December 10, 2018

Hello!!

I thought I´d just start out by letting you all know that I have 9 days until I come home! hahaha it doesn´t feel real! 

Anyway, this week has been good! Lots of things happened, we had splits on Thursday! I love my sister leaders! Sister Hirtle got sick again, so I left with Sister Rocha in the morning to contact Eliana (media referral) and she is a firecracker! Before she asked for a Book of Mormon, she watched the Joseph Smith movie, others church movies, and searched about the Book of Mormon! She was so excited to start reading! She´s from another faith, but her testimony in missionary work is incredible--we´re excited to really start teaching her and her family! 

In the afternoon, I went to São Miguel with Sister Castillo and we ate lunch, visited Leyticia that was baptized this lastSaturday, and we taught Jhonathan, who accepted the invitation to be baptized as well! We were on fire!!

At night, Sister Hirtle regained some strength to visit Maria in our area, and we were able to see that she wasn´t ready yet to be baptized. It was sad, but we understand that some people need more time than others. Thursday was super effective!!

But in the past few days, the pain in my companion´s legs has gotten worse. Please pray for her!!

I love you all! Until December 20!!

Sister Carlson

December 3, 2018

Hello everyone!!

Wow, this week has been great!! Well, it ended well, but the beginning was a good learning experience as well!

So we started this week with lots of appointments marked, but everything kept falling through! To be honest, I was getting a little frustrated because Sister Hirtle was finally better, so why was nothing working out? Oh, ye of little faith hahaha. We still kept working, but I was a little sad that nothing was working out. But I didn´t have to worry, the Lord prepared the way for us!

On Saturday, Light the World started! Sister Hirtle and I were able to go to a nursing home and talk to the people there. There were some seriously tormented souls there, and we were able to comfort a few of them. At the end, we were allowed to sing two Christmas hymns, and we both felt the spirit enter the house, and they recognized it too. It was a sweet experience, and I was grateful that after some dissappointments, we were able to help in such a real way.

So Saturday was blessed, but Sunday was truly the day of the Lord! After church, we taught a member´s boyfriend. This is the third lesson, and we felt that it was time to invite him to be baptized. And he accepted with so much excitement, we were blown away!! The Lord has truly prepared him for this moment, and we´re hoping that he´ll be baptized my last Sunday on the mission! What a joy it is to serve the Lord, to be His hands!!

I love you all!! Two weeks!

Sister Carlson