Hello hello!! How's everyone doing?? Happy new year!! I ran out of time last week so the past two weeks have been filled with Christmas and New Years and lots of other good stuff!!
We celebrated Christmas first with Hadassa, a recent convert, and then another family in the ward!! Definitely felt like rolling home after eating so much food but it was so good!! Christmas Day, we had a good day of teaching people and continuing to share the gospel of Jesus Christ so it was great!!
Last week we got to walk on the beach which was so nice and pretty!! Can't go in the water but that's OK, definitely worth it!
Then, this week we got several awesome references from social media and one of them is Vitória! She came to church yesterday and she is so awesome, so we are planning to have her baptism in a few weeks!! One thing that I've been seeing and learning a lot is that when one door closes in the missionary work, another door opens that is even better!! This is so important in life to, that really we just have to trust that God is preparing something better and just have confidence in his plans, but it has been so cool to see this here every day!! It's definitely the Lord's work!
With the new year, I listened to new years BYU devotional from Elder Holland that I highly recommend!! It is called "Remember Lot's Wife"
But in this speech, he closes with this quote, "Keep your eyes on your dreams, however distant and far away. Live to see the miracles of repentance and forgiveness, of trust and divine love that will transform your life today, tomorrow, and forever. That is a New Year’s resolution I ask you to keep." He talks about the importance of not dwelling on the past, but instead using the gift of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and focusing on our opportunity to change and to really reach our goals and be the people we want to be! This whole year I have thr opportunity to be a missionary and representative of Jesus Christ and I am so excited to keep learning and growing!! I love you all so much and would love to hear from you!!
Tchau tchau,
Sister Howard
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| Fortaleza Temple |
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| Lunch with friends |
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| Fortaleza temple |
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| Beach day in Fortaleza |
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