4th of July was a successssss and so were the s´mores we made! We ended up not grilling hamburgers because we had FHE and the family made barbeque! Being the only American here, I´m thankful that Brasil and my Brasileiro friends supported me to support my country!
BUT, I love Brazil and I love everyone here.. "except the people all the way there in Japan because I don´t know anyone there, so I don´t know how I could love people I don´t know." -Sister D. Sousa
Sometimes we´re great representatives of Christ, other times we´re very logical and realistic! Hahahaha. This week was a great week, my companion and I had a blast!!
Tuesday we met our new president!! I left my camera at the house, sorrrrrrry for not sending a pic! But he´s so great and nice. He´s also very strict and spiritual. His wife is so sweet! And they brought their 16 year old daughter, Emily! They don´t speak any Portuguese so I had to help translate in our zone meeting when we went. Unfortunately he made the rule that we shouldn´t wear sandals... good thing it´s cold right now. I´ll ask permission again when it starts to get warm so we´re not too worried! As for the other rules, nothing changed!
Our insane hunt for new investigators has begun. We tore apart a few roads visiting every single house and talking with every single person. After finding a few people, we´re going to continue with our hunt.
Being a missionary, you realize how easy your life is... except that it´s not. You experience more and more of the Atonement every day of your life and then you feel more and more grateful for what Christ did. Sometimes I feel like there´s no way I can stay here and love these people the way I love them and watch them reject our help and continue to make wrong choice.. but then I remember that Christ did this for the entire world. We don´t have the capacity to do what He did, and that´s why it was Him who atoned for our sins. Our job is to give our all, each and every day, and at the end of the day as we retire to our beds, gets on our knees and ask The Lord if He would accept our sacrifice and work that we did today. Humility and understanding and sacrifice.
I know that Christ lives and I know that if it weren´t for him, there would not be a plan of happiness or plan of salvation. we would just be here living in sin without purpose. I love my Savior and I love helping people recognize Him.
p.s. Every bad day in my mission life ends with a game of Uno and a pan of brigadeiro
com amor,
Sister Bido
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Week 56 - Vila Sonia - The Book that Changes Lives
I LOVE HALLOWEEN! I LOVE TRICK-OR-TREATERS!
So our apartment halloween party was a success. We gave out so much candy and met so many people! Our costumes weren´t that great, but it was still fun hahahaha. Tuesday night, we had an activity that was a blast and such a huge success. More than 80 people came to "All you can eat chocolate!!!" Except, it wasn´t a chocolate buffet that we did. We made a bunch of games and obstacle courses and people had to win or pass through to recieve chocolate. The more you won, the mroe chocolate you get. It was so great and so fun. We also had interviews with President Thomas this week...in English... and I don´t know to say if it´s good or bad that it was the hardest part of my week. Anyways, the same night, we got permission to help our investigator Neide walk her dogs at night and then eat dinner with her, but still had to be in our room at 10:30pm. It was almost like a slumber party with her hahahaha. Saturday we went to the temple again with Neide and she absolutely loved it. Afterwards, our lunch fell through for the 4th time this week... but luckily I´ve become a cooking all-star here in Brazil, so I save us every time. I still haven´t learned to make beans but I will before I come home. It rained the entire week, excpet for today!!!!!! It´s sunny and hot and we´re extremely happy. We´re going to catch a train today and ride around the city just because Sister Modesto has never rode one before.
This week was also a very spiritual week. The best feeling in the mission is being able to fall on your knees at the end of the day to humble ask The Lord to accept the work you did that day, and then feel the certeza that you did all you could, you gave it all you had, and that Heavenly Father is proud of you. I am so happy to say that I am able to do this every day and feel this feeling every night. There is no greater satisfaction than that. One night, we felt that our investigator was needing us.. and even though she lives on the other side of town, we ran over there immediately and found her 2 little kids in the front yard crying. Luckily, we have a gate key to her house, so we let ourselves in and found her locked in the bathroom with the kitchen table full of beer cans and vodka bottles. Not a single can was opened and not a single bottle was opened. When we broke the door open, she was sitting on the floor reading The Book of Mormon, crying, with her dead cellphone in her lap. She couldn´t find her charger to be able to call us and ask for help and the temptation was too strong, so she locked herself in the bathroom.
I know that The Book of Mormon changes lives. It saves lives. I know that it´s true. I love this gospel and I love my Savior and I know that God lives.
Hope every one has a blessed week! LOVE Y´ALL!
com amor da Vila Sônia,
Sister Bido
So our apartment halloween party was a success. We gave out so much candy and met so many people! Our costumes weren´t that great, but it was still fun hahahaha. Tuesday night, we had an activity that was a blast and such a huge success. More than 80 people came to "All you can eat chocolate!!!" Except, it wasn´t a chocolate buffet that we did. We made a bunch of games and obstacle courses and people had to win or pass through to recieve chocolate. The more you won, the mroe chocolate you get. It was so great and so fun. We also had interviews with President Thomas this week...in English... and I don´t know to say if it´s good or bad that it was the hardest part of my week. Anyways, the same night, we got permission to help our investigator Neide walk her dogs at night and then eat dinner with her, but still had to be in our room at 10:30pm. It was almost like a slumber party with her hahahaha. Saturday we went to the temple again with Neide and she absolutely loved it. Afterwards, our lunch fell through for the 4th time this week... but luckily I´ve become a cooking all-star here in Brazil, so I save us every time. I still haven´t learned to make beans but I will before I come home. It rained the entire week, excpet for today!!!!!! It´s sunny and hot and we´re extremely happy. We´re going to catch a train today and ride around the city just because Sister Modesto has never rode one before.
This week was also a very spiritual week. The best feeling in the mission is being able to fall on your knees at the end of the day to humble ask The Lord to accept the work you did that day, and then feel the certeza that you did all you could, you gave it all you had, and that Heavenly Father is proud of you. I am so happy to say that I am able to do this every day and feel this feeling every night. There is no greater satisfaction than that. One night, we felt that our investigator was needing us.. and even though she lives on the other side of town, we ran over there immediately and found her 2 little kids in the front yard crying. Luckily, we have a gate key to her house, so we let ourselves in and found her locked in the bathroom with the kitchen table full of beer cans and vodka bottles. Not a single can was opened and not a single bottle was opened. When we broke the door open, she was sitting on the floor reading The Book of Mormon, crying, with her dead cellphone in her lap. She couldn´t find her charger to be able to call us and ask for help and the temptation was too strong, so she locked herself in the bathroom.
I know that The Book of Mormon changes lives. It saves lives. I know that it´s true. I love this gospel and I love my Savior and I know that God lives.
Hope every one has a blessed week! LOVE Y´ALL!
com amor da Vila Sônia,
Sister Bido
Week 46 - Vila Yara - Family of Elects
Yall.... WHAT A WEEK.
Actually, I don´t remember anything that happened.
Monday night, we taught about the Book of Mormon with our family of elects! It was so amazing! I let Sister N Oliveira guide the lesson as part of her training this week and she killed it! It was such a great lesson, even though they did over a thousand questions! They recieved us well and accepted to pray and ask The Lord with an open heart and real intention if The Book of Mormon is true. Everytime I share my testimony about this book I feel myself being strengthened.
This week passed by so fast, seriously. The time is flying by and it´s scaring me!! AHHHHH! 6 weeks here in Vila Yara! How crazy!
But anyways, we had a day pass by when not a single person recieved us. All of our apointments were cancelled or fell through, so we decided to choose a random road and go to every house until someone wanted to answer the door.. but even that didn´t work out. Another day this week, we had lunch with Vivian and Craig and they took us out to a Japonese buffet. It was so great, except the fact that I had to eat with chopsticks and that´s just really not the greatest talent I have.. SUPRESO?!
Just imagine.. trying to eat everything, literally everything.. including japonese onion rings.. with chop sticks. Seriously, it´s not easy.
Yesterday at church was a great day. None of our investigators went, but one of our less actives that we´re working with finally came to church with us. It was so incrível! But last night we didn´t end the night very well. We deffinitekly have our share of challenges here in this area. Difficulties in the area, with the people, with the members.. but we´re trying and we´re being blessed for our effort. I already said one time that I understood so much more about the Atonement of Christ, but last night I felt like I finally understood even more, for real this time. As we suffered with a family of recent converts and tried to keep them from falling apart, we felt their suffering and it was the hardest thing I´ve passed through in my mission.
I am so thankful to know who my Savior is and to know how much He loves me to have suffered for me like He did. I love Him. I know how perfect He is, and I know that the church he established is also perfect. I love this Gospel and I am so thankful for every miracle I´ve seen, and every tear I´ve shed.
Hope everyone has a great week! Eu vos amo e esporo o melhor por todos!
com grande amor,
Sister Bido
Actually, I don´t remember anything that happened.
Monday night, we taught about the Book of Mormon with our family of elects! It was so amazing! I let Sister N Oliveira guide the lesson as part of her training this week and she killed it! It was such a great lesson, even though they did over a thousand questions! They recieved us well and accepted to pray and ask The Lord with an open heart and real intention if The Book of Mormon is true. Everytime I share my testimony about this book I feel myself being strengthened.
This week passed by so fast, seriously. The time is flying by and it´s scaring me!! AHHHHH! 6 weeks here in Vila Yara! How crazy!
But anyways, we had a day pass by when not a single person recieved us. All of our apointments were cancelled or fell through, so we decided to choose a random road and go to every house until someone wanted to answer the door.. but even that didn´t work out. Another day this week, we had lunch with Vivian and Craig and they took us out to a Japonese buffet. It was so great, except the fact that I had to eat with chopsticks and that´s just really not the greatest talent I have.. SUPRESO?!
Just imagine.. trying to eat everything, literally everything.. including japonese onion rings.. with chop sticks. Seriously, it´s not easy.
Yesterday at church was a great day. None of our investigators went, but one of our less actives that we´re working with finally came to church with us. It was so incrível! But last night we didn´t end the night very well. We deffinitekly have our share of challenges here in this area. Difficulties in the area, with the people, with the members.. but we´re trying and we´re being blessed for our effort. I already said one time that I understood so much more about the Atonement of Christ, but last night I felt like I finally understood even more, for real this time. As we suffered with a family of recent converts and tried to keep them from falling apart, we felt their suffering and it was the hardest thing I´ve passed through in my mission.
I am so thankful to know who my Savior is and to know how much He loves me to have suffered for me like He did. I love Him. I know how perfect He is, and I know that the church he established is also perfect. I love this Gospel and I am so thankful for every miracle I´ve seen, and every tear I´ve shed.
Hope everyone has a great week! Eu vos amo e esporo o melhor por todos!
com grande amor,
Sister Bido
Week 45 - Vila Yara - Uno, Popcorn, and Hot Chocolate
I AM SO THANKFUL FOR SUNSHINE AND HOT WEATHER.
Being in Brasil has made me despise cold weather. So luckily, this week got hot! It was so great. It was also great that it rained for the first time in 2 months. Yesterday and today have been sooooooo cold, and pouring down rain.. but next week is supposed to get hot again.
This week was another long week that flew byyyyyy! Unfortunately, Cleide wasn´t baptized yesterday. Her 5yr old daughter got really sick and ended up in the hospital with Dengue! It was horrible and so sad, but she´s going to be okay. Cleide was so worried and scared and at the same time, upset because of her baptism. But everything is going to work out fine as soon as her daughter is healed.
Wednesday we had our multi-zone conference! It was amazing and so great to learn even more of my personal worth as a daughter of God. It´s also so great with how far I´ve come along with the language in just 10 months. There´s not anything that someone says that I don´t understand. It´s harder for me to speak English than it is to speak Portuguese. I remember my first 1st zone conference I had when I had only been here for 2 months and I didn´t hardly understand any of it!
Saturday we went on splits! Sister N. Oliveira stayed with SIster Modesto and Sister Bollar stayed with me. She´s also American and only has 2 months of mission so it was so cool being able to help her feel more comfortable and give her a push of motivation. I also realized how horrible my ENglish is when talking. It´s so CRAZY!!!!!!! She spent the whole weekend laughing at me and we had a blast, but I missed my little daughter! This weekend was so fun also becuase 2 of our investigators and a less active had birthdays! So we celebrated and made brownies for everyone!!
Today we´re all here in Vila Yara together, eating popcorn and playing uno. It´s raining and super cold so later we´re going to make hot chocolate also.
This week was a good one. SIster D. Sousa will be going home in a week, it´s so sad.. definately a life long friend. I´m finally starting to realize how fast the mission is going by and it´s so scary. This week I studied about the principle of miracles and the Holy Ghost. How thankful I am to be here and for my understanding I have gained throughout this time. I love the gospel of Christ, I love helping people, I love meeting people, and I love washing the dishes in every house I enter :)
The church is true, the Book is blue, and Jesus said, "Little children, I love you."
com amor,
Sister Bido
Being in Brasil has made me despise cold weather. So luckily, this week got hot! It was so great. It was also great that it rained for the first time in 2 months. Yesterday and today have been sooooooo cold, and pouring down rain.. but next week is supposed to get hot again.
This week was another long week that flew byyyyyy! Unfortunately, Cleide wasn´t baptized yesterday. Her 5yr old daughter got really sick and ended up in the hospital with Dengue! It was horrible and so sad, but she´s going to be okay. Cleide was so worried and scared and at the same time, upset because of her baptism. But everything is going to work out fine as soon as her daughter is healed.
Wednesday we had our multi-zone conference! It was amazing and so great to learn even more of my personal worth as a daughter of God. It´s also so great with how far I´ve come along with the language in just 10 months. There´s not anything that someone says that I don´t understand. It´s harder for me to speak English than it is to speak Portuguese. I remember my first 1st zone conference I had when I had only been here for 2 months and I didn´t hardly understand any of it!
Saturday we went on splits! Sister N. Oliveira stayed with SIster Modesto and Sister Bollar stayed with me. She´s also American and only has 2 months of mission so it was so cool being able to help her feel more comfortable and give her a push of motivation. I also realized how horrible my ENglish is when talking. It´s so CRAZY!!!!!!! She spent the whole weekend laughing at me and we had a blast, but I missed my little daughter! This weekend was so fun also becuase 2 of our investigators and a less active had birthdays! So we celebrated and made brownies for everyone!!
Today we´re all here in Vila Yara together, eating popcorn and playing uno. It´s raining and super cold so later we´re going to make hot chocolate also.
This week was a good one. SIster D. Sousa will be going home in a week, it´s so sad.. definately a life long friend. I´m finally starting to realize how fast the mission is going by and it´s so scary. This week I studied about the principle of miracles and the Holy Ghost. How thankful I am to be here and for my understanding I have gained throughout this time. I love the gospel of Christ, I love helping people, I love meeting people, and I love washing the dishes in every house I enter :)
The church is true, the Book is blue, and Jesus said, "Little children, I love you."
com amor,
Sister Bido
Week 44 - Vila Yara - Hand in Hand
FIRST OFF, happy birthday Abuela! I hope it was great!
and SECONDLY, happy Brazilian´s Father Day to Dad and Opa!! I forgot what day there is father´s day, but here it was yesterday. so Happy Father´s Day!
This week flew by faster than last week. And all of the miracles we had, were shown to everyone in the church yesterday. We´ve changed our focus in the area and are focusing on strengthening the ward. There are over 200 less actives, so we´re going to reactivate as many as we can. This week we came up with a scheme to get the ward to help us as all. So in 1 month, we´re going to have a giant "Rescue Party." Every member on this one day will visit a few families to "rescue." It´s going to be so great! Yesterday at church we had 2 entire families of less actives come back to church, and a few other less actives that came alone. It was the best feeling in the world yesterday, seeing the church so full and everyone so excited and happy.
One of the families that came to church yesterday was the Moreno family. They are so special and so incredible. The dad of the family isn´t baptized yet, and even he went to church with them for the first time yesterday and already started reading The Book of Mormon.
Also, Kevin and Grazi came to church yesterday. Kevin was baptized 3 years ago, and then confirmed the day after his baptism and never again went to church.. until yesterday. And he brought his wife and 2 kids. Incredible. I was burning with happiness on the inside.
Cleide also went to church yesterday and loved it. She´s going to be baptized this coming Sunday and we are all super excited! This week was an amazing week as we helped her understand the importance of the law of chastity. She expressed her gratitude towards us for helping her understand her value as a daughter of our Heavenly Father. I remember the first time when we found Cleide. We went there to teach her sister that the elders had been teaching, but instead we found Cleide. She told us that she always wanted to hear what they were saying but she didn´t feel comfortable with 2 men and they never invited her to sit down and listen. It´s a miracle and proof of how our mission president was inspired to send sisters here. Cleide is absolutely amazing and being prepared by The Lord.
I also experienced another thing this week. We were almost arriving home late one night, 20 minutes away from our house and it was 9:20.. so we started to run. I was so woried to get home last, becoming I´m training and it´s just not acceptable. But then I realized that my companion was having trouble keeping up and having a lot of trouble breathing. So I stopped and we sat on a bench as I let her catch her breath and calm her down. Seeing her like that made me forget that we were going to be late, the lecture that I would recieve and everything. I then literally felt Christ´s hand grab my hand and guided it to her hand, helping her up and we made our way hoome safely and slowly and somehow arrived home at 9:29pm..
I love my mission. I love this gospel. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ and I love my Father in Heaven.
amo todos vocês,
Sister Bido
and SECONDLY, happy Brazilian´s Father Day to Dad and Opa!! I forgot what day there is father´s day, but here it was yesterday. so Happy Father´s Day!
This week flew by faster than last week. And all of the miracles we had, were shown to everyone in the church yesterday. We´ve changed our focus in the area and are focusing on strengthening the ward. There are over 200 less actives, so we´re going to reactivate as many as we can. This week we came up with a scheme to get the ward to help us as all. So in 1 month, we´re going to have a giant "Rescue Party." Every member on this one day will visit a few families to "rescue." It´s going to be so great! Yesterday at church we had 2 entire families of less actives come back to church, and a few other less actives that came alone. It was the best feeling in the world yesterday, seeing the church so full and everyone so excited and happy.
One of the families that came to church yesterday was the Moreno family. They are so special and so incredible. The dad of the family isn´t baptized yet, and even he went to church with them for the first time yesterday and already started reading The Book of Mormon.
Also, Kevin and Grazi came to church yesterday. Kevin was baptized 3 years ago, and then confirmed the day after his baptism and never again went to church.. until yesterday. And he brought his wife and 2 kids. Incredible. I was burning with happiness on the inside.
Cleide also went to church yesterday and loved it. She´s going to be baptized this coming Sunday and we are all super excited! This week was an amazing week as we helped her understand the importance of the law of chastity. She expressed her gratitude towards us for helping her understand her value as a daughter of our Heavenly Father. I remember the first time when we found Cleide. We went there to teach her sister that the elders had been teaching, but instead we found Cleide. She told us that she always wanted to hear what they were saying but she didn´t feel comfortable with 2 men and they never invited her to sit down and listen. It´s a miracle and proof of how our mission president was inspired to send sisters here. Cleide is absolutely amazing and being prepared by The Lord.
I also experienced another thing this week. We were almost arriving home late one night, 20 minutes away from our house and it was 9:20.. so we started to run. I was so woried to get home last, becoming I´m training and it´s just not acceptable. But then I realized that my companion was having trouble keeping up and having a lot of trouble breathing. So I stopped and we sat on a bench as I let her catch her breath and calm her down. Seeing her like that made me forget that we were going to be late, the lecture that I would recieve and everything. I then literally felt Christ´s hand grab my hand and guided it to her hand, helping her up and we made our way hoome safely and slowly and somehow arrived home at 9:29pm..
I love my mission. I love this gospel. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ and I love my Father in Heaven.
amo todos vocês,
Sister Bido
Week 67 - Caucaia - An Elder and a Pot Holder
I´m going to start off with the best news in the world by saying that one more soul here in São Paulo was brought to the Lord this Sunday. Maurício´s baptism worked out perfectly and was amazing. We had so much support from the ward! Saturday was a rough day and we had to move his baptism to Sunday at the last minute.. and almost all the ward went to support him and us.. at 8am Sunday morning. It was so amazing!
So this week we had interviews with President Thomas and went all the way to São Paulo. We ate lunch in the temple and it was such another spiritual experience. I miss having the temple in my area, seriously. But anyways, my interview was great and really comforting.. so strange to think I only have one more. I was able to understand my purpose here in Caucaia, which is to help the bishop. Saturday morning I was able to do exactly that with all humility that was in me and I can tell that I am fulfilling my purpose. Yesterday at church, we didn´t have all the investigators there that we had expected, but our family that we´re teaching came. Our area is extremely far away from the church, almost an hour walking. This family lives in the very middle of our huge area so it´s almost 2 hours walking to get to church, and they came. They came, and they came barefoot. Patrícia, Eduardo, Ana Paulo, Carlos, Paulo, and Camile. I was humbly reminded of why I came on a mission. I did not come on a mission to baptize a million people or to baptize every person in the street. I came on a mission because I realized how great the Atonement is and that not everyone knew about this atoning sacrifice. I came on a mission because I realized that are so many people in this world who don´t know who Jesus Christ is or don´t know what He did for us. Teaching this family that we he a Savior, a brother who loves us and who bleed from every pore of His body for us, who made the path for us to return to our loving Father in Heaven is the greatest experience I´ve had in my mission. I stayed on my mission because I knew that there were more people who needed to hear my testimony of Jesus Christ. Thursday, we went after 1 reference that we had recieved. We walked the entire day without a map trying to find her, but we never found her. We walked the entire day until 7pm and got extremely lost. We were in the middle of the woods without a house in sight. It was starting to get dark and we had no idea where we were or where we should go. We also didn´t know why The Lord had guided us to that point and wasted the entire day walking in the woods. We decided to turn back. After about an hour of walking, we found a little boy running on the path and decided to follow him. We followed him to his house and starting talking with his mom. It was the first time in my mission, and in my life, that I found someone who had never heard of Jesus Christ before. We had the most spiritual lesson, and then got lost coming home. We found ourselves on the main road finally and called for a member to come help us. We got home at almost midnight, but it was worth it. I knew that The Lord had guided us to find this woman and her son and testify to them about Jesus Christ.
Every area has their difficulties and every area makes you stronger. I love serving The Lord and I love learning more about my Savior´s love for me everyday.
I also went on splits in Cotia this week and met a family really quickly that lives there who has a pot holder signed by a million Elders.. including Elder Funderburk!!!
I hope you all have a great week, love you so much and miss you all so much!
com amor de Caucaia Sião,
Sister Bido
So this week we had interviews with President Thomas and went all the way to São Paulo. We ate lunch in the temple and it was such another spiritual experience. I miss having the temple in my area, seriously. But anyways, my interview was great and really comforting.. so strange to think I only have one more. I was able to understand my purpose here in Caucaia, which is to help the bishop. Saturday morning I was able to do exactly that with all humility that was in me and I can tell that I am fulfilling my purpose. Yesterday at church, we didn´t have all the investigators there that we had expected, but our family that we´re teaching came. Our area is extremely far away from the church, almost an hour walking. This family lives in the very middle of our huge area so it´s almost 2 hours walking to get to church, and they came. They came, and they came barefoot. Patrícia, Eduardo, Ana Paulo, Carlos, Paulo, and Camile. I was humbly reminded of why I came on a mission. I did not come on a mission to baptize a million people or to baptize every person in the street. I came on a mission because I realized how great the Atonement is and that not everyone knew about this atoning sacrifice. I came on a mission because I realized that are so many people in this world who don´t know who Jesus Christ is or don´t know what He did for us. Teaching this family that we he a Savior, a brother who loves us and who bleed from every pore of His body for us, who made the path for us to return to our loving Father in Heaven is the greatest experience I´ve had in my mission. I stayed on my mission because I knew that there were more people who needed to hear my testimony of Jesus Christ. Thursday, we went after 1 reference that we had recieved. We walked the entire day without a map trying to find her, but we never found her. We walked the entire day until 7pm and got extremely lost. We were in the middle of the woods without a house in sight. It was starting to get dark and we had no idea where we were or where we should go. We also didn´t know why The Lord had guided us to that point and wasted the entire day walking in the woods. We decided to turn back. After about an hour of walking, we found a little boy running on the path and decided to follow him. We followed him to his house and starting talking with his mom. It was the first time in my mission, and in my life, that I found someone who had never heard of Jesus Christ before. We had the most spiritual lesson, and then got lost coming home. We found ourselves on the main road finally and called for a member to come help us. We got home at almost midnight, but it was worth it. I knew that The Lord had guided us to find this woman and her son and testify to them about Jesus Christ.
Every area has their difficulties and every area makes you stronger. I love serving The Lord and I love learning more about my Savior´s love for me everyday.
I also went on splits in Cotia this week and met a family really quickly that lives there who has a pot holder signed by a million Elders.. including Elder Funderburk!!!
I hope you all have a great week, love you so much and miss you all so much!
com amor de Caucaia Sião,
Sister Bido
Week 68 - Caucaia - 140 Kilometers on These Chacos
After 140 kilometers, we ended our week so great!
We discovered a new part of our area this week that is extremely far away.. about 40 minutes on the bus. Everyday this week, we cought a bus after lunch and arrived in the area, but too come home at night we have to walk because the bus doesn´t come back to the neighborhood after 5pm because of the rain and mud. If we stay on the main road it´s a lot faster and only 18 kilometers! Needless to say, by the end of the week we were utterly exhausted and my legs were dead. To add onto it, this sunday was stake conference in Cotia! So Sunday morning, there was a bus leaving from the church to take everyone to the stake center at 8am! We woke up extremely early and walked to pick up Patrícia and her family and then walk with them to the church. The miracle that happened this week was walking to church with this family. They live an hour and 15 minutes from church walking. My legs were about to collapse but somehow I had strength to put my foot in front of the other and keep going. When we arrived at the last hill we had to climb up, Camile (6years old) was so sleepy and tired from walking that she wanted someone to carry her, but her parents were also extremely out of breathe. My inner animal came out as I picked her up and climbed the entire hill with her on my back until we got to the church.. Once again, Heavenly Father was the one carrying me. I´ve never seen the Lord´s hand so close to me as I have here in Caucaia. So in the end, we arrived at church with Patrícia and her husband Eduardo, and their kids, Ana Paulo, Carlos, George, Paulo, and Camile. They will be baptized at the end of February so continue to pray for this blessed family! This week on Wednesday, they have to leave there home and will be building another shack in a huge field at the very end of our area. I´m so happy to still be able to visit them, but it´s not going to be the easiest trip all the way out there or getting them to church. I love my Savior and I love my Heavenly Father. I love being His servent and I love growing closer to Him todos os dias.
This week I´ll be going on splits in Vargem Grande again (my first area) so I´m super excited. I hope you all have a great week! Love you all!
com amor de Caucaia Sião,
Sister Bido
We discovered a new part of our area this week that is extremely far away.. about 40 minutes on the bus. Everyday this week, we cought a bus after lunch and arrived in the area, but too come home at night we have to walk because the bus doesn´t come back to the neighborhood after 5pm because of the rain and mud. If we stay on the main road it´s a lot faster and only 18 kilometers! Needless to say, by the end of the week we were utterly exhausted and my legs were dead. To add onto it, this sunday was stake conference in Cotia! So Sunday morning, there was a bus leaving from the church to take everyone to the stake center at 8am! We woke up extremely early and walked to pick up Patrícia and her family and then walk with them to the church. The miracle that happened this week was walking to church with this family. They live an hour and 15 minutes from church walking. My legs were about to collapse but somehow I had strength to put my foot in front of the other and keep going. When we arrived at the last hill we had to climb up, Camile (6years old) was so sleepy and tired from walking that she wanted someone to carry her, but her parents were also extremely out of breathe. My inner animal came out as I picked her up and climbed the entire hill with her on my back until we got to the church.. Once again, Heavenly Father was the one carrying me. I´ve never seen the Lord´s hand so close to me as I have here in Caucaia. So in the end, we arrived at church with Patrícia and her husband Eduardo, and their kids, Ana Paulo, Carlos, George, Paulo, and Camile. They will be baptized at the end of February so continue to pray for this blessed family! This week on Wednesday, they have to leave there home and will be building another shack in a huge field at the very end of our area. I´m so happy to still be able to visit them, but it´s not going to be the easiest trip all the way out there or getting them to church. I love my Savior and I love my Heavenly Father. I love being His servent and I love growing closer to Him todos os dias.
This week I´ll be going on splits in Vargem Grande again (my first area) so I´m super excited. I hope you all have a great week! Love you all!
com amor de Caucaia Sião,
Sister Bido
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