I just want to say...
...I was not transferred!! Yippeee!! In fact Sister Rocha, Sister Tenorio, Sister Araúja de Souza, and I are ALL staying for at least one more transfer! I am stoked!!! I can't even believe that all four of us stayed. Especially Sister Tenorio. She's been on the mission for... one year and... like a month and a half? And this is the very first time she's stayed with a companion. ....cool beans!! And by the end of this transfer I can say with pride and gratitude that I have lived with Sister Tenorio for 6 months.
I'm so excited to be in São Borja. This is a branch that we are working so so hard to become a ward again. And you know... with the hundreds of people that we talk to in one week... of all the people who stopped coming to church, or the people who are struggling to get along with church leaders... it always always always comes back to one thing:
Hurt feelings.
Please. As a representative of Jesus Christ and as a missionary and as a member I beg of every single person in the universe one thing: Say nice things to and about each other.
In your talks, in your journals, in your activities--let us all just be kind!! It is shockingly easy to be offended. And the process from "Ah, this week I won't come to church" to 20 years of inactivity is frighteningly quick. Please be aware of what you say to one another.
And be even more aware of the little grudges your holding on to. And be rid of them!
And now... proof that my companion, Sister Rocha exists!! :D Yay sister rocha!! And then a picture of Sister Rocha WITH uma rocha (rock)
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