Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, brothers and sisters, unto you I proudly present… the year 2017! The year of new beginnings, the year of second chances, the year of the Lord, and the year of my mission. My first 3 months are pretty much over, and I get to be in the service of the Lord this entire year!!! Whaaaaat! And I get to experience winter in Brazil!! I’m excited. 2016 LORD´S TRIP WE´RE GOIN BIG! (That was for you, Jaren)

Anyway, this week was interesting. We almost had 2 baptisms but then we didn´t. but Abel was confirmed, and so was Claudia, who was baptized last transfer! It was so awesome. 

Also this week, I was hit on by an old Brazilian man with long greasy hair. It was quite an experience. Help me. basically we were walking down the

street and he is behind us but we were pretty far away thank goodness, and he yells out to us ´´I don´t know you, can I get to know you?´´ except in Portuguese, which is creepier, because the word conhecer was used and that really translates to ´to be familiar with´ and it was creepy as heck. Sis robbi yelled back “only in the church. come to church on Sunday and you can´´ and he was like ´´no can I get to know you now´´ and we were like oh heck to the no and turned around and started walking away, but he yelled hey at us, and he rips off his hat to reveal gray, greasy, shoulder-length hair, which he whips out and stands there with his head to the side to show it off, while pointing at me\sis robbi and we were like well, this is awkward and walked away, he kept yelling at us but we just kept walking. *shiver*

Also, transfers are tomorrow, and I’m staying her in Cerquilho, with another American named sister Berentson or something like that to finish my training. (I’ll give you her real name next week mom so you can stalk her) and sis robbi is going to zona Barcelona to be a sister lider treinadora in Rio Acima. so I’m getting a madrasta, but it´s okay. what´s going to be

weird is I am a greenie, and she has 7 months, and I don´t speak Portuguese, and I don´t know where she is with it, and I don´t know the area very well still, and she has no idea., so I like have to be in charge with talking to members and stuff. AHHH RESPONSABILIDADE!!!! It´s okay, just pray for me. 

Anyway, New Year’s resolutions anyone? I’ve always hated new year´s resolutions, in fact, last year, I didn´t make any. But this year our zone decided we were all going to leave something behind to make this year better. And besides my family, home, air conditioning, and my life, I’ve decided to leave behind thoughts of myself, and think as much as possible about others. I truly want to lose myself in the work, but as I am still adjusting, it´s rather difficult. I know that if I have faith that the lord will help me, and I act on that faith by really trying to forget myself, it will come to pass. I’ve found that is how faith works. I was struggling with it a few weeks ago, but now I know. When you have faith, you will act. It leads to action. You make it happen, and usually you can´t do it all by yourself, so the Lord steps in and helps out. Think about this: using your faith, try to move a table. ´´I have faith that I can move this table´´ but no matter how hard you try, you can´t move it just by sitting there. But if you truly have faith that you can move that table, you´ll go over there and push it. This is faith. 

Also, family, if you could pray for my feet, that would be great. I don´t know what to do anymore. They´re better than in the beginning, but they don´t actually have the time to heal because I am always wearing shoes and always walking. I’m praying but I need help because I am this close to cutting them off. 

Eu amo vocês!!!

Feliz novo ano!!! 

Sister Evans

pics: Cerquilho sunset

my zone Itapetininga

when brazilians try to speak english…(knockout)