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| A little fun on her last p-day! |
Monday, July 25, 2016
Monday, July 18, 2016
2nd to last P-day and Straight on to Home!
Well HAPPY BIRTHDAYS AND HAPPY ANIVERSARIES!!!!!! I’m really happy
that everyone is growing up!! Year well done! :)
I don’t have much time today due to a birthday lunch for one of our
members but just to recap our adventures this past week!
1. We visited our 10-member family and taught about faith and gave
them seeds and right after the lesson they went a planted the seeds in a pot! It
was the cutest thing ever! I’m in love with that family!
2. Sister Hillam´s foot was still pretty swollen so we were careful
with it all week until the baptism day! She’s a trooper!
3. I went on a division with one of the Sisters to teach Paula and I’m
pretty sure Paula scared the Sister...she said she was scared to say
anything... so great! Paula is one of a kind. :)
4. Quinta-feira we had to do a few errands for the baptism and then
get a ride to Bea´s interview, and it only took about 10 minutes, which freaked
me out in the beginning! She passed and oh my goodness was she excited!! It
made me so happy!
5. BEA WAS BAPTIZED!!!!! She showed up late to her own baptism! haha
so great! Her stepfather actually went to the hospital due to kidney stones. So
she walked into the church alone. Man did I feel like momma bear after that!
She was so happy to be baptized though. We heard her pray about how thankful
she was for the church and meeting the Sisters. I love her so much!!
6. Saturday was the first day that we actually left the house to go
work and it was so good! We didn’t over due it but we got out and walked and
talked to a few people. We both really needed to get out, not that we were mad
at each other but more as in there was nothing more we could do in the house.
We basically just sat and laughed in the house everyday we were together. Let’s
just say the week passed by really fast just because there was never a moment
that we weren’t telling stories.
7. Sunday Bea received the Holy Ghost! She was so happy and turned
to us and said, `I now know that I have a father and a family that is going to
help me. ` I asked, A father?` She turned to me and said `Yeah, a Heavenly
Father and a family here at church.` I just wanted to cry and how simply she
said it.
It was a great week. I can’t tell you how much I would love to stay
one more transfer just to be a missionary. Christ is my best friend. One day
this week I was feeling a lot of pain in my back that spread to my stomach and
it hurt to bend or move. It was super strange so I remember praying for the
strength to walk and then I just started to walk because I knew the only way to
use my faith was by working. So I started walking and after 30 minutes I could
barely feel the pain. He suffered for our pains so that we can be strengthened.
How grateful I am for the knowledge of the atonement. I love the mission.
Sister Hillam is the best and I couldn’t have been more blessed!! Love you all
so much! Have a fantastic week!!!
Sister Hillam
p.s. Can you keep Sister Costa in your prayers? Her dad passed away
this week. Please put her on the temple roll. Thank you so much.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
BEST MISSION IN THE WORLD!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today is a big day!!!!! I
hope it’s full of lots of slobbery kisses from Porter and Ivy :) You’re the
best!!1 :)
Anyway so lets get going on our week! It seems like a long week but
it seems like yesterday that i was emailing! Anyway, last Monday after we
emailed we started off to working and you would not believe what happened! We
were teaching Ana Sofia the 2nd lesson and we kept getting messages from a
member of the ward asking where we were. So finally I answered and they said
they were going to come and pick us up. So we asked why and she said 2 sisters
were here visiting. We get to the chapel and guess who it was...SISTER
BRUNDAGE!!!!!!! I haven’t seen or talked to her since my first transfer!!!!!
SUCH A SURPRISE!!!! It was a super great day to end the P-day!
Then on Tuesday we played Just Dance with Bea and Ana. We actually didn’t
play, we just watched and supported from the sideline. Man I love Ana and Bea.
They are the cutest girls ever! Ana is 11 and Bea is 13, and they are elect! But
sadly Ana´s mom had a flip out this week and won’t let her be baptized because
Ana´s dad wants her to. So the mom said no. But she wants to and will be when she’s
18...it’s so sad. But now we are just waiting for the dad to leave to talk to
the mom.
Normal day on quarta and quinta but then on sexta, we finally moved
houses!! We’d been cleaning all week and organizing all the stuff to move out
and finally the move happened! It took from 10 to 7 to move! You would not
believe how wonderful it was so finally be out! So the rest of the week we were
cleaning up and putting together the new house. I can’t tell you how glad I am
to be in the new house, even if it is for just 3 weeks. We got everything new.
New kitchen, washing machine, house, everything.
Sunday we went and got Bea and she pulled us aside and said she
needed to be baptized this week so we should be having a baptism this week! She
will be leaving to Porto next week so she wouldn’t have been able to be
baptized. So we announced her baptism and now we need to rush to put a program
together but she’s so excited! Also, PORTUGAL WON THE EURO CUP!!!!! Portugal
exploded!!!! So we had pancake night with Ana and Bea with Miguel and his
family and we were eating our pancakes and hearing gasps of those that were
watching. Then we got home and outside of our house erupted! MY COUNTRY IS THE
BEST!!!! Portugal!!!!!! So great!
Monday we got up early to go to the conference with Elder Kearon. It
was only 3 hours. I love my
mission. We have the best president who is just full of love and respect for
every single one of us. Seeing the whole mission was great. It was a good way
to say goodbye to past companions and to see those that I’ve served with. So
great! Then we turned around ate food, and then went to the hospital. For the
past few days Sister Hillam´s foot has been huge with water. So we took her to
the hospital in Porto because they don’t have a good place in Viseu. So we went
and come to find out she’s not allowed to walk for the week and she needs to
ice every 2 hours. So that was exciting and we missed our bus back to Viseu so
we stayed with Sisters in Porto and had nothing for the night! It was an
adventurous day and Sister Hillam celebrated 2 months on the mission!!!! Such a
great way to celebrate!
I love the mission. It’s the best one in the world. I love Sister
Hillam and I’m excited for this next week! We will see our 10-member family
tonight and have a baptism this Friday. I love the work and the stresses of the
mission. I’m taking in every moment and doing my best to live as a missionary
while I can. I love you all so much! Keep being examples to others; you never
know when they are watching! Love you!
Sister Hillam
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