São Paulo Trip Pt 2

 Bom dia, boa tarde, ou boa noite!! Whenever you are reading this lol!  

This weekend started with transfers on Monday and from my last email, which sorry it was sent out late, I got transferred to Araçatuba which is about 4-5 hours away from Ribeirão Preto.  But Monday, I couldn't leave to my new area because Tuesday I went to São Paulo, AGAIN!
So Tuesday morning I woke up at like 1 am and was on the road at like 2 am.  This time there were more missionaries who went so that was fun!  We got to São Paulo at like 5:45/6 am and then waited and waited and waited until about 11:45 am.  Then we go into the federal building and go through pretty much the whole process (except for finger prints and picture) and find out that the system crashed and was down for the whole day.  So you know what that means...I get to take ANOTHER trip to São Paulo on November 12th! 
Then we left to come back to Ribeirão Preto about 2 pm and got back to the mission office about 6:30 pm.  And then prepared to leave to Araçatuba at 8:00 pm and drove through the night.  I didn't get to my area until 2:00 am!  So I literally was traveling for like 24 hours!  Long day for sure!
And then this week I have to travel back to Ribeirão for a mission tour that we have this week.  Don't really know what a mission tour is, but I'm excited!  The area president is coming to speak, so it should be good!!
Other than that, I have been trying to settle into my new area and just been working on the Portuguese.  
We set a baptism date this week and we are trying and working really hard for him to get baptized!  
We are trying hard to find new people to teach.  That is one of our biggest challenges right now, but we are working!
That is something I have been learning.  Try your best because the Lord will see and magnify your efforts!  I have been able to see many miracles throughout my day...some small and some big.  But it is definitely a testimony builder because I can feel that the Lord is helping me.
Well that's all I got for this week!
I hope everyone is doing well!
I love you all and miss everyone!
Sister Findlay







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