What is this a baseball game? No it’s a live concert.
Helloooo one and all, the time once again is passing incredibly fast. Crazy. This past week was awesome, but first off I thought we could break it up and here about something a little different. Just for kicks, Sister Labadie and I made a list of the things we love most on our missions:
-Planner. Yeah... we write everything every thirty minutes. I have never had a planner make it through a full transfer, the last 2 weeks the covers are always, always falling off, and they are sick and dirty… it looks like some child took a crayon and started writing on it... but really it was just me trying to write an address on the bumpy onibus.
-Fanny pack. Yes I have a fanny pack. I know... the sad thing is I have already gone through two, Someone has got to start making these things sturdier. They are so great, because we pack tons of stuff in them, everyday we try to have 3 or 4 livro de mormons with us, hymns, our own livro de mormon, umbrella, toothbrush, pamphlets, pencils and pens, water bottles... bible... and at times a banana. I have tried to avoid the last thing because its gotten mushed a few times. Woops.
-Handkerchief- to wipe the sweat. It really helps.
-Fans- We each have one that we kind of carry around with us around the house.
-Foot Powder, no serious, this is like a great, great thing! We got them for Christmas from our mission president- yes!!
-Ensigns... seriously, they are like gold. My mom sends me the monthly Portuguese one every month and it’s the greatest thing ever. I don’t know if they are different in English or portages, but the Portuguese Liahona was on missionaries this month. It was awesome. Sister Labadie wanted to know why there wasn’t a picture of us in there. I think its because they didn’t want to show how sweaty and dirty missionaries get.
-Jody dresses- that would be the missionary dresses, really... I have had more then a few ugly days on the mission. They are just funny clothes days. Sometimes Sister Labadie and I do it on purpose, just to see what people will say.
-Bleach. That would be because it helps to kill the worms in our shower. Nasty I know. We are fighting and winning against them, don’t worry.
Anyways... that’s just some of the things we have been thankful for this past week. There continue to be soo many miracles every week, thanks to the bondade of the Lord. Sister Labadie’s foot is getting better so fast, we were blessed with a lot of help from the members this last week, and the Lord put soo many people right in front of us this week, as always. We had conference with the Zone, which as always pumps us up to be a little crazy.
We always make announcements on the onibus, but after zone conference we were feeling a little bit more... well... gutsy. So we got up in front of 50 people on the bus, and sang, there is sunshine in my soul today. (it was raining as usual) I wish I could of gotten a photo of the look on peoples faces. It was great because afterwards we knew exactly who to talk to- We made a loud announcement that we were there to teach them about the true gospel of Jesus Christ- and there were several people that excitedly talked to us afterwards.. it was a great way o know who really would be interested in our message. Sister Labadie talked to one woman afterwards who said she had been looking for God. Well we can help with that eh?
The Lord has been so good to us, we will have a baptism this Saturday of a young woman who is a lawyer, and her name is Priscilla. It is awesome because I can’t remember if I told this story already, if I did, you can all just skip to the next paragraph. Anyways, like 3 weeks go we felt to go to a random bairo, where we had never been. And as we were there, a man passed by and said, wow, I was Mormon like 20 years ago.. I haven’t been to church in 20 years... but can you teach my daughter. Sure. We can do that! So he took us to his daughter, we taught her the first lesson, and she just cried and cried as she said her first prayer with us. So special. So we have been working for her for awhile, and her whole family is going to travel here this weekend to see her baptism.
It is also so cool to see how people progress- Daniel got the Holy Ghost this week. And he was so excited. His mom Patricia, who is waiting for her marriage to go through to get married, bought him a shirt and tie and shoes and pants, and he was soo excited to get the Holy Ghost. He told me afterwards he felt soo good when he was receiving the Holy Ghost and Patricia just cried as she saw her son get the Holy Ghost. She then asked for a blessing after church to have help, which was just so beautiful to be a part of it. They are such a great family- and Daniel was promised he would be a great missionary-something we were excited to hear!
Lia and Danilo are awesome- they did medicals for free for another soon to be missionary, and gave their first referral to some other lucky elders :) (It is in another part of Ribeirao Preto)
Anyways, I have rambled on enough... but I am doing great. Last night we had a surprise visit from some other sisters who were coming to Ribeirao Preto. They spent the night at our house, and it felt like a big sleepover. So fun! And it was such a reminder to me how blessed I am to be working with Sister Labadie, we are such great, great friends, which makes the work so fun!
Ok I love you all! PS, the quote is from Return to Me, I was thinking about how horrible our singing was on the bus. ha-ha. Great memories!
Beijos!
Sister Melanie MonroeHelloooo one and all, the time once again is passing incredibly fast. Crazy. This past week was awesome, but first off I thought we could break it up and here about something a little different. Just for kicks, Sister Labadie and I made a list of the things we love most on our missions:
-Planner. Yeah... we write everything every thirty minutes. I have never had a planner make it through a full transfer, the last 2 weeks the covers are always, always falling off, and they are sick and dirty… it looks like some child took a crayon and started writing on it... but really it was just me trying to write an address on the bumpy onibus.
-Fanny pack. Yes I have a fanny pack. I know... the sad thing is I have already gone through two, Someone has got to start making these things sturdier. They are so great, because we pack tons of stuff in them, everyday we try to have 3 or 4 livro de mormons with us, hymns, our own livro de mormon, umbrella, toothbrush, pamphlets, pencils and pens, water bottles... bible... and at times a banana. I have tried to avoid the last thing because its gotten mushed a few times. Woops.
-Handkerchief- to wipe the sweat. It really helps.
-Fans- We each have one that we kind of carry around with us around the house.
-Foot Powder, no serious, this is like a great, great thing! We got them for Christmas from our mission president- yes!!
-Ensigns... seriously, they are like gold. My mom sends me the monthly Portuguese one every month and it’s the greatest thing ever. I don’t know if they are different in English or portages, but the Portuguese Liahona was on missionaries this month. It was awesome. Sister Labadie wanted to know why there wasn’t a picture of us in there. I think its because they didn’t want to show how sweaty and dirty missionaries get.
-Jody dresses- that would be the missionary dresses, really... I have had more then a few ugly days on the mission. They are just funny clothes days. Sometimes Sister Labadie and I do it on purpose, just to see what people will say.
-Bleach. That would be because it helps to kill the worms in our shower. Nasty I know. We are fighting and winning against them, don’t worry.
Anyways... that’s just some of the things we have been thankful for this past week. There continue to be soo many miracles every week, thanks to the bondade of the Lord. Sister Labadie’s foot is getting better so fast, we were blessed with a lot of help from the members this last week, and the Lord put soo many people right in front of us this week, as always. We had conference with the Zone, which as always pumps us up to be a little crazy.
We always make announcements on the onibus, but after zone conference we were feeling a little bit more... well... gutsy. So we got up in front of 50 people on the bus, and sang, there is sunshine in my soul today. (it was raining as usual) I wish I could of gotten a photo of the look on peoples faces. It was great because afterwards we knew exactly who to talk to- We made a loud announcement that we were there to teach them about the true gospel of Jesus Christ- and there were several people that excitedly talked to us afterwards.. it was a great way o know who really would be interested in our message. Sister Labadie talked to one woman afterwards who said she had been looking for God. Well we can help with that eh?
The Lord has been so good to us, we will have a baptism this Saturday of a young woman who is a lawyer, and her name is Priscilla. It is awesome because I can’t remember if I told this story already, if I did, you can all just skip to the next paragraph. Anyways, like 3 weeks go we felt to go to a random bairo, where we had never been. And as we were there, a man passed by and said, wow, I was Mormon like 20 years ago.. I haven’t been to church in 20 years... but can you teach my daughter. Sure. We can do that! So he took us to his daughter, we taught her the first lesson, and she just cried and cried as she said her first prayer with us. So special. So we have been working for her for awhile, and her whole family is going to travel here this weekend to see her baptism.
It is also so cool to see how people progress- Daniel got the Holy Ghost this week. And he was so excited. His mom Patricia, who is waiting for her marriage to go through to get married, bought him a shirt and tie and shoes and pants, and he was soo excited to get the Holy Ghost. He told me afterwards he felt soo good when he was receiving the Holy Ghost and Patricia just cried as she saw her son get the Holy Ghost. She then asked for a blessing after church to have help, which was just so beautiful to be a part of it. They are such a great family- and Daniel was promised he would be a great missionary-something we were excited to hear!
Lia and Danilo are awesome- they did medicals for free for another soon to be missionary, and gave their first referral to some other lucky elders :) (It is in another part of Ribeirao Preto)
Anyways, I have rambled on enough... but I am doing great. Last night we had a surprise visit from some other sisters who were coming to Ribeirao Preto. They spent the night at our house, and it felt like a big sleepover. So fun! And it was such a reminder to me how blessed I am to be working with Sister Labadie, we are such great, great friends, which makes the work so fun!
Ok I love you all! PS, the quote is from Return to Me, I was thinking about how horrible our singing was on the bus. ha-ha. Great memories!
Beijos!
Sister Melanie Monroe
-Planner. Yeah... we write everything every thirty minutes. I have never had a planner make it through a full transfer, the last 2 weeks the covers are always, always falling off, and they are sick and dirty… it looks like some child took a crayon and started writing on it... but really it was just me trying to write an address on the bumpy onibus.
-Fanny pack. Yes I have a fanny pack. I know... the sad thing is I have already gone through two, Someone has got to start making these things sturdier. They are so great, because we pack tons of stuff in them, everyday we try to have 3 or 4 livro de mormons with us, hymns, our own livro de mormon, umbrella, toothbrush, pamphlets, pencils and pens, water bottles... bible... and at times a banana. I have tried to avoid the last thing because its gotten mushed a few times. Woops.
-Handkerchief- to wipe the sweat. It really helps.
-Fans- We each have one that we kind of carry around with us around the house.
-Foot Powder, no serious, this is like a great, great thing! We got them for Christmas from our mission president- yes!!
-Ensigns... seriously, they are like gold. My mom sends me the monthly Portuguese one every month and it’s the greatest thing ever. I don’t know if they are different in English or portages, but the Portuguese Liahona was on missionaries this month. It was awesome. Sister Labadie wanted to know why there wasn’t a picture of us in there. I think its because they didn’t want to show how sweaty and dirty missionaries get.
-Jody dresses- that would be the missionary dresses, really... I have had more then a few ugly days on the mission. They are just funny clothes days. Sometimes Sister Labadie and I do it on purpose, just to see what people will say.
-Bleach. That would be because it helps to kill the worms in our shower. Nasty I know. We are fighting and winning against them, don’t worry.
Anyways... that’s just some of the things we have been thankful for this past week. There continue to be soo many miracles every week, thanks to the bondade of the Lord. Sister Labadie’s foot is getting better so fast, we were blessed with a lot of help from the members this last week, and the Lord put soo many people right in front of us this week, as always. We had conference with the Zone, which as always pumps us up to be a little crazy.
We always make announcements on the onibus, but after zone conference we were feeling a little bit more... well... gutsy. So we got up in front of 50 people on the bus, and sang, there is sunshine in my soul today. (it was raining as usual) I wish I could of gotten a photo of the look on peoples faces. It was great because afterwards we knew exactly who to talk to- We made a loud announcement that we were there to teach them about the true gospel of Jesus Christ- and there were several people that excitedly talked to us afterwards.. it was a great way o know who really would be interested in our message. Sister Labadie talked to one woman afterwards who said she had been looking for God. Well we can help with that eh?
The Lord has been so good to us, we will have a baptism this Saturday of a young woman who is a lawyer, and her name is Priscilla. It is awesome because I can’t remember if I told this story already, if I did, you can all just skip to the next paragraph. Anyways, like 3 weeks go we felt to go to a random bairo, where we had never been. And as we were there, a man passed by and said, wow, I was Mormon like 20 years ago.. I haven’t been to church in 20 years... but can you teach my daughter. Sure. We can do that! So he took us to his daughter, we taught her the first lesson, and she just cried and cried as she said her first prayer with us. So special. So we have been working for her for awhile, and her whole family is going to travel here this weekend to see her baptism.
It is also so cool to see how people progress- Daniel got the Holy Ghost this week. And he was so excited. His mom Patricia, who is waiting for her marriage to go through to get married, bought him a shirt and tie and shoes and pants, and he was soo excited to get the Holy Ghost. He told me afterwards he felt soo good when he was receiving the Holy Ghost and Patricia just cried as she saw her son get the Holy Ghost. She then asked for a blessing after church to have help, which was just so beautiful to be a part of it. They are such a great family- and Daniel was promised he would be a great missionary-something we were excited to hear!
Lia and Danilo are awesome- they did medicals for free for another soon to be missionary, and gave their first referral to some other lucky elders :) (It is in another part of Ribeirao Preto)
Anyways, I have rambled on enough... but I am doing great. Last night we had a surprise visit from some other sisters who were coming to Ribeirao Preto. They spent the night at our house, and it felt like a big sleepover. So fun! And it was such a reminder to me how blessed I am to be working with Sister Labadie, we are such great, great friends, which makes the work so fun!
Ok I love you all! PS, the quote is from Return to Me, I was thinking about how horrible our singing was on the bus. ha-ha. Great memories!
Beijos!
Sister Melanie MonroeHelloooo one and all, the time once again is passing incredibly fast. Crazy. This past week was awesome, but first off I thought we could break it up and here about something a little different. Just for kicks, Sister Labadie and I made a list of the things we love most on our missions:
-Planner. Yeah... we write everything every thirty minutes. I have never had a planner make it through a full transfer, the last 2 weeks the covers are always, always falling off, and they are sick and dirty… it looks like some child took a crayon and started writing on it... but really it was just me trying to write an address on the bumpy onibus.
-Fanny pack. Yes I have a fanny pack. I know... the sad thing is I have already gone through two, Someone has got to start making these things sturdier. They are so great, because we pack tons of stuff in them, everyday we try to have 3 or 4 livro de mormons with us, hymns, our own livro de mormon, umbrella, toothbrush, pamphlets, pencils and pens, water bottles... bible... and at times a banana. I have tried to avoid the last thing because its gotten mushed a few times. Woops.
-Handkerchief- to wipe the sweat. It really helps.
-Fans- We each have one that we kind of carry around with us around the house.
-Foot Powder, no serious, this is like a great, great thing! We got them for Christmas from our mission president- yes!!
-Ensigns... seriously, they are like gold. My mom sends me the monthly Portuguese one every month and it’s the greatest thing ever. I don’t know if they are different in English or portages, but the Portuguese Liahona was on missionaries this month. It was awesome. Sister Labadie wanted to know why there wasn’t a picture of us in there. I think its because they didn’t want to show how sweaty and dirty missionaries get.
-Jody dresses- that would be the missionary dresses, really... I have had more then a few ugly days on the mission. They are just funny clothes days. Sometimes Sister Labadie and I do it on purpose, just to see what people will say.
-Bleach. That would be because it helps to kill the worms in our shower. Nasty I know. We are fighting and winning against them, don’t worry.
Anyways... that’s just some of the things we have been thankful for this past week. There continue to be soo many miracles every week, thanks to the bondade of the Lord. Sister Labadie’s foot is getting better so fast, we were blessed with a lot of help from the members this last week, and the Lord put soo many people right in front of us this week, as always. We had conference with the Zone, which as always pumps us up to be a little crazy.
We always make announcements on the onibus, but after zone conference we were feeling a little bit more... well... gutsy. So we got up in front of 50 people on the bus, and sang, there is sunshine in my soul today. (it was raining as usual) I wish I could of gotten a photo of the look on peoples faces. It was great because afterwards we knew exactly who to talk to- We made a loud announcement that we were there to teach them about the true gospel of Jesus Christ- and there were several people that excitedly talked to us afterwards.. it was a great way o know who really would be interested in our message. Sister Labadie talked to one woman afterwards who said she had been looking for God. Well we can help with that eh?
The Lord has been so good to us, we will have a baptism this Saturday of a young woman who is a lawyer, and her name is Priscilla. It is awesome because I can’t remember if I told this story already, if I did, you can all just skip to the next paragraph. Anyways, like 3 weeks go we felt to go to a random bairo, where we had never been. And as we were there, a man passed by and said, wow, I was Mormon like 20 years ago.. I haven’t been to church in 20 years... but can you teach my daughter. Sure. We can do that! So he took us to his daughter, we taught her the first lesson, and she just cried and cried as she said her first prayer with us. So special. So we have been working for her for awhile, and her whole family is going to travel here this weekend to see her baptism.
It is also so cool to see how people progress- Daniel got the Holy Ghost this week. And he was so excited. His mom Patricia, who is waiting for her marriage to go through to get married, bought him a shirt and tie and shoes and pants, and he was soo excited to get the Holy Ghost. He told me afterwards he felt soo good when he was receiving the Holy Ghost and Patricia just cried as she saw her son get the Holy Ghost. She then asked for a blessing after church to have help, which was just so beautiful to be a part of it. They are such a great family- and Daniel was promised he would be a great missionary-something we were excited to hear!
Lia and Danilo are awesome- they did medicals for free for another soon to be missionary, and gave their first referral to some other lucky elders :) (It is in another part of Ribeirao Preto)
Anyways, I have rambled on enough... but I am doing great. Last night we had a surprise visit from some other sisters who were coming to Ribeirao Preto. They spent the night at our house, and it felt like a big sleepover. So fun! And it was such a reminder to me how blessed I am to be working with Sister Labadie, we are such great, great friends, which makes the work so fun!
Ok I love you all! PS, the quote is from Return to Me, I was thinking about how horrible our singing was on the bus. ha-ha. Great memories!
Beijos!
Sister Melanie Monroe
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