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Dear family, well hey- how are you all?

So today is not p-day but we are using the internet anyway because tomorrow and the next day everything will be shut down. So the scalding hot sun is making it hard to think about Christmas and what we are going to do?

Yesterday we were at Feira de Santana for conference, yes that is like 6 or 7 hours on the bus... with Elder's oh man! We played a white elephant game and I first got a game of skip-bo and then someone took it and then I got pepto bismol how surprising is that that!!! I will use it, that's for sure. It was a present from E. Roatinskie (sei la, however you really spell his name) but he took a picture of me with it. He is a really funny Elder, shoot. It was so good to see the sisters and spend time with them. We got to Feira on Monday morning at about 1 am and then we just stayed up talking until we finaly were all sleeping. Then I woke up at like 5:30, I don't know I think that I have insomnia or something because just lately I have not been able to sleep. It's good sometime because it gives me time to think by myself.

Anyway, so life is good I got a good amount of letters yesterday it is fun but I think that I may or may not keep writing letters in return because I will just return :). But my family, I will keep on writing every week 'till the end of my mission.

Well, I think that is all,
have a great day,
love sister felt

Coming Home

So there are so many things that we learn on the mission and that we do that when you come home and there is that stander question.   

 

Well what did you most learn on your mission? 

Well the unfairness of this question is overwhelming. There are so many things that you learned that to talk about just one in a brief response that that person would like to hear is basically impossible.

but there are a few things that i have learned over the past 18 mos. that i would like to share with all my raving fans. 

Something that i learned is that the hand of our beloved Heavenly Father is with us in every thing that we are doing that when we are suffering the most we are then also being carried the most.  His guyed his loving hand, is pulling us through those tough times to the safety of a new day. 

I also learned that is its really great to suffer.  i would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to become a better more faithful saint.  I am sure that even though Heavenly Father was with me through all that time he let me feel the pain that comes from, seeing his beloved children, and my wonderful siblings in the gospel choose things that are less than wise.  Many times my heart was turnd to the scriptur in 2 Nefi 33:3 when Nefi sees the wickedness of the people and that destroys there lives.  This not only brings much suffering to there personal life but also to all the people that care about them.  That was the internal suffering but there are always many other forms of suffering that every missionary goes through.  So when you are a parent watching your child suffer just remember that to some extent it is a good thing.    

 Which brings me to the next point of something that my mother has ALWAYS said. 

"The only person you can control is you!" mom felt  

Actually putting that into practice on my mission was the hard part.  As a missionary you are only abel to do so much.  this is true in real life as well.  You can teach people all correct principals help them make and keep commitments but there comes a point when you cant do it for, them they have to make the call they have to decide what it is that they want to do.  The eternal law of agency is essential to the craters plan.  Men have to chose liberty or death.  They have to chose what is best for them and how to be happy.  

These were a few things that i learned on my mission.  i am grateful to all my family and friends that i have been able to see and talk to and i hope to see and talk to many more. 

love forever sister felt       

aloha

Ok family this will be the last time that I will be writing you from Brazil at this time in my life. So, I hope that you all like it. Last week was great and terrible all at the same time. We had one baptism and one fall through. We only had one investigator at church (and that is bad). But what is important is that this next week will be much much better!

I love you all so much; thanks for your love and support.
Have a great week
love you all
sister felt

second to last

So this is the 2nd to last e-mail that I'll send. All is well and bem; yesterday I talked to an American and tried to teach him in English. MAN, that was hard to just start talking to him--he was cool. He is here doing a study on public health, he is a student at Corneal University--that was cool.

Yesterday we also had a baptism, a flood in the church, and two birthdays. It was a big day. We didn't teach anyone and well, to say the least, it was a hard day. But life is good and all is well, have a great day!

love your little sister felt

wind rain

Dear family,
How are all you? Here life is good! We are nearly freezing to death with all this rain and wind but I think that I will survive. You know, it was like 70 degrees yesterday. That is not all that cold but add the wind and the rain and it is really cold!!!

Anyway, next week is Stake Conference and it should be interesting. They want to have two buses, this branch here is in a state of "emergency". I guess the gospel of Jesus Christ is always an emergency but now the members want to do something about the work. The stake president told them that they could not move in to the new chapel until they were a ward. The branch needs five more people at sacrament meeting and 10 more men baptized and holding the Melchizedek priesthood--they want to do this in two months!!! I am all about baptizing 10 men but I doubt any one of them would be ready to receive this responsibility within a few weeks of being baptized?!?!!?

It's great that the members are willing to work for it. We will too and hopefully I will meet my goal before I go home.

All really is well here, we are seeing many new miracles happen and yesterday not on purpose I sort of burned the Elders with my training in district meeting. It was supper funny because I really didn't know that they had been working in another town and not where they live. It's in there area but it is just another city. Anyway, I was reading Alma 8 to teach that we have to do it the Lords way and they were like, "oh man, that was just for us." Anyway, it was sort of funny.
Well, all is great!

Love you all with all my heart,
Sister Felt

fam

Dear family,

Thanks for talking to me that was way fun; I love you all so much you!
Life here is still going well, we have a tone of work to do and not enough hours in the day to get it all done.

Have a great day I love you all
Love you little sister felt

hey

Good news: First off I was not transferred nor was my comp so I will be ending my mission here. It will be so so so so cool to see this new chapel dictated--that is so good!

News: Sister Felt has decided that I will for sure love to watch the girls for the summer even if it is in the middle of no where :) jk Gene, but really, if you will have me, I would love to!

And Chrisy, I would for sure love to come with you to DC, lets stop at Nauvoo :). And I can stay with you until I have to watch the girls--lets play!!!

I am thinking about doing mediation and we'll see how that works out... um life is great I love you all and don't worry, I am doing great!

Ok well have a great day all, I love you all,
tchão

Fam

Hey it sounds like things are crazy out there! But things are great here, we had a miraculous four baptisms last week to make up for the lack of anything for the past four weeks. I have much more to do until I will be home. But once I get home, it will be so great to relax! Just kidding, I am sure that running behind a wedding is just as hard as running behind a baptism. Well, have a great day all of you and Happy Birthday Cami!

This next month will be the best ever for all of us!
Have a great time,
Love Sister Felt

hello how are you

Hey family,

Sorry I didn't have time to write last week. I'm not sure how I ran out of time. I think I had a lot of emails and just got carried away reading. So I ended up not having time to write you a letter
or an eamil, or whatever this thing is called.

Hey, so everything is great. We will, with help form the Lord, be baptizing a family this weekend. It's way to cool! They are the kind of elect ladies that will help the ward a lot if they are let in. Arrg. I hope that the members welcome them in.

But yeah, that is about it for this week. Easter was cool. I had members give me a chocolate egg and inside it had a hello kitty that jumps rope. I gave her a name tag so now she is Sister Kitty, how cute!!!!! Then we found a member visiting our area that had served a mission at temple square. That was cool, she also gave us candy. How good is my life!?!?!

Well, I think that is about it for this week have a great day!
stay cool,
don't change,
love your little sister felt

happy birthday to me

I know you are all dying to know what Kate did for her birthday. Well, I taught a JW that we use the Bible. We went to a part of the city that has never had Sister missionaries; if their ever have been missonarisa, no one remembers so it is like we are opening a new area in this area - that was cool. We've been teaching a woman that has survived cancer and I marked her for baptism. I planed the week out. Oh, and I made a great cake!

Now you are all thinking what did she do for p-day?!?! Well, let me tell you. We went to Salvador !!!!!!! We saw the beach, the light house, the slaves, the perolina, the elivator, the old city and the new city. We saw it all and it was probably the last time I will see Sister Ilis :). She is going home, aaaah. And I hung out with the other sisters.

It was all wonderful. Now we have spent all our fun tickets and money (p.s. mom thanks for putting money in my account). Now we will go mark a woman for baptism, or that is the plan, pray for me to have a baptism this week :)

Thanks everyone,
Will H., congrats!
Will H., Will F., Jon F., and Kate F., para bems a voce, nesta data quirida, muita felizidades muitos anos de vida!

Oh and mom, how much will I earn at Brandan's Ranch?

love sister felt

novinho

Hi family,
Transfers were good. I did not get to leave this city but that's fine. I am hear with my child (que lindo).

My new comp is from Rio Grand do Sul, Porto Alegre. She is great she and I are sort of nervous but we'll be alright. I am great and love you all. Have a great week and I love you.

Que Buy,
love your little sister felt

parabems

Today I don't have time to write much and to explain would just waist time.

Congrats on the house Mylynn. Take pictures for me to see later if i don't ever get to see your house again.

Life is good, last week was sort of lame with out anything good happening we has. Bringing only one person to sacrament meatting, that is lame. But keep up the good prayers everyone.

Mom talked about Emily's family, so now I want to know were is she from what is her family like. Where does she fall in the order of the family? Any info?

I love you all, I am so happy to think that I will see all you here in a bit. Transfers should be fun hear in 2 weeks.

thanks for everything and all the prayers,
your little sister felt

oi fmaily

My loves, How are you all doing this day?!?!?

Everything is wonderful hear in SADJ (that is my new way of writing this atrociously long name of my city.) So I have been thinking, and it's now official. I will come home in Juno, or June, it will be good to see you all then. Love you bye.
your little sister felt

I will see all of you at the temple for the wedding :)

carnival

Hey family
How are you all.
Yesterday was a holiday here so I didn't get to write to you. But life is good. Have a great week everyone, and know that I love you all.

love your little sister felt

santo

Hey family,

So I AM in a trio again with Sister Viana and Sister de Oliveira. Yes that is the same Sister I was with in Feira for three transfers. So for one companion we'll have been together 3 transfers and the other 4! All I can say is that it will be fun.

Ok so I am good, this branch is really cute AND we are going to just work Head AND try to make a ward.

Ok, well Love you all,
Have a great week,
Love Sister Felt

surprise transfer

Sister Felt via para San Antonio de Jesus. com o compinheira dela Siter Viana. WOW

Hey family,
That's right, if you understood what I just said, it means that I am infact leaving the hot hot city of Petrolina with my companion to be in another Tiro for one week and then that other sister is leaving and it's just Sister Viana and me together forever! How cute!

I have heard of this happening and I always thought it very funny, the idea of how people just stay companions. And they are just transferred to another city together and now its is happening to me and well, it's still funny. It's all good. It’s a huge surprise. I think I will probably end my mission in San Antonio. It’s a little branch that I think will be a ward super soon.

That is cool, I will try to visit the Easter port. Ok that was a really bad translation but it’s the fist port in BRASIL. Yes that is right, but I have to be baptizing every week to get permission for something like that. Or who knows? President loves the Sisters.

Ok, well love you all tons! Have a great day and week, probably next week I will not write because the transferences is for real next week. So I will be in Salvador!

Love your little sister felt
p.s. can I have Emily's e-mail to add her to the list of the family.

picture

Here is a picture from feira with the bishop and stake president

sister felt

Bom dia!

This will be short. Last week was good. I love my life and i am continually happy that i am here and that you are all doing well. Hey, so life is good. It's cooled off some here so that's always nice.

I hope that things are going well with the wedding plans don't ever forget that you have a Sister that would love to see the wedding! :) And don't forget that you never need to rush a good thing, Mom always says that if it's a good deal today it will be a good deal tomorow. :)

Well, I have already written you a letter for this week and all is well. Have a great day great and week and know that i love you all.
your little sister felt

noivas

Hey family

Para bems, we have a brother that is engaged! How cool is that, eternity is in the works right here. Ooohh que lindo!
So this computer really stinks so this will be super short.

Life here is good we've had a month of miracles. Last week we baptized a man names Francisco he is very cool and we had some supper experiences with him. He stopped drinking in one week and he has had such a huge change of heart.

So life is good here! Love you all, have a great week!
Love sister felt

monday

Surprise surprise. It’s Monday and I am writing a letter or an email. It's interview time so that means that today is p-day and this week will just feel that much longer. But it is good because to have a baptism this week we'll need all the time we can get.

Last week was good, I am in a trio with Sister Viana and Sister Erickson. Sister Erickson is from Holiday and graduated from Skyline. She is very cool, she is the same American I was living with in Camaçari, that dances and is in a rock band. She is way way cool and highly spiritual, she has helped us work better.

We are teaching a woman this week but she was not at church on Sunday. She was going to be baptized in the Universal Church but last I knew she was not sure about baptism in the Universal Church anymore because she had heard the gospel. So, I am a bit bugged that she was not at church. We went to get her and she was not at home. But it was a great experience.

Life is good here, I will try to write a better letter explaining why. Oh Mom, if you are worried because you have not gotten a letter for some time, just wait, I was writing every week but I wasn't sending letter every week. I just mailed a letter with letters from 3 or 4 weeks in it. Sorry, I didn’t have money and then the post office was closed.

So, I think that we may have four sisters hear again and that I will be hear with Sister Erickson and two other sisters in the house. That would be supper cool. We need more Sisters to open an area. Maybe Sister Viana will train. Who knows.. so far in the future

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

happy new year

Hey family,

How are you all? So, I am glad that last week was a good week. I hope everyone is back in there own house and doing well. It is supper cool to have an American around, it's fun to talk about cultural things that I haven’t really been able to explain to my other comps. Man, but we need to be carful that Sister Viana doesn’t feel left out.

I know that you were all praying for a white Christmas but we ended up with a super white new year - happy new year! Everything worked out great last week, it was like the biggest miracle of my life. It's way too big to put in the email so I will be writing you a letter today. Um, but life is way way good I am happy, clearly I am a missionary. Vida está super bem!

Well love from your little sister felt