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COMPANIONS: Sisters Williams + Grayson AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente CAÇULA! Yah, they call me portuguesa :) This week was SOO FUNN!! I definitely missed the trio life haha. Sister Graysons comp didn't get here until today, so she stayed with us this whole week! We taught one of their friends about the word of wisdom and right afterwards A SUPER BOCK BOTTLE CAP FALLS OUT OF SISTER WILLIAMS BAG BAHAHA it was soo funny! I LOVE my new district. They're literally so fun. This week we made the goal to do 300 contatos soo that's been kinda fun. And our basketball team is getting significantly better over the transfers lol #allstarteam ALSO! story time: every one here calls their youngest child "codê" and I was reading a talk and I found the Portugese word for it Blah blah blah long story short... one day I just felt like I was gonna need that word so I searched FOREVER until i found it... and one of our street contacts literally SAID IT and it was just very ironic and he thought I was from Portugal Other than that, just a lot of God putting the prepared people in our path, and showing us that it really is HIS WORK ANDDDD shout out to my wonderful mother Sallie Jayne <3 LOVE YOU TONS!! Okay LOVE YOU ALL! have the most amazing miracle filled week and don't forget to give hugs also please send your favorite conference talks! OBRIGADA :)
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OLÁ AMIGOS!! I hope you all had a fantabulous week :) because I certainly did.
We went to Baía das Gatas for p-day last week and it was BEAUTIFUL. Wow. They x-rayed my sprained ankle because the doctor said my bone was sticking out weird... and then the other doctor said it was fine soo now I just have an x-ray of my foot ! We played the role of office sisters while we delivered a million mattresses and bought a million new things for a new house they're going to open. And the sr couple fed us a nice pizza dinner. LOVE THEM! We also had zone conference and SISTER WEBB AND MY GRANDCHILD STAYED WITH ME !! Literally MADE MY WEEK. God is soo good :) Our neighbor also gave us a wedding dress if our friend wants to use it soo of course I couldn't just let it sit there... #igethomein3months #djabosabe Saturday we had the MOST PRECIOUS baptisms of our friends Derley and Diego. I have never seen two people more excited to get baptized haha. We also got transfer news and... me and Sister Williams are STAYING!! MILAGRE! I am beyond excited to keep serving the people of Cha de Marinha for the next 6 weeks YAYAYYA! As we've been getting our friends ready for baptism over these last few weeks, I've been studying a lot about obedience. There really is no better way to show our love for God than to keep His commandments. And every time we do, WE'RE BLESSED. it's a win win situation !! QUE ÓTIMO . Okay sorry for the foto dump, I hope you enjoy! I love you all and yeah. Jesus Christ does too <3 WEEK: 64
COMPANION: Sister Williams AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente HELLO WORLD. This week was wild. Okay not really. But it was Sister William's birthday so that was kinda fun hehe. We taught some lessons and had the cutest family night with our downstairs neighbors! Derley and Diego passed their baptismal interviews and they're SOO EXCITED to be baptized. But I mean, come on, who doesn't wanna follow the example of Jesus Christ AND have all their sins forgiven. It's a win win situation. I went on splits with Sister Grayson and I cannot believe it was over a year ago that we were in the "mtc" together lol. And of course we got our usual Friday night hambergers. Saturday we played church ball with our district and some members in the morning and I will not lie I had quite a few points :) We also watched the cutest baptism of the most precious lady we contacted in the rua and her two netas! I don't know how I never noticed this before, but this week during the sacrament I realized that the prayers say "to the SOULS of all those..." instead of "to the PEOPLE..." The sacrament if for our souls. I think that's pretty cool <3 Okay have an awesome week! And don't forget to SMILE !! YAYAYAYYA !! WEEK: 63
COMPANION: Sister Williams AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente YAYAYA mais uma alma !! This week was MAGICAL to say the least ! We started off with a little game of soccer and it was super fun! Then we did the usual finding + teaching :) One of our friends sniffed Sister William's hair so that was new. We went to the boonies of the boonies in our area and brought back two dog gangs who started fighting all around us. Kinda spooky. I had to give a technology training in front of the whole mission so that was also kinda spooky. We had a relief society activity and no one showed up so it turned into a chapel cleaning w/ sandwich party haha. We walked a lot, met a lot of people, ate our usual Friday night hamburgers, played our Saturday basketball, anddd ran the cursed path to Luna's house again, but this time I was the one who tripped lol. Saturday Luna got baptized and it was SO PRECIOUS! She couldn't stop smiling. Sunday Kirsten got the priesthood and Diogo passed the sacrament and it was Easter and the chapel was full and it was just PURE JOY ! Okay I think that's all queridos, até logo <3 WEEK: 62
COMPANION: Sister Williams AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente This week... WAS A WEEK OF MIRACLES !! We played tennis on Monday anddd let's just say I thought the tennis lessons I took when I was younger would have done me a little more good than they did hahaha. Anywayyy.one day this week, we decided that we wanted a miracle to happen. So we prayed that God could place somebody prepared to make and keep covenants in our path. A few seconds later our friend Luna comes up to us and tells us that she wants to get baptized :) We had the sweetest lesson, and she accepted the invite to be baptized this week. Yep. MILAGRE !! We taught a bunch of lessons, met the cutest family, and had the funnest family night haha. One day I woke up and my eye was swollen, but I think it's better now (ft. our foto with hagelslag) HAHAHA ALSO! One day we were running to one of our lessons and sis Williams biffs it SO HARD! She slid like a mile, and all the drunk people in the street START LAUGHING! Luckily she didn't get hurt, so we can laugh about it hehe. LOVE HER !! On Sunday, us, the seminary students and a few members + family all fasted that our friends mom would let him get baptized! We're gonna talk to him tomorrow so please PRAY FOR ALDAIR !! Overall a splendid week with lots of wind, running because we're late to our next compromisso, cuz cuz de canela, andddd SO MUCH LOVE for the people here. OH ALSO please send me your favorite mission approved song because I need some new music ! Okay love you all, have an amazing week! and if you would like me to pray for anything for you, let me know <3 WEEK: 61
COMPANION: Sister Williams AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente Olá amigos!! WOW time is just COOKIN out here! But anyway, this week was AWESOME!! We hung out at the beach with our zone last Monday before everyone headed to their respective islands, and we actually got some sun! The first part of the week sister Barbosa from Brasil stayed with us and I just have to say Brazilians are the coolest people, haha. This week we invited the sweetest old man Fransisco to be baptized and I'm soo excited for him! And we got to ride the bus a lot YAYAYYA. Saturday was super special. Our friend Nilton was baptized by his friend Zacarias and it was just so precious. I mean our cookies looked like an April fools prank gone wrong and I may have shed a few tears during the confirmation, but wow it was just perfect !! And of course, general conference!! I just feel so blessed to belong to the church of Jesus Christ <3 ALSO!! They're building a temple in CLEVELAND YAYAYYA . God is so good. Okay I love you all and I want everyone to send me their favorite thing from general conference along with a picture just because hehe. Okay have a SUPER AWESOME WEEK !!!! And don't forget: it's a good day to be good WEEK: 60
COMPANION: Sister Williams... kinda AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente HELLO WORLD! This week was wild! It started off with a very strange p-day... and lots of appointments falling :) But then! We did lots of things to help the new sisters move in and finally, they ARRIVED !! Sister Roozenberg left for Praia so I stayed with Sister Grayson and Sister Nascimento. I missed the trio life hehe. We taught some of the sweetest people and wow I just love them. ALSO !! Kirsten got baptized. He is literally the best. If anyone was ever prepared by the Lord, it's him. Yesterday we went to the city and I got my child!! Sister Williams is soo precious. AND we marked two baptismal dates with our friends Geovana and Yasmin in Sister Williams very first lesson. Okay i think that's it! I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE AN AMAZINGLY AWESOME WEEK! And don't forget! Good friends really make a difference :)) AMO VOCÊS MUITO!! WEEK: 59
***transfers OLD COMPANION: Sister Roozenberg NEW COMPANION: Sister Williams AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente Wow this week was soo special!! But first... We also spent a ton of the week getting things for the new house here in Chã d'Marinha :)) We went with our friend James from the city and basically just went on the shopping spree of the century. We bought a fridge, washing machine, oven, microwave, etc!! It was INSANE and super stressful, but also fun. Then we had to go back and get all the stuff to bring to the new house BUT they wouldn't let me have some of it because I wasn't an "official representative of the church." And I was like do you think I wear this tag just for fun?!! Jk but like seriously come on.. Anywayyyy we filled up the new house with everything PINK because we thought elders were moving in hehe but turns out it's sisters soo yeah! Diogo got baptized on Saturday and it was so precious. All of the youth sang a special musical number and wow it was awesome! And all of the other people we're teaching with dates marked were there too YAYAYYA !! and Sunday church was SOO FULL! Like they had to re-bless the sacrament because we had so many people. Wow it was just amazing!! We also got TRANSFER NEWS!! Sister Roozenburg is headed to Praia and I'm TRAINING AGAINNNN WAAHOOOO! Her name is Sister Williams, I think, and she's an American straight out of the MTC soo lots of adventures in store :)) Okay love you all, have an amazing week, and go to the temple! I used to think an hour was far away until I realized that some people have to take a >10 hr plane ride to another continent to go! LIKE WHAT?!! Okayyy yay! Jesus loves you <3 WEEK: 58
COMPANION: Sister Roozenberg AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente This week was... INSANE ! haha actually it was pretty normal, but like still cool. We watched the Saratov Approach as a district on p-day and it was so good! Tuesday sister Roozenburg stubbed her toe, and it started bleeding pretty bad! So I got to play doctor and I think I did pretty good. We talked to A TON of people and we're getting Diogo ready for his baptism on Saturday! #endthebaptismdrought #14months... Saturday we went to the other elders/sisters area in our district and we did some whiteboard finding! We wrote a question on the board and had people vote! We talked to so many cool people and wow it was just awesome! Sunday I was so tired because Saturdays we wake up early to go play basketball with the elders, but waiting outside at church and seeing all your bestest friends arrive is just the best feeling in the whole wide world! This week I've been studying a lot about the priesthood lately and it's been amazing! It's so cool that Christ gives us the power to act in His name because He isn't here. So we've gotta use the priesthood to do what He would do!! Anywayyy I think that's all I have for you guys. BUT! I have an invite! If you have friends that aren't members... BRING THEM TO CHURCH !! Trust me they will thank you later :) Okay love you all and have an AMAZING WEEK! and don't forget to SMILE! -- WEEK: 57
COMPANION: Sister Roozenberg AREA: Chã d'Marinha, Mindelo, São Vicente Hellooooo AMERICA + OTHER COUNTRIES!! This week was.... absolutely amazing! Probably one of the most spirit filled ones of my whole mission. It started off with THE FUNNIEST game of street basketball anyone ever did see. Let's just say that everyone here should just stick to soccer lol. We had a lot of lessons, and even more lessons fall through, but GOD IS GOOD! We had to have district council in our neighbor's house because the other companionship of sisters was sick and it was just us and the elders. It was... interesting to say the least haha. We invited 2 of our friends to be baptized, AND THEY SAID YES !! We also taught the youth Sunday school class without preparing anything before haha oops! But I think it went fine. And we did a chapel tour with some dude from Facebook and WOW did I feel the spirit. I love Jesus Christ, and I love all of you! Have an AMAZING WEEK andddd don't forget to smile. There's always good to see even when literally everything is going wrong. Até logo!! |
AuthorSister Brinley Sullivan Archives
March 2022
CategoriesCape Verda, Praia Mission
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