Hello hello hello family and friends!!!! I hope you guys are safe happy healthy and soakin up the summer heat in the US!!! Unfortunately we are near the end of our 30 day winter here in Brazil with lots of rain. So this week was HOT!!! But it's okay the Lord´s work just keeps flying ahead and it's our job to keep it up.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST SISTER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AND THE BEST YOUNGEST BROTHER EVER!!!!!!!! Guysss I miss you so much. It's so weird I'm not there for your birthdays!! But just remember I think of you and pray for you aaall the time and next year I will be there for your birthdays and we will do something fantastic <3 Also I'm sending you both letters tomorrow k? :)
This week we had FOUR investigators at church yesterday which is like the biggest improvment of my mission so yeah we were like crying in happiness. (Even though we only invited one of them and the other three just magically appeared but hey I'm not gonna question it.) When we passed the numbers even the elders were like serious?? Yeah guys the Lord is workin some miracles.
This week we should have two baptisms. Last week our baptism just needed a little bit more time to work some stuff out but he should be baptized here super soon. But what else...
Oohhh yeah a cool experience!! So Saturday is like precious for missionaries because it's the day we literally pass by every single persons house we taught that week to remind them about church and to see if we can send a ride for them. But everyone and their mom is on vacation for the next two weeks here in Brazil because it's a holiday or something so literallly NO ONE was home. We were like feeling so discouraged because if you don't remind the people about church they will forget and we have no cell phone credit to call anyone. (we think something happened to the cell phone service or something because we should have enough). So it was 8 at night and we said okay so literally no one is home. We walked by this one street and it looked completely deserted but I had the feeling we needed to keep going down the street. My comp was like dude literally no one is there and I was like right?? But the Lord is tellin me. So we went and walked and walked and then we saw this house with all the lights on and we clapped our hands and this lady came and was so sweet and let us in. Guys. This couple that lives there are legally married and just moved and were looking for a chruch to join. ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!!!!! They didn't come to church but we are not gonna give up!
Also when we invite people to church we always repeat a thousand times the time and day so they don't get confused. But this week a man showed up and said you told me 7am! was I what no but I'm so sorry... and then he told me he got up at 5am just to get ready and be there at 7am. I was like you my son are literally the best please don't change.
This week literally 3 people told me l look like Barbie. I was like wow l'll take it! But I know they just say that because there are just about zero other Americans here. Hahaha Chloe also something SO FUNNY is this girl that is in our stake/district told me that she reads our Facebook pages all the time and loves you so much. She said that watching our lives is like watching a movie and in our pics we look like two barbie dolls hahahahahaha that should make you happy <3
K so I'm closing with one of my favorite scriptures from the Bible Mark 9:23 `Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth`
Don't forget it!!! We didn't come to this earth the be mediocore or average. We came here to shine, be happy, grow and become like our Savior and share His gospel with everyone!! All things are possible if it be expedient unto our Savior Jesus Christ. Keep smiling and remember I love you SO much!!!!!!
Sister Arbuckle
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST SISTER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AND THE BEST YOUNGEST BROTHER EVER!!!!!!!! Guysss I miss you so much. It's so weird I'm not there for your birthdays!! But just remember I think of you and pray for you aaall the time and next year I will be there for your birthdays and we will do something fantastic <3 Also I'm sending you both letters tomorrow k? :)
This week we had FOUR investigators at church yesterday which is like the biggest improvment of my mission so yeah we were like crying in happiness. (Even though we only invited one of them and the other three just magically appeared but hey I'm not gonna question it.) When we passed the numbers even the elders were like serious?? Yeah guys the Lord is workin some miracles.
This week we should have two baptisms. Last week our baptism just needed a little bit more time to work some stuff out but he should be baptized here super soon. But what else...
Oohhh yeah a cool experience!! So Saturday is like precious for missionaries because it's the day we literally pass by every single persons house we taught that week to remind them about church and to see if we can send a ride for them. But everyone and their mom is on vacation for the next two weeks here in Brazil because it's a holiday or something so literallly NO ONE was home. We were like feeling so discouraged because if you don't remind the people about church they will forget and we have no cell phone credit to call anyone. (we think something happened to the cell phone service or something because we should have enough). So it was 8 at night and we said okay so literally no one is home. We walked by this one street and it looked completely deserted but I had the feeling we needed to keep going down the street. My comp was like dude literally no one is there and I was like right?? But the Lord is tellin me. So we went and walked and walked and then we saw this house with all the lights on and we clapped our hands and this lady came and was so sweet and let us in. Guys. This couple that lives there are legally married and just moved and were looking for a chruch to join. ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!!!!! They didn't come to church but we are not gonna give up!
Also when we invite people to church we always repeat a thousand times the time and day so they don't get confused. But this week a man showed up and said you told me 7am! was I what no but I'm so sorry... and then he told me he got up at 5am just to get ready and be there at 7am. I was like you my son are literally the best please don't change.
This week literally 3 people told me l look like Barbie. I was like wow l'll take it! But I know they just say that because there are just about zero other Americans here. Hahaha Chloe also something SO FUNNY is this girl that is in our stake/district told me that she reads our Facebook pages all the time and loves you so much. She said that watching our lives is like watching a movie and in our pics we look like two barbie dolls hahahahahaha that should make you happy <3
K so I'm closing with one of my favorite scriptures from the Bible Mark 9:23 `Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth`
Don't forget it!!! We didn't come to this earth the be mediocore or average. We came here to shine, be happy, grow and become like our Savior and share His gospel with everyone!! All things are possible if it be expedient unto our Savior Jesus Christ. Keep smiling and remember I love you SO much!!!!!!
Sister Arbuckle