maria, garcia, e vegas

Crazy and hard week (how they usually are)

Highlights: 

- this week we tried to find a girl that the previous sisters were teaching. We knew where her house was, but we didn't know her name. So we clapped a little, and then as a joke decided to yell "Maria", because how can you go wrong with the name Maria? Long story short, her name was indeed maria.

- we went bowling for Zone pday last week! (My bowling skills have not improved in case you were wondering)

- something that sometimes I laugh about and sometimes I get frustrated about here in the Bahia is how many freaking churches there are here. Here are some of my favorites that I've passed by: quadrangular church, revolution of grace church, and my personal favorite, the church about knees. (I wish I were joking)

- transfers are today! I'll be staying in Lauro de Freitas with a new comp.... Sister Garcia! A cute little Guatemalan. (Also idk what God's trying to say, but ALL of my companions in the field have been shorter than me. Like how is that even possible?)

- I was told to go get my new comp on Friday, alone. 20 minute exchange with the Holy Ghost in an uber was incredible. Much needed.

- the people here are impressed with the fact that I can shuffle and deal uno cards fast, and then I tell them I live close to Vegas, and they go "aaaa makes sense now"

- spiritual thought time: I've been thinking a lot about Christ's invitation to be as little children this week. One day we had been facing a lot of rejection. Appointments falling, nobody letting us in, etc. And then at the end of the day we visited a few kid recent converts and their friends. And they were so happy to see us. They wanted to listen and play and had questions and it reminded me a lot of this principle. I think it's an invitation to be open, fun, joyful, and willing. So here's to embracing the kid in us and following Jesus.

life is good:)
love you all
sister max

(Also you'll see below that Carnaval is coming up baby!! Woot woot!)


















Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome to Bahia

Image
  highlights!!! - last p-day I was talking with an elder in my mission in our chapel who is from Brazil. We were just chatting when we hear gunshots outside. He then goes "welcome to Bahia". The members told me that when I see a person with a gun, i just say "arma bonita" (beautiful gun) and keep walking, so yep, here we go - one day when we were out tracking we were hungry so we got some açai from this cute little store. Lets just say we got the owner and his family's phone number so hopefully we can teach them and get free açai hehe - we take basically the same road everyday into the main neighborhood of our area. And one day on this road, we saw a cute little old lady out on her porch with some grandkids. We went up and started talking to her, and she was soooo sweet. She even gave us popsicles. We got her number and told her we would come back the next day. So we come back the next day, same thing, super sweet and free popsicles. We pass by again on our way ...
Read more

Job's Not Finished

Image
Job's finished? Job's not finished.  We're working até o pozinho and got some serious miracles cooking for the next few weeks.  - Kaike! Pray for Kaike! - Ariane! Pray for Ariane!  - had my last zone conference and had to give my last testimony to the mission! Very bittersweet! - President took everyone who is finishing their mission this transfer to a Bahia soccer game, which included but was not limited to VIP tickets, unlimited free food, and watching president cheer silently for the opposing team. That's all I got for now, but as for a spiritual thought: I've been thinking a lot recently about one of the Savior's encounters with the Apostles after His resurrection. He found them fishing and asked Peter 3 times if he loved Him more than he loved the fish. John 21:17 "He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was greived because He said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto Him, Lord, thou knowest all...
Read more

Smile and Wave

  HOLY CRAP SHE'S ACTUALLY IN SALVADOR This week has been craaazzzyyy, let me tell ya. I'm currently living in an apartment with 5 sisters, and we have 1 phone, so not too much time, but I'll tell you the good stuff - HIGHLIGHTSSSSS So the church really just decided to throw a curve ball and change it all up over here. 1) new preach my gospel - updated on our literal last day at the ctm, so we've got to learn it all again. 2) the day I arrived in my mission, I learned that it is no longer Salvador south, but now just Salvador. Ill send a pic of the new boundaries, but just know that it changed a lot, like a lot. Which means that the past 4 days have been crazy with missionaries getting reassigned and all. However, this means that the Salvador temple which should be done in about a year will be in my mission which is exciting!! My area!!! I'm currently serving in Parque da Cidade! Its an area right in the city on the coast and the chapel is right on the beach hehe. I...
Read more