Sister Barbie

 

As the title suggests.... I have a new NICKNAME which I'm not exactly a huge fan of.... haha not gonna lie. When I was in the MTC a lot of the hispanic sisters would call me Sister Barbie but I kinda just thought it was because they'd never seen an American before or a person with blue eyes. EH. nope. haha

everyone told me Londrina has a good mix of dark skinned and light skinned folks & that Id blend right in! Well whoever gave me that information was sorely mistaken. I dunno what it is about it here or if its just Brazil in general but the homems or men here have absolutely no shame in blatantly STARING at me. And the moças or women are really no different.

Shouldve dyed my hair black before coming out here... then again my nickname prolly wouldve been Katy Perry & I honestly dont know which is worse! hahaha oh well. Gotta laugh right? 

Anyway, had my first zone conference which was much needed. Not gonna lie, true to my self, I end up making an idiot of myself again. Haha Pres G called on me randomly to give a comment & I fumbled through my horrible Portuguese painfully aware of the stares of other missionaries who have no prob with their Portuguese. So embarrassing! But whatevs. I provide comic relief, so its all good.

Afterwards we watched 17 Miracles (or 17 Milagres) and it was pretty good. Theres a song they used in there that I absolutely loved--calledSavior Redeemer of My Soul. Seriously AMAZING. Honestly, BJ, Mom look it up! 

Wont lie to you, this week has had its ups & downs as Im sure most missions do right? Even in a single day I can go from higher than the atmosphere & then back down again in a ditch as far as my mood goes. I have a feeling once the language gets better I'll be more comfortable in my own skin. 

Did have a wonderful experience at church yesterday. Theres a young rapaz or young man named L whos very interested in the church & he came to sacrament yesterday & I invited him to be baptized!!! Freakin awesome because he accepted! :) it was great. 

Other than that not much has happened. Wanted to share with yall an excerpt from my journal if ya dont mind.

Im sitting in gospel principles after commenting in my broken portuguese about eternal marriage. The teacher started saying something else & something thats never happened before happened. I thought about every particle every aspect every thing in the Gospel & I felt so deeply all of a sudden--a vibration or an echo in my bones like after a triangle has been struck during a song. & I knew--I knew with tears in my eyes that this Gospel is true. Almost as if I could see a part of heaven--as if a strong wind blew up part of the curtain that separates us from the other side. I adore this religion & I cannot deny the validity & truthfullness of this Gospel.

Love you all so very much!!! 

oh by the way, my address is 

Brazil Londrina Mission

Rua Higienopolis 1100 Sala 61

86020-911 Londrina-PR

Brazil 

:) spread the word! letters make my week SERIOUSLY. especially for the next little bit. please keep me in your prayers, because youre constantly in mine.

oh & my pdays are always on mondays :)

xoxo