaven). She is this little old lady who was a reference from her neighbor. We have been helping her to quit smoking (everyone and their dog smokes here) and the elders gave her a blessing a few days ago. She really wants to improve her life and her daughter´s life. We were talking about the changes she has to make and she said "Yeah but no worries. It´s the will of God so I will succeed." We are hoping her health problems will ease up enough for her to come to church this week.

Funny events from the week:
Flying noodles: Yesterday we were walking down the street when some chinese noodles came FLYING out of a third floor window above us. We dodged out of the way and they splatted to the ground.
Members gone wild: We had a lesson with a very well-meaning member the other day who ended up walking home the same direction as our investigator. We didn´t know until church when the member told us the conversation they had... Basically the member told this investigator about temple sealings, baptisms for the dead, and the Douctrine and Covenants. And then said "but you two should probably pray for guidance on how to clear up his confusion about those things in your next lesson". ...Thanks. Please, if you are helping the missionaries, keep your teaching SIMPLE. Talk about the Book of Mormon before you go off about temple convenants.

My transfer scripture for this new transfer is D&C 84:81-84. I just really like it. Also it´s funny because basically it says "tomorrow will be bad enough for itself, just worry about today today and leave tomorrow for tomorrow." That´s one thing I have been working on--not worrying about the future, just taking it one day at a time. And it helps a lot! So there is my advice.
Yep so I am going to have at least six more weeks here in Odivelas. Three more transfers after this one!
Love you all tons---Happy Easter this Sunday!
Com amor,
Sister Gidney