June 4, 2012
I have a testimony of goals. love
them. Elder Ballard said if we don´t make goals we will look back on our
life and realize we didn´t reach our potential and could have done and become
so much more- or something like that. See Preach my Gospel ch. 8.
Well sadly no baptisms this weekend. BUT we met our huge goal of 24 new
investigators this week!!! WOOT WOOT!!! And we wanted to get 10
recibidas (don´t remember word in English, means phone numbers/addresses) per
day, and we got pretty darn close- 57!!! YEA!!!! Yesterday we were
left with 6 new investigators to find before the end of the week. We
found the last one at the very last minutes before we needed to return home and
it was a miracle- an eleita- nossa revelada por essa semana!!!! Okay and
we get a mission newsletter every transfer with the numbers of the mission and
last transfer our mission had 173 baptisms!!!! CRAZY AWESOME!!!!!
The work is moving forward so fast!!! Isn´t that SO
EXCITING?!?!?!?! In zone conference irmã Torgan said that President Torgan
received revelation before they came on the mission that there goals for
baptisms for their mission should be 2,000. When President told Sister
Torgan this she called him crazy. They will leave next transfer, and last
week they were up to 2,009 baptisms. 2,009 people have been brought into
the fold in three years. These are the last days and the work is moving
forward like a freight train here in Portugal. Many humble people
prepared. The Lord blesses us when we make a goal WITH HIM and then do
all we can to accomplish it!
Photos: Don´t know what order they are in but one picture is the baptism of Telmo the ELEITO ELEITO ELEITO!!!, one is me freaking out after an AMAZINGLY spiritual lesson with Hertz- an investigator that we have been teaching FOREVER and will be baptized soon! One is what a street in an area we lovingly call ´little Africa´- most of the people who live in this area are from Africa. And one is of a statue in the city- not my area, we had to go there for Irmã´s Brazilean bank- notice the cobblestone! oh and one pic is of a home with a tile of Fatima- see tiles like these everywhere, and people have a tile on their homes with ´Vivenda ...`and the name of the family. Did I ever mention there are tiles EVERYWHERE!!! VERY beautiful!!!
I am so glad to hear Jack is banging salad bowls. Reminds me when he was little and banged pots and pans to ´That Thing You Do`. I love you bud, you are a stud!!! ha rhyme. That is SO cool that the London gang saw the QUEEN!!!! You are official Londoners. Titi will actually be in London for 6 months! She is there now. Her e-mail isalbinaticiane@hotmail.com. I gave her all your info. but she is a little nervous to contact you all. She is living with a family member that speaks English so she is going to ask her to help. She said she would contact you and I really really really hope she does!!!
Portuguese is getting better. This has happened to me a couple of times- some people in church speak to me in English but I don´t realize it is English for a while and then I wonder if I was speaking english in return or still Portuguese. haha.
Lot´s of amazing, spirit-filled lessons this week, but also lots of heart breaking things. Opposition in all things. I am so grateful for Revelados- they are teaching me how to push myself and be a better missionary. I am so grateful for all of your examples!!! I am so grateful to have this privilege to be a part of the Lord´s work. This is His work. I want to submit my will to His totally. This is the best thing EVER!!! I LOVE MY MISSION!!!! I love every day. Every day miracles occur. Heavenly Father loves us so much. That is a fact. I know this is His church. Jesus Christ is literally at the head of this church. I am so grateful for modern day revelation. I LOVE YOU ALL!!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!
Irmã Tingey
Photos: Don´t know what order they are in but one picture is the baptism of Telmo the ELEITO ELEITO ELEITO!!!, one is me freaking out after an AMAZINGLY spiritual lesson with Hertz- an investigator that we have been teaching FOREVER and will be baptized soon! One is what a street in an area we lovingly call ´little Africa´- most of the people who live in this area are from Africa. And one is of a statue in the city- not my area, we had to go there for Irmã´s Brazilean bank- notice the cobblestone! oh and one pic is of a home with a tile of Fatima- see tiles like these everywhere, and people have a tile on their homes with ´Vivenda ...`and the name of the family. Did I ever mention there are tiles EVERYWHERE!!! VERY beautiful!!!
I am so glad to hear Jack is banging salad bowls. Reminds me when he was little and banged pots and pans to ´That Thing You Do`. I love you bud, you are a stud!!! ha rhyme. That is SO cool that the London gang saw the QUEEN!!!! You are official Londoners. Titi will actually be in London for 6 months! She is there now. Her e-mail isalbinaticiane@hotmail.com. I gave her all your info. but she is a little nervous to contact you all. She is living with a family member that speaks English so she is going to ask her to help. She said she would contact you and I really really really hope she does!!!
Portuguese is getting better. This has happened to me a couple of times- some people in church speak to me in English but I don´t realize it is English for a while and then I wonder if I was speaking english in return or still Portuguese. haha.
Lot´s of amazing, spirit-filled lessons this week, but also lots of heart breaking things. Opposition in all things. I am so grateful for Revelados- they are teaching me how to push myself and be a better missionary. I am so grateful for all of your examples!!! I am so grateful to have this privilege to be a part of the Lord´s work. This is His work. I want to submit my will to His totally. This is the best thing EVER!!! I LOVE MY MISSION!!!! I love every day. Every day miracles occur. Heavenly Father loves us so much. That is a fact. I know this is His church. Jesus Christ is literally at the head of this church. I am so grateful for modern day revelation. I LOVE YOU ALL!!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!
Irmã Tingey
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