"So this week flew by. We had our two confirmations, and it was really special. I could feel the Spirit testify that they have entered in by the gate and are on their way to become strong members in the church. We also have a date for their older brother to be baptized this Sunday. I don´t have a doubt that their whole family will join the church in a short time. I´m really excited as this is a really special family whose single mother has taught each of her four children to have faith and believe in God. They are truly a special family that I can see going on and serving in many callings in the church, including at least three future missionaries!"
"Splitting the area with the other sisters really helps. We´ve been able to spend less time walking and more time teaching or contacting. We´ve also had our investigators cut in half, so a lot of contacting to find new people, but this is a common story here as we have a lot of lessons, but not many people truly interested, so we have to move on to find more. It´s moving along though!"
"So as for things here, there are quite a few things here in Campo Grande that they don´t have in Cuiaba due to the fact that it´s closer to the Pantanal here, so they have a lot of tourist things for the jungle there. Things like t-shirts with the jaguars and native tropical birds and such. It´s kind of cool, but yeah, I don´t want to just buy everything here. It´s kind of hard though as my companion is finishing her mission this transfer, so all she wants to do is visit people, and shop for things. But it´s also been good to see all that´s out there to really wait and decide exactly what I want. Oh, and my companion already said she´ll buy me a real northeastern hammock that is apparently much better than the hammocks here, though I wouldn´t be able to tell the difference, lol."
" I just celebrated my four month mark on the mission. Crazy how time flies."
"So, another week passed by. They´re starting to go by faster as I´m getting into the hang of things. This week we had another baptism! One of the two older brothers of the two who were baptized two weeks ago. It was really special. He has a great testimony and will be a great missionary (when he gets there, lol. Right now he´s 15) We´re also working a lot with their mom who should probably be able to be baptized in the next transfer as she´s already been to church about 4 times. And the oldest boy will stop working once school starts again in a couple weeks and will get to sleep earlier than 3 am and hopefully it will be possible for this 17 year old to wake up Sunday mornings, lol. So this family is really special and I´m so glad my companion and I have the opportunity to get to know them and help them in their journey to return to live with our Heavenly Father once again. They already have a lot of faith and no doubt will be a strong family in the gospel."
"This week I also had the privilege to try out a couple new things. Mainly with corn. I don´t know why, but I found out that I don´t really like cold corn. One member gave us a thing to eat that I can´t remember the name of. I´ve had it before in the US. The spanish branch makes it a lot. With the corn husks around and meat and stuff in the middle. Usually served hot. It´s really good. But this was different. In that it didn´t have any meat inside, was mainly just corn (mashed and kernels) and was cold and more sweet. So... I didn´t like it very much. lol. Also, I tried out a popsicle that was corn flavored. Just saying, it was gross. But it was given to me by a different member, so I ate it all. But just saying, I like corn pops, but just as long as it´s cereal, lol."
"The transfer here ends soon. We have two more weeks to go. I´ve spent two transfers here in Campo Grande, but will probably stay as my companion is leaving and so is another one of the sisters in our ward (she´s here on a mini-mission just for the transfer) so we´ll probably get two new sisters and I´ll stay to have someone in each companionship who knows the area. But then, who knows. It´s still all up to the Lord and where I need to be. But we´re getting 4 or 5 new American sisters from the CTM, so basically all the Brazilians will be training. So, it´ll be interesting to see what happens."
"I love you all and wish you all the best in everything you are doing."
"Sister Grimes"
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