July 14, 2014
It' true my friends. Mom and Dad, I want to thank you guys for all
of your great advice last week ( gosh, aren't parents just the best?) that
really helped my really and appreciate this fact a little bit more this week.
Dad, I remembered every day to just enjoy what I was doing and laugh, with
these people and doing something hilarious with Sis. Cox,:) Mom, you are
so wise. I realized that now, more than ever I really have a desire to lose
myself in this work and really give my will and my heart and my mind to the
Lord. It's hard. I definitely can't do it on my own. It's intersting, I read a
talk called The F4th Missionary that talks all about giving our will over to
the Lord, how really it's the only thing we have to give him, but the thing is
we can't even do this on our own because we're weak and we're human! We need
His help to give our will to Him! Anyway, I've been praying for this all week
long, that I can really forget everything from before my mission and just be
here. Because this is a righteous goal, Heavenly Father is helping me, and I've
seen such a difference in my happiness this week:) Granted it's still hard,and
Satan knows I have this righteous goal too. . . it's still easy to get discouraged
because we didn't have anyone to baptize and so many of our investigators
didn't come to church and so many times my mind isn't focused and completely
concentrated on what I'm suppossed to be doing. But! Every day is new and I'm
defintitely happier and so grateful for you guys, this Gosple the Atonment and
the opportunity I have to be here in Brazil, serving a mission. Still I have
moments when I think, "Oh hey Sister Ventura! You're a missionary! You
know, one of those people that walks around with a nametag and stuff." And
then I think, "Hey, that's pretty cool."
Man, since I wrote all of you guys individual letters I'm hating it
in the time department. This time limit thing will continue to get the better
of me. .. .
Sister Cox and I got new mattresses this week, what a blessing.
Seriously. The mattresses here are foam and ours were sooo thin, I think they
were like 35 years old. Maybe not but, anyway, our ward mission leader helped
us get them to our house, we strapped them on top of his little teeny car, with
2 bungy cords, it was epic. People, i live in Brazil and we do awesome things
that people there would throw a fit about :)
Mom, this week we had lunch in the home of an Irma who has a son
serving a misson right now and has sons abou the same ages as Krey and Coltran.
She was saying how it was difficult because he doesn't answer questions etc. .
. . . yikes! It was weird to be in the home of a missionary and think about you
guys, I'm sorry if I don't let you know enough, I probably don't! Ok, I'm
making a list right now of cultural things that I want to tell you gusy about
so you can know a little bit more about the place that I'm living and serving,
as well as answer your questions from you letter this week:)
Today for p-day all of the missionaries are gathering Curitiba for a
surprise for President Monteirro's Birthday. .. I'm guessing with 150+
missionaries gathering together it won't be too much of a surprise but it
should be fun, although, goodbye p-day!
Sorry, that this week's was so short and really un-informative:( But
this is important. I want you guys to know that I absolutely KNOW that this
Gosple is true. All of it! It has all of the answers! This week we watched the
Joseph Smith movie for, se la, the 20th time in my mission. But, I had such a
burning in my heart and a witness that this Gospel is restored and true and
whole! I love it! I love you guys so much!!
Read the Book of Mormon every day!
Love,
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