Oi família e friends! I cant believe it's November already! It feels like August here still 
This week actually went by pretty fast! Even though some days start slow, it always seems like at night we are running around talking to differernt people which is mostly a good thing haha.
I got to go to the temple twice! Once was today which is why my pday is today, but also last week we got to go do baptisms with Rayssa! That was super good of course to get to do that with her! Sister Barbosa also didn't know we could do baptisms ourselves as missionaries so she was pretty excited to do that to and I got to be the experienced one
One day I had to go to the doctor because my toenail that fell off before I left was having problems and I was a little scared about how the doctors would be here but it was a nice office and a super easy fix for my toe
Also, one day we were walking home from lunch and found a mango tree with a bunch of mangoes that we could just take! That was an exciting post-lunch activity
On Sunday Rubens was baptized! The day before when we were getting ready for thr baptism, the water stopped working at the church. You can't get baptized without a LOT of water so this was definitely going to be a problem. But, it just so happened to be that I was fasting for that baptism to happen and Heavenly Father really answers prayers because the maintenance people.came within the hour and we left the water on hoping that it would filled by morning. In case you haven't guessed, it worked! The baptismal font was filled! The baptism of Rubens really was a miracle because he really changed his life when we started teaching him which was cool to hear about from his family members there at the baptism!
Emilly and Alessandro also got baptized! After he was baptized, Alessandro said "now I can go to Heaven!" which was really cute.
The temple today was also so good!! Temples are the house of God and it always is a good reminder of how blessed I have always been to have a temple near me! I also happened to be there at the same time as Sister Higbee (my friend from BYU in the Fortaleza East Mission) which was such a blessing to see and talk to a familiar face!!
This week as I was reading the Book of Mormon, I was reading the words of Isaiah about the allegory of the olive tree which I usually don't understand much of. But these versus stuck out to me in Jacob 5:21-22: "21 And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree? For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard. 22 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; I knew that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said unto thee, I have nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit." Even if we don't know why something is happening in our lives or why we have to do what we have to do, I know that as we listen to the Lord and His counsel, He will use us and our situation to bring forte thr "good fruit" in our lives! He know each and every one of us by every details and He truly knows what is best for us because He loves us! Never forget that! I love you all!
Tchau tchau,
Sister Howard
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| Emily's Baptism Day |
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| Alessandro's Baptism Day |
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