This week felt like 7 years, and felt like we did nothing even though we were freaking busy as heck.

 

It all started last P-day.

 

We weeded the yard of our Ward Mission Leader as a service project and it was hot. Then our investigator Jessica invited us to eat lunh with her and we ended up teaching her the 10 commandments, during which the mision secretaries were caling us every 3 seconds saying it was urgent. So we finish the lesson and learn that we have to be In São Paulo at 8:00 that night to sleep some other sister´s house to renew Sis B´s visa the next morning. so we go and blow 60 reais each on that, but it was so fun. We hung out with Elder Brum, Christensen, and Alves. It was so fun they are hilarious and basically my long lost cousins except for 2 of them are brazilian haha. 

Also, we got to the federal police place to renew the visa, and the diversity there is incredible. there were peope from the USA, Africa, Syria, Jamaica, and all over. We talked to this amazing lady from jamaica, a guy from india, and a guy from africa that spoke french. So i got to speak english to people from other countires!! it was AWESOME. we played this game i learned in the ctm with them while waiting in line. It was an incredible experience. We then ate lunch with the elders and they said we might have to come back in 2 days, but we went home anyway so we could work. 

so we got home, slept, worked the next day, and got a call again saying we had to go back to São Paulo. Sooo we went back, slept at the sister´s house, woke up the next day and went to go finish the stuff with the elders. (all this traveling includes taking buses and trains and escaltaors and it´s very complicated, but i´m sure i know my way around the stations now.) and it was so fun. thistime in the federal police place we talked to a syrian family who came to brazil because of the war there. It was so sad to see all these people who are so good fleeing their home country because it is not safe there anymore. definitely made me think about how blessed i am to have grown up during a peaceful time in a great country, and now to be serving in another peaceful, free country. people have it a lot worse. 

 

We finished tht up, had lunch, and went back again. so we didn´t meet our goals this week, but we worked hard, and figured out some things that we realized we could fix to have better results in the future. also, the investigator tht invited us to lunch cut us, saying she didn´t want to be baptized becuase she doesn´t feel like she is ready,  even though she is so prepared. sigh. 

 

BUT  we have another guy named flaviano who we are teaching, and helping stope smoking and drinking, and he is doing so good!!!! he was a reference from Dr Julio who lives in campinas but comes everyonce in a while to give us references. and out of the 115 he gave us, only flaviano came through, but it has been awesome. he is progressing so much, and he came to churh for the 2nd time yesterday and he bore his testimony !!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Talk about God´s elect. he will be baptized next sunday. he is so good, i´ve never experienced this before. i have so much love and concern for this guy who i´ve known for 2 weeks, i can only imagine how much he is loved by our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. 

 

Miracles are real, people. I know this church is true, and that this is th gospel of Jesus Christ, exactly as He established when He was on the earth, resotred in this day. i know that we are children of God, and that He loves us more than we can ever imagine. i know that there is life after death, and that if we do all we can to become closer to christ in this life, we can be with him and our families in the next. 

 

Eu amo vocês!!!! 

 

Sister (McDanger) Evans

Pics: family that had escaped the war in Syria learned Arabic and drew them; one of the many bus rides, Sister McDanger & Sister McSavage 🙂 Beautiful Cerhquillho