Dear Peoples of my email list... I love yall!!
Two weeks ago was a week where all of our appointments fell
through at we practiced contacting on the road, in stores, in apartments, and
at parks for the whole week. Last week we decided to fast for our current
investigators and to be able to reach our goals.
We saw progress! We taught quite a few lessons and I was
able to make 5 contacts by myself in Portuguese! Woot! Unfortunately Paulo
dropped us because his mom said he couldn't have the lessons anymore. We hope
to be able to see him soon! We met a lot of new people this week as well but
our investigator Manuella came to church and kept her commitments! She has my
heart, lock and key! I love her to bits! She is very accepting and honest,
educated woman. And she's patient with my Portuguese!
Crazy funny thing this week... We kept running into the old
Russian man, like two or three times a day! He loves the Missionaries but
doesn't speak a lick of Portuguese or English! That doesn't stop him though! He
chatters on and on and introduces us to random people in Russian to people who
don't speak Russian. He's a funny guy!
Something I studied this week was the Riccardi Letter. We
practiced doing one thing we learned from the letter every day and saw results
from it every day. One of the teachings that was the hardest thing for me and
yet the most rewarding was confidence in the gift of tongues. To practice this,
the four missionaries in our area went to a store and practiced contacting
people! My companion stayed close to me but made me contact people by myself.
It was kind of fun! A lot of the older people couldn't understand me very well
but those who were younger did. Some of them even wanted to talk in English
with me! We gave them references to our English classes and made appointments
to meet with them later.
Another topic I've studied this week is the Atonement. It
never ceases to amaze me that the Atonement is so simple and yet infinite at
the same time. We teach that the Atonement is an opportunity to become better.
Through my studies I've also learned that the Atonement is a unification with
the will of our Heavenly Father, an at-one-ment with the Gospel of Christ. The
hardest way to change is in big steps, but small corrections is so much easier.
And the opportunity to change in small ways is covered in the Atonement!
I love my mission already and I love all of you as well. I
know my Savior lives and I know that Heavenly Father is aware of us
individually. He loves you!
Thank you for your support and love. It makes the days
brighter and helps me remember why I'm crazy enough to be here and love it so
much!
Love you,
Sister Ellsworth
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