Brazil Sister: A New Companion

Hey everyone!

So we had transfers this week. I received a call on Monday announcing that I would train a new Sister arriving on the mission. What an overwhelming feeling! Our mission president considers the responsibility of training the most important call on the mission. I am really excited to train and hope that I can teach my new companion well. It´s crazy to have someone watching your every move, and to know that almost everything you do will teach how a good missionary should be. We will be a little bit rushed too because this transfer is only 5 weeks long, and we have the huge Brazilian holiday `Carnival`, which will be incredibly difficult to work here. But it is a good moment for me to try harder, work more and learn. I will definitely need the Savior´s help with these next few weeks.

We had a baptism this week of a 20 yr old boy named Junior. He had been hearing the lessons for a while, but didn’t want to rush into baptism. Finally, we told him to pray again with all his strength to know the truth about the Book of Mormon. He said that we didn’t need to ask him again about his answer, he would tell us. So, one night we arrived and he s aid that he had received an answer. In front of his family he told his mom that he had decided to be baptized. It was so nice to hear that he had really received an answer and to know that he was ready. His other brother Jamerson was recently baptized and strong in the church. Now we have their other brother Jadson who is going to church and preparing for baptism.

I hope that we will have a lot of success here in the next few weeks. We have a family and another young man who are preparing to be baptized. Our mission is baptizing 25% men and increasing. This is a new improvement and we will continue to get better!

I will write more next week because I don’t have much time and my companion is sick. I love you all and have a wonderful week! Keep me in your prayers!

Love, Sister Gordon