Choose to be Happy!

Oiii gente!

This week went by so fast!

This last week was full of trainings with our mission president and his wife.  Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday we had trainings.  It almost felt like I was back in the home mtc doing classes on zoom again haha.

I couldn't understand much, only a little bit.  But from what I could understand, I learned about becoming an effective missionary and learned about repentance.

My week, I felt like, was centered around repentance.  It started with my parent's emails to me.  During their stake conference, they had Elder Mike Jones there, and he said that "repentance begins when our behavior changes."  (Thanks dad for sending me this in your email!)  Looking back, this line had set the mood for the rest of the week.  

Also, during one of our trainings, my mission president talked about how we need to have faith to repent.  True repentance cannot be done without faith in Jesus Christ and faith in the power of Christ's Atonement.  

Faith in the Atonement is just the beginning of repentance and then combined with our desire to change is when we can truly repent.

I loved this week and a reminder to have faith in Christ!!

I also read a conference talk this week by Elder Uchtdorf and I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend reading this.  It is called "A Summer with Great-Aunt Rose" given in October 2015.  

It talked a lot about happiness and how it is a choice to be happy even when things are hard.  

Happiness is eternal.  We are here on earth to experience joy and happiness so why not choose to be happy?  The line I liked most from this talk is that "now is part of eternity."  So, choose to be happy!

The rest of the week was as normal.  Teaching and calling people.  

Our one baptism date from last week fell through which are sad about but we are still teaching her and hoping to get to want to be baptized.

But we got 2 other baptism dates this week so really hoping and praying these ones will work out!!

Well honestly not much else to update on!  Hope everyone is doing well!

Amo vocês!!! Love you all!!

Sister Findlay

Pictures this week!
-little pizzas
-me and my comp
-orange juice!!!  We can only have juice and water here in the mission.  My companion doesn't like orange juice, so whenever we get orange juice with our lunch, I get to have it ALL!  It's a good thing I like orange juice haha!
-sunset!








 

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