I can´t get that song out of my head- prob. not the
best for a missionary, but I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!
RIO DE JANIERO!!!!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! OH MY LANTA!!!!!!!! ESTOU TÃO FELIZ E ANIMADA E EU NÃO POSSO PARAR A DANSAR E FALAR SOBRE SEU CHAMADO!!!!!! FOGO PA!!!!!!!!!!!! Eu acho Abby vai ter difficuldades a entender meu sotaque mas eu vou conseguir entender ela!!! muahhahahahah!!!! Abby will probs. have problems understanding my accent but I will be able to understand her!!! heeheehee!!!! OH MY GOSH. I AM SO HAPPY!!!! A wonderful member here e-mailed mom and mom told her Abby´s call and then she called me and I FLIPPED OUT!!!! BRASIL!!!!!! I spazzed as you can imagine! João- the guy who was baptized last week is from Rio!!!! OH ABBY YOU ARE GOING TO ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! FOGO!!!! fixe! Abby, the Brazilian people are incredible. They are SO happy and so energetic. Some say they are the happiest people on earth. When we talk to Brazilians on the street they are so open and friendly and become your best friend for life in about 5 mins. They are so FUN!!! You are going to have so much success!!! And the world cup!!!! WOW!!!! I wanted to visit my Brazilian comp. in Rio during the world cup but I guess now we will have to see. hahaha. Irmã dos Santos- my Brazilian comp., said she will take you to cool places for P-day! hahaha. you will love her!!! And the food!!! I LOVE Brazilian food!!! You are going to eat rice and beans A LOT- but it is soooo good the way they make it. And carne, french fries, salads, fried bananas, hmmmm. Oh my goodness. SOOO excited for you Abs!!! You will do amazing!!!! Your new name is ´Sees-ter Ching-ay´- that is how the Brazilians have pronounced my name. heehee. I am so excited to be on the mission at the same time as you!! It will be really special. Although it is said we miss each other by a month, but tudo bem! Someone needs you. The weather will be amazing. I bet you can wear chacos. I´ve heard awesome stuff about the Brazil MTC- (funny story actually Irmã Lynda Marinho first told me that you were called to São Paulo, but then later in the day I saw her husband and daughter and they both said Rio de Janiero and later she called and said yes, its rio de janiero. hahaha. She was so sweet- she called me early in the morning and just confused it. haha) You will get cool scripture covers that you can put your mission and name on the front. You are just going to be thrown in the country and culture right away and that is the best way to do it I say! Forget English and just go for it. You will love it, abs. I am SOO excited for you.
Wow. My heart is bursting with joy!!! Such amazing news!!! I LOVE missionary work!!!! Oh thank you so much for my Valentines package!!! I LOVED it!!! I love the things from England and I FLIPPED over the chocolate frog!!! It made me so happy and excited. And the pencil case is perfect- I needed one! You are the best Mum!!! Well family, I just love you all so very very very very much. And I love the Lord. When we make our will in line with His will we are happier and able to do HIS work better. We just need to trust in Him- it is as simple as that. We have really been working on getting references from members and this week we finally got some and they are amazing- lots of potential! Esperança and her daughter Joanna were references and they came to church for the first time yesterday and really liked it! Cristina- the recent convert- gave her first talk in Sacrament meeting!!! She did great- she spoke about the power of prayer and how before she talked to the missionaries she would pray from her heart all the time and just talk to God and would ask Him for help. When we came and when we prayed with her she was so excited that we pray the same way she does- from the heart and she knew that God sent us to help her. After her baptism one day she was praying for help because she and her daughter didn´t have any food and then 10 mins later a member of the bishopric called her and asked if she needed help with food and she was so surprised that Heavenly Father answered her prayer so fast! Prayers are powerful and are always answered when we have faith and show our faith. A lot of times me and my companions pray to find the right people- the people the Lord would have us find and it is amazing how He just puts them in our path, or we feel a building to knock, etc. When we ASK, we will receive. I and Sister Layton have noticed that a lot of the work we are doing here is with the members- helping the hands that hang down and the feeble knees and the ones that just need a friend. Members that have been members for many years still need support and visits- that is why home teaching and visiting teaching are SO important. My testimony of those two organizations have grown a ton on the mission- not that I didn´t have a testimony before, but now I really see the NECESSITY of it. It is really a NEED. I am so grateful to stay here in Braga!!! We had transfers and I and Sister Layton are staying!!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! I am SOO happy. I LOVE this area and I LOVE my comp. and we are pumped for another awesome transfer to build the Kingdom of God among these good people. I am so blessed to be here. This is really paradise for me. Oh and about last week’s e-mail- I realized that because you all don´t know João and the whole story some things might seem weird- but his conversion was a total team effort that was so amazing and we only had the opportunity to teach him and prepare him for baptism because he lives in our area. I know that Jesus Christ lives and loves us. I know that He cares about even the small things in our lives. I know that we are really nothing without Him and the more we trust in Him and follow Him the happier we will be. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that President Monson is the Prophet of God. I am so grateful to be a part of this marvelous work!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!!
com muito amor e um caração cheio de agradecimento,
Síster Tingey
RIO DE JANIERO!!!!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! OH MY LANTA!!!!!!!! ESTOU TÃO FELIZ E ANIMADA E EU NÃO POSSO PARAR A DANSAR E FALAR SOBRE SEU CHAMADO!!!!!! FOGO PA!!!!!!!!!!!! Eu acho Abby vai ter difficuldades a entender meu sotaque mas eu vou conseguir entender ela!!! muahhahahahah!!!! Abby will probs. have problems understanding my accent but I will be able to understand her!!! heeheehee!!!! OH MY GOSH. I AM SO HAPPY!!!! A wonderful member here e-mailed mom and mom told her Abby´s call and then she called me and I FLIPPED OUT!!!! BRASIL!!!!!! I spazzed as you can imagine! João- the guy who was baptized last week is from Rio!!!! OH ABBY YOU ARE GOING TO ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! FOGO!!!! fixe! Abby, the Brazilian people are incredible. They are SO happy and so energetic. Some say they are the happiest people on earth. When we talk to Brazilians on the street they are so open and friendly and become your best friend for life in about 5 mins. They are so FUN!!! You are going to have so much success!!! And the world cup!!!! WOW!!!! I wanted to visit my Brazilian comp. in Rio during the world cup but I guess now we will have to see. hahaha. Irmã dos Santos- my Brazilian comp., said she will take you to cool places for P-day! hahaha. you will love her!!! And the food!!! I LOVE Brazilian food!!! You are going to eat rice and beans A LOT- but it is soooo good the way they make it. And carne, french fries, salads, fried bananas, hmmmm. Oh my goodness. SOOO excited for you Abs!!! You will do amazing!!!! Your new name is ´Sees-ter Ching-ay´- that is how the Brazilians have pronounced my name. heehee. I am so excited to be on the mission at the same time as you!! It will be really special. Although it is said we miss each other by a month, but tudo bem! Someone needs you. The weather will be amazing. I bet you can wear chacos. I´ve heard awesome stuff about the Brazil MTC- (funny story actually Irmã Lynda Marinho first told me that you were called to São Paulo, but then later in the day I saw her husband and daughter and they both said Rio de Janiero and later she called and said yes, its rio de janiero. hahaha. She was so sweet- she called me early in the morning and just confused it. haha) You will get cool scripture covers that you can put your mission and name on the front. You are just going to be thrown in the country and culture right away and that is the best way to do it I say! Forget English and just go for it. You will love it, abs. I am SOO excited for you.
Wow. My heart is bursting with joy!!! Such amazing news!!! I LOVE missionary work!!!! Oh thank you so much for my Valentines package!!! I LOVED it!!! I love the things from England and I FLIPPED over the chocolate frog!!! It made me so happy and excited. And the pencil case is perfect- I needed one! You are the best Mum!!! Well family, I just love you all so very very very very much. And I love the Lord. When we make our will in line with His will we are happier and able to do HIS work better. We just need to trust in Him- it is as simple as that. We have really been working on getting references from members and this week we finally got some and they are amazing- lots of potential! Esperança and her daughter Joanna were references and they came to church for the first time yesterday and really liked it! Cristina- the recent convert- gave her first talk in Sacrament meeting!!! She did great- she spoke about the power of prayer and how before she talked to the missionaries she would pray from her heart all the time and just talk to God and would ask Him for help. When we came and when we prayed with her she was so excited that we pray the same way she does- from the heart and she knew that God sent us to help her. After her baptism one day she was praying for help because she and her daughter didn´t have any food and then 10 mins later a member of the bishopric called her and asked if she needed help with food and she was so surprised that Heavenly Father answered her prayer so fast! Prayers are powerful and are always answered when we have faith and show our faith. A lot of times me and my companions pray to find the right people- the people the Lord would have us find and it is amazing how He just puts them in our path, or we feel a building to knock, etc. When we ASK, we will receive. I and Sister Layton have noticed that a lot of the work we are doing here is with the members- helping the hands that hang down and the feeble knees and the ones that just need a friend. Members that have been members for many years still need support and visits- that is why home teaching and visiting teaching are SO important. My testimony of those two organizations have grown a ton on the mission- not that I didn´t have a testimony before, but now I really see the NECESSITY of it. It is really a NEED. I am so grateful to stay here in Braga!!! We had transfers and I and Sister Layton are staying!!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! I am SOO happy. I LOVE this area and I LOVE my comp. and we are pumped for another awesome transfer to build the Kingdom of God among these good people. I am so blessed to be here. This is really paradise for me. Oh and about last week’s e-mail- I realized that because you all don´t know João and the whole story some things might seem weird- but his conversion was a total team effort that was so amazing and we only had the opportunity to teach him and prepare him for baptism because he lives in our area. I know that Jesus Christ lives and loves us. I know that He cares about even the small things in our lives. I know that we are really nothing without Him and the more we trust in Him and follow Him the happier we will be. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that President Monson is the Prophet of God. I am so grateful to be a part of this marvelous work!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!!
com muito amor e um caração cheio de agradecimento,
Síster Tingey
2/18/13
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