I am loving my new area, at first I was a bit confused as to why I was sent away so suddenly to another area, but now I know! I am so happy to be here in Campos Novos, and can definitely see my purpose here!
My new comp is sister Howell, who is amazing! She is seriously one of the best missionaries I know, and I am learning so much with her! We are having fun and working hard together which is the best! And we are going to die together (finish our missions) so that is going to be crazy!
Here are some highlights from the week:
- First of all, I rode to Campos Novos in a SUPER sketchy bus. Which was an adventure, but the scenery was beautiful, with the huge farms, and valleys. I got there safely and we passed New Years Eve with Elder and Sister Stadler who are the senior couple in our area! Then sister Barbosa and I got up at midnight to see the fireworks from our balcony. I can ́t believe that it is already 2020!!
- Our apartment is super funny, the shower handle shocks you when you touch it, and there are a bunch of funny problems. When I first got here I got shocked 4 times because I kept forgetting not to touch it hahaha! I am excited to move to our new apartment tomorrow, but this one has been an adventure!
- We have been having a lot of success this week with finding new people to teach! On new years day we knocked doors all day and found so many potentials.
- It was way cool because when we were knocking doors we got to teach a huge family with 17 people!! When we asked them if we could come back it was super silent, but then a couple said that we could visit them! We visited them and taught them about the restoration and the spirit was so so strong, we are super excited about Paloma and Douglas!
- There are a ton of Haitians here, so we are going to have to learn so creole.. but they are super faithful and humble people, and we are excited about teaching them.
- We also found another super sweet family when we were knocking doors, that without saying a thing let us in and we taught them the restoration, everything clicked for them too which was a blessing. When we left there was a HUGE rain and hail storm and we got drenched way fast; As you all know I love rain, so it was the best, but also super dangerous to climb the hill we had to climb to get back. So we said a prayer, and literally when we said the prayer the hail stopped and the rain got lighter! Then it stopped completely and a double rainbow appeared! It was a miracle!
- We also started teaching this sweet lady named Salete, who we invited to be baptized, and invited to church. She said she has a hard time waking up, so we went to pick her up on Sunday! We got there and she was already waiting in the front of her house, and said that she hadn´t been able to sleep very well and woke up early to get ready! A blessing! She loved church so much, and the spirit was so strong, and she stayed for the baptism that was after church! It was so sweet and she said she loved it.
I love you all! Remember that what the Lord is asking of us really isn´t much (if you love me keep my commandments). A phrase that I heard this week that I loved was "The lord makes a miracle out of the basic things he asks us to do." It is so true, remember, "By small and simple things great things come to pass!!" This year look for small things that you could improve on to follow the Savior, and you will see miracles!
Love,
Sister Crofts
Missão Brasil Florianópolis
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