Oi
família! como vocês estão!? Estou bem, trabalhando bastante e aprendendo como
confiar no senhor. Amo minha missão e como todos os dias é um privilegio servir
O Senhor. (Hi family! how are you all doing?? I am well, working a lot and
learning how to trust in the Lord. I love my mission and how every day is a
privilege to serve the Lord). So this week was fabulous! A great start into the
new transfer! We got a few referrals that we are hoping to be chosen people who
are ready for us :) This week I got to do some contacts in front of the
"chapel" not the temple. We have switched it up a bit where we now
invite people to take a tour of the church. It was really cool actually, and
one was a huge struggle because this guy didn’t speak much Portuguese or
English but French and Creole. I hope he was able to feel the spirit :)
Paola
is progressing so well! I love our lessons with her because she is so receptive
to what we have to say and to what her father says as well. Marcilio has great
insights as well even with only 2 years of membership. He gives great metaphors
(which I am all for) and we always leave having gained something more.
Something Marcilio said was that he knew our parents were so proud of us for
our work and dedication. As he kept talking about this I was overcome with a
sweet comfort that our work is being accepted by my Father in Heaven and my
wonderful earth parents as well. I have been way too lucky to have grown up in
the Oldroyd/Glazier home. Thank you so much for all you do :) Marcilio was able
to remind me of this profound truth and reality.
I’m
overjoyed to start another transfer! I so want to be in all the places the Lord
has planned for me to be and do all that is on my to do list. I hope that by my
actions and faith, the Lord is able to check off the things He has on Sister
Sydney Oldroyd’s list :)
A
fun experience was going to Outback for lunch! Something funny here is they
drink lots of Chá Matte or tea or something. It’s ok to drink and we got ice
cold peach tea! It was awesome! There was also that fried onion bush
thing...and I ate a hamburger :) Let’s just say they were impressed when I ate
everything and drank two huge mugs of tea haha. It also made me happy to see
that I felt great and not even over full afterward. Yay! I still have a decent
sized stomach haha.
This
Sunday there was a tender mercy of two people showing up to church and it was
because two members brought them! Look at how much of a help members are to us!
One member brought their son who isn’t a member and another was a visiting
member who brought his coworker. It was awesome and such a blessing cause our
planned investigators cancelled on us at 8:59 Sunday morning....thank you Lord!
It was also a tender mercy seeing a couple of less actives come to church :)
They are such wonderful people and just need to come back! I had the great opportunity
to bear my testimony. I was a bit nervous cause our ward was pretty full but
knew I just had to bear testimony on Love. I can’t deny the Love I have felt
and gained on this mission experience. I got up there and obviously just forgot
all I had planned and forgot all Portuguese but managed to say a few things
until I said "I’m so grateful for my mission and how I feel..... so much
love" I teared up a bit and had to compose myself as I felt the love of
the Lord wash over me one more time.
I know I can better my Portuguese. I know
others say more profound things but to me, it’s about sincerity, it’s about how
the words feel like I said before. I can’t explain everything that goes on
during the mission in just a weekly letter but I can repeat over and over that
this is the Work of the Lord; That I have been filled with His Love because of
this Labor of Love; That He isn’t expecting perfection but my Best. He's
expecting my work as Sister Oldroyd in the Brasil São Paulo Oeste missão
because He chose this place for me. This is my place. This is my time. This is
my year and a half to dedicate everything to Him. Are my actions and decisions
making God proud? How can I be filled with Charity? I still have so many
questions but I know the act of asking questions shows a sincere desire to
learn and I can testify that I want to learn. It’s a promise in D&C 131 (I
think) that we take all our knowledge with us to heaven. So it’s my invitation
for you all to get going! Don’t let time waste! How are you learning more and
retaining that knowledge? Let’s all go to heaven a little wiser and a lot more
spiritually strong. Let’s go back true children of God :)
Boa
Semana! Te Amo! Beijos!
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