I don’t even know where to begin this week was THE
BESTEST!!!
So to start, we went proselyting in the busiest street in Sao
Paulo and it was amazing!! We got to hand out six Books of Mormon and had some
great experiences like the first guy we talked to was so excited about the bible
and so excited to know there was something that goes with the bible. Another
one that I really liked was when we decided to talk to the guy standing next to
us waiting to cross the street and we just started talking. He told us how his
friend is Mormon and he was so excited when we gave him a book because he said he’s
always has kind of wanted to know more. So, that started the week off
really well!! Also, my comp is fabulous and because she knows Spanish her
Portuguese is loads better than mine, so I would always start the conversation
and when I couldn’t remember a word she was right there to pick up what I was
saying. Sooo good!!
On Sunday a few points from the talks and devotional that I
really liked were: we need to have patience, obedience, hope, and humility on
our missions, we need to work hard= bring the spirit=teaching with the
spirit=touching hearts=no homesickness because you’re focused on the
work. The best point though was Heavenly Father expects perseverance not
perfection and it’s so true. As long as
we are doing all that we can to be like him, he will help us the rest of the
way. I have felt that so much this week in our lessons as I try to learn Portuguese
and understand what people are saying and how I should respond.
I also gave the Relief Society lesson this week and it went well.
I had lots of questions to ask the class and a lot of scriptures to discuss. And
luckily some of the girls were big into story telling. We talked a lot
about baptism;
We also had FHE as a floor that night, which was so good. They talked about the iron rod and how we
need to keep moving to get closer to the tree to partake of the fruit. They
even gave us the greatest marshmallows EVER!! They were rainbow and looked like
little rods. Anyway, sadly those Brazilians that gave the lesson left this week,
but they are going to be amazing in the field.
My comp and I have been on fire this week with our lessons and
listening to the spirit to know what to teach, especially in our member lesson because
we kind of were prepared but not fully. But it went really well and you could
feel the spirit as we taught.
On the Tuesday devotional I really liked the point that we need
to believe love it, live it and teach it; harder the work the better the
work and 18 months to serve a life time to remember.
My comp reminds me a little of Gina, so we get along so
well. She’s from Arizona; but she
sadly is not going to my mission.
The Brazilians pronouncing my name are hilarious. They cannot do
it. My teacher just mumbles something
that vaguely sounds like Neuberger. We all get a kick out of it.
Also, this week the dryers stopped working so we had to make
forts out of our clothes to get them to dry which was quite fun! They also had
fruit soup this week which is my favorite and it had mangos and kiwi in
it!! And the oatmeal had oatmeal in it all week!!,
I realized this week that Elder Hatch in my district is a
mixture of Noah and Daniel Larson so it’s way funny every time he talks.
And it turns out Elder Taylor knows Noah from Sky Mountain. SMALL WORLD!!
Some Spanish elders from Spain came this week and they told us
about how they lived in the US for a while and how people always thought they
were from the US till they talked and then they were like whaattt?? and they
always thought it was hilariouus!
Lastly this week we played a lot of volleyball and last night I
was on the guys’ team because my skills have improved a little. But not fully
because at one point I got wrecked by the ball and Elder Taylor because neither
of us called for the ball. But I was fine and he was fine and I just died of
laughter.
We also got our teacher off topic yesterday and he told us all
about the cookies and corruption and culture in Brazil. Oh, and my old
teacher just got engaged!! We’re all excited for her.
Anyway, have a fabulous week!! Love you all!!
Sister Neuberger
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