October 21, 2019
Monday:
Little did I know this P-Day would be my last sleeping in, the rules about when
we wake up were changed so that we now are getting up early every morning and
so here we come early 6:30 am alarm every day!! We ended up going and trying to
Jamiley’s house and I tried to call but she was not answering her phone or her
door, so we decided to sit down on the sidewalk in front of their house because
we had a few people to call. Next thing we knew they showed up, and we were so
excited!!! Instead of just going home we stayed for a bit and decided to share
a message with them, and they really seemed to like it. We marked for next
P-day too, we were a little bummed that they can only meet on Mondays, but we
are excited to keep teaching them.
Tuesday:
Conferencia de Zona (Zone Conference)!!! I
got to see minha filha (my mission trainee) Sister AnunciaCAo!! She was
emergency transferred to Florida because of all the allergies that she has to
the bugs in the area in Efapi. So I was excited to see her!!! We had such a great
conference, and as always it was the best to learn from President and Sister
Goncalves.
Wednesday:
We had an awesome lesson with a new friend Desiree she is from Venezuela!! So
she mixes Spanish and Portugues together and we definitely need to pay really
close attention when she speaks! We invited her to come to Church with us on
Sunday so we hope that she will be there the rest of the day we visited an area
we have never been before and talked to a bunch of new people. There was a lady
that came up to us and asked if we are Americans. We said that we are, and she
immediately started speaking English with us, I guess she lived in Miami for a
few years and we got to set up an appointment to visit her next week.
Thursday:
We had a lesson about the Book of Mormon with Andiara she seems really
interested and we are very excited to start teaching her more!! She gave us a
cute little tin full of jam, she is so nice and that was a very sweet gift to
give us. Then we had a lesson with a Recent Convert, whose name is Jeverson he
is always a fun person to visit and he is currently re-doing his house and is
putting a bunch of really cool and antique items in his house. The best part is
that he is still learning and progressing in the gospel a bunch and we get to
help him in that process. We were able to visit him and still have an hour
before we needed to go back home, and we decided to explore more new parts of
the area.
Friday:
One of the coolest things that happened today was when my companion and I were
clapping in front of some doors, and usually when we do this we introduce
ourselves. We got to the door and I almost starting introducing myself, like
normal, but instead this time I just asked for a glass of water. The lady was
really awesome and she invited us into her house and gave us some food and
juice. She told us all about how her and her husband were in a motorcycle group
before he passed away, and then she gave us buttons and stickers to remember
her. We shared a message with her and she was so extremely thankful to hear
from us. Afterwards we went to a friends house and shared a quick message while
we drank some chimarrao, it has been a long time since I have had any of this
drink because everyone in Efapi drinks it but hardly anyone drinks it here.
Saturday:
We had fast and testimony meeting today and a less active member we were
sitting by asked me to go up to the stand with her because she was really
nervous. Afterwards we had a few lessons with some other less active members
and some other recent converts. We made a contact in the street and the guy was
very curious to know where we were from, and once again this week when we
answered him that we were from the United States and he started speaking really
good English!! That night we taught a family, the mom and dad will be getting
married and then baptized soon and their kids are already members so teaching
them is really fun!!! 
That’s
about it for this past week!! For a spiritual thought this week, I challenge
you all to read in the Book of Mormon Alma 17! This is an important chapter
especially for those of you that are considering going on a mission. I read
this chapter so much because it talks so much about mission work, and how the
Lord will always bless us. If anyone is thinking about serving a mission, my
advice is to “GO”. It will completely change your life!! I can’t believe how
fast time and how amazing the experiences are here. How close we live to the
Savior and how we are always relying on him.
XOXO,
Sister Sanovich
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| Our Bishops FOOD from his restaurant |
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