Week 28: January 27, 2025 Confiar no Senhor

Olá todos meus amigos!! Como vocês estão? I hope everyone's week was great!! This week was a little crazy over here but let's get into it!

After last pday, we had a noite familiar planned with Vitória and she hasn't responded since the morning before but she ended up coming and it was so good! Definitely a miracle!!

We also had a conference for just the sisters in our mission that was SO AMAZING!! We learned about being resiliência and also the importance of righteousness in our power as missionaries! Then Sister Feitosa talked about diamonds and how God is turning all of us into diamonds from coal and to trust in His plan for us. Then we got to eat and talk with the sisters and it was so good.

 We have defintely been learning the importance in trusting in the Lord because we were supposed to have two baptisms yesterday and they didn't happen. Sometimes,  it's hard to understand when it feels like we are doing everything we can and being obedient and having faith, but we just have to keep having faith and also to recognize that there are still other miracles that happen. For example, Tânia came to church yesterday out of nowhere and it had been difficult to get into contact with her, but she showed up!! We also visited Ivanildo, who will be getting baptized very soon, with thr bishop and he shared how he has changed on this journey to baptism and how he really has this desire to place God first in his life. That was super awesome to hear because sometimes it doesn't feel like we're really helping people and that was a good reminder that we really are instruments in God's hands! 

Today I read Ether 12:41 and this verse always hits me that says "41 And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever. Amen." Seek this Jesus and make His Atonement a part of your lives every single day and I know that it will change your life! I love my Savior and I am so happy and grateful and privileged to be a representative of Him in Brasil! I love you all! Don't hesitate to reach out! Have the best week! Até mais!

Com amor,

Sister Howard