Hello dear family!
It is another beautiful Tuesday afternoon here in Timbaúva! This week was a fast one...filled with new investigators, lessons, much walking, and a looooot of hot weather. Summer is arriving! :)
My favorite part of the week was, of course, Sunday afternoon when Idimir and Eliane and their two sons Fladimir and Eduardo were baptized. The whole family together! It was so wonderful to see them all standing together dressed in white. The first time in my life that I have seen an entire family baptized together! There is always a special spirit with every baptism....but seeing a family together was extra wonderful! Heavenly Father really does love families :) Haha...The two boys, Fladimir and Eduardo are so great! They love the gospel, are reading the Book of Mormon, and already talking about the day when they will be missionaries! Sister Inhuma and I took pictures of them in the white baptism clothes and wearing our missionary name tags :) Eliane looked especially happy....and as she watched her two sons be baptized it seemed like she was glowing! And Idimir...what a great, strong, faithful father...It was his testimony of the gospel that helped the rest of his family want to be baptized too.... Ah, I love this family so much and I feel so blessed to have been one of the missionaries to help teach them! There really is no greater feeling.... :)
Tonight we´re going to have another Noite Familiar with Rose! Out of all the people here in Timbaúva, I think I feel the closest to Rose....she is sooo amazing. Sweet and loving and so Christ-like....
She was taught by the sisters has been going to church for almost a year already...Marlon, her 13 year old son has already been baptized and Natália her 7 year old daughter will be when she turns 8 in January. But since Rose is not legally married, and her "husband" doesn´t want to get married, she hasn´t been able to be baptized herself. I think it is hard for her to watch her children be baptized and to still be waiting for the day when she will be able to be baptized. Rose is so sweet and good and has so much faith and trust in Heavenly Father....I know that one day she will receive all the blessings she is desiring right now... Heavenly Father loves each one of us and is so good and kind...we just need to be patient and trust in Him :) Her husband, Márcio, is not a bad person.....he is actually very very awesome! haha, I´m not sure how to describe him. At first I was really intimidated by him because he is very gruff and sarcastic...and he´s super smart too! But after getting to know him it´s easy to see that behind the grumpiness he is very very sweet. He just doesn´t like being pressured into things and he is very very stubborn...for a long time he was very against the church and he even refused to let the sisters in his home. But I can definitely see that the Lord is slowly softening his heart....the family nights we have with them are always wonderful and he participates a lot too. The members in the ward are also heling a lot (because everyone loves Rose!) to make friendships with him. When the ward had a Noite de Sorvete last Friday (Ice Cream Night!) I was super surprised and very happy to see Máricio walk in the chapel door! Slowly but surely he's progressing.... :)
Sister Inhuma and I also found a new family that I´m very excited about....First of all, because the dad´s name is Greg! :D Just like you, Dad! Well...actually it´s spelled Grig...but it sounds the same :) Greg and Rosângela are the parents of 3 beautiful daughters...Brenda (11), Pietra (2), and Isadora (18 days!!) We had a wonderful first lesson with them and I´m excited to go back this week.
There is a lot of joy and love in their home....a lot of it, I´m sure, because of the brand new baby in the home :) Isadora is so tiny! Looking into her pure eyes it seems like you can feel Heavenly Father´s love....
Well, I am glad that you are all well and happy....You are always in my prayers! Each and every one of you... Stay safe and choose to be happy! Remember...God does not dwell in sorrow or melancholy, but in light and happiness! And as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and as sons and daughters of Heavenly Father, we have every reason to be happy! Life is meant to be loved!!! :) I love you all!
Love, Sister Jamie Gee
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