PIRANGI!!

 

This week was transfered and I left Zona Caico! After 9 months there I
left and now am in the actual city of Natal. Area Pirangi. I am also
training!! Sister Mulberry! She is amazing, she is from Alanta GA. She
is fresh out of the CTM and speaking Portuguese really well! A lot
better then when I got here haha! We are in a ward from HEAVEN!
Seriously the best ward I have ever seen. They have been asking for
sisters for a really long time and now we are here! There used to be 4
elders, and now it is just us two. So the area is super super big. But
it is great cause we have public trasportation and amazing members who
will give us rides when we need them. We got here and I called the
bishop and said "BISHOP I DONT KNOW WHERE ANYTHING IS!!" and he send
the Pres of Relief Society to help us. It was so funny. But I am so
thankful for this amazing ward who is willing to help. My area also is
on the beach so it is AMAZING!!!! Beauitful!!!!

This week was a little slow because we were getting to know the area.
But we have one family who came to church who is AMAZING. during the
lesson we talked about eternal marrige. and they kept asking questions
and were super intnerested. I love this gospel because it is the one
and only. I know thato familes can be forever. I know this is the
church of Jesus Christ and that he is my savior.

Yeserday we walked womens conferance and it was amazing! I am so
thankful for our leaders and our chance to hear from them. I got to
watch it in english with 3 other american sisters! I loved all the
talks. But I loved deeply the talk by Deiter F Uchtdorf. As he talked
about our nows, and how we need to live for now. Having faith and hope
that the Lord will take care of us. I loved what he said "no matter
what happened in my past I can have a happy ending." I think all of us
can use this little reminder. That we need to let the atoneing power
of our savior take control over our lives and remember we can change
our future and have a happy ending!

Everyone watch conferance this weekend! it will be amazing to pray and
have our prayers answered!

Com amor,
Sister Hernandez

The sisters in our Zone!

Me and Sister Mulberry!

my last pic with Senhor Pedro.



and he brought us cake..

This week was a great week. It was a little slow because my companion got sick for a couple days and we had to stay at home. :( BUT good news is that she got better! 

This was the last full week of the transfer. I have a feeling that I will be leaving Currais Novos. BUT, you never know cause it is the Lords will. Next week I will let you guys know! I love my comp Sister G. Silva alot. I will be sad if we only get one transfer together BUT I would also be excited to get to know a new area. So it will be a win win. 

We are teaching a man named Joberto, and his wife Claudia. I have never met a man with more questions in my life. He has a question for everything. Last week they went to church and this week we went to their house and taught them the restoration. So the morning of the lesson we studied a TON. to be ready for ANY question that he could have. when we started the lesson there were 100 cars in front of their house making a ton of noice and i said a prayer. "please make the cars stop so we can feel the spirit." and the cars stoped. And the spirit became so strong. And we taught, and the spirit testified. And Joberto didnt have one question. he just said it all made sense. It was amazing. 

this week we were able to bring 6 people to church. IT WAS AMAZING. But two of the people we are teaching had to leave after sacrament meeting. But before they left, they were so excited and felt the spirit and told us how they are going to come back and they were singing during the meeting!! But before they left they asked us if we had a snack to eat during the 3 hours. We said no and they were happy cause they brought us a cake to eat! what? a cake? a full on cake. it was so funny and as my 9 months as a missionary that was my first time someone brought me a cake at church ha. 

I love these people. They have such an amazing love for everyone. 

Last night we made pizza at the house of a member! :)

Sorry this email is so short! I love you guys! You are in my prayers!! 

 

Those are baby pigs at he house of a member! 

Xoxo

Sister Hernandez

REMEMBER TO READ THE BOOK OF MORMON! 

9 MESES!!

Can we just take a minute and realize that I made 9 months in the mission this past week. The time goes by so fast! 

This week we were able to have some amazing lessons teaching about the restoration of the gospel. I LOVE teaching the restoration, it is one of my favorite things to do. Feeling the spirit testify that it is true is the best feeling. It is a message SO powerful. That God is our loving Heavenly Father and he loves us and will never forget us. How he answers our prayers and how we are important to him, and our problems are important to him. 

This week we were talking with a family in front of their house and then all their neighbors and friends and family showed up and they all talked to us and had questions. there was a LOT of sound cause we were on the side of the road so we marked to meet with them again when it was more calm. Three of them ended up coming to church this week!! 

I dont have alot of time. 

But, This week we were able to have an amazing experience with a less active. We were walking down the street and my purse. BROKE. just out of no where, broke. (my luck) so we stopped and were trying to fix it when a women looked out her window and saw us in the street. (i think cause we were laughing so hard that she heard us and looked) and she said "sisters!!" and we saw her and started to talk to her, she knows how to fix purses. and invited us in so she could help me. We were able to talk to her and she was able to share with us how she found the church and why she stopped going. We were able to help her though the scriptures and it was amazing. the spirit was strong. I know that heavenly father loves all his children. and he had to break a purse of a sister to help us find one of his beloved daughters!!

I love this work so much!!!!

Remember to read the Book of Mormon!!

 

xoxoox

Sister Hernandez

 

senhor pedro is my BFF. i am going to bring him home with me. We have it all planned out already. 

this week.

Hello!! I am so bad with subject lines, I never know what to put. 

This week was a great week! We had our Zone Meeting!! That was awesome because I was able to see some of my friends there in Caico. We also got to hear the messages of our mission leaders! This month they taught alot about love. The pure love that we should have for all the people we come in contact with, especially the people who we are teaching and our companions! It was inspired. Also as a mission we are focing more on teaching familes and completing familes. So we set a bunch of goals and I am excited to work to reach them. 

This week I did an exchange with the STL's. Sister Abreu came in to our area to help us out a little. It was amazing, she is an amazing missionary and is going home in December. We met a women named Sandra who is recently seperated.13 years ago she met with the missionaries and was never baptised. As we were walking down the street we stopped in front of a house and clapped our hand to ask where another house was and BAM. we met sandra, it is funny how the Lord works. She invited us to come back. She is a single mom of two and told us that she feels really far from our Savior and wants to better her realationship with him. I am so excited to work with her and help her come to know our Savior better. 

We also met a young women named Luana, we met her satuerday night, invited her to church and she came. She said when she was younger she had gone and always wanted to be in the young womens program. This sunday when she went she was so happy to learn and go to young womens. She made friends right of the bat. She is amazing. 

This week I realized that the Lord prepares people at different times. Just like with Sandra and Luana, in the past they werent ready, but know they have another chance to expect the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their lives. I am so thankful to be a tool in his hands and find the people he is preparing for us. 

It isnt always easy to wait for the Lord's time in all things, but he has a bigger plan for us. Sometimes we get caught up in what WE want, and forget what the Lord wants. What he wants is always better for us. When we put our trust in him everything works out for the better. I am thankful for my mission and my chance to be taught everyday. 

Remember to read The Book of Mormon, and say your prayers. 

xoxo. 

Sister Hernandez

attatched, I have a pic of our zone. 

Some selifes with my comp Sister G. Silva and Sister Abreu.
Me playing games with Elder Ifran waiting for lunch. (he goes home this transfer.)
And a selife with Lana. She was inactive and coming back when I got here in Currais Novos. She started working with us Sisters visiting people and teaching.  She got a calling this week as 2nd counseler in the YW and she is getting ready to start her mission papers. I love her so much!!