First Transfer

Well!! My companion was transferred!! This is my last day with Sister Ramos!! D8

These 6 weeks FLEW by. i cannot even believe it!! And I'm a little nervous and super excited at the same time to introduce our area (which i still don't know very well) to my new companion/trainer Her name is Sister Oliveira Santos and she is BRAZILIAN!! Woooot!! I'm so excited!! She's been in the field for about a year and everyone says she's gonna help me tons with the language and the rest of my training. 

Yep.... my first transfer. gonna be legit. 

Everyone is sooo sad to be "losing" Sister Ramos and Elder Marley. I'm pretty sure every single one of our "moms" cried. Irmã Carla called us this morning and just cried at me. I'll tell you: it's already hard to understand native portuguese over the phone... but CRYING native portuguese was basically an adventure. I understood "so much love" and "I'm going to miss you all so so much" ....thanks, mom... but I'm staying. hahahaha aaahhh love her. The members here really are an amazing example to me and what it means to be involved in missionary work.

I absolutely LOVE Christmas here!! Imagine... all the stereotypical things you think about summer... hot sun... BBQ's, Sun lotion, Swimming, Fireflies, warm breezes at night, starry skies, ice-cream, and backyard gatherings.

for the Brazilians all these mean one thing: It must be Christmas!! Whaaaaaaat??? hahaa yeah. True story. So different. And so awesome. love it. 

WELL! I hope everyone has a fantastic week!! And I am going to try to use the last of my minutes to figure out how to send more pictures. :) :)

lots of love!! and lots of laughter!! Remember to wish my amazing parents a happy anniversary HOJE!!!