I can´t figure out what to say in this first paragraph, so here is what we did this week!
On Tuesday we were heading to district meeting and we ended up being late because we ran into every little old lady ever. I think we know them all. One of them is Maria. She lives down the road from us. We keep trying to teach her but every time we do she goes off on a story about her liver, or the livers of her children.
On Thursday, we had an appointment in Center. We arrived a few minutes early so we tried to contact. We started talking to this little old lady, who said she would be willing to talk to us again another day. We asked her for some contact information so we could pass by her house or call her, and she started lying. She was saying "I don´t know where my house is. I am very old. I don´t know my phone number. Actually I don´t have a phone." and then she realized how ridiculous she sounded, so she just started laughing. She was laughing so hard that she almost fell over. Then she made this weird little noise trying to breathe, so then Sister Warburton and I started laughing. We said "You shouldn´t lie to us" and then we all just laughed harder. It was really weird. We didn´t get her contact.
We´re still teaching Marta. She´s been to church about 10 times now, but still says she isn´t ready to get baptized. We are trying to figure out exactly why, so on Friday we asked her the bapstim interview questions. She answered them all and testified, too. When we asked if she believes that we have a living prophet, she said "Of course! I didn´t know before but I am glad I do now because I think it is really awesome!" So basically now we are praying for a miracle because we don´t have any control anymore. We´ve taught her everything, now it´s just up to her.
I am still super tired. Yesterday we went out to visit Ana and Margarita and when we sat on their couch I could feel my heartbeat in the back of my legs.
Yesterday we had stake conference. I didn´t know before but turns out it was a huge joint conference for all of Spain, Portugal, and Cabo Verde, and it was broadcasted all over. Elder M Russell Ballard spoke, as well as the area seventies. It was really wonderful. Elder Ballard talked about 10 "small and simple things" we can do daily to make a big difference in our life. A few that stood out ot me were to share the gospel in a simple way each day, and also to make personal goals for the future. If we don´t set and evaluate goals for ourselves, we will fall short of our potential. (So I made a goal to eat more ice cream :) ). He then said he felt impressed to talk about 3 Nephi 11, which was an answer to mine and Sister Warburton´s prayers because it was like he was talking dirrectly to Marta. "We must look to Christ, and then we will be made whole. We must have faith, repent, and", then he emphasized, "be baptized! And then we must persevere to the end, and we will be sanctified." All in all it was perfect. Except it was a little silly, because Elder Ballard was talking in English, but we were watching with a Portuguese translation over the top, but then Sister Warburton and I were translating it back into English for Michael.
Braga is still being Braga. We are having a hard time finding new people who are interested, but we keep on keeping on. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. I love you all tons!
Com amor,
Sister Gidney
We defrosted our freezer! Well we scraped some of the ice into the sink.
The view from a random street
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