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VOTORANTIM!

Goodbye sun!

Sister Fuller's mom sent us brownies for her birthday (:

My World Cup planner (:

Hello! This has just been a weird week. Pretty sure all I did was wake up. I woke up and then the next thing I knew I was waking up again the next day. And I find myself here once more sending some love up north. (: Didn't I just do this?

At the moment, we're on the hunt for the perfect Mormon Message, or something, to share with Andrea and her family tonight. It'll be the first time we're going to teach her husband Afonço. (Which is a miracle! And an answer to prayers and fasting)

To report, our lesson last Monday with Bishop João and his wife WAS PERFECT, resolved just about every concern Andrea presently had, and helped us see a little better how we can serve her and her family. Later in the week, she accepted the 29th as a baptismal date! Wooo! (: Family, are you helping those who your local missionaries are teaching have spiritual experiences, resolve concerns, and move closer to conversion?

So basically, Andrea has always been really religious and has encouraged her girls to become involved as well. Afonço has never gotten into any kind of organized religion. Well maybe a more accurate description would be that he's pretty against it and finds a reason to leave the house when we get there. So this is Andrea's #1 difficulty. She wants her entire family to be baptized with her and have the blessings of the Gospel. Have I told you lately how incredible she is? But he's being a difficult nut to crack.

Genesis 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord?

Saturday we caught him eaves dropping on our little conversation and invited him to join with us for our Family Home Evening tonight and we're so pumped! We felt super guided this morning as we were studying and planning for our lesson tonight and so we're just looking for a little video or something to jazz it up.

So this is our life. We have a few other exciting people who are trying to decide if they are going to progress, but other than that, we're looking for needles in a haystack. Lots of needles. Who have needle relatives and coworkers and neighbors.

Have yourselves the best week!

Love, love, love,

Sister Vaughn