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Dear family, well hey- how are you all?

So today is not p-day but we are using the internet anyway because tomorrow and the next day everything will be shut down. So the scalding hot sun is making it hard to think about Christmas and what we are going to do?

Yesterday we were at Feira de Santana for conference, yes that is like 6 or 7 hours on the bus... with Elder's oh man! We played a white elephant game and I first got a game of skip-bo and then someone took it and then I got pepto bismol how surprising is that that!!! I will use it, that's for sure. It was a present from E. Roatinskie (sei la, however you really spell his name) but he took a picture of me with it. He is a really funny Elder, shoot. It was so good to see the sisters and spend time with them. We got to Feira on Monday morning at about 1 am and then we just stayed up talking until we finaly were all sleeping. Then I woke up at like 5:30, I don't know I think that I have insomnia or something because just lately I have not been able to sleep. It's good sometime because it gives me time to think by myself.

Anyway, so life is good I got a good amount of letters yesterday it is fun but I think that I may or may not keep writing letters in return because I will just return :). But my family, I will keep on writing every week 'till the end of my mission.

Well, I think that is all,
have a great day,
love sister felt

Coming Home

So there are so many things that we learn on the mission and that we do that when you come home and there is that stander question.   

 

Well what did you most learn on your mission? 

Well the unfairness of this question is overwhelming. There are so many things that you learned that to talk about just one in a brief response that that person would like to hear is basically impossible.

but there are a few things that i have learned over the past 18 mos. that i would like to share with all my raving fans. 

Something that i learned is that the hand of our beloved Heavenly Father is with us in every thing that we are doing that when we are suffering the most we are then also being carried the most.  His guyed his loving hand, is pulling us through those tough times to the safety of a new day. 

I also learned that is its really great to suffer.  i would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to become a better more faithful saint.  I am sure that even though Heavenly Father was with me through all that time he let me feel the pain that comes from, seeing his beloved children, and my wonderful siblings in the gospel choose things that are less than wise.  Many times my heart was turnd to the scriptur in 2 Nefi 33:3 when Nefi sees the wickedness of the people and that destroys there lives.  This not only brings much suffering to there personal life but also to all the people that care about them.  That was the internal suffering but there are always many other forms of suffering that every missionary goes through.  So when you are a parent watching your child suffer just remember that to some extent it is a good thing.    

 Which brings me to the next point of something that my mother has ALWAYS said. 

"The only person you can control is you!" mom felt  

Actually putting that into practice on my mission was the hard part.  As a missionary you are only abel to do so much.  this is true in real life as well.  You can teach people all correct principals help them make and keep commitments but there comes a point when you cant do it for, them they have to make the call they have to decide what it is that they want to do.  The eternal law of agency is essential to the craters plan.  Men have to chose liberty or death.  They have to chose what is best for them and how to be happy.  

These were a few things that i learned on my mission.  i am grateful to all my family and friends that i have been able to see and talk to and i hope to see and talk to many more. 

love forever sister felt       

aloha

Ok family this will be the last time that I will be writing you from Brazil at this time in my life. So, I hope that you all like it. Last week was great and terrible all at the same time. We had one baptism and one fall through. We only had one investigator at church (and that is bad). But what is important is that this next week will be much much better!

I love you all so much; thanks for your love and support.
Have a great week
love you all
sister felt

second to last

So this is the 2nd to last e-mail that I'll send. All is well and bem; yesterday I talked to an American and tried to teach him in English. MAN, that was hard to just start talking to him--he was cool. He is here doing a study on public health, he is a student at Corneal University--that was cool.

Yesterday we also had a baptism, a flood in the church, and two birthdays. It was a big day. We didn't teach anyone and well, to say the least, it was a hard day. But life is good and all is well, have a great day!

love your little sister felt

wind rain

Dear family,
How are all you? Here life is good! We are nearly freezing to death with all this rain and wind but I think that I will survive. You know, it was like 70 degrees yesterday. That is not all that cold but add the wind and the rain and it is really cold!!!

Anyway, next week is Stake Conference and it should be interesting. They want to have two buses, this branch here is in a state of "emergency". I guess the gospel of Jesus Christ is always an emergency but now the members want to do something about the work. The stake president told them that they could not move in to the new chapel until they were a ward. The branch needs five more people at sacrament meeting and 10 more men baptized and holding the Melchizedek priesthood--they want to do this in two months!!! I am all about baptizing 10 men but I doubt any one of them would be ready to receive this responsibility within a few weeks of being baptized?!?!!?

It's great that the members are willing to work for it. We will too and hopefully I will meet my goal before I go home.

All really is well here, we are seeing many new miracles happen and yesterday not on purpose I sort of burned the Elders with my training in district meeting. It was supper funny because I really didn't know that they had been working in another town and not where they live. It's in there area but it is just another city. Anyway, I was reading Alma 8 to teach that we have to do it the Lords way and they were like, "oh man, that was just for us." Anyway, it was sort of funny.
Well, all is great!

Love you all with all my heart,
Sister Felt

fam

Dear family,

Thanks for talking to me that was way fun; I love you all so much you!
Life here is still going well, we have a tone of work to do and not enough hours in the day to get it all done.

Have a great day I love you all
Love you little sister felt

hey

Good news: First off I was not transferred nor was my comp so I will be ending my mission here. It will be so so so so cool to see this new chapel dictated--that is so good!

News: Sister Felt has decided that I will for sure love to watch the girls for the summer even if it is in the middle of no where :) jk Gene, but really, if you will have me, I would love to!

And Chrisy, I would for sure love to come with you to DC, lets stop at Nauvoo :). And I can stay with you until I have to watch the girls--lets play!!!

I am thinking about doing mediation and we'll see how that works out... um life is great I love you all and don't worry, I am doing great!

Ok well have a great day all, I love you all,
tchão