Oi! Familia! SO I am guessing you all heard that I am being re-assigned to Michigan, Lansing. I personally think this is a sign because Toto lives there and Abuela needs to get baptized!! Anyways so to answer Angela's question. Everyone in my district is going to be serving the Sao Paulo south and Sao Paulo Interlagos! One of our elders going to Interlagos got his VISA yesterday and leaves this week...they do not tell us our status on the VISA. However, the rest of us got re-assigned. Me and another sister are going to Michigan, two other Sisters going to Des Moines, Iowa and another on is going to Colorado. Our elders are going to Arizona, Pocatello! ( So happy I didnt get that one! haha) and one got re-assigned to his home mission which is weird! My comps and I are all going somewhere else... I leave Wednesday at 7 in the morning from SLC and Arrive in Minneapolis at 10:30 so I will probably be calling around that time there so I dont know wha the time zone difference is...anyways I arrive in Lansing at 3:34 and then who knows what will happen then!
I cannot believe I am going to Michigan, but I am excited for it! This week we had something called in field orientation where you go to different work shops and learn about everything basically! We practicied approaching people at the airport.. I am not going to lie I am a little nervous for that for some reason. They gave us pass along cards to hand out while we are at the airport too! Then we just learned about asking referels and working with members it was good but long! Then we got our re-assignments that day and luckly Dad answered the phone when I called....
Well this week I am def going to need to stay focused...one of my comps leaves monday so she will be leaving us. It is sad to leave because we have to say goodbye to the friends we made, but also it feels good to finally go out and interact with real people.
So last Sunday, as Marcos and Angela know someone gets called up randomly to give their talk in Sacrament meeting! Well that was me! I had to give a talk about baptism in Portuguese! After my branch president came up to me and said Sister Gonzales I think the Lord really wanted to hear from you today because I had someone else I wanted to talk, but your name came to my mind twice... I knew I was going to be speaking too haha, but it was good..this week is fast sunday, so they dont feed us and we get to bear our testimonys in english. I do have a portuguese hino book, I also got a small english one just to take with me to read the words when I am traveling. I feel spoiled here in the MTC, we get discounts and fed every meal.
So a few weeks ago I said Janice Kapp Perry came and wrote a song for sister missionaries, Well I would like to share the lyrics to it... The tune to this song is the same as Sisters in Zion. The song is called. "The Sisters of Zion" And if the boys think its lame whatever, this is for Angela and Vanessa and all the other girls in the family to enjoy. the lyrics are;
"The Sisters of Zion are called to God's labor.
We willingly serve Him with Spirit and Light
We go to the nations with truth everlasting
We teach of the Savior the Lord Jesus Christ.
We thank thee o God for a prophet to guide us
We trust in his word and our purpose is clear.
The angels of Heaven are walking beside us.
We'll share our glad message with all who will hear.
We go forth enlisted with Helaman's army
In numbers much greater than ever before
With power and Spirit we'll faithfully witness
The Heavens have spoken and truth is restored!"
The last verse of this song gets me emotion, especiall the part where it says we go in numbers much great than every before! Bcz it is so true, God's army is increasing, and it is because we have a Prophet who can receive modern revelatoin, to help build up the kingdom of God!
Well, This week has been great. I saw josh again haha my comps think he is adorable. Also I love the brazillian sisters that live next to us, the other night they came in our room and wanted to take a pic with us and their brazillian flags I will send you some pics as well! They are so sweet and they totally changed my heart about brazil. I mean I already love Brazil, but now I just really can't wait to meet the people there. But first I need to focus about the people I wil be serving in Michigan! Mom please send me my family history chart! And I do not have my new mission address yet, I will let you know what it is when I get it...Keep Dear Eldering me....Eu amo voces! Ciao Ciao.
Sister Gonzales.
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So the pic with just me is with my host sticker.... that means that I picked up the missionaries who were being dropped off by the curb and I took their luggage and took them to their room and got their books and all that stuff... I was so sore the next day I had three sisters to host.
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| The second pic is with me and sisters going to Brazil and the Brazillian sisters...And I would just like the say that 3 people have told me Gonzales with an S is brazillian. First a nurse here asked me if I was from Brazil and I was confused and then she said my name is spelled like I was brazillian....Then I asked one of the Brazillian sisters and she said Gonzales with a Z is spanish and I told her my last name ends with an S, she got all happy and she said ohh you are brazillian then. haha So I am practically brazillian now, just need to speak better portuguese. |
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