We missed our bus but it wasn't our fault...

 Opa, boa tarde meus amigos!! Tudo bem com vocês?

This email will be a little short! So this week we had Zone Conference on Wednesday, which means it was another travel day!  Our bus left at 6am that morning so it was an early morning!  Then we got to the mission office in Ribeirão at about 8.  Then the Elders called us an uber to get the church for Zone Conference. 
Conference was good!  We talked a lot about teaching people and helping them have spiritual experiences to be able to recognize the gospel is true.  I took that in and actually really thought about that.  Having spiritual experiences is the only way to grow our testimonies!  One of the ways that we have these spiritual experiences to grow our testimonies is to study the gospel.  Studying everyday here on the mission has been such a blessing!  I have been able to focus on specific things to learn about and specific things to help the people we are teaching! 
Then after conference, we took pictures and got to talk to a bunch of other missionaries!  Fun fact...we actually missed our bus to get back to Franca (which wasn't our fault by the way)!
Anyway we made it back to our area, the Elders called us a coopertaxi and had an hour or so drive to get back!
Then this weekend we were preparing for our baptism!! So we had a baptism yesterday with the person we have been teaching! 
Ok I don't have much time to finish writing this...haha so I guess that's all I got for this week!
Have a great week!  Love you all!
Sister Findlay













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