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!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
February 24, 2010
Familia,
So I finally made it to Rio verde yesterday night and I am excited, my companion is a little sick and the house was a mess, but I am here, cleaned it up, went to district meeting this morning, and visited a couple of members here. We are excited to work the elders are helping to get everything ready in our house. We don´t have anything, but last night when we got there we bought a bunch of stuff to clean, and stuff to eat that we don´t need to cook or refrigerate. I had no idea that this category is so limited. Presidente Tobias will be coming next week to bring us several things for our house a washer, dishes, micrwave, stove i think, tomorrow our refrigerater gets here. I am excited I am a little overwhelmed because this has never happened before and I am having to rely on the Lord 100% and the area book of the elders that were here.
Oh, but the news that is most important, or at least the most beautiful was that Sunday we had 2 baptisms. Silvia and a woman named Gilvania. I know I have already mentioned Silvia because last week I realized that I was in Parque Amazonias because I needed to baptise Silvia. I have felt this a time or two where it was sister JUdd that needed to be the person to help baptise, but this time was by far the strongest feeling of this that I have had. Perhaps because she too felt this. She said when I went to say good bye to her you came back to Parque Amazonias to baptise me ànd now your task is complete and you can calmly go to your new area knowing that God´s purpose was completed. I too know that this is true. When I began to get impatient about being in an area that wasnt mine anymore, I asked Heavenly Father why I was still there and immediately I thought about Silvia. She needed me. SHe was ready to give up and had prayed so many times, received a lot of answers, but not the answer that she wanted. I know that I had to excercise a lot of faith, but because of our prayers and one prayer in particular that she said with us that she decieded to be baptised. The spirit was so strong and she began to cry a lot and she knew. She was baptised sunday and hte service was beautiful. She had already been baptised 3 times, but I loved what she said after her baptism. She said This is true happiness. Gilvania said wow I feel soo good. I don´t know Gilvania as well, but she is super special adn the elect! I love the mission. I know Heavenly Father will help us here in Rio Verde!
Love you all.
Jenny... YOu need to send me measurements exact. Please send them asap all body measurements for the dress. in cm okay.
So I finally made it to Rio verde yesterday night and I am excited, my companion is a little sick and the house was a mess, but I am here, cleaned it up, went to district meeting this morning, and visited a couple of members here. We are excited to work the elders are helping to get everything ready in our house. We don´t have anything, but last night when we got there we bought a bunch of stuff to clean, and stuff to eat that we don´t need to cook or refrigerate. I had no idea that this category is so limited. Presidente Tobias will be coming next week to bring us several things for our house a washer, dishes, micrwave, stove i think, tomorrow our refrigerater gets here. I am excited I am a little overwhelmed because this has never happened before and I am having to rely on the Lord 100% and the area book of the elders that were here.
Oh, but the news that is most important, or at least the most beautiful was that Sunday we had 2 baptisms. Silvia and a woman named Gilvania. I know I have already mentioned Silvia because last week I realized that I was in Parque Amazonias because I needed to baptise Silvia. I have felt this a time or two where it was sister JUdd that needed to be the person to help baptise, but this time was by far the strongest feeling of this that I have had. Perhaps because she too felt this. She said when I went to say good bye to her you came back to Parque Amazonias to baptise me ànd now your task is complete and you can calmly go to your new area knowing that God´s purpose was completed. I too know that this is true. When I began to get impatient about being in an area that wasnt mine anymore, I asked Heavenly Father why I was still there and immediately I thought about Silvia. She needed me. SHe was ready to give up and had prayed so many times, received a lot of answers, but not the answer that she wanted. I know that I had to excercise a lot of faith, but because of our prayers and one prayer in particular that she said with us that she decieded to be baptised. The spirit was so strong and she began to cry a lot and she knew. She was baptised sunday and hte service was beautiful. She had already been baptised 3 times, but I loved what she said after her baptism. She said This is true happiness. Gilvania said wow I feel soo good. I don´t know Gilvania as well, but she is super special adn the elect! I love the mission. I know Heavenly Father will help us here in Rio Verde!
Love you all.
Jenny... YOu need to send me measurements exact. Please send them asap all body measurements for the dress. in cm okay.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
February 16, 2010
Familia,
Jenny saved you all this week because she was the only one that e-mailed, yes i am calling you all to repentance. I loved receiving all your letters the last couple of weeks. They help me so much! I love you all so much and hope that all of you are happy.
Mom, I sure do love you
Dad you too!
I love you all, we are still working here in Goiania, and we will continue to work here until the transfer. I am excited to go and baptise more!
I am loving working with my new companion greenie, she will help me work hard until the end.
Wow I sure hope the desire to come back home will grow in me, I am trying to get used to the idea already because it will break my heart, I need to be mentally ready for it. I love home and all the comforts that I have there, but there are oh so many things that I will miss about Brasil! And especially about being a missionary. This is an experience of LIFETIME!I have loved every minute of it!
I have better details in my journals. Love you all and ask for your prayers!
Jens, I feel so happy for you. Yes, the temple is the only choice! Keep that in your heart and mind! It is the house of the lord and the most important thing you could hope and wait for! I can´t describe the sacredness of the temple, but you will surely feel it when you get there.But not everything ends with the temple we have to keep going to learn what more we must do... There is more! Heavenly Father has so much for you! I won´t even think about htat you talked about going to the temple with him. Love you
SIster Judd
Jenny saved you all this week because she was the only one that e-mailed, yes i am calling you all to repentance. I loved receiving all your letters the last couple of weeks. They help me so much! I love you all so much and hope that all of you are happy.
Mom, I sure do love you
Dad you too!
I love you all, we are still working here in Goiania, and we will continue to work here until the transfer. I am excited to go and baptise more!
I am loving working with my new companion greenie, she will help me work hard until the end.
Wow I sure hope the desire to come back home will grow in me, I am trying to get used to the idea already because it will break my heart, I need to be mentally ready for it. I love home and all the comforts that I have there, but there are oh so many things that I will miss about Brasil! And especially about being a missionary. This is an experience of LIFETIME!I have loved every minute of it!
I have better details in my journals. Love you all and ask for your prayers!
Jens, I feel so happy for you. Yes, the temple is the only choice! Keep that in your heart and mind! It is the house of the lord and the most important thing you could hope and wait for! I can´t describe the sacredness of the temple, but you will surely feel it when you get there.But not everything ends with the temple we have to keep going to learn what more we must do... There is more! Heavenly Father has so much for you! I won´t even think about htat you talked about going to the temple with him. Love you
SIster Judd
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
February 9, 2010
Familia,
This week I had a great surprise and truly it was great. the lord blessed us tremendously and answered our prayers and 4 of our missionaries that have been waiting for three months in the mtc in provo got their visas, they got here thursday and I have the great opportunity and the Lord has put his trust in me to train SIster Riggs from Dallas Texas. I am so excited, but what is huge as well is that we will be goign to Rio VErde to open a new area for sisters! I am stoked. Everyone on the mission always talks like rio verde is the best ever! I am very excited when Presidente told me I was with the assistents Elder Casey and Elder Viera, and I was on high heaven. It is a great place to baptise, It is a place like Hidrolandia, the church is starting there, but they want to be able to make the first stake there this april, so I will go and do what the Lord has commanded! I know that I will need HIs help. We are just waiting until they have the house there ready adn we will be moving out. We are just working with the sisteres in Goiania until everthign is taken care of. What a priviledge teh lord has given me! I am happy as a lark! A little anxious as well!
Love you all and pray for you all everyday!
This week I had a great surprise and truly it was great. the lord blessed us tremendously and answered our prayers and 4 of our missionaries that have been waiting for three months in the mtc in provo got their visas, they got here thursday and I have the great opportunity and the Lord has put his trust in me to train SIster Riggs from Dallas Texas. I am so excited, but what is huge as well is that we will be goign to Rio VErde to open a new area for sisters! I am stoked. Everyone on the mission always talks like rio verde is the best ever! I am very excited when Presidente told me I was with the assistents Elder Casey and Elder Viera, and I was on high heaven. It is a great place to baptise, It is a place like Hidrolandia, the church is starting there, but they want to be able to make the first stake there this april, so I will go and do what the Lord has commanded! I know that I will need HIs help. We are just waiting until they have the house there ready adn we will be moving out. We are just working with the sisteres in Goiania until everthign is taken care of. What a priviledge teh lord has given me! I am happy as a lark! A little anxious as well!
Love you all and pray for you all everyday!
...
I am writing more, I thought my time was up, but I wanted to write we are learing about confidence and how important the confidence of the lord is. This work is all about confidence and i feel as though the lord has put a lot of confidence in me to do this work.
I have loved working with Sister Olsen and we cried a few times knowing the great blessings we received here and that the Lord has a different errand for us now! I will miss her a lot, she is a great friend. I feel like we achieved a lot of unity. I hope that I will be able to feel this unity with my new companion as well!
I will miss many here in Parque Amazonias, but I am ready for a new adventure! I hope sincerely that a few we are working with will be baptised, Silvia for exemple. She cried a lot when she found out I would be leaving. I believe Worley Genildes and Paublinny will be the family that sister Olsen and Sister Chaves will baptise! i love them so much, I cried a little this area required a lot from me. I love the lord in HIm my soul delights!
SIster Judd
I have loved working with Sister Olsen and we cried a few times knowing the great blessings we received here and that the Lord has a different errand for us now! I will miss her a lot, she is a great friend. I feel like we achieved a lot of unity. I hope that I will be able to feel this unity with my new companion as well!
I will miss many here in Parque Amazonias, but I am ready for a new adventure! I hope sincerely that a few we are working with will be baptised, Silvia for exemple. She cried a lot when she found out I would be leaving. I believe Worley Genildes and Paublinny will be the family that sister Olsen and Sister Chaves will baptise! i love them so much, I cried a little this area required a lot from me. I love the lord in HIm my soul delights!
SIster Judd
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
February 2, 2010
Mãe Pai e familia,
Wow this was an interesting week. I worked in Setor Universatario, which is a different area because some of the sisters were needing some help to baptize. I learned a lot while there. I am sure that the Lord loves me and that he desires that I help his children here. I love Brasil so much and I already miss it and I haven´t even left it yet. But just the thought sometimes is sad.
But I am happy as a lark here. Worried and everything because Everything is not perfect in Zion, but than again I have to help this happen.
I love the Lord In him my soul delights.
This week we ran literally after our baptism, but like what sometimes happens you do all of your part and sometimes free agency of others doesn´t permit a miracle from happening. But I feel hopeful for the sisters there, we found some good new investigators.
I feel happy to have received a letter from VErle today it was the first that I have received, but eu fiquei bem feliz! Thank you! Thank you for your prayers your support and everything else. I also received a package with some goodies thanks mom! Love you lots1
Sister JUdd
Wow this was an interesting week. I worked in Setor Universatario, which is a different area because some of the sisters were needing some help to baptize. I learned a lot while there. I am sure that the Lord loves me and that he desires that I help his children here. I love Brasil so much and I already miss it and I haven´t even left it yet. But just the thought sometimes is sad.
But I am happy as a lark here. Worried and everything because Everything is not perfect in Zion, but than again I have to help this happen.
I love the Lord In him my soul delights.
This week we ran literally after our baptism, but like what sometimes happens you do all of your part and sometimes free agency of others doesn´t permit a miracle from happening. But I feel hopeful for the sisters there, we found some good new investigators.
I feel happy to have received a letter from VErle today it was the first that I have received, but eu fiquei bem feliz! Thank you! Thank you for your prayers your support and everything else. I also received a package with some goodies thanks mom! Love you lots1
Sister JUdd
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