First Week in the Big City

October 27, 2017 dreainbrazil

So… I was transferred from Eden, Sorocaba to Engenho Novo, Barueri, a giant city next to the city São Paulo our area shares a chapel with the Elders in the area next to us. Which is new for me. I’ve always served in little isolated cities with no other missionaries to be found, but now I’m in this HUGE place that has favelas and hills and stairs galore. Also, the heat is different here. It´s still hot, but not as hot as Sorocaba. And even so, I got a sunburn. I haven´t been sunburned in like 8 months. What?? But it´s great here. And guess what!! There´s Hattians here too!! I still get to practice my creole!!! Woohoo!!!

But anyway, my comp is Sister De Paula, and she is super cool. She´s a little older, and was baptized just last year. She´s traveled around the world already, lived in the US for a year and a half, and was an English teacher for little kids. She´s got some great stories, and really knows how to work with people. I feel so blessed to have her as a comp. this is her 3rd transfer and I’m her 2nd comp. but she basically knows everything already. She could be training right now. She´s basically training me. She´s so awesome.

Anyway, this week was pretty long, but also flew by, if you know what I mean. It was hot for half of the week, and the other half was cold and rainy. I will never understand São Paulo´s weather.

I learned this week that the way to know if the Lord is pleased with us is if we are being blessed. for example, we didn´t have a baptism this week, which I normally think of as our reward, but we were given a ride home by some members, and our ward mission leader gave us fruits, and we had 7 investigators at church… we only brought 1 with us. It was a miracle. I know that the lord works in mysterious ways, and when we look for the tender mercies in our lives, we can know that we are loved by a Heavenly Father, and He is pleased with us.

Love you all!! Boa semana!!

Sister Evans