September 5, 2017 letter -- Aeroporto (Vitoria Da Conquista)

so glad to have life on the street again hahah. its official megan is a big girl now. so happy for her. i hope you all have awesome weeks and say your prayers. be smart and make good decisions. sorry my update is not so killer this week. sorry this update is short this week was a little hectic with the transfer coming up.

not much is new here but we will have the new comp elder bittencourt (i think thats how you spell it) on wednesday. it was good to have elder do vale as a comp but change is always good to get us thinking and working differently! 

tuesday we were able to meet with elielton and geovana who are super awesome the fruits of our work are real! we had been praying to find a sweet family and they fell right in our lap! its been awesome to teach them so far because they ask questions and are truly interested in what we have to say. we were able to teach them the plan of salvation and they accepted a baptismal date for later this month!! 

we had a division with the zone leaders on wednesday which went really well we were able to meet with tais and teach her about the book of mormon. Shes going to the baptist church infrequently right now and we are looking forward to her making an appearance this week in sacrament meeting. she has really liked the lessons so far and has told us she felt the spirit but she just needs to get to church! 

on friday we had a huge bummer when rita decided she did not want to be baptized on saturday. we had been touching base with her everyday this week but she had been a little nervous the whole week, and decided in the end that this weeek was too soon for her but wants us to keep visiting her and keep preparing. The Lord has his time and Hour for everything!

I read a talk and found a scripture that i really liked in Phillipians 3:13 this week "...forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,  I press toward the goal for the prize..." 

one thing we can always do is look forward in our lives and have hope and a positive attitude for what is to come. we never know what will happen and we need to make the most of it. we cannot let our past limit us. 

i love you all have a great week! 

Sister Alves, Oliva, Elder Do Vale, High and Palma

                                   Sam's previous companions:

Elder Cruz  -- Amaralina (Salvador)

Elder Washington -- Mandacaru (Jequie)

Elder Carvalho -- Mandacaru (Jequie)

Elder Do Vale -- Aeroporto (Vitoria Da Conquista)

Elder Bittencourt -- Aeroporto (Vitoria Da Conquista)