From: Eliza
Marchant
Hey hey!
This has been an amazing week. We have been super busy doing tons of
different things! First of all, we had a Zone Conference this week that was
really motivating and helpful. Presidente Brum is so great. He gave a
"treinamento de poder" like usual that got me really excited to go out working
strong again. He is an ex-military colonel, so he is a little strict and
straightforward, but he always throws in a bunch of surprises and jokes. I feel
very safe and loved with him as our Presidente. He really is like a father to us
during this year and a half.
On Saturday we had a huge Relief Society fireside/party to celebrate the
birthday of the Relief Society. The RS President gave a long, inspiring talk and
Debora and us four sisters sang a special musical number called "filhas de um
Rei" that turned out really well. The Stake RS President was there and asked us
to sing in the next Stake RS program they are having. I hope I will still be
here in Ribeirão Preto!
We had a lot of investigators at this party too: Marisa, Debora, and Kayla.
Kayla is the owner of the sorveteria across the street from the Chapel. She has
been coming to our Aula de Inglês and is super sweet. She is a little timid but
still showed up even when we told her last minute. I think this was the first
Church activity she has even been to. After we finished with our closing musical
number we went down and talked to her. She was crying and said she felt really
peaceful and different. Music really can have a lot of power! I am very grateful
that all of those long years of piano lessons and choir are really paying off
every week here in Brazil. We are very excited to start really teaching Kayla
the gospel. We continue to give them lots of business too because we have a lot
of missionaries who eat a lot and like ice cream and especially açaí a LOT. Wow,
açaí is the best thing in the world.
Speaking of music, Elder Ruberson is at it again. He put together an
audition choir of about 28 missionaries to create a program for julho with songs
about the Restoration. We have rehearsals once a month on a Preparation Day. He
has chosen some hard but beautiful music that I am very excited to work on. I am
also excited because this time I will be able to sing alto instead of play
piano. Don´t get me wrong, I LOVE the piano, but it will be a nice change to
sing in a choir again. I Love to sing! Our first rehearsal was today, and we
have a really fun group. Elder Ruberson asked me and Sister Sperry to be his
assistent directors. I don´t do very much except help during sectionals but I am
really enjoying it.
Sunday was a great day at Church again! (see below). We had a new
investigator Nathali at Church who is a 20 year old college student. We actually
haven´t ever taught her a real lesson yet but keep running into her in the
street. We invited her to Church and said a prayer with her on the sidewalk this
week. We went to pick her up and even though it was raining super hard she came
with us through the rivers in the streets. She really liked Church and is
excited for General Conference!
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited for General Conference. I have been
waiting for this for months! We taught Carlos our cemetary gaurd friend about
prophets and General Conference this week and he also thought it was really cool
that we have modern prophets. He also promised to come to a few sessions this
weekend. His only problem is that he works on Sunday. But if he can change his
schedule around somehow I think he would start coming to Church every week and
could get baptized and confirmed quickly. He is a diamond in the rough!
Marisa and her girls continue to progress a lot as well. Marisa is a little
stubborn and very Espítita, but I think she is going to start changing a lot too
with the help of the gospel. She committed to stop drinking beer and coffee this
week. It will be difficult for her to give up coffee but we have plans and I
know she will succeed.
Everything is going really well! I love you all and really could write for
hours if I had the time. Keep living life strong!
Love,
Sister Marchant
Olá Presidente!
Estou continuando aprender e crescer cada dia um pouco mais. Esta semana
foi um pouco diferente com a Conferência de Zonas e uma atividade grande do
Sociedade de Socorro em nossa ala e o novo coral, mas tivemos muito sucesso
também. Debora foi confirmada! A reunião foi muito boa e a bênção foi exatamente
o que ela precisava. As outras Sísteres e nós e Debora também cantamos uma
música especial durante a reunião sacramental. O Espiríto foi forte e tudo mundo
estava feliz. Foi um ótimo dia.
Nós também estamos ensinando um Carlos quem é o chefe do cemitério aqui em
Campos Eliseos. Ele é MUITO chique e quer mudar sua vida muito. Ele é
inteligente e entende tudo que nós ensinamos. Está animado assistir Conferência
Geral e achou que profetas modernos são bem legais. Ele está disposto ser
batizado também, o único problema é que ele trabalha todos os domingos. Seria
muito difícil mudar o horário dele mas vamos trabalhar mais com ele e enfocar no
Dia do Senhor.
Na verdade, aquela prática que nós fizemos no Conferência sobre o Dia do
Senhor foi muito útil já o próximo dia. Nós encontramos uma moça na rua com quem
tivemos falado algumas vezes antes, mas nunca deu certo ensinar ela. Nós falamos
sobre a Igreja e convidou ela ir esta semana. Nós andamos a sua casa ontem e
apenas de muito chuva, ela andou conosco para a Igreja! Ela gostou MUITO e esta
animada sobre Conferência Geral também. Nossos pesquisadores são progredindo
muito e nós estamos muito animadas por eles.
Nós estamos felizes e saudáveis. O coral vai ser muito bom também e é uma
honra ser uma parte dele. Temos muitas bênçãos de ser missionários e o Senhor
está nos cuidando.
Obrigada por uma Conferência maravilhosa!
Hello
President !I am
continuing to learn and grow every day a little more . This
week was a little different with the Conference of zones and a large activity of
the Relief Society in our ward and new coral, but we had a lot of success too.
Debora was confirmed ! The
meeting was very good and the blessing was exactly what she needed .
The
other Sisters and Debora and we also sing a special song during sacrament
meeting. The spirit was strong
and everything else was happy. It was a great day.We
are also teaching a Carlos who is the head of the cemetery here at Elysian
Fields. He
is VERY chic and want to change your life much . He is smart and
understands everything we teach . Is
excited to watch General Conference and found that modern prophets are pretty
cool . He
is willing to be baptized too, the only problem is that he works every Sunday .
It
would be very difficult to change his schedule but we will work with it and
focus more on the Sabbath .In
fact , this practice we did in the Conference on the Lord's Day was very useful
since the next day. We
found a girl in the street who had spoken a few times before but never worked
teach her. We talked
about the church and invited her to go this week . We
walked home yesterday and just really rain, she walked us to the Church !
She
liked this and VERY excited about General Conference too. Our
researchers are making great progress and we are very excited for them
.We are happy and
healthy . The
choir will also be very good and it is an honor to be a part of it .
We
have many blessings to be missionaries and the Lord is watching
us.Thank you
for a wonderful conference !
Síster Marchant
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