Family,
this week we worked hard to help a few people be confirmed. I am so happy for my recent-converts here and am excited, there is so much to do and the field is white already to harvest.
Presidente Tobias came and we had a meeting, it was great, a call for repentance. There is so much to do, but we can´t get discouraged, Heavenly Father will help I am sure.
I believe I have the bestest family in the whole wide world. Or at least the best parents who write every week. I will be eternally grateful for your support!
Mom don´t feel too bad, I will show you Brasil one day I hope! I love this beloved country, with all its differences and beauty.
It is hot, and rainy and I am loving all of it! Seriously we thank heavenly father for the rain that refreshes us from the hot hot sun, and then for the beautiful sun that makes it so we don´t have to walk all day with sloshy shoes and brings the people out to the street so we can talk to them and invite them to be baptised.
We had a family night last night with Celia and Tiago and invited some recent converts and an investigator. it was really fun! I love my companion Sister Riggs, she is different than me, and I love the differences we laugh a lot and she helps me be calmer:)
I know God lives and that He loves us and that He is constantly on our side when we need him! I think I will use the rest of my time to send pictures! I love you all! I have one more transfer is all. 6 weeks crazy pants! Congrats dad on your car sales! that is so awesome! Becca for the scholarship!
Sister judd
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
March 23, 2010
Family!
This week perhaps the greatest miracle happened of my whole mission, it is weird comparing miracles, but this weekend we had 4 baptisms all at the same time. Our family that is super special and a great blesssing from the Lord was baptised along with two other men we have taught Carlos Henrique and Antonio. I love this family to much. We, my comp and I have been praying for almost a month that we could find a family to baptise in March! Thye are so amazing that they had a baptisimal date for the27th, but they wnated to be baptised before and happily had been to church enough times to be baptised SUnday! It was way beautiful and fun and adventurous because the church here didn´t have water so we had to call the elders in the other area to fill the font there and our mission leader of our branch used a 16 passenger van to help bring poeple to the other chapel! It was awesome. I love the Lord and this work I read today in d and c that if we are not willing to give our lives for the kingdom of god we are not worthy to be called disciples of christ. WOW pretty heavy stuff huh? I love this work with all my heart. My feet have been killing me these last couple of days, but my comp prayed for me and they feel so much better. I think what hurt them was the last 3 days running home to get there before 9:30. What you won´t do to teach lessons. Don´t worry or send anything, I am doing great now!
I received a letter from my Silvia, she was baptised and I was transferred so I wasnt there to see the confirmation, but she said she had a course for ther
This week perhaps the greatest miracle happened of my whole mission, it is weird comparing miracles, but this weekend we had 4 baptisms all at the same time. Our family that is super special and a great blesssing from the Lord was baptised along with two other men we have taught Carlos Henrique and Antonio. I love this family to much. We, my comp and I have been praying for almost a month that we could find a family to baptise in March! Thye are so amazing that they had a baptisimal date for the27th, but they wnated to be baptised before and happily had been to church enough times to be baptised SUnday! It was way beautiful and fun and adventurous because the church here didn´t have water so we had to call the elders in the other area to fill the font there and our mission leader of our branch used a 16 passenger van to help bring poeple to the other chapel! It was awesome. I love the Lord and this work I read today in d and c that if we are not willing to give our lives for the kingdom of god we are not worthy to be called disciples of christ. WOW pretty heavy stuff huh? I love this work with all my heart. My feet have been killing me these last couple of days, but my comp prayed for me and they feel so much better. I think what hurt them was the last 3 days running home to get there before 9:30. What you won´t do to teach lessons. Don´t worry or send anything, I am doing great now!
I received a letter from my Silvia, she was baptised and I was transferred so I wasnt there to see the confirmation, but she said she had a course for ther
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
March 16, 2010
Familia,
This week we saw miracles happen and they continue! My companino and I since we arrived here have been praying to be able to find and baptise a family. I know it is possible, and on SUnday there was a guy who came to church that was in jeans, he said it was his first time at church adn he was with another member. I thought that teh elders had brought him to church, but when I sat next to him in Principles of the Gospel, he said he didn´t know them, immediately I took down his address. He came to church with his wife´s uncle. We went there yesterday and it was one of the neatest and amazing experiences of my mission as Selia his wife told of their story that she prayed to go to the place where god wanted her and where she could learn about the truth and she and her husband in faith moved to Rio Verde. They have been here less than two months and before we arrived at her home she had a dream that the missionaries came to her home. They are full of faith and accepted gladly baptism this month. They are so special and have a great understanding about obedience and doing what is right. It was a great miracle for us, wow the elect! They will be baptised 27 March 2010! Families are what it is all about! I love the Lord, He blessed us this week with Terezila´s baptism. What a beautiful baptism it was too. She is so happy and there were 9 investigators there to enjoy!
Awesomeness! I am so happy!
We also brought 9 people to church!
i too am happy extra happy because today I read lots of letters! Alisha hughes got married. I still need to know where Becca decided to go to school, or if she got accepted, adn how was prom? who did she go with?
I am happy as a lark that Rachael is Pregnant!
thanks marci for the pic of eliza and sean david darling.I have the cutest nieces and nephews!
Dad that is great that the business is going to well! Congrats! Good luck with the diet.
I saw a little black boy this week that reminded me of austin and that was I think the first time and last time that I thought just two more months. :)I think I almost cried.
love you all so much!
Sister Judd
Oh and I need my membership number asap. if you could find out what it is for me I would really appreciate it!
This week we saw miracles happen and they continue! My companino and I since we arrived here have been praying to be able to find and baptise a family. I know it is possible, and on SUnday there was a guy who came to church that was in jeans, he said it was his first time at church adn he was with another member. I thought that teh elders had brought him to church, but when I sat next to him in Principles of the Gospel, he said he didn´t know them, immediately I took down his address. He came to church with his wife´s uncle. We went there yesterday and it was one of the neatest and amazing experiences of my mission as Selia his wife told of their story that she prayed to go to the place where god wanted her and where she could learn about the truth and she and her husband in faith moved to Rio Verde. They have been here less than two months and before we arrived at her home she had a dream that the missionaries came to her home. They are full of faith and accepted gladly baptism this month. They are so special and have a great understanding about obedience and doing what is right. It was a great miracle for us, wow the elect! They will be baptised 27 March 2010! Families are what it is all about! I love the Lord, He blessed us this week with Terezila´s baptism. What a beautiful baptism it was too. She is so happy and there were 9 investigators there to enjoy!
Awesomeness! I am so happy!
We also brought 9 people to church!
i too am happy extra happy because today I read lots of letters! Alisha hughes got married. I still need to know where Becca decided to go to school, or if she got accepted, adn how was prom? who did she go with?
I am happy as a lark that Rachael is Pregnant!
thanks marci for the pic of eliza and sean david darling.I have the cutest nieces and nephews!
Dad that is great that the business is going to well! Congrats! Good luck with the diet.
I saw a little black boy this week that reminded me of austin and that was I think the first time and last time that I thought just two more months. :)I think I almost cried.
love you all so much!
Sister Judd
Oh and I need my membership number asap. if you could find out what it is for me I would really appreciate it!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
March 9, 2010
Familia,
Mom and Dad,
I think I had a wonderful lesson on Tithing, and offerings yesterday. I have learned much about these things here, but yesterday after I had studied them we went to the home of a recent convert named Maria aparecida she is so awesome, but for some reason hadn´t come to church and I thought, let´s stop by and see what she needs. It was amazing what I learned.
I already knew somethings about her for exemple I know that 5 of her references have been baptised and that a few Sunday´s ago she took 7 men to church. I know that she loves the missionary effort.
SO we went there and sang a hymn for her, Bruna she daughter had told me when we visited some people together that her favorite hymns are israel jesus is calling and count your many blessings. We sang count your many blessings and she started to cry and said that during the song she had an answer to her prayers and then told us a couople of things that when she entered into the church she didn´t have a job, and didn´t have much of anything, but even then she wanted to give to the church and really wanted to make lunch for the Elders she asked how she could do it and was put on the list to give lunch one time a month, but as the day was arriving she didn´t have anything to give just rice, she kept praying for some way and one day before her lunch appointment she took her daughter´s cell phone to sell it to buy the food. The store she went to didn´t want the phone so she sold hers instead and kept the older one. She bought food. The next month she still hadn´t found a job, and said that she cried while she prasyed to be able to pay tithing and give lunch. She found some clothes that she never used and sold them. SHe said she had sold various sthings to be able to feed the missionaries because it was something so important to her. SHe continued to pray to be able to pay tithing and the same week was offered a job, infact a job that paid her one salary before she had even worked giving her the opportunity to pay titihings and buy what she so needed and her family. They are doing a lot bettter now, but i cried as she told a few stories of how she had helped others. SHe is wonderful I don´t think I have ever known someone with such a great heart, but then again my parents are amazing in this respect, I thought wow I need to be so much more grateful for the wonderful irmãs that give us lunch! They are so amazing.
This weekend Leilson was baptised he is awesome and wants to serve a mission! I am proud of him.
Annalyse I love you girl and am excited that perhaps we shall have one morew semester of adventures.
Grandma yes I receive your e-mails and love and treasure them
I do know elder korth he is great he was in my zone before I was transferred I would have talked to him about that if I had known before now I don´t have contact with him, that is really cool.
I love you all! JEnny I still need your measurements please!
Love you all!
Sister Judd
Mom and Dad,
I think I had a wonderful lesson on Tithing, and offerings yesterday. I have learned much about these things here, but yesterday after I had studied them we went to the home of a recent convert named Maria aparecida she is so awesome, but for some reason hadn´t come to church and I thought, let´s stop by and see what she needs. It was amazing what I learned.
I already knew somethings about her for exemple I know that 5 of her references have been baptised and that a few Sunday´s ago she took 7 men to church. I know that she loves the missionary effort.
SO we went there and sang a hymn for her, Bruna she daughter had told me when we visited some people together that her favorite hymns are israel jesus is calling and count your many blessings. We sang count your many blessings and she started to cry and said that during the song she had an answer to her prayers and then told us a couople of things that when she entered into the church she didn´t have a job, and didn´t have much of anything, but even then she wanted to give to the church and really wanted to make lunch for the Elders she asked how she could do it and was put on the list to give lunch one time a month, but as the day was arriving she didn´t have anything to give just rice, she kept praying for some way and one day before her lunch appointment she took her daughter´s cell phone to sell it to buy the food. The store she went to didn´t want the phone so she sold hers instead and kept the older one. She bought food. The next month she still hadn´t found a job, and said that she cried while she prasyed to be able to pay tithing and give lunch. She found some clothes that she never used and sold them. SHe said she had sold various sthings to be able to feed the missionaries because it was something so important to her. SHe continued to pray to be able to pay tithing and the same week was offered a job, infact a job that paid her one salary before she had even worked giving her the opportunity to pay titihings and buy what she so needed and her family. They are doing a lot bettter now, but i cried as she told a few stories of how she had helped others. SHe is wonderful I don´t think I have ever known someone with such a great heart, but then again my parents are amazing in this respect, I thought wow I need to be so much more grateful for the wonderful irmãs that give us lunch! They are so amazing.
This weekend Leilson was baptised he is awesome and wants to serve a mission! I am proud of him.
Annalyse I love you girl and am excited that perhaps we shall have one morew semester of adventures.
Grandma yes I receive your e-mails and love and treasure them
I do know elder korth he is great he was in my zone before I was transferred I would have talked to him about that if I had known before now I don´t have contact with him, that is really cool.
I love you all! JEnny I still need your measurements please!
Love you all!
Sister Judd
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
March 2, 2010
family,
I already wrote what I thought was a great letter and then it got erased because the program sometimes does that which is really annoying, but I wanted to tell you all that I am doing great. We had our first week here in Rio Verde and it went well. Some of the members are really excited to have sisters here it has been a long time, but it was pretty sweet sunday we took 7 men to church. it was kinda fun and funny to be walking in the street with seven men following me. I am pretty sure that I know a few things that Heavenly father wants me to do here in Rio Verde. I am super happy to be here and to know taht SIster Chaves and Sister Gonçalves baptised a family that we had been teaching in Parque Amazonias. They are so special.. Worley, Genildes, and Paublinny. I am so happy for them it will change their lives forever to have the gospel of Jesus christ. I love the lord. I am so excited to find a family here and to realize a challenge and goal to baptise a family this month. Heavenly father is blessing us so much!
Sister Judd
I already wrote what I thought was a great letter and then it got erased because the program sometimes does that which is really annoying, but I wanted to tell you all that I am doing great. We had our first week here in Rio Verde and it went well. Some of the members are really excited to have sisters here it has been a long time, but it was pretty sweet sunday we took 7 men to church. it was kinda fun and funny to be walking in the street with seven men following me. I am pretty sure that I know a few things that Heavenly father wants me to do here in Rio Verde. I am super happy to be here and to know taht SIster Chaves and Sister Gonçalves baptised a family that we had been teaching in Parque Amazonias. They are so special.. Worley, Genildes, and Paublinny. I am so happy for them it will change their lives forever to have the gospel of Jesus christ. I love the lord. I am so excited to find a family here and to realize a challenge and goal to baptise a family this month. Heavenly father is blessing us so much!
Sister Judd
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