Eaiii gente! (Hello people)
Sorry for not writing this past week. My body passed through literally every type
of enfirmadade (disease) you can imagine and I
hardly had strength to make it to the computer to talk to my family. But God is misericordioso (merciful) and still managed to bless the life of
small e pequena (and insignificant) Sister
Staheli more than she deserved this week (and always).
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| President Colleoni |
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| Sister Colleoni |
My mission president is in the last 3 weeks of his
mission and we had our last conference with him and Sister Colleoni.
There’s never been a shadow of a doubt in my
mind that Presidente Colleoni is a man who knows his Savior.
He has always loved us like unto the love of
the Savior, humble and trusting, yet also not afraid to queimar
(correct us) when we need it.
I am so grateful for my time with him because
I know I never heard
his words, but the word’s and inspiracao
(inspiration) straight from my Heavenly Father.
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| Heloiza |
A miracle that happened this past week was being able to
see Heloiza.
Just to recap, when I was
still starting off the mission and was hardly speaking/understanding Portugues,
we met this woman on the street and started to teach her.
Now this woman at the time was dating this
super shady dude who lived in Dubai and was always having some random accident
or needing hospitalization, or some type of expensive incident that she was constantly
sending money for.
Did I mention they
met online?
And that she found another
account on facebook with the same dude but a completely different name?
Yeah “ShadyRight?
For quite a while we just sat and listened to
her vent, but there was one lesson that was incredible.
We taught about how the evangelho
(gospel) is the unreo caminho pra voltar a viver com
nosso pai celestial
(is the only way we can return to
live with our Heavenly Father again).
My companion left the end of the lesson for me to teach.
Although I stumbled, and was completely
inadequate, God gave me His words and spirit in that moment and she accepted
the challenge to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized.
Long story short, soon after she disappeared
and no one knew where she had gone or what happened to her.
Well it turns out, she moved to Mossoro,
found the church and the missionaries and not only was she, but also her 2
nephews were baptized.
Needless to say,
seeing her out of nowhere at the temple dedication, worthy, with a recommend
was more than Sister Staheli could handle.
Last miracle was Kaio.
Remember that rapaz
(boy) that’s caused
me more agehia e alegria,
(aging and joy), tears
and laughter, frustration and love than any other person I know?
Anyways, after 4-5 meses
(months) he was finally baptized on Saturday.
Never have I met anyone who had more
obstacles in being baptized.
And he is
13 years old!
I have never met
someone with a more pure and innocent love for the Savior in my life.
Afterwards I asked him how he felt and he
just goes “Sister Staheli, I’m so happy, I’m so, so happy!
It’s like before I always had this angustia
(anguish) and heavy and oppressive feeling hanging on
me and when I went under the water to be baptized, it all went away!”
And then he just ran off so giddy and feliz
(happy) with the other rapazas.
(boys)
Man, I love my pai celestial. (Heavenly Father)
Look for the miracles folks. They’re real and they are in your life.
Sending my love.
Sister Staheli
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| 1 year mark |
