WEEK 56: July 8, 2019 (13 months) “AMERICA!!!! Still love ya.”

The day of 4th of July!

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This week was INSANE!! But we saw a ton of miracles!!!

First of all; Happy 4th of July!!!! It was a little weird celebrating 4th of July in the COLD!!!! but you can bet that we celebrated it hugely and loudly!! We showed up in our district meeting DECKED out in Red White and Blue. I used my red dress with a blue scarf and a white hat. And ALL the Americans in our district were on the same page. Each American Elder was in a Red White and Blue tie that I am pretty sure they just bought for this day.

Our 4th of July PARTY! 

ALSO we had a PARTY!!! A fourth of July Party!!! It was awesome!! We served Hot Dogs American style and also chocolate chip cookies and it was awesome!!!! We also played american games like pin the tail on the donkey and pictionary!! There was a ton of people and everyone was so excited!!! So it was crazy and amazing and so fun!!!

This week we had a HUGE miracle. So on Tuesday we were teaching a lesson and we got a phone call like 4 times. So finally I picked up and it was a member from a different ward and he was super excited. He said, "Sister! My mom decided to come back to church and my sister isn’t baptized! You need to go there tomorrow!!" So we went there the next day and it was all true!!! So we marked for that sister (Maria Eduarda) to be baptized this week and the inactive mom even started paying tithing again this week!!! It was crazy and such a huge miracle!!! So we were super excited!!!

ALSO JULIANA!! Juliana was a woman who was fighting a ton with her husband. We thought they were going to end up separating but this week we got the announcement that THEY ARE GOING TO GET MARRIED!!! They don’t have a date yet but we cried and were so excited. I am so excited for her. She was super happy also that she will actually be able to be baptized in the next few months.

This week I wanna challenge you all read, "The Family: A Proclamation to the World!" I have learned how much I appreciate my family and what is so important about keeping what the prophet says about family and family relationships. It is very powerful.

Eu amo vocês!!!

Com amor,
Sister Hammond

us with the bishop and Rosalane and Dilce!

Mom questions:
Are you teaching Sabrina? How is that going?
She was almost baptized this week but gave up the last minute.

What was the most positive thing that happened this week?
WE FOUND MARIA EDUARDA THAT IS GONNA GET BAPTIZED THIS WEEK!

What was a surprising thing that happened?
Maria Eduarda.

What makes you laugh?
Sister McGee is hilarious and we are always laughing about EVERYTHING.

A famous fountain here in Pelotas. Also look at my model hairdo.

We are changing bedrooms so its our disaster.  (Our bedroom has a lot of mold growing on the walls, so months ago the owner started to remodel the house with another room.  That room is finally done and we are moving to the new room until the old room gets a new paint job and then two of us will move back in there.)