OLA!!

So I officially hit 4 months Friday!! Passa rapido!! AND I´m officially done being trained!! Woohoo!! Except for now I have to be like actually responsible and know what I’m doing and stuff so this ought to be good. I probably know more than I think, because the Lord´s work is the Lord´s work, no matter where we are. Anyway, my new area is called Morado do Sol, in the Zone Itu. I don´t know much about it except for the word ´sun´ is in the name so here we go. I’m excited!! I’m really gonna miss Cerquilho, because I was born there and my first mission fam is there. But it will be okay. I’m nervous to start a new area, but this time I can understand Portuguese and speak sometimes and I know how to teach and so it should be okay. 

As I looked back on my past 2 transfers, they were really hard. I baptized once, and he hasn´t been to church since. I can´t help but think it was my fault that he hasn´t stayed firm, but I also didn´t really know what I was doing. But we talked to him yesterday to say goodbye, and I got some closure. He was struggling earlier in the transfer because he hadn´t talked to his family and stuff and just more stuff. But we talked to him and he is happier and will be going to church. So things are looking up there. But this transfer was especially hard because it has been the hardest I have ever worked in my life, and we have had very little to no fruits. We knocked doors for hours on end, around 40 per day, and that was a lot for me. 

But I remembered that I was placed here for a reason, and I will be able to use these experiences to help me through new ones. And that´s really what life is. Learning from our past to be better in the future. Our past mistakes can be forgiven, and we can move on. We should constantly be looking to progress. We should never be content with our current position, because there is always room to improve. But it´s also important to step back and look at your progress, because it is easy to get discouraged when you feel like it is never enough. Realize that you are a child of God, and He has sent you here for a reason. Strive to become closer to Him, and you will be so much happier. You will see your progress and motivated to do even better. I can´t believe where I am today compared to only 4 months ago. 

I know that Christ always has his hand stretched out to us, and we just have to take it. When we do our best to fulfill our part, He will always do His. “…For I know the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a ways for them, that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.´´ 1 Nephi 3:7 SÓ VAI!!!

LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

Sister Evans

Pics: my mission fam (irma Jô , kerollene, douglas)

Cerquilho sunset; cool building