So all of you who made jokes when I got my call about having
to use a bucket to take care of all my needs....I blame this on you ALL *Clouse
family*. This week we discovered the joys of running water, and the way
that life just stinks when you don´t have it! We only get water twice a
week here, and the rest of the days we have to take water from the tank in
front of our house with a bucket to wash dishes, flush the toilets, take a
shower, wash the clothes...yeah. Life is not as easy as I one thought.
But we are surviving! I feel like Bear Grilles sometimes...it´s a
good story at least. And now we have a stove again, which means that we can
heat the water to take showers!! Yay!
Things might be harder physically, but the Lord is
definitely compensating. People are just showing up and asking us to
teach them. One of these people being Samuel, who is 17. He ran up
to talk to us last week because he thought we were cute, but we pulled a fast
one on him and taught him the Plan of Salvation! Ha! The Lord uses
all sorts of ways to teach the gospel. Anyway, he´s super intelligent and
I know he´ll be such a good missionary! He just has to understand the
"Don´t touch the Sisters" rule first.
Another: Gabriel. He works at the grocery store
and asked us to teach him more about the church. So he showed up at the
church on Thursday, and we did! It was probably one of my fave Plan of
Salvation lessons of my mission. We had to teach him outside because
there were no other women in the church, so we grabbed a chalkboard and drew
the whole thing out. He understood everything soooo fast and loved it.
He accepted baptism and asked a ton of questions about how to be a
missionary... :) Yesterday, he brought 2 other friends to come meet us
too. We taught them the Restoration with a bunch of members and it was so
much fun! I just LOVE being a missionary!!!!
Our case that is a bit more difficult is Renan. He is
very special. When we were staying with Sister Fuoco in Recife, she had
the feeling to go talk to him on the street one day. They talked for a
while and he´s an atheist but really a sad little feller, so she told him about
the gospel and how it helped her. She invited him to visit the church,
but he goes, "Oh, I´m not from here." She goes, totally by
inspiration, "Nope. You´re from Ouro Preto." AND HE IS.
Poor guy was so freaked out that he gave her his number, which she passed
to us. We have taught him twice now and it´s really fun. He thinks
about everything so deeply, and it´s easy to see that he knows God exists.
We just have to get over the pride factor. But once he can let that
go, he will be AMAZING!!!!
The ward is really starting to come alive. This week,
we had ward council and when we gave the bispo our Progress Record, he goes,
"Wow! It´s been years since I saw one of these!!" Oh
dear. But we have a bunch of activities planned for this week and the people
are excited! They´re going to take us around to meet their friends and
all the less-actives in the ward...I can´t wait. Sister Piza is great
too. We get along super well and it impresses me how quickly she learns
things. I´m glad she´ll be the one to kill me. It´s never been so easy
to be obedient, and I have never seen the Lord´s hand so clearly in our work.
Hmmm....maybe the two are related?;)
In response to your question, I think it´s fine with Prez if
you guys come to church with me on Sunday. Hope so! Also I am the
ward organist. Yeah, surprised me too. I have a few requests from
companions if you guys could maybe bring from the States....
Those chocolate açai balls from Costco for Sis Rodrigues
Blueberry balls (same thing), Jesus the Christ in English,
and Caranessa garments for Sister Fortes (xs)
Swedish Fish and footie socks for Sister Piza :)
Thank you! Hope ya´ll have a good week! Good
luck with school Cooper! Maybe now you´ll have time to write me an email
or something...How fun that Tyler is living with you! Everyone be nice to
her. Also give Leslie a hug from me and tell her to just wait a little
bit longer! Love love love you guys!
Love,
Sister Dana
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