Big rainstorm in Arcoverde
Sejam bem-vindos ao mais um email da Sister Grace. This week was full of adventures from inviting more than half a dozen people to be baptized, to fjording a rain/sewer water river in the middle of the street, to running from some crazy old men, and finally to laughing and crying so hard every day. It’s been exhausting but so worth it.
The struggle of the week was (once again) other people’s free agency. We did hours of finding every single day just to find new people to teach. We prayed so hard and tried so many different tactics, and at the end of the week, we only had 1 person come to church. It was rough and disappointing and for a minute we got bitter. Why after so much work would we be rewarded with only 1 person?
But then we remembered that God has just as much power over other people’s choices as we do, which is none. He is even more frustrated and disappointed with every missed opportunity and poor decision that his children here on earth make. But he doesn’t give up on them nor should we.
Side note: Why are Brazilian washing machines so strange? I got up from writing this ultra-spiritual email to go get some juice and just about slipped and died in a puddle of water. Washing machines here just have a hose that you put in the sink to drain the water. But uh oh! Our sink was clogged so the water just went all over the floor. We are good now, it just looks like we’ll have to be watching our machine more closely when we want to do laundry.
Also, a quote of the week comes from the one and only Sister Fuller: “These bananas are greener than the sun!”
I’m also attaching a beautiful video I was shown this week that really reflects my frustrations as a missionary. The part when he screams “Why won’t you come to church?” really resonates with my soul.
Reach Out With Love
Sorry, that was a bit of a mess but P-days are like that. Anyway, I wanted to ask for prayers for our people here in Arcoverde. Prayer is powerful and more prayers are more powerful! Here are the names of our little group here.
– Cícera + Bezerra
– Loriley
– Letícia
– Ana + Ayko
– Maria Alice
– Renatan
That’s all folks, Tchau tchau for now!
Com amor,
Sister Alyssa Grace
Arcoverde, Brasil
sounds like you doing what yah otter…love hearing about your frustrations but they help you down the line…look at them as the first step in going to you father in heaven for personal revelation..any way I’ll get off my soap box and tell you we love you and it is worth it….