Wow, that’s all some really cool News
mom! I am so excited for everyone back at home in Dean and Merriloy's family. I hope these things all go
well for them! I sure love that Family so much! Well if you want to be a little
alarmed, I counted the mosquito bites I woke up with one night, and I had 69 on
my left arm. But they were tiny little bites and it wasn't too big of a deal,
we bought a repellent plug in and it did the trick. No worries mom. Well here
it’s not as hot as Campinas, but its still crazy hot. I can’t handle the
thought of snow again though. Ha ha!
Well
mom, the branch here is really quite cold to tell the truth. Most of the
missionaries that passed through here caused problems, or just kept getting on
people to help them out and it pushed the other way. But we have a lot of
activities planned and we have been doing our best to get them a little warmed
up. It’s a little different living in four. The members don’t like to give
lunch that much but hey, what can ya do. The leadership is really great and we
will be working a lot more with them to help their goals also.
Well
mom, my growth here on the mission is a question I often ask myself, and it’s
pretty much impossible for me to answer. I don’t know really. I feel like I
have been blessed with some really great friends here to help me see past a lot
of the politics of the mission and such. I had a couple turning points on my
mission mom. The first was when I realized that if you count your blessings,
you will see more, and be more happy. Another is that if you truly desire
something, God will give it to. The other is that this work we are doing here,
is not numbers or baptisms or a hard two-year sacrifice away from the Family,
this is the work of eternal salvation. And unfortunately I don’t feel like that
is well perceived by the majority of missionaries. The things we do here are so
much more important than most people think. And yes, its been really tough at
times to choose between doing what would make me look good as a missionary
and what would be best for a person in an eternal perspective. Spirituality is
something so hard to take care of at times. I don’t know what it is, but I have
felt like as the mission has grown on, it has been harder maintain because
everything becomes routine, instead of it all being new and unknown. But I
really wish I had the opportunities to visit the temple more often to help
maintain it all.
Well
Tiago was baptized. The old Ward went fishing last week and they sent me some
pictures. I missed out but I am going to get my fishing trip in here for sure.
Ha-ha
We
have a chapel here, its a lot of people, they just barely joined two branches
together so its a big branch now. It’s nice. We have a huge area, so we ride
the bus a lot to get around. It’s just a diferente ball game here. But I love
it. I sure love it here. I hope we can be sending some pics of families going
in the water soon. We will see how it all works out though. I am so grateful
for the opportunity to do this work and to be here. Mom thanks so much for the
email. I miss you and love you so much!
Love,
Sunsy
These are the falls we visited on our p-day.
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