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| We don't have a cookie sheet so we were creative and made some cookies in a Bundt pan |
October 28, 2019
November 14, 2019
Oi!
*So I have not written in a
little while and my family has been holding onto my communication for a bit, because I have been making them type up my emails. (hahaha)
I will do my BEST to try and "catch" you all up here with my ADVENTURES on the
island!
Monday, the 21st of
October, me and my companion were at home and it was almost 9:30 at night and
the other sisters that we live with were not back at the apartment yet. Then we
got an unexpected phone call from them and ended up telling us that they were
getting emergency transferred out of the area! At first we thought that they
were kidding, but that didn’t last very long because as soon as they got home
they started packing up all of their things. They were really leaving!! Turns
out that there was a sister that had to get surgery and could not leave the
house, so they were going to Centro in order to make sure that there would be a
companionship working in that area while the other sister got better. Which now
leaves Sister Romero and I with a HUGE area!!! We are covering what basically
turns out to be the whole Southern part of the Island Floripa. This change
meant that we spent the majority of the next week trying to figure out our new
area and learning about the people that the other set of sisters were teaching.
Thursday 10/24/2019: We were
at one of our investigator’s, whose name is Andiara, house and it started
HAILING!! The next thing we knew she came out of her bathroom with coconut oil
on her hands and started giving us foot massages. That was definitely a first
that’s for sure, it was a little random, but we are happy that she is
progressing and learning a lot about the gospel. She absolutely loves our
messages!
The next day Friday 10/25/2019
we got to have an American lunch!!! We got to eat American lasagna and a really
good American style salad. It is really fun to have family that is from the
United States in the ward! After our lunch we went to our friend Miria’s house
(she is the lady that was in the motorcycle group), we talked with her and
shared a quick message when we were getting ready to leave it started to rain
so she told us that she would drive us to our next appointment. We got to Irma
Vanessa’s house and she started to make a cake for us and starts telling us
that she is going to take us to her friend’s house, that is in the middle of
nowhere, so that we can teach her! We were able to teach Dana Cida, and it was
perfect timing! We were able to finish teaching our lesson and praying with her
right before her daughter got home and she needed to pay attention to her.
Sunday 10/27/2019 I hit 8
MONTHS in the mission!! How crazy is that? Time really is going really really
fast!! I have absolutely no idea how it has already been 8 moths! Today was fun
though, there is a recent convert in the ward that spoke in church today, his
name is Wesley, he brought his friend Kaue to church! Kaue seemed super excited
about everything at church, and we marked to visit with him this week! We then
had an amazing lunch, with a really cool member family. She had made 8 pans of
pankekas (which are basically like crepes, but they are filled with meat)
needless to say it was absolutely delicious!! Turns out that the dad of this
family is from Uruguay and that he served his mission there as well! He served
in a lot of the same areas as my sister Cassidy, only that he served there a
long time ago. It is really funny because he still has a hard time with
Portuguese and sometimes just starts speaking Spanish, but most of the time his
words are similar enough that I can still understand.
Today was also transfer day,
but luckily Sister Romero and I will be serving together here in Rio Tavares!
So everyone always says the first week of the transfer is always the hardest…
Ain’t that the truth!! Even though it was a pretty difficult week, we still had
some really awesome moments!
Tuesday 10/29/2019 We started out our day with a
lesson with Kaue and Wesley came with us to that, was really great and we are
super excited to see that he is really interested! Then after lunch I made a
contact with a lady that was sitting outside her house, a way that has been fun
for us to meet new people is to ask for water when it is 100000 degrees
outside, so I decided to do that with this woman. This lady gave me a glass of
water so of course I had to drink it, but I am pretty convinced that it was
contaminated, so far, I’ve been fine, but I will keep you updated on that one.
There were some floaties in the water and the cup was not clear, but it
definitely should have been, so it was a little concerning. We started walking
to Marcelo’s house it usually does not take that long but today, it took us
about an hour and a half to get there. It ended up taking us this long because
all of a sudden there was rain and a really strong wind that was slowing us
down on our way there. We got to Marcelo’s house, and he was not home!! We had
a different appointment to get to after that with Desiree, she is from
Venezuela and is super awesome! We taught her about the Restoration of the
gospel, the spirit was really strong, and she loved it! After this, we went to
a community service project called “Sopa Communitaria” they make food for the
homeless and take it to the Centro of the city. The other sisters had told us
about it and we decided to go! We got there and started helping to make the
food and clean up some dishes. Unfortunately, we can’t go into the Centro
because it is out of our area and they take the food over very late at night,
but it was really awesome!  |
| Look at my creativity MOM! |
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| Our carved "Pumpkins" |
Thursday 10/31/2019
It was
Halloween!! Me and my companion made some tacos and decided that for our
costumes this year we would be each other!! So I dressed up like Sister Romero
with her name tag and she dressed up like me and used my name tag, that was as
creative as we got. Halloween as a holiday is not celebrated in Brazil, but we
did have an awesome lesson with Andiara. We are helping her right now try and
get responses and talking about prayer with her, we tried to do something
different in this lesson by singing a hymn with her. We sang “Mais Perto Quero
Estar” which is Nearer My God To Thee in English, it was really cool because
her baby was right there listening in awe instead of crying. The baby did not
cry the whole time that we were singing, how real is the Spirit of music?
Friday 11/1/2019 This day was
not very exciting, no one was home, but we ended up going to a recent convert
home instead and had the chance to answer her questions about the Plan of
Salvation.
Saturday 11/2/2019 was a
really fun day! We had an awesome lunch with members that are in the new half
of our area and had an amazing lesson with a lady that the other sisters were
teaching. They were teaching this woman named Raquel and her children, she actually
just had another baby on
Sunday 11/3/2019 We got to church and Kaue was there again! We were so excited that he made it again and scheduled another meeting with him this week. Everything else ended up falling through today, it could have been because in Brazil November 1st and 2nd are considered Day of the Dead! I didn’t even know that people celebrated that holiday here, so that was kind of fun to find out about. Sunday night we got invited to eat some guacamole at the house of Alice and Camillo, who are both members in our ward. Their son had learned how to make it on his mission and was going to be making it that night! That was a fun highlight of this week, but these two parts have been, and I have learned a lot. With Raquel and Mylka we talked about the scripture in Mosiah 2:41. It talks a bit about the things we shared with them, the closer we live to God here on Earth, the more likely we are to receive eternal happiness! That as we follow him and have blessings beyond measure.
Monday 11/4/2019 We were talking with them and they are very
humble and down to Earth, Mylka one of her daughters, was telling us that there
are some really rich girls at school that are not very nice and that they get
everything that they want but still aren’t happy. She also told us that she
recognizes that since she has Heavenly Father and Christ in her life that she
could not be any happier! Mylka also told us that she might not have a dad but
that her mom is the best and her biggest super hero. Sister Romero and I left
their house realizing what is truly important in this life, not things or
worldly possession, but it is about the people and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
It was definitely an eye opening conversation with a young girl that really
impressed me.
XOXO Sister Sanovich
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| Our little DOG friend and his Sweater |
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| A girl and her DOugHNuT! |
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| Sisters in front of the church |
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| Beautiful Rainbow |
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| Our street view |
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| Our neighbor is a "Horse" |
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