happy new year

Oi família, tudo bem?

It was sure good to talk to you all. Well, I was not quite trunky on Friday, Saturday or Sunday day because I was running super hard to get all our numbers, find new people, and teach more people. Sunday night after the week was done I was just a bit trunky I think too because it was transfers and well, I just have 4 of those left. Whoot whoot!!
The big news is that I am going to have an american companion. Sister Erickson is coming, we are going to be in trio!!! Whoot whoot! This will be the best trio ever.

Also lost all my leaders; my DL and ZL! The area had 4 elders and got completely whitewashed. So now Elders Lucas and Roatinsky will be my DL and ZL. It should be fun.

Well, I think that is it for this email and well, have a great week.
love you all,

your little sister felt

Opa

Dear Family,

So this week was great. I felt your prayers of love and support. You are all so great and I am happy that I am so blessed with such a great family, in-laws and out-laws, everyone!

This week... bem, we don’t have anything as far as baptisms but we have some really great investigators that are sincerely seeking the truth. One Pedro Paulo was at work (it was his day off) and I went there to get him to go to church and he was like, "My boss called me to work." I was like, "Well, you said you would go with us to church." Then his boss came in and was like, "go with them and say a prayer for me there in that Mormon church of yours." It was such a great moment in my life. And Pedrinho loved it, he said that he wanted to stop smoking and everything. We'll help him, he also needs to learn some other things but he felt the spirit at church. And he is a great young man!

The other investigator, Umberlam, is a man that has many, many questions but I think we will be able to respond to all the questions that he has. Probably, we are the only church with answers to the questions he has, he wants to understand Eccl 9:4-5 which is talking how the dead know nothing. It’s the scripture the JW´s use for there plan of salvation-which is not very just-but it's fine because it's against what Jesus Christ taught. I love the story of Lazara and the rich man!

Shoot family, it may be a problem talking to you on Christmas, I use to practice English with Americans at least once a week but right now, I am not.

Love you all,
Have a very merry Christmas it’s the best time of the year,
Love your little sister felt

white christmas

Dear Family,

Hey, so I don't really feel like writing an email today. It's really, really hot in here. I want to go home and sleep or take a cold shower or something. But because I have to wait an hour anyway for my comp., I may as well talk about some extremely important things.
We are going to talk on Dec 25th, that's only 16 days a way ;) so I will be at Irma Fátimas house, Sister Viana wants to talk at 3:00 so then that would mean that I am talking at 4:00 with y´all. Which is 1:00 your time. What do you all think about this? Are you following me on this? You need to respond to this before next week because our p-day in two weeks will be on the 25th. I don’t have a p-day on the 23rd, so the only one I have to email is the 16th. Beleeza???

Pray for a white Christmas for me (this is only going to happen if I have baptisms... white baptisms).

Well, have a great week I love you all.
Love your little sister felt

hey this is long

Dear Family,

Hey family, or mom, thanks for adding the little side note that Chrisy and Will totaled my car !!!! What??? What the???
Good thing Chrisy was really nice to me this week and sent me lots of e-mails and got me all hooked up on facebook,
Maybe I will forgive them when I come home.

Also, Dave Folder is making his own casket?? What the? Anyway life is so good hear it is so so so so so so so so hot here. We are all likely to roast. Sorry I did not have time to write, I was writing a really long email to President Toledo. I don’t know way I talked to him last week but it was just things that I needed to clear up with the new area and every thing.

Um, so not really any thing supper new has happened to will happen this month my or my not be horrible who knows because we have the promises of some people coming to church with the Christmas break. We'll see.

Oh family, what do you think, President says we only need 40 min. to talk on Natal (Christmas) but he said it's negotiable. I was thinking that because my family is exceedingly large that I could ask for 60 min. What do you all think? I need to do this next week. It's weird to talk to the family. While on a mission, I just don’t know, I don’t know….

Um, so life is good. Hey, I haven't had time to write this yet, but as of June 2009 I am unemployed, if there is anyone that has any ideas about what I could do for the summer--that would get me a reasonable good salary--I am open. I have been sort of thinking about finding a wilderness program to work at for the summer, but the problem with that is it would leave much time for you all. So what ever you all think is great.

You know who I have been thinking about lately is Brianna and her first semester at Weber. Anyone know anything about her? It would be greatly appreciated. Good luck on finals. To anyone going through that this next week. Not this one. But next, oh, hey and family every one needs to go up to weber and watch the Christmas show. It's cool. I think. Anyway, this has been random.

Have a great week I love you all a ton. Have fun, work hard, be obedient, and have faith in Christ.
Love your little sister felt.

cool, no really hot

Hey family,

So I just got moved to Petrolina. That is not even in Bahia anymore; I am in Pernambuco. That is like the hottest state in the world! But I am fur sure loving life, I am here but lets talk about last week. So we were running around like crazy Sister's trying to get 4 baptisms last week, but we did have 2 great baptisms. We for sure got Marcleidson in the water so that was a great man that we baptized. I got a bit sick with stress, I thought it would go away after the baptism but it sure did not. Maybe the spirit was telling me to be nervous.

My companion and I were both taken out of this area and they put 4 new Elders in. They will all do great there they have one elder that always baptizes a tone and a new greeney that is cool. Sister De Oliveira got put back with Sister Erickson so that makes her the only Sister that has always been with an American (there are only 2 of us) and she has already been with Sister E before. I told her it is because she doesn't like Americas.

I am with Sister Viana and she is cute, I will probably stay with her for a long time because that is just the theme of my mission: to stay with companions forever!!! But its good

So that was my week, life is amazing and I love it all. Thanks for the love and the support,

Love your little sister felt

um goog

Dear family,

I am so happy to hear that everyone really likes Emily. So this will be a great week. It will not be an easy week, but I know the Lord is with us and he wants us to baptize before we leave this area--that is what Sister De Oleviera and I decided. So that's what we are going to do. We've had three weeks with no baptisms and more than likely we are both out of here next week. So we have to end on a high. I will not leave this area on a down, no I wont. So I know that my emails are a bit boring when I am like this just not wanting to think about anything other than the possibilities. So I will make it short.

Your cool
Um I am so happy that KC is home, how weird is that?!?! He did not leave all that much before me aaaaaaah
Oh, I know you did not say that Mary is getting married, David sad that in a email he sent and I think it's true because he said that he talked to her, but she is not getting married to her old boyfriend but to an Elder she met on the plan home. What the??? Yeah, that is not going to happen to me.

Um, so I think that is all for now, love you all a ton.
Love Your Little Sister Felt

thanks

Family !!!!

I am so extremely proud of all of you. I think all of you (except gene) wrote me this week!!! My, I love my family. So this week was good, it was the last week of the month and we did not meet the goal (the fist time in a few months *darn*) but I will just look forward and trust in the new standard. The mission just changed the standard of the key indicators and so I will do every thing in my power to meet the little goals and I know that we will meet the goal for the next month.

So yesterday we were at a family night with a family that we are teaching. We would have already baptized Sandro if he and his wife were married (Evonyn) his "wife" is already a member that is just now coming back to the church. Anyway hear when you make something good we always say ´´pode casar´´ which is to say you can get married and she made a cake so good last night and I said ´´pode casar!!!´´ and every one laughed and she was like 'literally'?... Yes that too. This is the woman (she is very pregnant) when we taught about the law of chastity said, " Well, it’s too late for that." I am not going to lie, it was funny. These are great moment I have with this family. But yesterday especially good we had the fist FHE with this family and it was great Sandro shared a story of how he got to share/ defend the gospels to this man that was trying to tell him that we worship Joseph Smith and all the normal things that we hear, so it was so good.

Um, so I think that is all for this week thank you very much for your love and prayers.

Love,
Your little Sister Felt

uma supresa

Surprise!!! Hello family, we have conference tomorrow and so today is...... you guessed it. P-DAY! That is great we have a p-day on Monday it is for sure good.

I think I like this idea better than on Tuesday we would have all week to work if we just started out the week with pday. But that's ok. Hey, last week was great and this week will be great.

Um well, because this is a surprise nobody wrote me anything so I don't have much to write. I have already written a letter so you can all get that. Last week I wrote like 5000 letters so i am all lettered out.

Um yeah, have a great day. I will be on for 20 more min if someone gets this and want to write me a hi, i wont be mad.

Oh Mom, or Dear Santa,
I was thinking, because my companion tells me all the time that Christmas is coming, I was just thinking that the best thing in the world would be if you could send me care products. You know, all the millions of things that girls get to make themselves feel, well, and look prettier like a good face wash, maybe body spray, maybe... who knows. But maybe just like a little spa package that could help my skin because the sun is killing it! Killing it softly with its beams. Just a thought I think Cami and Chrisy could help with this!

Thanks family you are all 10´s,
Have a wonderful week feel free to write 2 emails for next week. :)

love your little Sister Felt

elvis is not dead

Hey family,
How are you all? So this week was great we baptized Elvis, he died and was resurrected symbolically. It was great. We are working hard doing well, and well life is good!

Hey, so if you do not get a letter for a bit I will tell you why. So, I was trying to save a bit of money and just make envelopes but I don't think that for international letters they except these envelopes, so I just got one back and will probably get more so I will start using real envelopes again.

But anyway todo bem! Thank you Dad for the great updates and emails, I Love them!

Have a great week. I got letters last week from Jon and Cami THANK YOU! It was great to get that letter again.

Love you all,
Your little Sister Felt

sataying

Hey family this is going to be quick because I want to read conference talks. We did not watch Saturday and Mom said that they were the better sessions. So I will read them. Transfers are in and I am staying yipeee!!!! Three transfers hear with Sister De Oliveira, good thing she is cool! Sister Toleto said we would be together for the next year because I am the only Sister that she can use my clothing. I like Sister De Oliveira but one year? Lol
Whatever, I know that the church is true and I love you. Have a great week. Work hard, be obedient and have faith in Christ.
Love your little sister felt

p.s. Oh the worst thing that happened this week was that I found out that they demolished Grandma’s house nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, I wanted to have a wedding in that yard. That’s it, I am not getting married.

o nega

Hey Family

This last week, well I am not going to lie i'm glad that it is over. i am so done with this last week!!!!!
No, it was not all bad but we just aaaahhh no, no problem but this week we will have fun. We started the week off great and will keep it up working supper hard to be able to enjoy conference because the spirt will me-bata se não (beat me up if I don't).

We did, at least, talk to some really funny people this past week. We talked to this one man that told us that Adam and Eve had 43 daughters and 2 sons. He said that was in the bible I told him to study the Bible a bit more.

Well, life is good. Have fun, work hard, be obedient and have faith in Christ. That is the motto of our mission but i think its good for life.

Com Muito Amor (with much love),
your little Sister Felt

o meu bem

Dear family,

Oi tudo beleza!!! I just have a few minutes. Today was a day of power! We played "fotebol" with the Elders, my companion went to the doctor, and now we are hear... its been one really cool day. Um, so life is good. I am good, happy and healthy and little to report. We have not had a tone of funny stories lately, we have had some sad stories and good stories but all the heartfelt stories don’t have an end yet, so I will just write that I know the church is true and that we need to always, all of us, continue working as hard as we can to build the kingdom of God. I love you all and I hope that you are all well and safe and happy and healthy.

com muito amor
your little Sister Felt

bom dia

Dear Family,

Life hear is great, I am fine and we are all working hard. And life is great!

So I just read Moms letter, what in the world Nick Tessaman is NOT old enough to be serving a mission. I don't care what you say. Just kidding, it was a really funny realization for me a few weeks ago that all of my friends have been home from there missions for more than one year by now and probably a tone of them are married and no one is telling me. (rude) just kidding that is great for them!!

Um, so lets see, this week: We didn’t have a tone happen, we meet the goal for the month but now we have a new goal and that means that we need to find some MEN to baptize. That is hard, a man over the age of 19, I have only baptized one of those my whole mission aaaaaah! But now it is sort of a rule, 1 in every 4 baptisms needs to be a man. We were blessed last week with 2 men that came to church, they are brothers and they have 20 brothers and sisters yes I wrote 20--what the heck.
Ya know what is funny, the hardest thing for men is the law of chastity. I have had more than one investigator resist baptism because of that. It is not what they want to hear, they know it is true but the idea of getting married is just too hard for them. Whatever, we will find the golden man that will be a great leader in the church.

Anyway, life is good I am having fun. Today we have interviews with the president and then I think I will sleep, no I need to clean and then sleep!!!! yes!!!!

Ok have a great day and week
And know that I just love you all to pieces
Love your little Sister Felt

esto bem

Dear family
Sorry you all did not get an email last week. I was writing as fast as I could and I ran out of time, I was kicked off the computer and everything I had written was gone, all gone. So I knew my time was up and I just went on with my life.

Ok I want you all to know that Microsoft Word is so smart! It just changes languages all by its self, that is cool and so now it is just giving me English options.

Um, well all the funny things that happened last week, that I wrote about are all gone now and I will just start over and not play catch up or kat-sup--that is funny. Ok, well we finally baptized Mairana, the woman that has been going to our church for 15 year, yeah, remember her she is wonderful and her brother baptized her and it was so so so powerful! And we also baptized Andreza and her neighbor baptized her, I love member references, it is the best way to work! I love the members hear!

Well, we are all tired and need to go home and just have a day at home to sleep and clean just a bit and do laundry--man, I want a washing mashing so bad sometimes!
Anyway, sorry this is really random and short I will of course write a letter to Mom and Dad today so you can all know more about my life if you just call our parents.

Have a great week
Bless you all
Love your little Sister Felt

transfer 5

This week was transfers and I am so happy to say that I am not going anywhere. But a few things cool are happening. For sisters, they shutting down Camaçari, my first area, and opening Cabula and Petrolina. I am happy because I really want to serve in Cabula, it's a really hard area with tons of hills but it's the only area in Salvador and since my mission is Salvador I want to actually serve in that city. Plus, I can eat acaraje every day--that is good!!!

But not for right now, I want to stay here for three more transfers. Last week we had two baptisms and this week we will two. We have not talked to the woman yet but she will be baptized if I have anything to say about it... which I do. :) She has been going to church now for fifteen years--that 15 years!!!! She pays tithing but has not been baptized. Fifteen years!!!!!! Do you understand me?!?!? Anyway we have her and her family; we'll see about her niece and nephews. Then we also have a cute little girl that is going to be a huge blessing to the young woman here in our ward. There is one other girl that is a bit more wishy washy, we will see about her.
We have been receiving a tone, I mean a tone of blessings lately!!! I have learned a tone and well, I am happier than ever.

Life is great. I love you all so much, have a great week
love you all so much,
your little Sister Felt

19 aug 2008

Dear Family,

Hey, how are you all doing? I am great! This last week was a mission conference, it was great! We are working great, we had new investigators in church and we are just dandy! I feel responsible to respond to a few things that i received via mail this last week
1. Sorry if any of you were in shock at the prospect of my companion dying, she was going home not literally dying.
2. I think that was the only really important thing: my mission president has a blog (how cool is that) http://www.missão_salvador.blogspot.com
you can all see how cool my mission president and his family are.
I am going to work on having new pictures on Chrisy's thing so look at that: http://gallery.mac.com/chrisyfelt#gallery

Well we moved last week it was good and next week are transfers--wow that was really fast! I would like to thank all that have written me letters, it's really nice to get mail and packages are amazing!!! Ok, well I am good, sorry that these letters are short but just think of it this way. I think missionaries don't writ much the second half of there mission so that you are even more excited when they actually come home!! or something like that.

Well have a great day and know that I love you all more than I can say!

com amor
your little sister felt

hi

Hey Family, I don't have time to write to you but I wanted to say hi. Will, I wanted to buy a bike too but I think that it's just not a good idea because I've already seen with my eyes two accidents. And I have a question for you all. Why do you Mormons believe that Jesus Christ's last name is dos Santos?

There's a good question for you!!! Man I love the questions we get! Well, I am good, we moved houses today so all will be calm and safe. Last week I spent three nights sleeping at a members houses!!!! I love the mission, we are so tired, but it's good! Today were interviews and tomorrow is our conference, I can't wait!!!

Have a great day every one of you and know that I love you all so sooosososososososososo much
have fun
love your little sister felt

family fun

Hey family, I am so glad to hear you are all doing well. I am dying to read Dad's next letter. He gave me a few sneak peeks for a great letter with answers to prayers and scares and tears. Ok not tears, but i thought that it would sound cool.

This week was uneventful in the real world sense, but really fun with missionary events. We have been spending a ton of time looking for a house. I really felt like, for a few days, I was praying harder for a stinking house than for new people to teach. Because the Elders in the office are all telling me that you need to find a new house and blah bla bla. Anyway, we found two so that was good and speaking of two, we are going to have two baptisms this weekend! I hope that all goes well. We are really being blessed!
Ok times up!
I love you all so stinking much,
have a great week,
have a great summer stay cool,
love your little sister felt

I'm not dead yet

Sorry I didn't email you last week, I ran out of time. We have a new rule to write the new president every week, and well... that takes 20 minutes of my time because typing in Portuguese really is not the fasts thing in the world!
whatever!

Well this week was really funny! We had a tons of really funny things happen... and some not so funny things. I will start with the not so funny things so that at least you end this email with a smile! So, I saw a kid get hit by a motorcycle. How horrible is that!!! Remember the part in Tale of Two Cities when the kid gets run over? That is what I thought of with this horrifying experience. We helped the kid and his family and he is home and, as far as we know, doing well. It is an image I will never forget! How incredibly frail the human body is!!! The family actually turned out to be members of the church but we didn't know that. Then after the whole things was over, once the kid was in the hospital and we were talking to the grand mother, I fainted. It was like I was some sissy girl or something it is weird to faint, guys don't try that at home.

The other things that happened this week, holy cow we just had so many! We had this one man trying to talk to me in a ton of different languages, ok times up!
tchaou,
love your little sister felt

Transfers

Oi,

So I finally got transferred! I geuss this is a lesson to be carful what you wish for... so I was getting all cabin feverish in Camaçari but I was happy and I loved living with the girls and everything was really very good, but I was getting all antsy.

Now I am hear in Fera de Santan. Even though I was sad to leave my old area, this one is really awesome. I am happy and excited to be with my new companion, she is great! She got hear the transfer after me and has always been in the city nest to Camaçari, somos filha. Anyway, she is great, really smart and is going to be such a great companion. We are hear opening the area for Sisters, this will be a bit different than what we've been doing!

The only thing I know now is that Elders are so GROSS! We moved into the apartment the Elders moved out of. I can't believe they lived in the condition we found the apartment.

The house is great, it's way big and really great, but SO incredibly dirty... EUWWWW!!!! It's a good thing we can change that. This area is suppose to be really dangerous. In Camaçari we've (as in the missionaries) had a few assaults and last week a man even pulled a knife on my ZL! But I guess that is not as bad as the areas in Salvador where worse things have happened. But the Lord always will bless us.

Anyway, life is good. Have a great week everyone and feel free to write me a letter or an email or something :)

Love Your Little Sister Felt

july happyness

Hey, so life hear in Biha is cool,... literally. I am using a sweeter right now and I sleep with a blanket. How it is cold hear? I don't know!!! But that is fine.

Last week we all got to meet our new president; he is an extremely smart man and I think will be able to bless this mission a lot. It's interesting to see how people react to change and what people say and do. Well, it will be cool; I think we can all lean a lot with this new president.

Life is good hear, I think I will leave Camaçari this next week with transfers. But then again, with this new president I really don't know. If not then it will be almost nine months in this one area, but that would be cool too.

Well, have a good week with all you are doing. I know life gets busy during this time of year. I love you all more than words can express.

Love your little sister felt

July hi

Oi todo mundo,
Well, this week was fun we went to beach and got lost and got a new president how cool! Life is really grand!

Have a great week,

love your sister felt

party

Hey todo mundo! How are you?

I know I am one day late, and I am sure everyone noticed because you wait for my emails every Tuesday. But yesterday was a holiday hear called São Joãon and everything is closed, so hear I am, not on my p-day sending you an email.

So this is a cool holiday, they have fires in the streets and tons of fireworks that are mainly just really loud and ridicules firecrackers and there is square dancing and lots and lots and lots of boooooos. The whole world is completely wasted, even our investigators :( even the one that last week asked me to baptize him. At that time I was sad to tell him that I can't baptize him, now I am sad that he can't be baptized. aaaaaah. Anyway it's a little scary but kind of cool too see all the fire everywhere and drunk people, no that part is not cool.

Um, last week was cool, we had the last conference with President and Sister Souza and I was put in charge of the special music number. But instead of singing for the crowd the whole time we turned and sang for Sister and President Souza and we organized it that for the last verse everyone stood and sang for them. It was cool!

Sister Souza cried I cryed and well, it was cool!

Yesterday I cut my bangs and I gave the lesson in district meeting. These are the only things out of the ordinary. Life is good I am happy to be hear on a mission right now and serving the Lord.

Peace Out
love your little sister felt

Oi familia,

Um,... So I have like five minutes to write really fast, my comp had problems with her email today so I used my time to help her.

So life is good, we had a good week, my district is really different now and miss the people that went home. This is the first time that some one I really knew went home... how sad!

I don't have much new to write nor the time to write it so, have a great week everyone! Feel free to send me a note or two.

love you all
tchaou

Transfer, ... nope not me

Dear Family,
Well, once again I am hear writting you an email. It has been six weeks and time for new transfers, transfers have started and I am still hear in Camaçari, which is great. How cool would it be to make it nine months in the same place! That's what will happen if I am not transferred the next transfer which may happen because we are getting a new president. But that could be cool.

Jon I will talk to you for a second in response to a letter that I got yesterday. You are not dry, you are Jon and a history professor. If Katelynn wants someone that is not dry just write your normal stuff and throw water on it, that is all it will take. And speaking of Jon and Cami. Cami´s cousin is my new LZ, that is cool. I talked to him once, it was fun I am excited to know his Dad's name.

I don't think I have any really cool stories, I think that it will be great to start a new transfer. Yesterday was a better day than we have had since Sister Gonçalves came into the area. I think we can continue to build up momentum and make it a strong six weeks. I know it!

We are getting a new sister in the house and that will be fun, last night we had a party for my companions birthday. Friday Erickson will go away, so I'll have some movies I am hoping to download on to Chrisy's mac thing.

I think that will be cool for you, most of it's in Portuguese so Chrisy and Will can translate, well really is is just like English I know what Chrisy was saying now, it really is not all that hard now.

Ummmmmm. I don't want to end this email but i just can't think of anything else to say. I used to always write things during the week so I could remember to share it with the family, but now it's just life, don't know what else to say, we talk to the same drunk people all the time. Ok, well that is not true, we have our fun with the drunks on Sunday night. Um yeah life is good.

I love you all and, oh also the gospel is TRUE!!! I just wanted to add that part in.

And have a great day,
Love you all,
And you rock, or houk,
Your Sister Felt

Family

Hi family, this is going to be short and boring. Life is good, next week is transfers I am unsure of how this will affect me. Last week was not the best week of my life but the next will be better. Congratulations to you all, you have made it 6 mos. without my gracious presence in your lives. I just hope you will all be ok for another 12 mos.

Well I think that is it tchou,
Love your Sister Felt

i love you

THIS WEEK WE BABTIZED LUCAS !!!!! I am so happy that Lucas finaly got baptized, this feels like a major understatement. Sister Rezend and I have been working with him for over a month and the date for his baptism had come and gone, he just keeped telling us that he wanted to have more time to be more sure. This kid has has been going to seminary and been at church in a white shirt and tie every week, well quase (almost) every week, since we started to teach him and his uncle. He even likes to come walk with us, so last Thursday was the first time he really got to know my new companion Sister Gonçalves so he had to explain to her why he was not yet baptized. Then we spent the whole day talking about faith and how you know that you have a testimony. Then we started making street contacts and I was teaching him how to make a good contact and that we need to give them a reason to be interested in the religion. So he started making contacts with us and telling people "I have not been a member of this church for a very long time, but blha blha blha... and I know that... this and this... are really great." It was so cute and there where times when I would want to go in a help with the people but sister Gonçalves would sai, "No let him." This is something that we learned from Elder Bednar, that we need to give our investigators things to do that will build their faith and that faith is alway a principal of action. I think that it was in fact that day of action that led him to the final decision that he wanted to be baptized. He is fifteen years old and he already is very excited to serve a mission and he will make such a great missionary. Lucas is my Irmãozino and I am so happy that I got to see him be baptized. Now we just need to work on his family. His Dad lives in Germany so maybe I need to get the address of his Dad and have some missionaries find him and tell him to be baptized and return to his son!!!! Anyway I am happy, to say the least.

We also helped a family this week get married and then baptized. It was great. The emergency transfer has been a blessing in may different ways. I am still sad that I don't get to be with Sister Rezende when she dies, but I do have more self confidence now because my companion knows nothing of the ária (area) or the people and so it has been like I am the sênior comp now, but not really, but it is way more equal now.

Well, I love my new companion, she is great I need to go but I love you all!
Bless you
Love your sister Felt

ELDER DAVID A. BEDNAR

Dear family,

So yesterday I was blessed with the opportunity to listen to Elder Bednar in person, he spoke to my whole mission. Being a sister, I got to sit on the front row but I don’t think it would have made a difference if I was on the back row. It was such a powerful event in my life. And I mean powerful!!!

As you can all imagine being a missionary and having this type of opportunity, there are things now that I know I have to repent for; things that I need to change and do better; and things that I need to learn. But at the same time, I feel more of my Saviors love for me this day than any other. Not a surprise, that's really what repentance is - making yourself worthy to be closer to Him.

It would be impossible for me to tell you what he talked about because for one thing he forbid us from writing anything that he said down. For another thing the amount of things I learned from the spirit is innumerable. It was so cool! The whole three hours we had was like one big long group discussion. We gave answers from his questions and learned from each other and he would elaborate on the responses that we gave. For the last hour he opened the floor for questions from us to him. It was really cool, to say the least.

I don’t really feel like writing more so ask mom and dad about the emergency transfer and baptisms for this week. Have a great week!

I love you and our Heavenly Father does too!
Love, your little Sister Felt

13 de maio, 2008

Dear Family,
So, life is good hear in the bihan sun. Winter is really kicking in down hear it has been raining a lot and although it's only like 70, I am SO cold. And the rain makes the work a bit harder. After we teach the people are always like. "you cant leave, it's raining. Hear, eat this." So we eat at EVERY house and then we don’t get much work done. It is way better when people are out on the streets and we can talk with them and make good contacts.

Yesterday, we had a great training about the spirit. It was way good, it was about us being conductors of the spirit and that every person will only continue being interested if they are taught by the spirit. They said a lot of things that I am sure you are all well aware of. I also had my last interview with President Souza, that was cool too, he told me to thank my parents, but I would like to extend this thanks from him to the whole family. Family, thank you all for teaching and being great examples to me of what I want to be when I grow up. So basically, what I am saying is that it's only because of you that I am so cool! Thank You !!!

I got a letter from Jon and Cami and I want everyone to hear there experience with the chines "experts." I had to laugh out loud at this story, so I oblige all of you to email or call Jon and Cami (she'll be more truthful), and make them tell you this story.

Anyway, life is great, I am happy to be hear and grateful for all of you.

Have a great week love
your Sister Felt!

this week to start May

Hey family I tried to be so funny last week that you would write back, but NOOO, and the week before, I uploaded images and no one said anything, com lecensa família, I am funny!!!! send me email!!!!! I get more fan mail off my blog than i do fam mail... ha ha, get it fan mail and fam mail, as in the fam is my family!!!

Ok well, I know that you are a tuff crowd so I will just tell you the things that I think are funny. Like the new American girl (o nome dela e, sister Erickson) she's from Salt Lake and is a Ute, ballerina, rock star!!! She is so funny and we laugh and laugh about every thing. The other thing that I think is funny is that the Spaniard is coming to stay with Will for 6 weeks and he told his mom that he had "no other plans than to stay with Will" that it is, like, way funny to me! I really enjoyed that I practically got a book in the mail from Dad this week and in it was a check list for how well you are doing on your mission, a good self inspection list and one of the questions on it was: "You know were the projector is at all times, the projector and the slides are always kept clean" OK, I don't know how you used the projector back in the day but it was really funny to me!

Anyway, I know that I had anther funny thing happen this week but I am running out of time so: have a great day and I will email you all next week. Hey and anyone that reads this, make sure that Mom and Dad have checked there emails and are clear in what the plan is for them on Mothers Day. Yippee he he I get to talk to my Mommy !!!!!!

love you all tchaou

JA

Welcome to this weeks meeting of JA [Jell-o Anonymous]. It is OK if you have feelings about jell-o every one is free to share their feelings in this meeting. Like for me this week I was surprised to find that I felt elated at the idea of a great bowl of Jell-o despite a great lunch of rice and beans. mmmm

I was equally elated at the knowledge that this week was transfers and that I was going to have new adventures in a new area and with a new companion. Well, I will also tell you that my dreams and feelings of excitement were melted like jell-o in the summer sun when I found out that I will have 3 transfers with the same companion. But the joy of jell-o quickly returned with the knowledge that we have two new sisters living in my house, my very, very small house. One of the sisters is a new, brand new, right out of the CTM, an AMERICAN!!!! The other is my favorite sister in the whole mission, Sister Leal!!!! (as indicated by the exclamation points) I am rather excited by this news. Well, I am glad that I got all those feelings off my chest if any one else would like to add their feelings I would love to hear them.

Thanks you for listening and participating in the weeks JA.
God Bless!!!
Your Sister Felt

22 de Abil

Dear family,
This week was weird. Just weird things keep happening and then on Sunday an elder in my zone, well two of them, got hit by a car and yesterday Elder Knoop died. That’s weird, ya know! They were hit by some teenagers. There is speculation that they did it on purpose. I think they were just slobbering drunk like the rest of the world on the weekend and are dumb. But what do I know.

I have no doubt that he died only because the Lord wanted it to happen. But some times it sort of makes you think, I don’t know, how anyone can think this church not true. We are out here giving this time in our life (and some times our life) just to declare this great gospel!!!!!
Life is good other then that.

Last week, well it was weird, mom and dad will get the letter explaining all the odd thing that happened this week. The best thing that happened is that we found Cid and his family. They are wonderful and I probably will not see them baptized. I feel like the blessings of this area all started last week because my comp is staying longer on her mission. I will most likely move next week but I will not know until next Monday. I am sort of nervous for a new comp because well, she is all I know and even when I am frustrated I am glad that she is my comp and I know that it could be worse, much, much, much worse!!!!

Well I think that is my letter for today. I am up loading photos for you all this week. I hope it works this week.☺ Um PARA BEMS JON, that is a big Brazilian congrats!!!! That is great that you got into Stanford. I want to come☺

OK, have a great week every one. Love you all more than words can express!! Love your Sister Felt

Chuva!!!

Oi! It's raining hear right now, that is cool!

This week was interesting to say the least. My companion got an email from her boyfriend saying that everything was ready for her to come home marry him. She didn't even know he was still her boyfriend because he had stopped writing her six months ago. So that made for an intresting week.

Funny side note! Mom saw Mama Mia last weekend and right now Abba's music playing in the internet cafe... funny! Anyway...

Back to my interesting week: Then president made a few new rules and his explanation is that we need to be humbled!
I think it's so we are humble for the new president! I'm not mad but the Elder's are all a little up in arms. Anyway, zone conference was good and cool.

This week in Sao Paulo there was a man that was on the news that has seven wife's and many kids and the news said he is a member of the "Mormon Church". This has made for some great questions,... even by the members. :) In Brazil there is a church called the "Mormon Church" that broke off from the LDS church. But most people don't know that, they just know we are "The Mormons" so that has been confusing for some.

I continue to lean a lot about myself and the gospel and, well,.... I think that is cool of myself and the gospel. :) Just kidding... well, I'm not kidding about needing to lean more humility!

I think that is it for this week. My life is good. I love the mission and can't wait for the day when I can speak Portuguese fluently... that will be great! I don't think the mission will be easer but it will be cooler! Anyway have a great day! I love you!

Your Sister Felt

Suprise!!!

I know this is one day early. Today is Monday and P-day all at the same time... Intense HUH!!!

This also means I will give you all the benefit of the doubt that you really were going to write me an email but didn't get to it because you thought you had another day ;)

We have zone conference this week and so because President doesn't like a lot of Elders together with free time to "do whatever they want" we have P-day a day early. I'm not going to lie, this is better because tomorrow we will get a lot of work done!

So this last week was buzzzZy; we were trying to get all the same numbers in less time because of general conference. It was hard and we were almost successful... ish. Deborah was baptized and she is still great! Conference was great; I love the church and the way it gives me the support to be better! You know, it's interesting the way that your thinking changes when you're on a mission, or in a different stage of life, from one conference to the next!

So, today I was reminded of the pains that come from shopping with another woman. It's not bad if you are just looking, but my companion wants new ropas (clothes) for when she goes home. She kind of really cares about that stuff and so we set out, it's very difficult to explain the type of constrain that must be exerted for this task. She finely got a dress that was beautiful but really way too expensive.
I learn a few things:
• cloths are ugly hear, now I understand why everyone just wears a tank tops.
• I am not the same size as any Brazilian
• I will never, no never, no never will buy ANY clothing hear.
ok, I think that's all I learned. The rest were just reminders.

Oh something else I learned today.. To all my friends and family, I am not going to EVER be sending any of you a tape while I am on my mission. I received one from some friends and I thought oh, that will be cool to make one really fast and send it to them. So I talked to them while I cleaned my house and blah blah about everything I could think of and then I went to send it, found out it would cost $30. I don't know why every thing has to cost so much hear, but it does. So sorry, you may really want to hear my voice, but I promise, it will be the same when I come home.

Ok, well nothing new to report. I do love you all, you are all amazing... and I only reserve that word for really important things!!!!

Love you all Tchou!!!
Your Sister Felt

April Fools

Dear Family.

This week has beed great, we found a golden contact. Ok, well,... she found us. She's one of the many, many, people that was taught when she was a teen and her mom said,. "no, you can't be baptized." On Thursday night at the church, she found us and was like, "What do I need to do to be baptized." She is amazing, she has been well prepared and is very smart, she came walking with us and she asked people to be baptized and everything. She is going to be great to the ward and to the kingdom of God. She's not all that we found last week but I don't have time to tell you about everyone.

My birthday was great, I made the brownies Chrisy sent me for Valentine's; I had saved them for my birthday. Then this morning I made German pancakes for me and my companion.

I have started to read the Bible--It's funny. I like it a lot, I really like Abraham he was like a supper hero. I ended today with Lot's wife turning in to salt--man talk about a lesson of perfect obedience! I need to do better!

My companion keeps reading about Paul, I was studding a bit with her. Paul kills me with all the things that he writes sometimes. I want to say:
cala sua boca Paul, woman are cool! (p.s. cala sua boca is the only rude thing I know how to say in Portuguese and I learned it from a 2 year old.
I was telling him that his prayer was really good and he said, "cala sua boca" (shut your mouth) to me. So now when I say it to my companion we always laugh about it.)

Yesterday for district meeting I gave the lesson for 20 min. It was really not very good but I was glad that our zone leaders were there for this principle of commitment keeping. Last week the zone leader told me and my companion that our job is just to baptize people and that the angels will take care of them after that. The point I tried to make in my 20 min. lesson was the importance of helping our investigators to establish a habit of keeping commitment. I shared Elder Holland's talks about how important commitments are because it prepares people to keep their covenants. So, I talked about the importance of this for our investigators to preserver to the end. I know this was really passive aggressive of me. I know the ZL is the Zone Leader but he is sort of astray if he really thinks that. Anyway, life is good to say the least. I know that every thing will work out if we keep working!

I love you all very much,
Have a great week,
Love your Sister Felt

Brazilian Gripe

mylds mail hates all the missionaries today so I am going to have to make this short.

Last week I was sick with a cold and I learned a few things: 1. I don't have the vocabulary for symptoms and 2. Brazilians have funny ideas about sickness. For example: I was drinking water and then I was going to drink some hot tea that a member had made for me with honey and lemon... well you aparntly can't have any thing kind of cold and honey and lemon because of something something. I told my companion "whatever" and she was like, "well, just remember it's Brazilian honey and you have a Brazilian gripe (cold), it's different." It was funny but I am great now. I need to get going.

I love you all, I heard that some of you are working on coming to Brazil to see me in more than a year that will rock !!!!!
So i have to go, love you all more than I can say.

First Transfers

Dear Family,
Life is good. Transfers were today and I get to stay in Camacari for at least 6 more weeks. That is great. I love Sister Rezende. She may or may not be staying for one more transfer as an extension. I think that she will, but not for the whole transfer. No one gets to extend more than 14 days. But we will see if that is the case. I bet that next transfer we get put in a threesome since there are a whole whapping 9 sisters in this mission as of today!

Yesterday I gave my first talk in church. It was OK. I know that I did the best I could do. I was asked by the bishop at like 12 that day. I was thinking well, it is not really a problem that he did not give me time to prepare because the real problem is that I don’t really speak Portuguese. It was not too bad.

I started with a commitment for everyone to make a prayer in their heart and by telling everyone that they would learn something by the spirit if they were listening. I thought it was a good idea and true. I talked about the different kinds of missionary work that we have and how the members can be missionaries too. That is not very exciting. I think the more exciting part was that the next day I was blessed with the gift of tongs more than I have ever before. How cool is that !!!

Also, on Sunday I had to sing in public at a fire side that we had. I sang “God Is Love”. It is a pretty simple song. It is hard to sing in Portuguese though. That is OK it was not bad and probably better than the last time I sang in a meeting.

Yesterday was a pretty freaken awesome day if I do say so myself. We taught one girl that we had meet the day before. She had talked with the missionaries before but that was the end and she wanted to learn more about the church. Then a family with two brothers by the names of Neldon and Nelton and all of their siblings names start with “Nel” like Nelson, Nellyn, Nel-something. I think it is basically funny.

Anyway, the family that we taught was really cool and Sister Rezende was testifying about Joseph Smith with one mighty powerful testimony. It was so cool and we organized a family night for another family that we taught last week who have been having family prayer but they did not come to church. That is OK, it is great that they have been praying as a family. Family night tonight will rock I know.

Anyway, life is great. Time is up I think.
Have a great week!
I love you all a lot and I pray for you.

PS – I just want to tell you that I have been reading way too many Ensign articles. Yesterday I even read the no hanging out addition. Sometimes I am grateful to be on a mission.

Love, your daughter, friend, sibling, Sister Felt

life is good

Sorry for last week's letter. I was not very organized and I didn't know what to type so I didn't write much of anything. I think I was in a bad mood, normally I write down things that I want to say but last week I didn't.

So, there are a few things for this week that I am mentioning first because I keep forgetting to tell you about them: Hear in my mission we are allowed on p-day to listen to other good music, so if any one feels so inclined to send me a Wicked CD or a Jack Johnson CD or Beetles or any other good-clean-fun music, I would not be mad about it at all.

Last week we had lots and lots of fun but we kept running into problems, people didn't want to talk to us or we didn't want to talk to them. One day, everyone that we talked to was drunk and they were so funny, but you can't teach people when they are drunk. It was Thursday, not even a weekend!!!! I mean we expect people to be drink on the weekend but Thursday afternoon?!?! Come on!!!! Sister Rezende blames anything like that on the fact that we are in Baia which is different from the rest of Brazil.

One day we were walking from Verde Horisonte, which is one of the neighborhoods we work in, and there was a dead mouse on the ground. We made a cross made out of sticks and placed it above the mouse. I wrote RIP and taught Sister Rizende that RIP means rest in peace. She decided that RIP was her new favorite phrase in English so she says it all the time and it is how we say good night: Rest In Peace Sister :) I think it's very funny.

Well time is up, love you I will share a spiritual thought next time sorry.

Bye,
Love,
Sister Kate Felt

fist week of march

Oh man, time flies,... Are you kidding.. it is March!!!

Ok, This week was great we had our first baptism. This kid is a rock-star; he has many friends that are members and his whole family came for church on Sunday for the baptism and stayed all three hours for the conformation. It was great! I think the whole family will be baptized but we will have to be very faithful with the Father. He is really stuck to his mothers religion, even though he dose not regularly attend and understands the authority issue. He is funny and really smart, good thing my companion is amazing and we will be able to teach him--I just know it.

Anyway, things are really good here, this week has been hard. I think I told you, we taught 27 lessons last week, this week we taught 31 and that was with a zone conference--that is a huge blessing! My companion said there were these Elders that taught 60 lessons in two days. I think that at that point, you are going for numbers--not for people. It seems a little over the top. But it is cool to teach that much!

Sorry I don't have much to write this week, my brain feels like mush. Anyway, have a great week and I will write a better email next week. I am praying for all of you and have a great week!
Love Sister Felt

felizidade!!!!

This week has been great. We met all the requirements for a Missionary of Excellence!!! 27 lessons. I know we can do more but for now that is the best we have done. Today I got 12 cartas and 2 packages. It was wonderful!!!

I love you all so much and to any one that has written me in the last little bit, I love them! From Jon I received his letter from Feb. 5th. It is about a 20 day laps. Receiving letters will depend on when we have zone conference or when our leaders from our zone go to Salvador.
This time it was because of zone conference.

I love zone conference. We have sisters that get to come and sleep over at our house and stuff. It is very fun and I love, love, love the President’s wife, Sister Souza. She came to look at our house and then she let us call her friends. It was very fun. I talked to Susie from Morgan, Muito Engraçado!

Last week I had a great email all done and I went to send it and got kicked out of the system and my time was up. I was really mad. More mad than a missionary should be. It did make for a very funny journal entry which you can all read when I come home if you want.

Yesterday I ate a typical Bahian food called Acadaja. It was horrible and today all the elders were trying to tell me that it was great and that they barley go a day without one. I don’t think so! Last week I had fish... that was a very bad idea. I will only eat fish at the member’s house if the member is clean. Anyway, I think I will just stick to bonbons. Which by the name you know it is good. It means good goods and they are really good.

I went through my letters. Most of them talked about the death of the Prophet. It is funny to me that the only time I even sort of started to tear up from these letters was when Jon was writing to me about Gordon B. Hinckley and how he is the prophet of our generation. Basically, no one here has ever known another prophet. It was very toughing.

This week we taught a few people that just can not get out of the saved by grace mentality. I mean we have taught them about the resurrection and the spirit has been so strong. They say that they pray and that it is good. Then they are like, “we don’t need to go to church, the Lord will provide the way for us”. I am like wait just one second, were you here when we just said that the restored gospel is here. How on earth could you not feel the spirit. If you go to church you will feel it even more.

It is very hard to let these people go when they do not want to come because in Brazil, if they do not come to church we just move them to past investigators because they are not progressing and they are not showing desire. It is very hard but very good.
I think I am speaking better and better all the time.

Today the President told me that I can not speak English with my companhara but I think that it will be good. Honestly, I know that I can speak more than I do. Yesterday we had a lesson with this boy, his mother and a member family. The ward missionary and Sister Rezende said that it had to be good because if they trust us they will help us more. It was a great lesson and I did not ask my companion how to say anything.
Anyway, life is great ! I love you all !

Ta Ta
Sister Kate Felt

"Mais brilhante do que o sol"

I'm downloading my pictures from the CTM this first week so I am typing this from my google account. I got permission from the AP--who by the way--is my friend from Vermont. I did not even know he was hear; my branch president from Vermont had emailed me and said that Kevin Berkholder was hear but I thought it had to be a different mission. When I was was coming out of the airport last week I saw Sister Soza and then Kevin,... and I was like aaaaaah!!! I think what I said was, "shut the front door!!!!!"

I am in a city called Camaçari, it is fun we live on the poor side of town but that means we get more baptisms because the people are humble.
I love the beans and rice, I hated them in the CTM and rarely ate them but here they are good. I knew Brazilians had to have better taste buds then the type of taste bud that liked the food in the CTM.

My comp. is great, she is from Santa Catherine--in the southern part of Brazil. She is wonderful; with her, I will be loved into Portuguese. The language is going better than expected and I know that it's because the Lord has blessed me a tone!

So I may, or may not have a small skin disease I like to call leprosy! But it is fine, I will just go find a river and wash seven times or something.
So it's really, really hot here and we are required to take a shower every morning and evening, I am not mad about this at all, and would not be too mad if we got to take one in the middle of the day too. I am the only American Sister right now but I am sure that we'll get one in the next few transfers or something.

Last week we got to see the WW leadership broadcast and it was way good, it was in Portuguese so I had a lot of time to think about the subject at hand since I understood... mais o menos. It was fine, it was about raising up a faithful generation. So, like the responsibility of continues conversation that Chrisy and I have: like how are we're going to raise children in this world. And how everything that I was raised with, I am also going to try to use with all of my investigators. Elder Holland calls investigators babes in the gospel and so we must raise them up like children.

Ok my time is up. I love you all a lot and I am going to sent some pictures if can figure out how to upload them on to pacaso with half of the instructions in Portuguese.. and well... it is sort of frustrating. I love you all more that all the world and if i did not send you an email back i am sorry i am working on am letter, I am sure.

Love you all have a wonderful day.
Love Sister Kate Felt

Last week of the MTC!

Whoot Whoot!!!

I have really loved the CTM but am ready to get out of hear! I know that I could spend more time hear learning portuguese but I think I will learn more not being in the CTM. It will be a process but I will not be mad about leaving in a week from today.

Last week has gone by really really fast. The highlight was that Elder Nelson came and I got to shake his hand... and so did everyone else but that's ok, I still feel good about myself. He was really great, he talked about three things. One, that we need to come back speaking three languages better: English, Portuguese, and I think the spirit, but he never got to the third one. The next thing that he did was tell us we are noble and great and the best thing that we will aspire to is the great calling of being parents. Because that is the most important and powerful calling that you could ever have. Lastly, he talked about 3 Nephi 11--baptism, doctrine and not having contention. We concluded that we need to baptize but only after we teach the doctrine.

The other thing that has been going on is that it has been really cold; today it has been really rainy (chover: to rain) I think. Well, we have had a lot of that. It's going to be fun when I am out in the real world and have to deal with that any time it rains--man, doesn't that sounds fun!!?!?

Um. well thanks to anyone that sent me a little email saying they were thinking about me; I might add, this thanks is not to anyone that is related to me!!!!! Do I have to sick Alma 60:6 on you all!?!?!?! Maybe the problem is that I have not extended a commitment to any one. Will you email me a small email next week?

Well, have a great week and I love you all a lot even if you forget that I am in Brazil doing the Lords work and that you will get extra blessings for emailing me and you get even more blessings for writing real letters.

Well love you ,
your Sister Kate Felt

Muitissemo

Hello Famila,

Life is way good; last week was fun and fast. We got new roommates I really loved our last ones but the new ones are better for us. I think because one of the Sisters--I am not even going to try to spell her name--talks to us and makes us talk to her in Portuguese, she is so funny. Last night she was lamenting that she was missionary because she saw the most beautul American missionary that day, she said that he looked like one of the back steet boys. She really craks me up.

There is another Sister that came that is not my roommate but she is a Brazilian coming to Salvador with me the same day that I am going. That was not all that unexpected, I knew if a Sister was going to come with me, she had to enter the MTC last week. Also, Chrisy there are some Sister's that are going to Cabo Verde, which is cool that they just come to the Brazilian CTM because they don't need to learn a language.

We got a new president of the CTM President Woodwar, he is really cool. It will be weird not having President Carden or Sister Cardon around anymore; they are amazing people. They left toddy.

The reality of me leaving the CTM hit me this week, so I am sort of freeking out about that. I get to be a real missionary now, I'm playing for keeps now and I want to keep them all :)

Last Friday proselytizing was amazing, we had a goal to bankrupt the teacher's supply of pass along cards and BOM's. We did it with an hour to spare so then we just started to get referrals.
We were going up to people, teaching them a little bit, and getting there address. That was way scary and amazing all at the same time. My amazement of the Brazilian people still continues to grow, they are all so loving and amazing. There were times when we would be teaching one person and another person would be walking past and stop and listen to us and take a card and just look so interested--it was unbelievable! Then there were other times that people would listen to our message and be like, I am Catholic, my whole family is Catholic, but thank you so much for your message. It is unbelievable, they are so just kind.

So last night my companion and I were minding our own business doing work for Missionary Directed Study Time (MDST) and a teacher came in and asked us to teach the first lesson to her class in Portuguese. She was like, "They have only been here a week and they are sort of nervous. You will do great--just show them that they can do it." and so I was like OK, they wont know when we mess up because they have only been here one week right?.... Well, we get to the room and it's a class of Brazilians, what the heck! But really, it was so good for me to do this, and they were wonderful to help me with the language.

My favorite Brazilian Sister left today she was a small little ball of joy. She has only been a member for one year and she is on a mission and she is going to be so, so, good. I just wanted to tell some one that story it's good huh? I should tell it at parties. -- brincadara (joking)

Um, I know there was something else that I was also going to write... oh well. I do want to tell you all that Gale and my friend Christie (I know that is not you spell her name) sent me a letter through "missionary ties" and I don't know how or what they did but it felt like it got here really fast, so that might be a good idea for getting things to me in a timely manner. Anyway I need to go, have a great week to all!

I love you all, muito, muito, muitissemo
I learned that slag this week does that work in Portugal portuguese?

Any, anyway love you tons,

Sister Kate Felt

brush your hair, brush your teeth, put on makeup

This week has really been so great, we are in the third trimester of the CTM, whomb!!!!

So, last Wednesday we went to the national police so that we could all be finger printed and get our visas extend so that I don't have to go home six months early. We had fun, it was fun to get the group of missionaries we came with back together again.

We got matching ties for our district and I thought it was cool, Sister Thompson and I just put ours in our hair to look like a head band. But one of the teachers got mad, well not mad, but we sort of got in trouble. Don't worry, they havn't told me to pack my bags just yet. The Elders have also started making-up, and doing stupid magic tricks; this is a sign that we've been in the CTM way too long.

Last week as a district, we decided to start praying for each other. We started praying that we would have an open atmosphere so we could talk about the things with which we are having problems. I am not going to lie, I think it's worked so well for us to do this because I feel like as a district, we are at the point where most districts are all getting sick of each other. It's been five weeks but instead of getting mad or frustrated with each other, I think we've grown in love for each other. It's amazing!

This Sunday we watched the Joseph Smith movie it was amazing. I love that! And I love JS and the amazing things he did for us with Heavenly Father. It was amazing!

Yesterday I got a letter from my mission president. This was epic for me. I have sort of been feeling bad that everyone had gotten a letter from there MP and I hadn't even heard from him. So when I got it I was way happy and so I opened it right away. And it's all in Portuguese!!! Gurrr, so I have to try really, really, hard to read it and even get some help. This is what is basicaly said:

Sister Felt,
We are so excited for you to come to our mission you will be coming on the 5 of Feb 2008. We will bring our camera to take pictures of you at the mission home. We will have a nice meal and dessert when you get here.

• brush your hair
• brush your teeth
• put on makeup

It's important to look nice.

Love, President and Sister Soza


OK, first I think it's funny because it's practically saying you are not going to get any good food hear so I'll feed you, your last good meal--ten to one says it's beans and rice. I will tell you once I have this meal. The other thing is that it was so short and they told me in bullet points to brush my teeth, and hair, and take care of myself. I don't know if you all think it's funny. but I think it's WAY funny!

Anyway this Friday we are proselytizing, so pray for me and my companheira.

Well have a great week, Thanks for your love,
I would love to hear from you all,
Love you,
Tchou!
Sister Katherine Felt

Boa Tarde

Oí famíla,

This week has been really great for me, on tuesday we had a talk by President Cardin. It was on being a maissionary of mighty faith; it was really AMAZING. I think i am getting a better idea of what it is to be a good missionary. You all did not warn me that it's a very difrent way of thinking. When you are a missionary you never really do anything for yourself and that's when the faith comes in. Everyday you obay all the rules not because you want to all the time but because you have the faith to know that this is not your time. Sort of weird when you are getting use to it.

I was having a hard time this week, knowing that I'm not doing as well with my language as the others in my district, I don't know why this should be surprising knowing how my mind works. But I was talking to my companion and she was a great help telling me that we have been promised that we will speak Portuguese, which I know is true. Since then I have felt much better I know that the Lord is not going to tell me to do something and then let me fail when I am doing his work. That is another area where faith comes in.

Last friday I got to go proselytizing out in São Pãlo it was amazing, I loved it is was amazing how loving the people were and how open they were to listening to the message. I was almost sure the first person I talked to was planted by my teacher but no, I think that's just the way the Brazilians are. Sure, we had plenty of people that were not willing to listen but an amazing number really were. I think that's just the disposition of the people, that's what makes the field so white and ripe for harvest. President Hinckly told the Brazilians a year or two ago that the number of baptisms need to double in Brazil, which is amazing considering the numbers of people getting baptized. Every missionary has two rules 1. Never go to any church meeting with out an investigator and 2. never miss a meeting. I don't think that's possible everywhere but missionaries all over Brazil are doing it. It's amazing!

There was one girl that we were talking to and she was so happy to listen and looked so interested that I also added my testimony to my companion and gave her the BOM it was soo cool I felt really great. I can't wait until I get to discover all of the stories of these people when I get to meet them, and teach them, and understand them. It's really amazing.

Today we went to the temple in Campinas, it's so beautiful I loved it. It's so clean. I think everything inside the temple is designed to reflect light and so the whole thing is just glistening I love it. Well time is up.

One addition is that my roommates are so amazing, I love them and they really crack me up every night, I am greatful for them and I am really greatful for my companion.

Have a great day I would love to get letters, hint, hint or if you are family emails.

Love, Sister Kate Felt

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Feliz ano nova! ok i really have no clue how to spell that?

So today is p-day and as you know, that means that last Tuesday was also my p-day. But, not only did I not get to email, but also you thought I was going to be able to call. Humm, that apparently was not the case. But if you think about it, it will be cooler for me to call on Mothers Day because then i will know more Portuguese whereas right now I really don’t know anything, like I do, but at the same time, not really.

New years was crazy last night it was (A.) so hot that it took a good hour to fall asleep and (B.) the fireworks were so, and i really mean, SO loud that I thought maybe there was some sort of war going on. It was sort of cool.

This last week sister T and I got roommates, they are from Brazil. Where you ask? We don’t know, they talk really, really fast and I don’t think it helps that we are not completely up to par on the geography of Brazil. They are really cute though; I am going to try to send you pictures. There are sort of funny things that happen when you cannot understand one another.

The Elders in my district still crack me up, they just came into the tie shop that we are in. We are getting matching district ties that are orange and sister T and I are going to where them on our heads.

One of the Elders is so funny, he never really says anything and than come up with the most hilarious things to say. Like one day we were eating dinner and a kid came up and was being really funny and sort of a brat. When he was walking away the Elder that never says anything said, “What a miserable little man" this may not be funny to you, but it was really funny coming from him.

Anyway, got to run. Love you so much, the gospel is true and it’s great in Brazil, and really hot.
I think that baptizing in Brazil is so high because people need to cool off in the font. Haha ha, just kidding. Well, I do really love you.

Have a Great Day
Sister Felt



P.S.

my MTC address is:
Sister Katherine Felt
Brazil Salvador Mission
Brazil Missionary Training Center
Rua Parre Antonio D'Angelo 121
Casa Verde
02516-040 San Paulo SP
BRAZIL

And the pouch mail is no longer in service so once I leave the MTC, you'll have to send stuff to the mission home:
Sister Katherine Felt
Brazil Salvador Mission
Av. Antônio C. Magalhães, 3247 sala 402
pituba
40275-000-Salvador- BA
BRAZIL