August 16, 2010

Olá!!!!!! Well, this transfer is going GREAT so far! I absolutely love the areaand my companion! She is so sweet and we´ve had a lot of success thisweek. The people here are wonderful and the ward members are such ahelp to us. I´m realizing how critical it is to have the help andsupport from the ward members. Here in Metrópole 3/4 of our work iswith the members. They sit in on lessons with the investigators, sharetheir testimonies, take them to church with them, and involve themwith the church activities. Members can play a big part in missionarywork and I want you mom, dad, family, and those reading this to tryand think of people that the missionaries can visit. Neighbors,co-workers, anyone and everyone! And be involved with them as themissionaries teach them. You can make a big impact during theconversion process! Something else, mark a day to have themissionaries over for meals! I love eating and conversing with themembers, so mom this next sunday mark a day to have the missionariesover! And make sure you have a dessert too, that´s something Imiss...not many people here have dessert after meals, it´s sad :( So yesterday we had a baptism, João Pedro, he´s 8 year old and thecutest little thing! He´s knows so much. It was cute, we were teachinghim about the word of wisdom and before we told him the substanceswe´re not to use he named them all off. We were so surprised, but itwas cute because he just smiled and was happy that he could name themoff before we told him. Then when he came into the church buildingsunday morning he was all dressed up and carrying his Book of Mormon.It was a great sight to see :) It´s good to hear that everything is going great! I love you all somuch and hope that football goes good this week and everything at homeand on the farm is going well. I love and miss you and you all are inmy prayers! Love, Sister Ariana Salisbury