So close to the beach...but betta not!!

Looks like the food is agreeing with Sis. Neal

                                   A new convert from Alina's previous area that wrote to
                                                    tell her of his baptism.  (Hiag)

Alina Mission Pictures from 8/22/2016

Pictures from 8/22/2016

August 1, 2016

This week was actually pretty dang awesome!!! We baptized Kellnner, a 15 year old young man who has already turned bffs with the other young men in the ward and who's Mom, Marcela was just too happy to see his baptism! Marcela wants to be baptized so badly as well, but she's divorced from her ex-husband, but still living in the same house as him because she doesnt have enough money to rent anything for her and her two kids, so it's complicated and really hard, especially since she's just taken the Gospel in like a sponge. The other day she was telling us how she downloaded all the church videos and was watching Meet the Mormons when she couldnt sleep at night. The worst part is that I still havent watched Meet the Mormons hahahahha one day! We have some amazing investigators that came to church and loved the baptismal service as well, so it was amazing. 

List of people to continue praying for: Kellnner, Marcela, Isabela, Christian, and Giovani!!! These people are so great and Kellnner was baptized, but the rest are so ready and could all be baptized this month with faith and a few miracles! Love to hear that everyone is doing good as usual. LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

And if in this package you could send some beef jerkey (the brasilians love this stuff and think it is amazing ahhaa), Pez candy and the cute applicator thing hahaha, Nerds and some other Willy Wonkey candies, and fritos or cheetos everyone loves. Or surprise me;) hahahah mostly just the Sisters I live with want and love lvoe love American sweets, so they (and me as well) will get pretty pumped haha!

Love and miss ya, Dad!!! You're the best and if you havent seen the church video called Earthly Father, Heavenly Father, watch it and know that I think about you and cry every time I see it!!!

Sister Neal 

From 7/25 - A bit slow in posting

Sometimes I don't know why the time passes so quickly on email and suddenly I end up reading a ton and only responding to a couple people, but thanks to both you Mom and Dad for the emails!!! How is life everyone? It was good to hear that Moms bday was a smash and the family got together to cause chaos as usual. Man! How I miss that chaos!!! I was thinking a lot this week about how truly blessed our family is and why, even with the difficulties and such, everyone is generally pretty dang happy. The other day in my personal study I read Alma 29:4-5 that talks about how God will always bless us according to our desires. If we want to have something and beg enough, even as He knows we will suffer because of that something, eventually He will let us have it. I always think about Joseph Smith and the lost pages of the Book of Mormon. God will grant us what we desire, be it salvation or eternal suffering-it is truly our choice and will always be our choice. 

Please always keep praying for our investigators, especially Marcela, Kelner, Paulo, and now Cristiano!!!!! The miracles this week is this man we met who is completely and so totally ready for baptism and has a baptismal date for the 13th of August. And he is British!!! he's been living in Brasil for a few years now, and already met members, but Sunday was his first time visiting the church. We teach him in Portuguese and English, so that he understands completley and I've discovered that now I have serious difficulties in carrying on a conversation in English, it was actually just embarrassing seeing as I almost couldnt remember some words in English and such. 

LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND MISS YOU ALL! Always remember that our blessings and happiness depend on our righteousness and how we keep the commandments!!!

Sister Neal