hey family!

thank you for your letters. got a letter from sister sessions today w/ some pics of her w/ you and pa, man, i bet that was fun! 

what else has happened this week. just great days in the chat. our district is really tight and close. we are really just working hard and supporting each other- i was calculating our numbers, and in just one week we obtained 20 referrals, compared to the 5 we got in 3 wks. prayer works. when you are faithful and prayerful relying on the Lord, miracles will happen. i have no doubt in that.  the other night, i called an emergency district mtg in my apt. and we had ice cream and popcorn to celebrate, but to also remind them of our purpose in chat to try and keep the fire going, and keep them pumped up. man, just only 2 more wks left in this transfer! oh holy mama!! time just flies soooo fast!!!!! 

okay, gonna go. glad to hear everything is good. love you so much.

okay, well, gotta run. loves so much!

here are some pics from me to you!!!!!!!

us at disney on ice, and of the performers,

oh! so this guy, he's really nice,--he always brings sisters a loaf

of his homemade bread. so sister queiroz and i were lucky to get one

this time.  so anyways, that's the bread.

group pic of all of us sisters before our performance in the assembly hall. twas fun!

Dear Mom and Dad,

Thank you both very much for your emails and the letters in the mail 

It has been a busy yet good week.

We had a very powerful District mtg on setting goals. i was really nervous to give it, b/c that's  a touchy subject for sisters, evaluating their progress, and weaknesses. it turned out really well, we set a new goal as a district of getting at least one referral a day per comp. on temple square (we count #'s separately from temple square and chat) and the sisters were scared at first, we prayed hard, and took it to the Lord, we all felt good about it, and I just bore testimony that we can have the faith to do this ( our #'s were terrible)

the very next day, we got more referrals that one day, that the previous 3 wks combined! the Lord is truly blessing us with miracles. the sisters motivation has dramatically increased and their faith, our #'s are way up, they come to me with their excitement. it's been great. we had a mtg. this morn with Pres. Holmes and the Assistants and our Zone Leaders concerning chat. We've got some great resources to reach the whole world. We are really focusing on getting the sisters to feel the urgency of the work, to teach and commit our investigators so that when the local missionaries come in, they are golden referrals who are ready and prepared for baptism. it's been great so far. I'm just very excited and pumped up to get out there!

Well, i best be going. we have a very busy day today- walmart, Disney on ice, and then a performance I'm singing with the sisters in the assembly hall.

well, i'm going, love you so much.

Hi Family,

Well, this week has been great! we've had a lot of neat Portuguese people that we are teaching in chat.  we also had Pres. Int. this last week. This one I had w/ Pres. was the best one I've ever had. he is such an amazing person! so spiritually powerful- i truly look up to him so much. Everything that we talked about was just what needed to be said!   it's just a testimony to me that he has been called of God.

OH! I'm so happy that you had sister sessions over for dinner! that just makes my day! isn't she just the sweetest? and funny! i saw erin turner across the street the other day, so we did a wave from afar!

oh, so Kayla is engaged!!!! she sent me a card the other day and told me! her BF- Jeremy was in Mexico with the Hoffmans and proposed to her there, how romantic! she's getting married next may and asked me to be in the wedding! so that's exciting news!

speaking of marriages....you have darren and liz and  coming to visit this month. that's exciting stuff! well, i'm going to try and send you some pics. 

Sorry this is short...we had to stop and do a Portuguese tour on the way over here

..it snowed a lot today!

pics: 

me and sis. queiroz at Music and the Spoken Work

me outside in the snow this morn. ...so sad!