I gave my mom my address just
in case any of you want to write me a letter;)
Anyways, back to this
awesome week! So it started off right after pday. Sister Gilbert and I
went to find this address of a lady that we had contacted on the street,
but when we rang her door it wasn't really her house. She lied to us
haha, but the person let us in the apartment building anyway. So we just
decided to knock there. One of the first doors we knock was this cute lady and we asked if we could say a prayer with her to bless her
and her house. With out hesitation she said, "Of course! Come on in" So
then we prayed and just started teaching her a lesson. She is one of the
nicest ladies ever and later this week we went back and gave her a Book
of Mormon and taught her another lesson.
On Wednesday
we had zone conference and that morning we found lice in my hair...
haha yay. So we told President and he was like...you can come to zone
conference still, but don't touch anyone and after conference you have
to get it out as soon as possible. So we had zone conference and we
couldn't touch anyone. So Sister Gilbert and I just chilled in the
corner. Just kidding we talked to people, but President wouldn't even
come near us haha. He joked with us and said..."Don't touch me!"
That day we spent most of
the day getting all the lice out of my hair and the rest out of Sister Gilbert's. So we listened to the rest of conference during it! It was
awesome. I loved conference! One of my favorite talks was the one by
Elder Choi about looking up to heaven when it is raining. I loved how he
talked about enjoying the hard times and having an eternal perspective. We only get to live this life once so we should enjoy every moment we
have:) and even when times are hard we have Jesus on our side to help us
through and we have this Gospel. The reason we are so happy in this
church isn't because we all have easy lives it is because we have a
greater knowledge of the Lord's love for us, why we are here, and where
we are going. More of an eternal perspective.
Then that night we had an
appointment with this guy from Africa, and he has a friend
that is a member on a mission and a cousin that is member. So we weren't
his first time hearing about the church. He was really receptive to our
lesson and wants to hear more:) so yay!
I
already told you all about this, but Sister Gilbert and I run to this
basketball court every morning and play basketball for a little bit and
run home. Well, we see this same guy every morning and he always says hi
to us. One morning this week he asked us who we were and where we were
from (he thought I was from Brazil... that is the first time I have
gotten that one. Most people think I am from England, Germany, or the
Ukraine) and he was really curious about our church and so we set up an
appointment with him on Sunday to meet in the park. It was awesome!
Crazy story. On Saturday
Sister Gilbert and I were knocking doors and we knocked on this one
house and the wife answered and we told her who we were and then she
told us one second. She came back with her husband and he was like are
you guys Mormons (he said that in portenglish. half Portuguese half English)? I worked in Utah! I know Mormons! I worked in Salt Lake. Whoa!
What a small world! He wasn't interested in our lessons, but they were
really nice and gave us this little bunny thing with chocolate that
their little boy made in scouts, haha.
Then we had a lesson with this
really nice lady that we found in the area book. She is super
catholic, but she has a lot of faith and loved talking to us and told us
we could come back.
Sunday
was great! At church this guy (someone we had taught in the past) showed up with one of our members and so hopefully Sister
Gilbert will be able to teach him sometime this week. Then after church
we went to the park to meet our friend. We invited one of the
recent converts to come help us teach. And our investigator SHOWED UP! A
miracle! Usually people don't show up when they make plans to meet you
somewhere, but he came through! woohoo! We had a really great lesson
with him and he really connected with the member that came with us. They were like best
friends by the end of the lesson haha. We made an appointment with him
for Wednesday and our member friend is really excited to come help again.
Esta
semana foi maravilhosa! The Lord really blessed us this week! I loved
everything about this week and I am excited for my next adventure in
Leiria!:) Love you all! Tchau for now!:)
Com amor,
Sister Sampson
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