Sister Aundrea Evans In Sao Paulo

Skyping with Aundrea was so wonderful!  She loves her mission & serving in Brazil.  She’s happy & healthy.  Thank you to all the wonderful people who are taking care of her!

Sister Goncalves & Maria

me in cerquilho please don´t zoom in on this pic it´s bad

So, while you guys are up there freezing, I’m down here melting and getting fried. It´s like making fried cheese. The outside fries and the inside melts. Here they make little cheese balls that are fried and it´s so good. But not when you are the little cheese ball. I’m sorry if this doesn´t make sense… the sun messes with the head a bit. 

But anyway this week was great. We worked a lot and sweated a lot and stuff, and also had an investigator that kinda likes my companion a little and wants to change his life but doesn´t think he´s ready to. Which is a lie. And lies come from where? Exactly. Sometimes the battle is hard when the enemy is invisible. 

Anyway, idk what else to write….. umm… CHRISTMAS IS COMING and it feels nothing like Christmas because it´s hot and I’m working and I’m not with my family. But it´s better that way because if it was cold and I wasn´t working, I would get sad and miss my family. But that´s not going to happen hahahahaaaaa jk love you guys. 

I hope you all are studying about Jesus Christ because He is so awesome and incredible and we could all be more like Him. 

I love this area because it has a little bit of everything. rich people, poor people, middle class people, a mall, a favela, houses made of leftover pieces of wood, etc. I love the people here and have a burning desire to help all of them. 

There´s so many people here who need the gospel in their lives. If people knew about and really understand Jesus Christ´s Atonement… I can´t even explain how it would change things. The depth of His sacrifice is hard to understand, but when you study and pray about how you can understand and use it better, you will change as a person. I have been studying the Atonement, and yesterday at church we had a class that just brought everything together for me. I know that Christ is my Savior that He knows me, and you, and everyone individually, and because he LOVES us, we can return to the arms of our Father in Heaven. I love my Redeemer, and my Father in Heaven, and am so grateful for the opportunity I have to become so much closer to them that I ever thought I would be able to. 

Fica firme (Stay strong)!!!!! Boa semana!!

Sister Evans

here is a trail that leads down into a little creek/canal and into a favela… yes we went there 

A picture I drew

 

 

Literally. Sorry about the last couple weeks I’ve been running in an n out of the mission office because I got transferred again back into Sorocaba. AND I´M SO EXCITED!!! My companion is (again) sister Gonçalves and this is her last transfer, she goes home in January, so she´s a little bit trunky. But it´s so fun. I haven´t really noticed a difference in being sister leader yet, except for now I know all the things about all the missionaries. Which actually kinda sucks. But I’m just kinda brushing it all away so I can love each sister as much as possible. We take care of 4 companionships, so 8 sisters. We do divisions with them, we call to follow up, help resolve problems so president doesn´t have to… etc. I haven´t really had to do much yet, all our sisters are pretty chill. But I’m excited. It´s weird though because sometimes I think about how I am not qualified for this, but then I remember that the Lord trusts in me, and needs me to be His hands. And that helps me out a bit.

But anyway, I’m excited for Christmassss!!! Even though it´s beginning to look nothing like Christmas because it´s hot and sunny. Except for people put up lights and stuff so that´s fun. But I’m really trying with my comp to do the LIGHT THE WORLD challenge. It´s legit. There´s so many ways to serve others. I really love it. it´s so fun serving those around us, because sometimes I get real tired of thinking about me all the time and so in these moments I look for opportunities to serve. Wash someone´s dishes, carry groceries, paint door, give snacks and water to people on the street, etc. it´s fun. 

Also, because my comp is going home soon and is super trunky, I’m also becoming trunky someone help meeeee. But I am loving this area. I’ll think I’ll finish the mish here but who knows? 

Oh and also this week we had a sisters´ conference which was fun and talked a lot about how we are literal daughters of a king and stuff. It was good.  But yeah, that´s about it for this week. I know that this is the gospel of Jesus Christ, and I know that as we study Him and His acts, we can apply His teachings and become more like Him. I know our Heavenly Father loves us. He believes in us. And wants us back in His arms. 

Love you guys!! Boa semana!!

Sister Evans

 our ward did a little choir thing where they taught about the birth of christ from the point of view of the Book of Mormon so we mad a giant Book of Mormon for the visitors