October 6, 2009

Family!
I am excited I finished early with all the other things that I needed to write and read all my e-mails really fast so I have a little time to write and tell you a little about Brazil.
I am loving Brasil certainly! It is very beautiful and green. You know the drive from Grandma Alma´s to our home in St. George, pretty dry and boring, but the mountains are beautiful I will give it that, but here it is wonderful to drive around, really gorgeous with jabuticaba everywhere. Jabuticaba is a fruit that grows here and it is delicious. The trees are chuck full. It is interesting the fruit grows on the tree trunk and on the braches and everywhere. It is fun. HIdrolandia is called the city of water and jabuticaba. There is a man who has something like 31,000 trees.
Speaking of Hidrolandia I have some news as of yesterday I am not there anymore. I was transferred all of the sudden when I was minding my own business I received a phone call from Elder and he said I would be transferred, before the conversation was over I was bawling like a baby. I was so sad, I knew that I would be transferred, but I thought that at least I would finish the transfer in Hidrolandia, but I guess Presidente has something in mind. I cried thinking about all the people I came to love in HIdrolandia the 12 recent converts that I left in the hands of the members and other sisters to take care of. I hope everything will go alright. I know it will. I cried thinking that I would not have time to visit them all. I did visit Adriana, and Washington, we baptized him and helped Adriana become reactivated. She cried. It is wonderful to know the people that we have helped really feel a great love for us. I know that Maria will cry as well, I didn´t have time to go to the cidade das aguas where she lives.
My poor companion, She is the best ever! I love her so much Sister Gonçalves. She was crying pretty hard as well. I am her trainer and we had so many good times. I think she was a little scared, but I am confident that she will be okay I did my very best to train her in truth and righteousness. She is amazing and has a lot of faith. WE had 3 baptisms in 3 weeks. The Lord blessed us immensely and now he desires that I baptize here in Park Amazonas. No Annie I think that the address is wrong. You should send letters right now, or this week to the Mission home.
I think this will be way different; I am now in a large city, and finally serving my mission Brasil Goiania, in Goiania.

It has been raining here which has been a huge blessing because it is so stinking hot, before it rains it is much hotter, but the rain cools it down. They say that Goiania is hotter than Hidrolandia so we will see. I still don ´t think that it is hotter than St. George when the sun gets really hot, but we don´t spend all day out in the sun when it´s like this and everywhere has air conditioning which is pretty much the greatest invention ever. Here no one has ac and it makes it a little more uncomfortable, but I am not complaining. I definitely feel like the luckiest to be in Brazil serving a full time mission and I pray that the Lord will continue to bless my immensely like he already has.

Jandre is a recent convert that is so special. He amazes me. HE came to conference with us. He will be a great leader one day I think. He is searching. I love conference and all week I was so excited to hear from our wonderful prophet! I received a lot of personal revelation and hope that All of you as well received what you needed.

I love you all
Sister Judd

Sept 30, 2009

Familia,
Greetings from Hidrolandia again,
This was a very awesome week where we witnessed miracles, yes real live miracles Tuesday night we received a telephone call from our leaders saying that we needed to baptise three people over the weekend. My immediate non faithful reply in my mind was WHAT! Is my Presidente crazy, but i knew this was not the case and i said okay elder we will work hard. We, Sister Gonçalves and I worked our little tail ends off, and prayed prayed prayed and fasted fasted fasted and I felt that we should contact all the people who had the possibility of being baptised, had already had some lessons ect, and we looked in the Area Book I felt that we should visit a lady that Sister Galvão and I had taught, but the day before her baptism decided not to be baptised and we went there and told her that we had been praying to baptise 3 people Sunday and would like her to be one of those people. She said she would pray and we prayed with her in the moment. We checked up with her and you know what, Luzia and Isabel were both baptised this weekend, I know that with faith and revelation and inspiration and the help of my companion that although the tribulations were tough, the baptisms were beautiful! I thank my Father in Heaven every day for these great blessings and know that he has helped the small an dthe simple do extraordinary things. He is helping me in every moment, I plead for your prayers and love! Thank you for all the letters! Congrats SIssy Rebecca on Homecoming Royalty! YOu are absolutely beautiful inside and out! Hope all is well with all you all!
SIster Judd

September 29, 2010

Familia,
Greetings from Hidrolandia again,
This was a very awesome week where we witnessed miracles, yes real live miracles Tuesday night we received a telephone call from our leaders saying that we needed to baptise three people over the weekend. My immediate non faithful reply in my mind was WHAT! Is my Presidente crazy, but i knew this was not the case and i said okay elder we will work hard. We, Sister Gonçalves and I worked our little tail ends off, and prayed prayed prayed and fasted fasted fasted and I felt that we should contact all the people who had the possibility of being baptised, had already had some lessons ect, and we looked in the Area Book I felt that we should visit a lady that Sister Galvão and I had taught, but the day before her baptism decided not to be baptised and we went there and told her that we had been praying to baptise 3 people Sunday and would like her to be one of those people. She said she would pray and we prayed with her in the moment. We checked up with her and you know what, Luzia and Isabel were both baptised this weekend, I know that with faith and revelation and inspiration and the help of my companion that although the tribulations were tough, the baptisms were beautiful! I thank my Father in Heaven every day for these great blessings and know that he has helped the small an dthe simple do extraordinary things. He is helping me in every moment, I plead for your prayers and love! Thank you for all the letters! Congrats SIssy Rebecca on Homecoming Royalty! YOu are absolutely beautiful inside and out! Hope all is well with all you all!
SIster Judd

September 22, 2009

familia,
MArci, first I need you to clean out my mailbox again if possible. Thanks babe.
So This week was great, I am loving my new companion and novinha! Sister Gonçalves. We laugh a ton which is way important!
This weekend we had a baptism. Miguel was baptised, he is a man 56 year old, and Sister Galvão and I had already worked with him a lot, three months in fact, but he smoked and was having a real rough time quitting, but anyway we made some real sacrifices this week and he quit, and was baptised! I´m not sure if you know it, but I love being a missionary, and I love baptising! It´s awesome! I love the Lord!
Thank you for all the Birthday love and marci I would like it if you could send some of my e-mails to Wyatt Faylor. I gotta go! Love you all and pray for your success!
By the way I found out that really anyone can e-mail, but I can´t respond to anyone except family.
Love love love from Hidrolandia Brasil.

September 15, 2009

Familia,
It was so good to hear from all of you in letters and e-mails, I am doing really well!
Like I said I am training now, and it is a humbling, and yet really amazing opportunity! I love it! You get to teach someone everything that you have learned on the mission it is sweet! And it is better yet because my novinha, or greenie is awesome stuff! She is from São Paulo and has a good head on her shoulders! I love her a lot! Her name is Sister Gonçalves! I am praying to the Lord a lot that we may have some good successes working together! I love the Lord in Him my soul delights! I LOVE THIS WORK! Thanks dad and mom for the great letters! Definitely the mission brings blessings, one of them being that each week I get to hear how awesome my parents think i am and sibilings too. It rocks! I love you all and have to go!
Sister Judd

September 8, 2009

Familia,
This was a really packed week we had two baptism and the Lord blessed us immensly. I was really happy, Sister Galvão and I made a goal to baptise 3 people before she left, this was three weeks ago. We were blessed to have these three baptisms in the last 2 weeks.
One thing that I have learned a lot on the mission is that Sacrifice will bring forth the blessings of heaven. Surely this was the case these last weeks.
SIster Galvão left today for her home. It was a happy sad time. She will be missed. So, with her gone changes occur.
I will be training this transfer in HIdrolandia, a new Sister from either Fortaleza, or São Paulo. I am excited, but at the same time a little nervous, I will pick her up tomorrow. I feel like the lord is placing in me a lot of confidence, I hope that I can help her gain a missionary vision, and learn to love serving in the Lord´s vineyard.
I will be staying in Hidrolandia and this will make 5-6 months there. A lot of time, but it is fantastic. We have helped many come to the knowledge of the truth, and Our baptism Sunday was a young man 25 years name Jandre, he is so neat. He is always reading and sharing with us what he has learned it is wonderful to teach him and see the ways he is chnaing and how the gospel will help him chnge even more. I am very pleased with his baptism.
Cledson was finally baptised this weekend as well. After 4-5 months working with him and helping him. It was great that hefinally made the right choice.
I love the Lord in Him my Soul delights! I didn´t receive much news from home, but I am sure happy for Emma and her mission call! It will come faster than you think! Love you all and I ask that you all will keep me in your prayers because I will be entering into a new adventure being a senior companion and a trainer.
Love
Sister Judd

September 1, 2009

Hello one and all!

I know I know!! We had a conference last Preparation day and I was not able to write. It was really great it was a special one for all the sisters. A sister Conference with Sister Tobais and than with Presidente. they listened and answered any question that we had. it was great.
Just yesterday we had a zone conference and it was the last one for Sister Galvão so she bore her testimony. She is leaving the 8th of September, I will miss her. She is a great friend.

We had a baptism this week it was amazing and almost had two so it was a little sad too, but the 2nd one Cledson passed his interview and wants to be baptized Saturday! We are planning Saturday for him. He is a great guy, I just think that he was way nervous or something, but we read some great chapters in the Book of Mormon with him and he said the last prayer and thanked heavenly father for us and prayed that everything would go right so that he could be baptized.
Washington was baptized and it was a beautiful baptism. We helped his two children learn ''When I am baptized" to sing with the Primary children at the Baptism. It went well and what is best about it is that we completed a family. His wife is a less active, but they are returning to church and it is wonderful, their next goal is the temple! What joy we find! We did a family night last night with them. They have so much to learn, but are on the right track now! I love the gospel!
I have got to go but I love you and yes, I received Aunt Gayle's package I think I already said that and thank you all so much for everything! Continue to pray for me okay!
Sister Judd