FELIZ ANIVERSARIO WADE AND KALLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Time has
flown by! I remember the wedding! Look at how fast time just goes!
Alight first off, transfers won’t be till Wednesday. I think
president likes having transfers in the middle of the week. So I will find out
what happens tomorrow night. I will let you all know what happens next week :) It’ll
be exciting!!! :) I would love to stay in Matosinhos for my whole mission if I
could. Love these people. I started crying when we were talking to some of the
members. I don’t know how you can get better than the members here in
Matosinhos.
This week was interesting...So Sister Elliott had really bad back
pain. She couldn’t walk, she couldn’t sit up, and she could barely roll out of
bed. On Tuesday we went to the hospital and got it looked out. She said she
only felt pain on her left side. You can imagine how I was feeling. I had some
serious flashbacks to senior year. I got super scared when she was saying her
symptoms and I felt like I was reliving my pain. She had it x-rayed and it came
back normal so that was a HUGE relief. She was put on some muscle relaxants and
a light dose of painkiller. Let’s just say she was super tired and her body was
feeling pretty lax! I was so proud of her though!! She got up everyday and we
could go out and work for a few hours. She needed to rest a few times during
the day, which of course we did. I knew exactly the kind of pain she was
probably experiencing.
This week we met with one of the recent convert/less active members
and he was sooo cool!!!! He’s 16 and he’s been working 2 jobs, soccer, school,
driving school, and something else that I don’t remember. Such a miracle that
we could meet with him! He loves the gospel he just can’t make it to church
with his job schedule. It’s the first time I’ve met him since I’ve been here
and that’s been a long time!
This week we spent a whole afternoon with Carla making and cutting
out hearts. She wanted to go heart attack a family in our ward! SHE IS THE
CUTEST!!! I love her so much!!!!!! We made so many cute hearts and flowers and
clouds and went and heart attacked this family that she loves. She turned to
both Sister Elliott and I and said that she doesn’t want us to get transferred.
A lot of the members asked us to ask president if we could stay in the area. I
was so happy and sad at the same time. I love these people so much!!! These members
are the best! Nazaré and Carla both said that they were going to send a letter
to president to have me stay. I was very honored that they said that about me.
Man, I LOVE THIS WARD!!! Carla made us a lot of cute notes and sayings for us
to always remember her. We made her some too. It was adorable!!
On Saturday I’m pretty sure I received the best rejection I’ve had
so far! In the moment it was horrible but after wards we couldn’t help but
laugh! So we’ve been trying to see this lady named Tina that we met like 3
months ago, we would pass by and call but nothing. So we passed by one more
time and ended up meeting her on the street. She told us she didn’t have the
courage to tell us that she wasn’t interested and didn’t really want to talk to
us but that we could still be friends, while she was denying us this other guy
came storming by and totally started yelling at us. He’d said he’d go to church
but didn’t but that we could see him on Monday. We didn’t respond so when he
saw us talking to Tina he flipped. He got super close to my face and started
poking us. And then Tina tried to calm him down and they got in a little fight
and then he stormed off and Tina said goodbye. Wow was it dramatic!
WE FOUND WALDA!!! We’ve been trying to get a hold of Beatriz and we
finally found her!!!! We can finally start talking and teacher her now!!!
STOKED!!!!!
And yesterday...I got told that I was going to be playing the piano
5 minutes before sacrament meeting...Without any practice. I was shaking so
hard!!!! But it turned out surprisingly good! I am I so grateful for piano!!!
In the Portuguese himnos they were 66, 115, 153, and 74. WOW. Love my talents
:)
I love you all so much!! I can’t believe its already September!!
Seems like it should be May. I love this work. I can’t wait to see what this
next transfer has in store!!! I know the Lord knows me and what I am capable
of. He knows me perfectly and He knows my struggles. I love Him so much and couldn’t
be more honored to be His missionary. I love the work; the people and I love my
companion. To me, my mission has been a success. The experiences that I’ve had
are just incredible and I wish I could record everyday and do everyday over
again, even in the rain. I love it so much!!!
I love you all!!
Sister Hillam
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