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This week
was a whirlwind as my comp has been saying goodbyes and rushing to see
everyone. Crazy to think that she's already headed out - really blessed for her
love and pure empathy for the people here. Sooo we had transfers this
week
anndddddd
I'M GOING TO TRAIN AGAIN. #ThirdRoundLetsGoooo :)
I don't know
anything besides the fact that she's brasileira but I'll be sure to let you
know more and send more pics next week!
We met this
pretty interesting guy this week named Josafá, who literally is one of the most
eccentric guys I have ever met nossa (wow). We
were passing by him and we're like hey we're missionaries and he's like COME IN
RIGHT NOW, also MY SON SPEAKS ENGLISH. vai lá - fala em ingles com ele (come in and speak English with him)!!! and it turns
out that he's INSANELY well versed in the Bible and he's like that's ALL we do
in this house is read this book and then whipped out all these crazy parabolas
and personal opinions he has about the body of Moses and how Adam didn't like
Eve right #ALittleCrazyButWeLoveHim.
But we bore
our testimonies about how God has reestablished His Church today and about the
Book of Mormon, and how it was another testament of Jesus Christ. How it was
written - like the Bible - by prophets called by God to help us really know
our Savior, understand His plan of happiness for our family here on earth, and
how because of Jesus Christ as a family, we can all return back to our
heavenly home. We believe that with the Book of Mormon AND the Bible we have
two unshakeable witnesses of how God has proven His love for ALL people
in ALL parts of the world. It’s a proof that God in fact, has spoken and continues
to speak way more than just during ONE point in time or for ONE group of
people.
2 Nephi
29:9
“And I do this that I may prove unto many that I
am the same yesterday, today, and
forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own
pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not
suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet
finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time
henceforth and forever.”
The two books
of scripture only differing in that one was written about God communicating and
working miracles in the lives of people living in the Middle East, and the
other in the Americas. And if I've used scriptures with names that maybe are a
little different or that you don't recognize, they are probably scriptures from
the Book of Mormon :) .
But really
what our invite and desire was for Josafá, was that he didn't need to believe
US - but that he could ask GOD if it was really true, which really caught his
attention. Because who are we - 2 moças (girls) with
only 19/20 years under our belt, when we know that there's One who really knows
the truth of all things right. #Ask&YeShallReceive
This made me
think about how ALL of us - doesn't matter what our religious beliefs are,
whether we believe in God or go to church on a regular basis, whether we come
from a family that struggles financially or argues here and then, whatever
kind of circumstance our background or our families are, it doesn't
matter.
If you have
felt something at all when reading these letters, something that has touched
your heart, I wanted you to know that it has NOTHING to do with me and
EVERYTHING to do with He who has sent me. That the Lord has touched your heart
saying that it's true, reached out to you because He loves you and
wants YOU, His beloved child to come back to His presence.
So I'm
making an invite and a challenge - that maybe if you've never been to church
that THIS Sunday, you can find the closest Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints and make a visit, that you can get a hold of a Book of Mormon and read a
part of it to see what the fuss is all about, or for those who already know -
that you can kneel down and pray, asking the Lord (maybe for the 20th time)
that you can feel and know again in your heart if it really is
true.
And then to
have the faith to change and act upon whatever feeling, whatever prompting,
whichever direction you feel that God has lead you to.
And I know
with every fiber of my being that the Book of Mormon is true,
that it is the sacred word of God just as much as the Bible is, and it has
helped me to personally come to know my Savior as my
infinitely loving and perfect older Brother.
Mosiah 5:12
“I say unto you, I would
that ye should remember to retain the name written always in
your hearts, that ye are not found on the left hand of God, but that ye hear
and know the voice by which ye shall be called, and also, the name by which he
shall call you.”
It is
because of this book and it’s witness of Jesus Christ that I
have chosen to give up 1.5 years of my life, and I know it has the power to
change the life of any person who reads it too.
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Love you
all!!
DONT FORGET
MY CHALLENGE
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