MY COMPANION IS HERE!!! She finally got her visa, and she's
finally HERE! I honestly didn't think it was ever going to happen, so I
was kind of shocked when my old district came and found me to tell me
the news. I got to meet her today at lunch and
talk to her for a few minutes, and she seems awesome. Here's what I
know so far: Her name is Sister Young, she's from Oregon, went to
BYU-Idaho, has an amazing singing voice, and will be serving her mission
in Porto Alegre Norte. I'm so excited to get to
know her better. It's going to be weird since we'll only have a few
weeks to really get to know each other and get used to teaching
together, and then we'll be leaving the CTM! I'll have the rest of my
P-Day today and then as soon as she's finished with
all of her orientations and stuff, I'll be headed back to my original
district. Crazy! I'm also moving rooms again, so I have to re-pack all
of my stuff and carry it down the hall...for the 2nd time here at the
CTM. haha, and then only 2 more weeks till
I get to pack it all up AGAIN and leave for Londrina! I just can't
seem to find a place to settle. :P :) But I'm excited! And kind of
sad to be leaving Sis. Brundage and Butterfield and the rest of my
district here. It's been awesome, and it really was
JUST what I needed. But they'll be leaving here for the field on
TUESDAY, so I guess I wouldn't have that much time left with them
anyways... (Guess what they would have done for that last week if my
companion hadn't come? ....they were going to put me with
a BRAZILIAN district!! Cool, right?)
Oh, and guessssss what else happened this week? Since I've been
with the older district, I got to go PROSELYTING with them for the first
time on Monday! It was CRAZY and awesome and hard, but I loved it! It
made all of this seem so much more real, like
we've actually been studying and working and learning for a REASON. It
was exhilarating to talk to people about the gospel and even better
when they actually listened! :) Everyone we talked to was sooo nice,
even if they weren't particularly interested
in what we had to say. They were all very polite and friendly, and
talked verrrryyyyy slow so we could understand them. :) We were able
to give away 4 Book of Mormons, and I think each one went to someone
who'll read it and appreciate it and hopefully it
will help them find the Church! One sweeeeet old lady named Lucia (we
invited her to church and she said "I'll be there! I'll look for you
there!" :) it was so sad to have to tell her that we wouldn't be
there...), a lady who teaches history at a public
school, who asked for a second copy for her sister....oh, and we found
this cute little park and met a mom and her little daughter on the
playground. One of the other companionships in our district had already
talked to her and given her a Book of Mormon,
but we talked with her for a little bit anyways. She seemed really
awesome and her daughter was ADORABLE, 3 years old. :) We testified of
the message the other missionaries had shared with her and told her we
knew it was true, and she said, "I know, it must
be! You wouldn't all be here sharing it with people if it wasn't!"
Only in Portuguese. :) It was so cool. It really made me realize how
right she was...I'm here because it's TRUE, and because I know it's
true, and I want other people to be able to know
that, too!
Okay, well I'd better get off pretty quick here. I hope you're all
doing great! I love you all so much. I love
showing off pictures and telling stories and talking about how awesome
my family is. :D Thanks so much for your love and support, I don't
know what I'd do without you guys!!
Alright, até mais!
Love,
Sister Gee
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