Tuesday, March 31, 2015

3/30/2015


The baptism!!! Woo hoo! This is Jefferson!



3/30/2015


An irmã that likes to go on trade offs! And my best friend Tássi from Portão!



3/30/2015


Me with my daughter ( I trained her) at our Zone meeting! I bought matching necklaces!



3/30/2015


Elder and Sister Denney made cookies! The ones that called mom!!!



3/30/2015


Pics from Sister Ropke´s going away party!




3/30/2015
 
Heyy y´all!

 

For those of you that I just added today, Every week I like to send a big email so everyone knows what I am doing here in Porto Alegre, Brasil! 

 

This week was super great! We got to eat a whole lot of cake! lol Sister Ropke arrived home in Recife safely! And I wasn´t transferred! YAY! I love this area! Sister J. Ribeiro is still my companion! She is soo great! This week arrived 2 new sisters in our area! Sister Cook from Virginia. And Sister Trentino, (that looks like an American) from Matto Grosso, Brasil. They are sooo sweet! I seriously love living here!

 

So, I am almost positive that I already talked about someone that is getting to know the Church, called Jefferson. He has a spirit really strong. He is 43 years old and doesn’t have ANY family. 2 years ago he was attacked and was shot 7 times. This attack put him in a wheel chair. He has been suffering to try and get used to the fact that he is in a wheel chair, but it´s really hard. We found him on the street and asked if we could share our message. He accepted with a HUGE smile on his face. That doesn´t happen every day! Well, he has a really big past. He has lived a lot of things. He doesn’t want to remember his life before. He wants to start over. We helped him stop smoking. He was a BIG smoker! lol But, he stopped! And this week he decided to make the best decision of his life and be baptized. He told us that he was looking for a new start. And the spirit he felt at his baptism let him know that Our father in Heaven really does love HIM. I started thinking about my baptism. I knew my baptism (when I was 8) wasn´t just a fun party. But, it was a way to covenant with my Father in Heaven that I truly do want to return to his prescience. That´s what we are doing here. That does NOT mean that every day will be perfect. I committed tons of errors after my baptism. But, every time I fell down, he helped me back up. Jefferson told me that he knows he won’t be perfect, but because of that decision to be baptized, he has a way to repent and try and be better each day. I LOVE the testimony of people recently converted! I wanted to invite each one of you to do a favor for me! I am needing some help with some other people who aren´t sure if baptizing is the right choice. I wanted to ask each one of you to write me a small email about your conversion or about your baptism! I KNOW that just one small email will be able to change someone’s life. And I will be able to email back about the miracle that happened! 

 

Another thing that I noticed is that a lot of people in this area don´t believe in God. I found a talk in the Liahonna about how we need to be testimonies at every moment! In words and actions! I wanted to attach the article for you guys to read! It is SOOO GOOD! lol I know that the enemy works really hard, but there is no way he will ever compare to the power of our testimonies! I love each one of you soo very much! I hope you have an amazing week! 

 

Sempre com amor,

             Sister Kari Taylor

 

P.S. I attached the Audio if you want to just listen and the article if you want to read it!
3/23/2015


Heyy everyone!

 

This week was soo great! We were soo focused on our work! We had soo many members willing to help us this week! I was thinking a lot this week about what type of member I want to be when the time comes that my mission ends. I thought a lot this week about how much more difficult this week would have been had we not had the help of members!
 
We had the chance to baptize 2 young men named Gustavo, 15 yrs, and Douglas, 8yrs! They are super great! They arrived at this ward and didn’t know ANYONE. When they got there, the Primary really took Douglas in. He was reading, singing, and really participating in the activities. And with Gustavo, the other young men didn’t even think for a second before inviting him to sit with them. He told on his first Sunday at church that he was invited to play soccer during the week with them. I am soo grateful for the courage these young men have to open their mouths and help their brothers!
 
Nathalia was another young girl , 14yrs, the girls here are soo great! They treated her like she was already a member! They invited her to the activities and they helped her every time she didn’t know the meaning of something! Without their help She would NOT have decided to be baptized.
Ana Kelli, 23 years old, has 2 daughters that LOVE the Primary! A lot of times it´s through the children that the adults gain their testimony! If the primary didn’t help them feel comfortable and loved, I KNOW that they wouldn´t have asked their mom to come back! But, they did! They started to wake her up just to come to church on Sunday. I am soo grateful for these members here in Porto Alegre. This ward is called Chácara das Pedras! I LOVE every second of being here! 

I wanted to invite each one of you to do something new. If you are a member of the church then the invite is to get to know someone you don’t already know in the church. I know these wards are HUGE! There is no way that every single person knows every person! But, know that we can get to know them!

If you aren’t a member, get to know someone that is a member! Not just to join the church or to be converted! But to really know what The Mormons believe! I know that we can help our brothers and Sisters !I know that we all have the same Father in Heaven. He wants us united!

I attached a really good talk about all of this! I hope you guys have time to read it!!

 

Sempre com amor,

            Sister Kari Taylor!
3/23/2015


Going away party for Sister Ropke! It was her last Sunday here and it was her birthday so we thaught we would do a little something! She LOVED the dress and now she can return home with a little bit of sass! lol




3/23/2015

The families that I love! I thought i would be leaving Porto Alegre! But, I stayed! YAY!!!



3/23/2015


Nathalias Baptism! She is a teenager and super courageous!!!
 



 
3/23/2015


Baptism of Gustávo and Douglas! Their whole family came to watch!




3/23/2015


Our last day together! And a super pretty building here in Porto Alegre! I found an NFL shirt! SO I bought ti! lol How cute! And the cutest dog ever! BESIDES SCOOBY!




3/23/2015

The miracles of the week! Ana Kelli´s baptism! Her with here 2 daughters! They are soo cute!




3/23/2015


More form the last District meeting of the transfer!



3/23/2015


Our distrist meeting! And an Irmã that always does visits with us! She has 57 years and she walks with us in this heat and everything without complaining! I LOVE here! Irmã Sandra!



3/23/2015


My new companions! Sister J. Ribeiro was already my companion, but when Sister Rocha left, Sister Ropke became my companion! I love them! lol



3/23/2015


More pics from her BYE BYE party!