We decided this week that we were going to close the area we
were working in and start working in an area that is longer away. The sisters
have been working in the same area for almost a year now and we were feeling
like everybody already has had contact with the missionaries. Unfortunately,
because the sisters hadn't worked there in a long time, it was a little rough
starting out but I'm sure this week will be better because we both feel so
strongly that that is where we are supposed to be working.
S Souza thinks that this city was made by the same people
that made Minecraft because all the houses are weird, I thought Luke would
enjoy that.
We are taking care of a bunch of sisters this transfer. 5
companionships, which is 2 more companionships than all the other sister
leaders, but we are both super excited. We went with Irma Nara to a store this
week and are putting together Christmas packages for them, and it is going to
be really cute. I hope they like them. One of the sisters is S Marino!!!! I am
really happy about that.
This week was the ward Christmas party and President said
that we could stay if we wanted to, which we of course wanted to. It was the
most Christmas I have seen my whole time here. Christmas just isn't a huge deal
here, there aren't a ton of trees or lights or any of that stuff that we have
back home, but the Christmas party had all of that. They had a live nativity
with the primary kids, and it was super cute.
There was a moment this week when S Souza thought she knew
where we were and she screamed the name of the person we were trying to find,
but she really didn't know where we were and yelled at the wrong house. I felt
bad for laughing so had, but she was so confident in herself and then ended up
running and hiding across the street.
We went and talked to a woman named Lucia, and ended up
finding out that her husband hits her and her kids. She just dumped her whole
life story on us after we had been there for only 10 minutes and we ended up
staying for 2 hours trying to help her. But she doesn't think that he has a
problem with her, she is mostly just upset that her oldest daughter fights back
with him. We showed her the Steven Bangerter talk from October about families
and she got super quiet and told us that she thinks what he was saying is
really important. We shall see what comes out of it this week...
S Souza wasn't feeling too well on Saturday so we asked the
irmao that works at our apartment to give her a blessing. You could tell that
he wasn't feeling too well either and that he was really nervous, but he gave
her a super simple blessing and at the end told her that Heavenly Father is
happy with all the efforts that she is using for this area. He was crying, she
was crying, I wasn't crying (new, I know) and he told us that while it wasn't a
blessing for him, it was the blessing he had needed to give to feel better as
well. I thought that was super cool.
Raiane did not get baptized this week. There is drama in the
mom department with her, and ended with her asking us to pray that Silvia
breaks up with her boyfriend. Which we won't do, but that comment threw us
through a loop for sure.
We are trying to help Gabriel, Irma Roses grandson, see that he needs to serve a mission and it is proven difficult. But he came to church
yesterday and stayed the whole time which was a Christmas miracle.
Anywhos, that's what I got for now, I am super excited to
talk to you guys next week!!! I love you!!
Sister Heiner
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My companion <3
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Look who I found.
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Playing with play-dough.
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Isabelle presenting her spoon.
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Isabelle took a picture of how we were teaching Rai.
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The sunset after a huge rain storm.
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They worship this statue.
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Our presents for the sisters halfway put together.
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Our mission leader teaching us how
to live life after the
mission, hahha.
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