Me and my companions.
A typical street.
My apartment building.
First off this is going to be a random letter and I hate this keyboard. :)
Fact: I miss the temple! I got so used to going every week that I miss the peace it brought into my life! I thought this morning that is the first thing I want to do when I land in Pasco, go to the temple!!!!!!
I need simple super easy recipes. I made german pancakes the other day and my comps loved them, but I can't think of anything else to make. They have different ingredients here. It's tough. They have this dessert called brigadero!! So good, we eat it with pancakes A LOT!! Look it up on allrecipes.com but it's really simple: 1 can sweetened cond. milk, 2ish tbs butter and 3ish tbs coco pówder. On the stove melt together med-high heat. Stir constantly, add the coco powder, keep stirring. It's done when you can shift the pan and it kind of moves together. Then we just put it in a tupperware and refrigerate it and then eat it on anything!! So good!!! I love it. I always want to make it, my comps laugh at me.
Tell Kevin Moss that the toilets flush counter clockwise here, he asked before I left. How is it in the US? I don't remember.
Oh and everyone here has dogs. Like at least 5. It drives me crazy.
I met a boy in our ward, I am 98.5% sure he is on the autistic scale!! As soon as I met him I kind of forgot about missionary work for a few minute, but I came back to reality and focused but I was so excited. I dont know why but my heart goes out to autistic children so quickly. I love it!!!!
Yesterday in church, we had one investigator there, it was cool. He is probably 45 and his wife died 5 months ago. He was a pastor for a church (this is all I have picked up on, my comp keeps explaining it to me). He was at church last week too, but this week he said he would go. Then Sunday he called and said that he needed to go to a sick family memeber, then he called back an hour later and said he would go! So we went and got him!! He is cool. His daughter is 7 and TOTALLY HIGH ENERGY!!! I think she has a condition of something, I don't know what. She sat with us in church, I think her dad needs break, and the whole time she moved from one thing to the next. In this ward, the kids kind of roam around, at least some of them do. It's interesting, so it's really hard to keep her in her seat. I love her but it gets hard. Good thing there are 3 of us Sisters or else I might go crazy on Sundays!
My ADDERSS! There are 2, both are good!
Sister Kat Taylor
Missao Santa Maria
Rua Alberto Pasculine 121 Sala 403 Centro
97015-970 Santa Maria-RS
Brazil
The other is:
Sister Kat Taylor
Caixa Postal 0339
Santa Maria-RS
97001-970
Brazil
I dont know why the zips are different......oh well.
I had a really cool week. We found 2 families that are really really special to me. The first was a young man and woman with a one month old baby. They invited us in quickly, which was cool for me because I did the contact and my Portuguese is really weak! :) We usually teach the first lesson about the Restoration in 2 visitis because it's kind of a lot to take in. But with them we finished the first part and he asked questions that lead to the second part so we taught it, it was cool! They are really neat. The second family has 3 daughters and in the lesson (the dad was in the lesson too - that is really special to have everyone in the lesson, usually the husband will get the wife and she listens while he leaves or watches tv or something) but he willingly sat in and I got to talk to him about the love of daughters to their fathers and how in family we have the chance to learn from each other and gain experience. This is the part I usually teach! I love it, it's so cool to see how my understanding of Heavenly Tather and his love for us and families has grown, really cool. It was cool to talk directly to him, in a room full of women about their love for him and to say that I konw it's true because it's the same in my family!! Really special for me.
The other really neat experience was while we were knocking (clapping) doors, we came to one that the mom answered (she is probbly 30) and invited us in quickly. We get in and she has all of these DVDS like 'Finding Faith In Christ' and so we asked if she was a memeber and they are!!!! :) They have been members for 2 years but inactive for 1 year. Her husband works Sundays and she doesn't know how to drive. Also their one son has muscular distrophy (I think, or somehing like it) and they live pretty far out but their home felt really good. A lot of love in that home. I shared a message about 3 Nephi 14:7-11 about ask and ye shall recieve and God's love for us. As I was talking I kept thinking about an experience that I will share in a minute. But I was talking about God's love for us and answering prayers and I strted to cry. It's the second time that in testifying I have cried. I think I am kind of a cryer, never thought that before but I think its true. I feel kind of weird saying that! Buts it's true. So this experience. Every night I pray that Heavenly Father will help my body rest and relax to have the energy that I need for the next day, and to help me sleep in whatever way he knows is best for my body so that I can do the work the next day. EVERY single night, I wake up 2 or 3 times and I check my alarm clock and there are 4 more hours to sleep. 3 more hours to sleep, and then 1 more hour and always before the alarm goes off, about 10 minutes before I start to wake up. EVERY NIGHT. It's really cool and special for me because that never happens on its own, never consistantly at least. But I know that my Heavenly Father helps me, it's so small and so simple but I know it's not me. I love it because I show my desire and ask then regardless of the outcome I say I will wake up and get ready for the day. It's a miracle for me.
For all of you, I know that Heavenly father loves you. I Know that because he loves us, we are born into families. The desire we have for a family is a blessing from heaven. The world works so very hard at hurting the family. The importance of families is far more significant than we know. Heavenly father gives us familes to help one another, to learn and grow from each other and gain experience in this life, to bless us in the next. The love we have for our family is a type of love that Heavenly Father has for us, but I cannot even imagine the extent that his love reaches. I know that if we are strong in our family and desire to follow Christ, ALL things are possible. All things, any heartache, any hurt, any trial or tempation. I know that Heavenly Father knows us all and wants to bless us, we have to turn to him because he is always ready. We have to demonstrate our faith. These words are simple, I do not know how to make them any more elegant but I feel them so deeply that I can not deny them.
I love you all! Do not forget that.
From Brazil,
Your Sister Taylor :)
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