sonho em portuguese

Hold up, its almost Halloween?!

So aparently I am talking in my sleep, in Portuguese, teaching lessons. 

This week was so awesome and the spirit is real, and I am constantly learning how much I have to progress every single day! There is so much to learn about the gospel, and about the world, and I am so excited that I am here!

So I had 3 days worth of divisions, 2 days with the sister training leader, Sister John, (whos American and spoke english with me, bless her heart) and Sister Carneiro. Heavenly Father has placed you in the perfect place at the perfect time and for the perfect reason. It is so important that we are act on the promptings of the spirit, because I know that great things are possible with the help of the Lord!

So we were bata porta and no one was answering the door. Which is super weird, and we realized that we hadnt said a prayer before we left the house! So me and Sister Carneiro stood on the side of the road and said a prayer to be able to find someone to teach. Literally the next door we clapped at this joven answered and before I even finished talking she was opening the gate!! Her name is Ana and I already love her! Sister Carneiro is super quiet so I really had to just talk and try to follow the spirit and everything worked out! So say your prayers and ask for guidance, because I know that He will help you in every situation!

Then a couple houses later we bata in the house of Rosangela who just had a baby and has been having some family problems. I have no idea how she got comfortable with us, or what questions I asked, but she just started crying. I have never felt so much love and genuine concern, for someone that I had just met. I was guided in my words the whole time and my companion was super in tune with the spirit as well! I was literally so focused on her and the lesson and I didnt think twice about the language. I adore Rosanglea and we will definitely be seeing her again this week!

I know for certain that Heavenly Father knows and loves everyone of you! Dont ever doubt that for a second. I promise you that the plans He has for your life are greater and grander than anything you could ever imagine!! 

Thank you for all the love and support and emails and letters! I could not be more blessed!

Bom semana por vocês,abraço

Sister Albertoni

homem, agencia

Então, this week I learned what it means to accept the fact that everyone has agency. And it is a lot easier said than done, that is for sure. BUT. I love it here, and I am so glad that I am able to meet the greatest people. 

Tuesday we met am awesome family of 4 and I was on cloud nine after our first lesson with them! I was so confident and excited and sure that this family was going to accept the gospel whole heartedly. So we scedule our next appointment with them and the day comes around, and we get to their house for our second lesson. As we clap at the gate the dad comes out and says that this gospel just is not for them. Meu coração. I realized that nothing I can do or say will take away the fact that everyone has the ability to chose for themselves. PLUS. Heavenly Father has a plan for that family and maybe they will come to accept His gospel at a later time! It will all work out in the end, and its okay if I dont know how or when.

Also, had my first lesson where we sat on the concrete of a garage. My leg was soo asleep afterwards that I was literally stumbling on the way out. Yikes. But it doesnt matter where you are, the message is still the same and the gospel changes lives!

We had lunch at a members house yesterday, Irmã Edunilza, and she just started crying. She started telling us about what her family is going through, and I truly felt the love that Heavenly Father has for her and her family. I shared an experience and I realized that wow, everyone has hard times and trials and difficulties and the atonement and gospel is the answer to every heart ahce!! I am not kidding, no matter what it is that you are going through you can be comforted. That doesnt mean that things will work out the way you want, or that situations will necessarily change. But you have the ability to choose how you react to everything, and you can choose to be happy regardless! Also, always be nice and reach out to those around you! 

So keep praying and searching and reading and doing the things you already know you need to do! I am so grateful for all of you and the influence you have each had in my life. 

Have a great week!

Sister Albertoni

sempre doente

Monday, October 10, 2016

Oi! 

First off, the atonement is real!!! I am so sure that Jesus Christ suffered for you, personally, and He wants to help you and comfort you in every aspect of your life. I am positive that He loves you more than you could ever imagine and that He is waiting for you to open the door and let Him in. 

My companion has been sick all week so it has been a little slow, but good! We met this awesome 17 year old, Emily who already has a book of mormon and wants to learn more! We actually contacted her brother, Jose, in the rua 2 times before we finally made our way to their house. The second time we visited Emily sat in and already knows so much! 

I also had a divisão com Sister Falconi, and we met this cutest 86 year old who talked to us for a solid hour. I am not kidding, and then she asked why I wasnt talking, and then went straight into another story. She has so many stories and then kept asking why we werent married. 

I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for your life! I am so sure that He is aware of you and that He wants you to return to him again! Search, ponder, and pray!! You will find answers to your prayers and a joy that you never knew existed. 

Brasil rocks, I love being a missionary! 

I love you all and am so thankful for your emails and letters and support! Have a bom semena!

Sister Albertoni

3 MONTHS

Family and friends!!

I am so blessed to be in Brasil and surrounded by the greatest people! I could not have asked for a better district or ward or mission president! Honestly, God blesses us with the best of the best!

This week was a little rocky and a bunch of our compromisses and investigators caiu. So, after lunch we were walking down the street  and Sister Oliveria realizes that my calfs are green. There were literally green strips, of who knows what, on my calfs?! We blamed it on Rafeel the cat, who lives at the persons house we had lunch at. So after we are making a contact with this nice guy and Sister Oliveria calls him Rafeel, and I just bust up. Yikes, but he didnt say anything and was super nice! 

We visited Irmo Campos this week and he told me that his ex-wife, who I have met 2 times, said that I am super beautiful and she wants me to marry her son! I literally dont talk a whole lot, but the people here are just so accepting of me and the fact that Im from the U.S. 

Our washing machine broke this week, so we got our bag of laundry and went over to Irma Terezina, who is basically our neighbor! She moved this past week and now she can wave to us through her apartment window and we see her! But she made us bala de chuva as we did our laundry. 

A less active member, who I havent met, was at church yesterday! He said it was because I waved to him a couple days ago, and so he figuered he would go to church! Its the small and simple things! 

 

Being a missionary is the coolest thing I have ever done and I am loving every second of it! We hiked to the Morro do Cristo today and I wore pants, so we had to document this special occasion!