Nov
3, 2014
Subject: Wow! Pday already?
Haha. It’s been soooo long since the last pday, huh? [Sister Yoshimoto's preparation days were changed from
Wednesdays to Mondays so this was a very short week since last Wednesday].
Thank goodness it’s been a
short week because I am literally dying of exhaustion haha. I definitely know why we have a rule to sleep
at 10:30 as a normal missionary. It’s
realllll tough on the body and mind to not sleep. But this calling is cheia [flood] of too many
things to do!
First of all, thanks so much,
Dad!!! I got the emails about the
classes and all. It’s real good that you
did that for me because I literally didn’t even think about that stuff until
someone asked me here what I’m doing for school after, and I was like “Oh,
probably going back to BYU and stuff, but it didn’t even hit me that i had to
register and do all that stuff first......... so thanks so much Dad haha.
I’m so blessed with parents who understand a mission :)
hmmm.... I forgot everything
I was going to respond to from last week... I’m the worst. Sorry about that--again :(
But I did read it all! And I just want to tell Travis that the
sisters laughed at your response and are even more in love with you because in
Brasil "no one wants the young kids" as they say haha. So yeah...if all else fails there, come with
me to Brasil -- theres a monte [mountain
… bunch] of sisters who are lining up for you hahahahaha. Man, it’s killing me hahahahaha. They
want me to send pictures of them to you.
Hahahaha. Good thing I forgot my
camera today hehe.
Happy Halloween!!!!!!!
It’s funny because the other
sister here who speaks english is from New Zealand and I forget sometimes that
she’s not American, but she says they don’t do Halloween in New Zealand so it was
not very exciting for her. But my lider
de distrito [district leader] is American and he said Happy Halloween! haha.
It was cool cause we organized an
activity for Halloween without knowing it was Halloween. The activity was us sisters dressed up as
women from the bible and bearing testimony of our experiences with the
Savior. I was the woman who taken in
adultery. It was such an amazing
experience to imagine the situation from her perspective. It was short but a real powerful
experience. Mostly because 15 minutes before,
we received some sad news :(
Remember Glayson? He’s
the super eleito [elite] 20year old. He
is just soooo good hearted and amazingly eleito [elite, prepared, humble,
teachable]. He has been having trouble
with smoking. We were making major
progress with him and Leandro, his cousin.
The zone leaders interviewed and leandro passed and will be baptized
this Saturday!!!! Glayson will have to
wait until January because of some past mistakes. It was soooo hard to hear because we were so
excited by the progress and true change of heart they have. But we felt an overwhelming sense of peace and
hope, because we know this will prepare him to be an even stronger individual
and leader in the church and definitely
a great missionary as he will grow to understand true repentance.
After learning this, I stood
there in the front bearing testimony of the woman who was taken in adultery and
additionally bearing my own testimony – the true meaning of repentance and my
gratitude for the Savior for giving each of us one more chance -- especially when we truly don’t deserve it. I felt so incredibly grateful for the
excitement in Glayson’s attitude as he is preparing and looking forward to his
baptism dia 3 de January [3rd of January]. For Leandro, this Saturday, he will be
preparing to receive the sacerdocio [priesthood] and and preparing to baptize
Glayson. I am excited by just the
thought of the happiness he will have as he will feel and know that his sins
truly will be washed away and he will be forgiven.
I love this gospel -- the
truth of the Atonement, the reality of the Savior. I am so grateful for this huge blessing to be
trusted enough to be a representative of Cristo [Christ] and bringing His
message to those who truly need it and are searching for it. I never want this to end!!!! But I know that it doesn’t have to. I am sooo excited to work with the
missionaries at home, but I definitely will miss the 24/7 part of it. I am loving this work. It’s hot and sweaty and smelly and
exhausting, but it’s the best BEST beeessst thing in the world.
I love you all so much and am
more grateful than ever to have such a huuuuge blessing in my life. You are always in my prayers todas as noites
[day and night], by name.
com muiiiiito carinho e
amor!!!<3333 [with much love]
-Sister Yoshimoto
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