batismo!!

This week was so SO busy. I acually dont believe that so much could
happen in one week. But it is possible.

This week Sister J. Baker and I went to Natal for a leadership
conference. It was great! We were able to learn about how to become a
real missionary. How we need to give all our heart, mind, and strengh
into this work because we only have a short time to do it. I am so
thankful for this time I have right now to be a missionary. And I am
so thankful for the time I have left and want to give it my all until
the last day. This time is so special. We need to use it wisely.

This week we had a baptsim!! Yasmin was baptised this Wendsday. It was
so beatiful. She is such an amazing girl. The spirit was so strong and
there was beautiful messages given by the bisop and other leaders. It
was truely a day to remember. After she left the baptsim font I went
there to greet her, I asked her, "how  do you feel?" and she said "so
much better, and so much peace" it was amazing. I couldnt help it, but
my eyes teared up, the spirit was so strong. I love being a part of
this amazing work. I wouldnt trade these moments for anything.

This week we were able to find alot of people and bring alot of people
to church. We have a baptism this week for a newly wed couple. They
are so cute and have  7 months married. I love them so much, It is so
fun to teach them and watch the gospel change their lives. Francelly
already has gone to church a couple times but her husband Elvis always
had to work, but he went to church on Sunday and he felt the spirit so
much and knows it is true. We are hoping and praying that everything
will work out for their baptism this week. :):):):):):)


I love being a missionary so much. I never want this to end.

my scripture this week is
Moroni 8:25-26
25 And the first fruits of repentance is baptism; and baptism cometh
by faith unto the fulfilling the commandments; and the fulfilling the
commandments bringeth remission of sins;
26 And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of
heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the
visitation of the Holy Ghost, whichComforter filleth with hope and
perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the
end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with God.

só batiza.

Sorry i dont have pics again.. this computer shop is skechy..

xoxo
Sister Hernandez

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Can you believe that it is already 2016? 2015 went by so fast! This
new year was great! Sister J. Baker spend the day working and then
went home and made pastels and lemon pie.

This week of work was a little rough cause EVERYONE went to the beach
to spend New Years. That was great for them but a bummer for us becaue
everyone we are teaching was at the beach. BUT thankfully we were
still able to find lots of new people to teach cause a few people
stayed in the city.

We are teaching a man names Wildo, he is great! He went to church last
week just because we invited him to go. we walked into the sacrament
meeting and there was Wildo. So this week we went back to teach him.
We taught him about Jospeh Smith and how he didnt know what church was
true because there was so many. It was cool cause Wildo said that he
also always wondered what church was the true church. It was a
powerful lesson and we are preparing him to be baptised!

We are teaching a young women named Yasmin who is amazing. She takes
care of her 3 younger siblings alone and is the most mature girl. She
loves the church. Loves the gospel.

We are teaching a family of four. They actually have family who are
members of the church but live in a different state. They also have a
nephew who is on a mission. So they are a little more familier with
what we are teaching and are really open about learning more. Bruna
(daughter, 17) has already come to church with us 2 time. She loves
it. She is reading the Book of Mormon and says she knows it is true.
She wents to get bapised. I love her so much.

ALSO OUR RECENT CONVERTS ARE NOT SMOKING AND MORE SO THAT I A MIRICLE
AND I AM SO HAPPY!!

Sister J. Baker and I are working hard hard hard! Shes a great
companion and we have so much fun together while we are working. She
is also teaching me how to play guitar.

This new year I was happy to take a step back and think about the
goals that I want to make to help me become the person I want to
become in 2016. I have learned on the mision that when we work without
goals it is alot harder to track our progress and improve. i hope that
each one of us can take a moment and make new goals. So we can all
become better people and closer to our savior.

I know Jesus Christ is our savior. I love him so much.

Funny story:
The other day Sister J. Baker and I were in our room talking and
planning our next day. As we were planning we both thought we heard
someone outside of our window. So we both started freaking out. We
decided that if we wanted to live we needed to know if someone was
outside or not. So we looked out the window and no one was there (we
live in a gated apt so we would see them and it is super hard to get
in) So we grabbed brooms and walked outside... to kill whoever was
there (not seriously kill but just hit them) when we went outside no
one was there. and it was just was the wind.. haha

I love you all!!

xoxo
Sister Hernandez

MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

IT WAS AMAZING TALKING TO MY FAMILY. I love them so much. I am so
greatful for that chance to talk to them.

This week was a busy week, we were trying to teach and get EVERYONE to
church, but it was a little hard because EVERYONE went to the beach to
pass their christmas there.

The start of the week we taught Francelly and Elvis. They are a newly
wed couple we are teaching and preparing for batimo!! they are amazing
and they will be bapstied in January (they went to the beach)

Christmas Eve we went to the house the the stake president. he
invtited our WHOLE zone to his house to eat dinner there. So there was
like 22 missionaries there. It was amazing. We had a great message of
the real meaning of Christmas and sang hymns to remember our savior.

This week we are working with alot of references of the members. We
are acutally teaching the Bishops brother, he is a gospel singer so we
also sing with him. He is great, it is different teaching him cause he
has already seen SO many missionaries, but the Bishops wife said with
us it is the first time he is opening up with us and asking questions
and has the desire to know if it is true.

I loved being a missionary this Christmas and having the chance to
share the gospel of Jesus Christ with EVERYONE in out path. To
remember the real meaning of christmas and help other people feel the
true Christmas spirit.

My scripture this week is Alma 31.5

Thank you all for your prayers and Christmas wishes.

sorry no pics again. this internet cafe doesnt let us send pictures :(

I love you all so much.

xoxo
Sister Hernandez

Urick Graff

HELLO!!

Feliz Natal gentee!!

This week was tranfers. I am now in the ward Urick Graff. That is the
in the best  zone of the mission Mossoró! WHOOO! This ward is amazing.
I am super excited to work here. It is a golden ward! My new comp is
Sister J. Baker. She is from Salem, she is great. I love her and we
are like two peas in a pod:)

This week was a week of mericles. I got here in teh middle of the week
so we had alot of work to do. We worked really hard. Sunday morning we
went to get people for church and everyone was falling through. so we
were getting nervous that no one would go. but we kept going and
working with faith. we passed the house of a girl named yasmin. we
said, do you wanna come to church, and she said "YES" we were able to
have 3 people at church and it was a miricle.

we are teaching some AMAZING  families right now. and all of them have
the desire to be baptised.

THIS TRANSFER IS GOING TO BE AWESOME!

I am running out of time. But, I love you all and cant wait to talk to
my family this FRIDAY!

Sorry i dont have pics. this computer shop wont let me send anything :(

xoxo
Sister Hernandez

Christmas Conference

HELLO!

Hello! Merry Christmas!! This week we had our mission conferance for
Christmas. So last p-day we went to the chapel to set everything up!!
It was amazing, President Soares talked alot about repentance and how
we cant help other people and our selves feel forgiven and ready for
baptism.

I forgot all the notes I took to share with you guys, but the
conferance was amazing and made me feel happy to feel the Christmas
spirit.

This week was BUSY!! BUSY!! BUSY!! We did exchanges this week with
Sister Rios and Sister Lopes our STL's. Sister Mulberry went to work
with sister lopes and Sister Rios came to work with me. We worked
really hard. Our ward has a ward mission plan to work with the less
active members we have in our ward, so we spend alot of time with a
list of inactive members trying to help them get active. But this also
brings lots of fruits for us cause almost all the the time they live
with people who arent members.

This week with working with the list we found a young man named João
Victor. He is the nephew of a less active member and good friends with
our recent convert Ramon. (actually when he came to church he ended up
knowing a TON of people.) He is great! and has a real desire the learn
more about the gospel and loved church. When he left, he looked at me
and said, I going to come back next week.

We are teaching another young man named Hugo, he is 17 and is living
here in Natal with a friend and working and supporting himself. His
family lives 4 hours away. He feels alone here in the big city. I know
how it is leaving home and being in a new place and trying to find
where you fit it. So we feel like we can relate to him alot. He is
reading the book of mormon and loves it. We just gotta get him to
church so we can feel the spirit there and get to know other people
his age.

Damitila is the funniest person I know. She isnt a member but her son
is, so he sent us there to teach her. She is great!! When she prays
she has a legit converstaion with heavenly father. I love it. I love
her. She is comming along slow, but she knows she needs to be baptised
but just need a little more faith to make the move. She has already
been to church many times, she just needs the faith.

I am doing good! It was a BUSY week of work but it was amazing! :) I
love being a missionary and doing this work everyday of my life.

I love you all!!

MERRY EARLY CHRISTMAS!

john 3:16

xoxo
Sister Hernandez

Conferance with Sister Porter and J.Baker. (my sisters in the mission)
Sister Pace from Draper
Sister Rios
Lemon Torta yummm
waiting for the bus
 

 

 

1. Elder Mehl (his name in english is elder honey.) found my blog and
wants a pic of him on the blog.. I dont know why. but I told him I
would send this pic to you to post. Weird elders.

2. Can you tell EVERYONE to send me their christmas cards in the
family. You know how we always have a door full of cards? I want one
full of my family and freinds here on the mission too! :)

WE MOVED!

After 3 months of house hunting we moved!!! It was a mircle. It was
also alot of work. We woke up 6:30 got to work 7am and didnt get done
until 10 pm. So we were super super SUPER tired after we got done. But
i am happy to be in a new house. There is a special sprit there.

 

(Funny story form Arrie's email to me this week about the move.

This week was a little stressful but still amazing. We moved!! We had
to move and the Elders came to help and I walked out of the house for
3 min, when I came back in there was ALL of the matresses on the floor
and 4 elders on top of a table jumping on top of the matresses like
sumo wrestlers. I dont know if all Elders in the world are crazy, but
at least in the Natal Brasil Mission they are haha. I joked and told
them they are training me for one day when I am a mother. haha)

This week we had a really cool experience. We were riding the bus
after lunch and a group of young men sat next to us. We started
talking to them and gave them a pass along card for the new christmas
video the church made, got off the bus and didnt think anything of it.
the SAME night we were working with a list of less active members and
showed up at our last house for the day.we clapped our hand and guess
who came walking out. Leo, one of the boys who sat next to us on the
bus. His uncle is a member of the church and they live together. IT
WAS A MIRICLE. We marked to come back the next day and teach them. We
went back the next day and taught Leo the 1st lesson. The spirit was
so strong and he said "if all this is true then i need to follow." we
invited him to be baptised and he said yes and now we are preping
him!!

It was amazing. I am so thankful to be a tool in the lords hands and
to really be working everyday in his work. I know that he puts us in
the places were he is preparing people. I know what i need to do is
just open my mouth and talk to EVERYONE! That is what i love about
being a missionary. Everday i have the chance to help other people
come unto Christ.

This week at church, our recent convert Ramon said the opening prayer
in sacrament meeting. And our other recent convert got her first
calling helping in the primary. I love watching the gospel change the
lives of people. It only makes us better. The gospel is here to help
us be the best we can be.

I am so thankful for this month and the speical spirit we can feel
remembering the birth of our Savior. Everything he did for
us.Everything he is still doing for us, every single day. This month,
remember what he is doing for you, and how we can be better.

https://www.mormon.org/christmas

I love this holiday seasons!

xoxo
sister hernandez