Oi familia!! Guess what?!? I didn't get transferred! Sister Gregatto and I are
gunna stay together in Uruguaiana!!! Yay! and right now I am in Santa Maria for
Visa purposes and the mission leadership counsel.
The border of Argentina adventures with my ladies
That is why I didn't have time
to write a longer email. But I am so excited for today because it's p-day and
so we are going to go visit some of the people I taught when I first started my
mission here!!! Ahhhh I'm dying to talk to the people that I couldn't fully
talk to or express my love to when I couldn't speak Portuguese! I'm so excited
for this next transfer. The time is passing way fast though, this transfer will
only be 5 weeks instead of 6. The sister, that met you mom in Arizona, is coming tomorrow
and I hope I will see her at our zone conferences this week! We will be having
zone conference in Alegrete again, but this time, President Parrela asked
Sister Gregatto and I to give a trainment. So we will be giving a
trainment to all of the missionaries about the Book of Mormon and how we need
to use it to teach people. In front
of all of the elders and sisters and President and Sister Parrela. Ahhh
Talk about nerve wracking! I never would have imagined doing this before
the mission, but all things are possible through our Heavenly Father who takes
our fears away and gives us the strength to do all things. We are excited. I love
to teach.
This week was crazy. Just a few things that happened:
-We got a phone call from the zone leaders. They told us that
they think it would be good for us to go visit the sisters and see what is
going on because there has been a lot of what we call "fubecagem"
going on in their apartment (basically disobedience). So we woke up early and
went to the sisters home at 6:30am and called one of the sisters to open the
door. Wow! did we see a sight. When we got in the apartment, a sister was
heading to take a shower. She saw us and then ran into the room to change into
her work-out clothes (we work out for 30 min every day). Another sister gasped
with shock that we were there. Another sister was SLEEPING at about 6:40am and
the other sister was doing nothing. Woww. it is incredible what happens in the
mission with disobedient missionaries. We asked the sisters if we could see
their plan book and it had blank pages or they drew pictures on the pages. These sisters weren't doing anything. I have learned so much about how to deal
with people that need to be helped. I am so grateful my Heavenly Father is
allowing me to help these sisters.
Some things that happened this past week~
-My companion fell asleep during a lesson. It was hilarious!!! The man totally knew it and we laughed a ton.
-We found out that V. and V. are married and that she
received an answer that the church is true just by reading the Book of Mormon. It is seriously the most powerful testimony and witness of the true gospel and
the restoration.
- We are teaching I.'s husband now!yay!
We are working tons and seeing miracles. The mission really is
amazing. As I am here in Santa maria, I remember being a new missionary and can
see how much I've grown. I came into the mission field 1 year ago! I have become
someone that I never thought I could become. My life has completely changed. The mission field is super tough, but so incredible. I love being a missionary. There is no greater work than this. I am so grateful for the things I've learned
and grown from and for this time for me to give back to my Heavenly Father what
he has done for me. I love helping the missionaries here in this mission and am
looking forward working my hardest for my master, Jesus Christ, all the way to
the end. I love you all and hope you have a great week!!!
Sister Porter
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