Week 60 -- messages of love from our Heavenly Father

Wow this week was just FILLED to the MAX gente (people)!!

MINHA FILHA É DA HORA. (MY DAUGHTER IS FROM THE HOUR.)

Sister Figueiredo

literalmente eu acho que vou aprender MUITO mais do que ensinar kkk (I literally think I will learn MUCH more from her than I will be teaching her). Her name is Sister Figueiredo and she's also from São Paulo (#fabrica) but instead of the capital like my last companion - she lives closer to the beach! It's still funny because she still hasn't passed the 1 MONTH mark and this morning she was like 'man, it's been a MONTH since I've listened to any music!!' 

and I'm just like.. honey. 

#quase14mesesaqui (#almost 14 months) #waityoumeanlikeNOTMoTab?? 

She's 22 and is insanely in tune with the spirit, when she teaches - she's really able to be able to say EXACTLY what God needs that person to hear and she has already inspired and blown me away with her testimony. #ItsOnlyBeenAWeek #mãeabençoada (#BlessedMother) #obrigadaPaiCelestial<3 (#ThankYouHeavenlyFather)

Elaine and her mãe (mom) when we had our last goodbye  #EveryoneCried <3

So this week was super blessed and also tough on the heart strings because we had to say goodbye to Elaine and her family. The moments that we've shared with them and the power of the spirit touching each and every one of our hearts will be something that none of us will ever forget. We passed by and shared our testimonies about how real it is that our families can be together forever and how much God loves and cherishes them. The gospel is so pure and amazing, that it will always be something that blesses their family even after we've left. Because I know that it's not the missionaries who have this light, but they simplesmente (simply) reflect and carry the light, love, and hope of our Savior. 

I heard once that missionaries are like cartas de amor de nosso Pai Celestial (messages of love from our Heavenly Father) for all the world and it really resonated in me. And I know that although I, Sister Staheli, won't be able to take care of them personally, that we were leaving them in pretty good hands. #HeavenlyFathersGotItCovered 

the district with 2 amigos adotados (adopted friends) - one who finished the mission and was waiting for his parents to come pick him up and the other mexicano from my group chilling with us for a week

 we walk close to the train tracks every day

jessie -  here on the mish - was the first person here in Natal more than a year ago #woahhhh 

me doing a fab job training my ridiculously awesome filha (daughter) by having her call all of our appointments hehe :) #powerpack 

Just wanted to talk quickly about NAYARA who the Lord has mercifully placed in our lives and how much I LOVE HER. The entire week before her baptism she was practically bouncing off the walls, unable to bear the long days leading up to her baptism. We would arrive and she would say - 'I'm going to say the first AND the last prayer today okay??' 

NAYARA <3

And when we asked about the Book of Mormon and if she was able to read, she said that she read just one scripture and started to feel something she had never felt before and started to cry. She made the most BEAUTIFUL chocolate cake I have ever seen in my life completely by herself (11 anos (years old)) complete with brigadeiro and sprinkles, and when I asked how she felt after being baptized, she was in the bathroom stall and didn't say anything (which is crazy because she's ALWAYS talking). She left and I asked again, thinking she hadn't heard and then I looked at her and she just was balling, her eyes completely filled with tears, the happiest I had ever seen anyone in my entire life. When she received the Holy Ghost, she said that she felt strange, like someone was literally hugging her in that moment, but hugging her in her heart. 

Man I can't even get over how much I love my Savior or how much I know how real His love is for us.

Be like a missionary and seja uma carta de amor do Senhor (be a messenger of love from Heavenly Father) for someone who really needs it!! 

LOVE YOU ALL, 

Sister Staheli <3