Mission President Emails

President Cooper

25 Set 2018

Vamos conversando ao longo do tempo. Parabéns pelo batismo com Caio e pelo seu progresso com a língua portuguesa. Cada vez mais você está confiante.

 

President Cooper

01 Out 2018

Obrigado por seu esforço diligente e sua dedicação em melhorar o português.
Parabéns pelos batismos, pelo bom grupo de ensino, pelos quatro que foram à sacramental e cinco que aceitaram uma data batismal.
Cuide de sua saúde, ela é importante para a obra missionária.

 

President Cooper

08 Out 2018

Parabéns pelo batismo na semana. Que trabalheira! Às vezes lutamos muito e às vezes até sozinhos. Mas o Senhor conta conosco.
Peço colocar os números no sistema para acompanhar.

 

President Cooper

15 Out 2018

Ensinar coisas diferentes é atender as necessidades de cada um do grupo de ensino, pois as necessidades deles variam e são diferentes.
Vamos aguardar seus batismos.
Peço colocar os números no sistema para acompanhar.

 

President Cooper

19 Out 2018

Pensar nas pessoas e não nas lições é nosso propósito (ajudar os filhos de Deus a se aproximarem dEle).
Coordenar com o líder da Missão da ala é boa ideia. Às vezes eles estão perdidos ou sem treinamento. Podemos ajudar nisso.
Peço colocar os números no sistema para acompanhar seu trabalho.

 

President Cooper

29 Out 2018

Vamos aguardar a notícia de seu batismo. Espero que vc já tenha se recuperado do susto da rodoviária. 
Lendo o Livro de Mórmon em português, você vai melhorar cada vez mais ao ensinar. e aplicando o que lê vai se aproximar do Salvador mais do que qualquer outro livro.
Parabéns pelo grande grupo de ensino, pelos seis visitantes na sacramental e oito com data batismal. Grande sucesso.
Ao ter o LMA do nosso lado, nosso trabalho será muito apoiado e facilidado.

 

President Cooper

04 Nov 2018

Obrigado por sua fiemeza em Cristo.
Seu português está melhor a cada dia.
Parabéns pelo batismo de Maria.
Peço colocar os números no sistema para acompanhar.

 

President Cooper

29 Out 2018

Você está progredindo com a língua e na obra missionária. Parabéns.
Grato por seu grupo de ensino e pelo visitante na sacramental e que aceitou uma data para ser batizado.

 

President Cooper

12 Nov 2018

Obrigado por sua fiemeza em Cristo.
Seu português está melhor a cada dia.
Parabéns pelo batismo de Maria.
Peço colocar os números no sistema para acompanhar.

 

President Cooper

03 Dez 2018

Ensinar por e com amor, a lição vem fácil porque apoiada pelo espírito de Deus.
Ótimo que houve batismo em sua antiga área. É fruto de seu trabalho também.
Sua nova companheira é ótima. Vocês terão sucesso.
Ser sênior ou qualquer outra responsabilidade nos faz crescer e sair da zona de conforto.
Peço colocar os números no sistema para acompanhar.

 

President Cooper

Cuide de seu joelho. Obrigado por seu esforço consistente e dedicado. Por ter foco em suas metas para alcançá-las.
Vamos batizar seus pesquisadores. 
Peço colocar os números no sistema para acompanhar. 

The Past Year

Here are only a few of the wonderful memories I have had in Brasil, and the amazing people i have been fortunate enough to meet

1. Me and Sister Pinheiro with the most precious investigator known to man: Ana Clara who is 9 and wanted to get baptized so badly! She did our makeup that day haha

2. Sister Silva, Sister Helu, Sister Pinheiro and I with an acai boat

3. Us 4 again on a bus adventure around our area

4. Me and Pinheiro and a beautiful sunrise in Brasilia as we are waiting for Mission Tour

5. Hammocks and Chaco tan lines

6. Sao Sebastiao

7. The view from the chapel in Brasilia Asa Sul

8. Sister Ribeiro, Barrios, and I at general conference

9. A fun hospital trip with Sister Cooper

10. The miracle baptism of Lindenbergue and Yasmim with Sister Jarrett

11. Smores in a toaster oven

12. View from a passarela when Sister Jarrett and I got lost taking the wrong bus

15. Jarretts umbrella broke and she said that represented how her semana senior was gonna go

16. So people use these carts driven by donkeys or horses here

17. Me and Jarrett in the Plano, the center of Brasilia looking at the congress

18. Funky Cathedral in Brasilia

etc etc

And the last photo is a family i met my first transfer on the mission. I taught them for about 5 months, left for 3 months and they got baptized. Now i am back again and it was so nice to see them! they are preparing to go to the temple next year

Os Ultimos Dias

I am sad to announce that this is my last email as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Unfortunately, my health has not gotten better, and after 8 months of being sick including some other trials at home, the mission has decided that it would be best for me to return home. I have been fighting this for a while (because they have tried to send me home before) but recently I have very strongly felt that it is in my best interest, and in my families best interest, to be at home right now. I sincerely know that this is God's will after a lot of prayer and fasting. 


I will be leaving here on Friday, at 7am in the morning and getting into Kalispell at 12:30 pm on Saturday July 13th! If anyone wants to come say hi, feel free to join my family at the airport


This week wasn't super great because we weren't able to work because I just felt sick. But, we were able to confirm a baptism for this Saturday! I will have to skype them to watch it, but I'm super happy. His name is Miguel and he is the son of a recent convert. He is 13 and we have been teaching him for about 5 months. I started teaching him and it has been nice to see him progress. He started going to church after his dad was baptized, and started becoming more and more converted, but his dad didn't want him to be baptized because he wanted it to be his decision and his desire. He told us 3 times that he wanted to be baptized, but his dad was so focused on making sure he was certain about the decision that he wouldn't let him be baptized! Finally we did the interview and he told his dad he wanted to be baptized for sure and his dad finally realized he was sincere. He got super excited and was announcing it in the group chat of the church and at church etc and I'm so sad I can't be there to see it, but it still makes me super happy! 


It's been a hard past year, but I honestly wouldn't trade it for anything. It was worth it to watch lives changed and to be able to play a small part in that. I love everyone who I have met here, and I love Brasil and I am grateful that I have had the opportunity to serve here, even for a short time. As I gave my last talk in church last sunday, I remembered that I was literally in that exact same place about a year ago, in the same ward. I was reminded of how much has changed, how much I have grown, and how much I've seen the people around me change. I am grateful for all that has happened and I know that the trials in our life shape us to be the people God wants us to be, as long as we choose to react in a positive way. 


Thank you everyone for all the support and for all the love you all have shown me. 
Sister Cecil

Uma Verdade Feliz

Oi:

So first we are gonna start with the happy thing: Baptism!! I have known Nazireu my entire mission and now was just the right time. He has been trying to quit smoking for over a year and finally we were able to help him this past week! He has been going to church for over a year. 

This week I was blessed enough to do splits with my daughter Sister Jarrett, and we had a real fun time. I'm glad I got to be her companion for 2ish days!! She's just killin' it and I'm so proud. 

I dont' have a lot of time today, I'm sorry! Next week will be better

Sister Cecil