Last week I was dying because last Monday we spent the entire p-day
walking around Plano Piloto and doing all the touristy stuff. It was a
lot of fun with our district and the sisters from Guará II ended up
being there, too! We ran into them in the library. I am happy because I
finally got to visit Os Candangos (picture below) which was something I
didn´t visit when I visited Plano before.
This week will be
very tiring as well because I spent practically all day playing soccer.
Woo hoo! :) We had a zone activity this morning and it was a ton of
fun!! By far it was the best activity we have had. We had churrasco,
soda, and cake and played soccer for like 3 hours straight. I am happy
:)
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| Our zone today :) |
I
had an exchange with Sister Tsukuda last week but instead of going to
Lago Norte we stayed in Guará I. It was good; I always like going on
exchanges with her. Last Tuesday, Sister Gonçalves and I had a super
unique experience. I woke up thinking about Naide, the bishop´s wife,
and felt like we needed to visit her. I worked out, got ready for the
day, and did personal study but I couldn´t stop thinking about her. When
companionship study started I said to Sister Gonçalves, "I think we
need to visit Naide this morning before we go to lunch." She responded,
"I woke up thinking about her, too!" We baked some cookies super quickly
as an excuse to stop by and then headed there after language study.
When
Naide answered the door she seemed really surprised and relieved to see
us. We told her we baked some cookies and then asked if she needed
help with anything. We offered to wash the dishes, sweep, mop, and help
straighten up the house. Normally people don´t accept our help but she
let us help her. While we were cleaning the kitchen she said she woke up
this morning with a lot of pain in her back because she has an illness
that affects her nerves. She said she laid in bed and said, "Heavenly
Father, I don´t know how I am going to manage to do everything today. I
need help." A few hours later we showed up :) She was very grateful for
our help. I love moments like that in the mission. Sister Gonçalves and I
have days where we walk home at night and just keep saying, "This is
the mission. This is what it´s all about." Tuesday was definitely one of
those days :)
Oh yeah,
Saturday night the ward had a karaoke activity. I heard some Justin
Beiber, The Beatles, and a few other American songs. It was a nice taste
of home. Yesterday morning I was watching the movie 17 Miracles while
getting ready for church. The movie was in English with Portuguese
subtitles. I wanted to ask Sister Gonçalves a question so I went to her
and said, "Do you think this dress is short?" She looked at me super
puzzled and I thought to myself, "Why isn´t she responding?" Then I
realized I had asked her in English haha. It was weird because I had
been thinking in Portuguese, but because of the movie it came out in
English.
Life
is good. We have zone conference this Thursday in the mission home.
Each of us has to prepare a 30 minute lesson and one of our names will
be chosen to actually teach. I normally have bad luck so I have a
feeling it will be me haha. Next Monday I will have 8 months in the
mission!!
Love you all very much!!
Sister Kerr
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| Our district - Me, Sister Gonçalves, Sister Carlomagno, Sister Damaceno, Elder Fonseca, Elder Sowards |
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| My mission - Brasília Guará! |
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| Os Candangos |
