February 10, 2020

Miracles!

Hello fam and friends!

Yup, the bipolar heat then rain weather continues and we almost stepped on a snake last week, it was green and half way in the side walk, oh the country side. But I saved my comp from stepping on him and then we ran to the other side haha.

But miracles are happening with our investigators and they are progressing super well and we are thrilled!! It is fantastic!!

Sister Mel and I gave talks in church yesterday about Missionary work. My topic was on how we can better work with our leaders and Sister Mel talked about the importance of members. I shared my experience from BYUI with my bishop having us pray every night as a ward at 10 pm. I think our ward was really happy to see we brought investigators to church . Our ward is helping out a lot and it is really great to see and be apart of this great work the Lord is doing. One of the counselors to the bishop asked if we have a freezer in our house and we said yes, then he asked if we like açai (a type of ice cream smoothie) and we said yes and then he just smiled.......It is nice to see that they are noticing how much we are working. Blessings in the form of ice cream.

Feijão came to church and Saturday when we talked with him, we really felt he is almost ready to accept baptism! It is so neat to see the change that God has taken in his heart and that he wants to have a better life in Christ.

Also, yesterday we went to church with our investigators Marlene and Carlos and their 6 year old daughter Juliana who is the absolute cutest thing on this planet. 2 weeks ago we were clapping at doors on our way home and had just finished saying a prayer to be lead to the Lord´s elect, when we clapped at their door and Carlos answered and was very enthusiastic and receptive. We have gone back a few times to teach them about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to read the Book of Mormon with them. They are super awesome and want to learn about the church. Marlene already has been trying to dwindle the amount of coffee she drinks when we still had not even mentioned about the Word of Wisdom. They are actively wanting to change. During the Sacrament, the little girl, Juliana, kept saying ´´when will Jesus go to the front?´´ (like the pulpit area) and she loved primary and wanted us to drop her off there.

Then our investigator, Adriana, came too with her son João, and she loved Relief Society and João really liked Primary too. During the sacrament he was coloring the My Friend that we gave him during the week.

With 200 years since the First Vision and the start of the Restoration, we live in a time of great revelations and turmoil. With Christ in our hearts and our thoughts and our actions, we can overcome the trials and enjoy the blessings of the gospel. I am so grateful to be here, serving the Lord and these wonderful people and I really want to give it my very all these last 3 months. But I know that I will be a missionary for the rest of my life as we all will, as members of His true church.

Share a Book of Mormon with a friend! Testify of Jesus Christ and of the First Vision with Joseph Smith.

Have a great week and Happy Valentines day!

love, Sister Giles

pics
1,2) exchanges with Sister Abilla from South Jordan, Utah
3) Brasil
4)Sister Mel had stomach problems so a visit to the hospital
5)a street called ´´Perfect Lovers´´