Transfers!

And I'm still in the area but Sister Fonseca will be leaving tomorrow morning! We kind of expected it but it was still sad, just when everything was going really wonderfuly, go figure!

So this means I'll be showing the area to a sister. A sister who doesn't speak English so my Portuguese will really take off. It's going to be really hard I know but I think it's what I need to get the language up to scratch. We got new cell phones in the mission and one of the crazy sisters in the mission figured out how to do conference calling. So we were conference calling with every sister in the mission. It must have been against some rule but it was funny and we quickly found out who would be staying/leaving. We have our guesses about who will come here but everything is up in the air at this point.

This past week was a blast! We had our wards festa junina which is this party where you dress up like "interior" people (aka hicks), pig tails and plaid and square dancing and lots of corn! It was so much fun! It felt almost like halloween and we had so many investigators there so woohoo! Now if only I can find where they live without the help of Sister Fonseca ;)

Oh and the greatest moment of this last week was when our Raimundo (a member returning after 40 years) gave us these letters/riddle that he wrote for us. I translated it from portuguese to english so just know it sounds a lot nicer in portuguese.

People say that contemplating the stars brings luck
One man was walking in the street when he saw two stars walking by, and talking
The man said hello to the two of them and in that very moment everything became clear
One of the stars was little but had a great light
One of the stars was a bit bigger but the size of her light could never fit into all of the universe
Recently the stars began visting the mans house and a marvelous light began to grow
The stars invirted him back to paradise
When he got there the man could there were constellations of stars, many bright lights
When the man returned to his house he recognized that he too was given a light from them
Today his light isnt as bright as the stars in his life
But with lots of faith he believes that one day it will shine
Oh and I forgots, the names of the two stars;
Sister Fonseca e Neptune

So corny, yes but beautiful! Finally, a moment in my mission where I could honestly say I would stay here for a year and a half if only to be a small part of the change that has occurred in his life! Because really, we did nothing. We just walked by at the right time and he felt like he needed to speak to us. That was it. We didn't do anything. We were just instruments of the Lord! And because of this he is back with full force. He is ready to change. We were able to teach him about temples and it was so great and I know that he will be an example for his family!

Thats a wrap for this week. Life is good, the gospel is true! I love you all!

Kensie


ps pictures ( 2 of festa and one of raimundo)