Broken Hearts

Well my heart broke a little bit this week. Actually it broke a lot. its like in a bijilion pieces. :( 

Long story short. Wellington did not get baptized. We went there talk to his mom, she was all cool about it you know she was like "yeah if Wellington wants to gets baptized he can get baptized"....bom, So we ask if we can invite the elders over to do an interview. "yeah sure whatever".

So Friday night we get there with the Elders,Oh my firework!!! Wellington wasn't there when we got there and so we waited for him to get home, and oh my gosh... She did not like that we were waiting. So she pretty much yelled the heck out at us and told us that he will never get baptized..man Friday was hard. I cried. Guys missions are so hard. Wellington is so pure and so righteous and i know that God has so much love for him. 

But got to keep going, got to keep looking for the people that really want to Follow the path of Jesus Christ.

I am so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ, I am so grateful for all that he gives me. I know that he knows how each of us is feeling. I know that he has a purpose for everything. Missions are hard, but I am so  sooo grateful for the opportunity I have to serve as a missionary. The relationship that I have developed with the Savior is priceless.. He Lives.

This Easter the Church is promoting this film, its about 3min and if you haven't watched it yet you should. It can help you strengthen your relationship with your Savior.

http://www.mormon.org/easter

I love you all, Happy Easter and Happy General Conference :)

♥ Sister Roberts

"Suffer the Children..."

This week as really Good. My companion and I traveled a lot visiting our investigators in the other towns that surround Jaú but still make up part of our branch. Also we went and did a couple of divisions with some of the Sisters in São Manuel. It was super fun. I Love doing divisions. I got to go with Sister Moraes and Sister Almeida, they are both being trained and Holy Cow, they both have so much gas, haha it was kinda hard to keep up with them. But it was cool to be able to show them different técnicas and what not. It was cool. 

But because we went and did divisions with them we lost about 3 days in our area. Its hard to leave your area for that long especially because we just got back last week from Piracicaba, after my companion had surgery. (which she is doing fine by the way). But the Lord blessed us, because we found someone to be baptized!!! WOOOHOOO

Wellington, has 10 years, he is the grandchild of one of the members here in Jaú. He may just be the purest and nicest kid I have ever met. Wellington comes from a very humble home. Actually his house is more like a fort. Its got blankets and old wooden planks as walls and big tin slate as a roof. There are old rugs covering the dirt floors and they burn wood to keep the place warm.I don't think I have ever been in a more humble home than this one. But the grandparents that take care of him have a lot of faith!!! May they are beautiful people. Wellington is beautiful.

I have been so humbled this week with our experience with Wellington that all I think about is Christ saying "Suffer the Children to Come to Me" Christ loves the children. I do too. I am praying that this week his mom will give him permission to be baptize and if everything goes well We will have levou um mais alma a Cristo. :)

Love you all! 

Thanks for your support :)

Love, Sister Roberts

shortness

Well this will be super short ...but this week was good, we finally made it back from Piracicaba and my companion is up and running, and the Lord blessed us and had some investigators in church..

okay well that's it!

Love you all,

Sister Roberts

Piracicaba Flash Back!!!

Well this week was not normal. My companion and I came to Piracicaba Monday night be cause we had conselho da liderança on Tuesday. I was super excited because we would be staying in my first area over night, and I was hoping that I would get to see some of my recent converts and what not.

 But what happens, 2:00AM Tuesday morning my companion woke me up because she was feeling really really sick and she was feeling alot of pain and what not, and after listening to her all of her symptoms and what not I was like "Umm.. I think we need to call president." And you know its like 2:30am haha of course no body wants to call president at this hour.. But Finally I called him he gave us permission to go to the hospital. Luckily I still knew my way around Piracicaba so we got there with out a problem. But after doing hours of exams the doctor finally came up to us and was like "So you are going to have to stay over night and tomorrow you are going to have to have surgery because you have got a huge rock in your kidneys" ...great...

Yeah so that was a fun conversation explaining all that to president. Luckily the church building where the meeting was being help was just down the street from hospital, and I think President ran to come and see us because about 5 min after I got off the phone with him, he was there. haha I Love Presidente Canuto.

So I spent the last week sleeping in the hospital with my companion as she has been recovering from surgery. Actually it wasn't that bad. It was kinda fun. My companion and I got this huge room to our selves, the nice hospital ladies brought us food every 3 hours, Presidente let us watch disney movies (Yes Finally got to watch Frozen!!!), and the best part was President and Sister Canuto came and hung out with us for a couple of hours. :) Gosh they are my favoritest people ever. 

Also Yesterday I had a really cool experience. We got to go to stake conference here in Piracicaba, and it was really really powerful. The spirit was so strong and the best part was I got to see all of my recent converts. You have no idea how happy that made me. I got to see Fred, my first baptism, he is doing so good. He has a calling and everything and guess what!?! NEXT WEEK THEY ARE GONG TO THE TEMPLE!!!!!! you have no idea how happy that makes me to see your investigators become an eternal family :) I also got to see Eduardo, who is also preparing to go to the temple next month. And the Sisters that are serving here brought Cida, one of the contacts that I made here over a year ago to church and she is getting baptized next week. Honestly I am so grateful that Heavenly Father let me see some of the fruits of my labors here in Piracicaba. It feels so good to know that my work here was not in vain.

I love you all! I hope you all have a good week :)

Com Amor, 

Sister Roberts

Satan Slapin!!

This week was INCRÍVEL!! We did some major Satan Slapin this week!! WOOOHOOO!!

We started out our week praying that we would see miracles, and that we would be able to meet our goals. Oh My Gosh!! We saw so many miracles this week, and we exceeded the standard of excellence for all of the key indicators including lessons, referências and contacts! And we had so many new investigators at church this week. I'm full of gratitude. tô cheia de gratidão. We are working so hard trying so hard to help others come unto Christ. I can really feel the spirit testify to these people that Jesus is the Christ and that the Fullness of the Gospel has been restored. 

President told us that if we have the faith, and if we work hard we will be able to baptize every month. Bom, I had a baptism in December and January, but I still hadn't had one in February, this week my companion and I have been praying for a miracle that we would be able to have a baptism this Saturday. And Guess What?! We Did!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

On Saturday João Gabriel was baptized. He is 10 years old and a  younger brother of a recent convert, and the missionaries have been teaching him for a long time but he has never been baptized. So this week we had a really powerful and spiritual lesson about Jesus and how Jesus was baptized and how we need to be baptized, and We invited him and he accepted!!!! He is my little buddy (well actually he is meu pequeno gordinho) he is so receptive to the spirit. And he has such a strong testimony. I Love him :)

 Batismo de Gabriel!

 Gabriel and my favorite family ever!!!!! I love Love this Family! :)

I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve here. I love this area, I love my companion. I am so excited about the work that is going on here. Life is good. Love you all!!

♥ Sister Roberts

A really cool calender in Poços

 Last district meeting in Poços we ate cake :)

 Selma one of our investigators in Poços

Lago de Silvério

So yet again it took a year to get here, haha I had left Poços de Caldas Monday afternoon slept in São João da Boa Visita with the sisters there, and then traveled to Pircicaba and met everyone in the Bus Station. It was weird because I didn't know anyone!! Hhaha you know you are old on the mission when you don't know ANY of the missionaries at the Bus Station! But it was cool I took the opportunity and made some new friends and I hung out with Sister Sargent while she was waiting for her parents to pick her up (yeah that was probably the most trunkiest moment of my life seeing her parents pick her up..never again!). I met my new companion, Sister G. Carvalho. She is from the Southern Part of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sol! She is awesome..haha I love her already, oh my gosh I have laughed so much this week you have no idea!. So we slept in São Manuel with the Sisters there. 

So part of my new calling includes going on divisions with some sisters and helping them out with their difficulties. I had a really spiritual experience Tuesday night as we were talking with the Sisters in São Manuel. One of them just arrived here in the mission and was really struggling. She was sitting alone in her room, so I went in to go talk to her. Man she reminded me of me, my first transfer was so hard, you know, in a new place, new routine, new people, different county, different culture..its hard. We had such a good talk about the atonement. It feels good to help other people. And this experience helped me realize that with the Lords help we are capable of our Callings.

Finally Wednesday afternoon we got here in Jaú! So Jaú is a small city that has two branches. Yep this will be my first time in a Branch (the actual name of my branch and area is Lago de Silvério), and I'm not even in a stake haha I'm in a district, So the church here is really small but it is growing! I really like this area, its got so much potential. Its going to be fun watching this little branch grow.

This week we worked so hard!!!!! Oh my gosh it is so hot here and I am so tierd. We walked so much running to each appointment, but we invited a ton of people to be baptized. We had a lot of investigators at Church. Its good because all of this work is keeping from being trunky!!

okay, I love you all!!

Have a Good Week

Love, Sister Roberts

p.s. I will try to send out pictures next week. my card reader broke :(

Tchau Poços!

This week has just been weird. Thursday I said good bye to sister Pontes and Sister Forsyth, they are finishing their missions and went to hang out with president in Piracicaba for a few days. So Sister Emidio and I stayed here and we were running around all over the place. Oh my gosh I walked up and down so many hills this week because we had to go visit people in her area and we had to visit people in my area. So for the past few days we have been taking care of two areas and now I am just exhausted! Also we taught some really weird lessons this week...people here are crazy...:P

But Sunday something really cool happened, Thayna (you know the one that was baptized on Christmas) taught Gospel principles and she did a fabulous job!! She is amazing, also this week she told us that she is thinking about going on a mission. Also Cristinao is going to receive the priesthood next Sunday! It is so refreshing to see the people that you helped baptize continue to progress in the gospel. It makes me Happy :)

So today I found out that I am getting transferred. I kinda already knew. I am a little sad to leave Poços because I love this area, but at the same time I am excited to have a new area:) 

So the awkward thing is that I don't remember when I am going I think I am going to Jaú maybe... haha But this transfer I am going to be a Sister Training Leader....yeah didn't see that one coming... Which basically means that I get to go on a bunch of divisions helping other sisters out, and I get to go to leadership council...haha we will see how this goes.

I'm happy, loving life, praying that I will get to see a monkey today before I leave!

Love you all!

♥Sister Roberts