Alrighty y’all this
week was great!
Sister de Paula is
literally amazing and I’m so glad to be her comp! I’m learning tons, she might
just end up training me again. lolz
This week we had tons
and tons of miracles, we received a lot of referrals from members each one has
so much potential! We're really excited to start teaching them!
We're teaching a
really special family, a mom and dad and their 13 year old daughter. They are receiving
the messages really well and I’ll never forget when the mom said "I’ve
been feeling like my family isn’t progressing anymore spiritually and I know
that we need to change" or when she said "so right now my family is
living a life that will lead us to the terrestrial kingdom" THEY ARE
GOLDEN. They have accepted baptismal
dates for the end of the month!
We are also teaching
some other really special people, a young man named Franklin. I’ll tell you
about him next week!
So on Monday I finally
got back to Bento with my new comp (with the keys) we arrived about 8:30 and Irma Marlene
came to get us at the bus station. And while I was really excited to get back
to my own home, I knew that we didn’t have a lick of food at home and we were
both dying of hunger. But I also didn’t have the nerve to ask Irma Marlene for
food so I just thought well we have one package of Ramon, that’ll do. Anyway we
got home and we were just both dying of hunger and I knew that a little package
of Ramon wasn’t gonna do anything to help the situation but in true missionary
fashion we just decided to do the best with what we had. And as we started to
prep the food the phone rang and it was Irma Marlene, and she asked
"sister do you guys have food?" within a few minutes she had brought
us over dinner. I am so grateful for people that are willing and worthy to act
on the promptings of the Spirit!
line of the week
Elder "Sister do
you guys have food at home"
Me "Yup-half a
bag of rice and a liter of guarana"
Elder "Bah sister
you're living in some state of poverty"
Me "Well do you
have food"
Elder "A fridge
full of cold water"
Missionary poverty is
real! But it’s not cuz we don’t have money its cuz we don’t have time to buy
food! But don’t worry Mom, today I loaded the fridge with fruits and
veggies!
Have a great week
Say your prayers and
read your scriptures!!
love, Sister Jolley
Annelise sent these pictures taken with her companions’
camera.
