Week 51

October 19, 2015

The Week of Oros!

Hello!

This week was a great week, I learned a lot! This week we did divisions and my companion went to Montevideo for one day so two days this week I worked with some brand new missionaries (we call them Oros here, or "Golds") One of them from the United States and the other from Brazil!

My experience with the Brazilian Oro (H

ermana Beloni) was especially great! We were here in my area in Artigas because her area is in Brazil, and I would have had to give lessons in Portuguese (which I don´t Completely understand quite yet). I don´t know my area really well yet and all of our appointments fell through so went spent the hot afternoon contacting! It was tough but we enjoyed every minute of it! She taught me a little bit of Portuguese and I helped her with her Spanish. We visited one of our investigators, Lulo, with her and she gave a really powerful testimony about the Sabbath day and obedience to the commandments. She is a recent convert but she has incredible faith that she knows that when the Lord says we must do something, we just need to do it and trust that he can take care of us. Her testimony affected Lulo so much that almost a week later we talked to him and he said that her testimony really helped him and that he wants to work on stop working in his business on Sundays! Hopefully we´ll see some progress with him! I know that a person´s testimony can truly help others--but only when we share it!

This week the sisters in one of the other wards here had to sing in the primary program, and her companion was embarrassed to sing in front of everyone, so Hermana Jenkins and I sang in front of everyone. It was fun but we didn´t practice it very much so I got a little nervous and sung pretty quietly. It was a neat little duet though!

Recently I was studying about courage. In these days we really need to have courage to stand up for what we believe--our standards, our boundaries, and our determination to follow Christ. I love the example of the youth in  Alma 53:20. They were courageous because they had been obedient, and when we obey we begin to trust in the Lord enough to always do what he says. Have courage and be righteous! It´s the path to happiness. 

I love you all and you are all huge examples to me! Thanks for all the birthday letters I received!

Hermana Autery

(A member (Susana Medina) taking care of me when I had to rest my ankle---it´s better now so no worries!!)

Paige apparently sprained her ankle,when she fell,and then they gave her an anti-inflammatory that she had an allergic reaction to. So she had to go to the hospital. But she only tells me after the fact and says "But Im ok now, Mom"