Transfers?--March 17, 2014

Hey family and friends! Well, for those of you who didnt know, I got transferred this last week after a lovely four months serving in Patos de Minas. It was super sad to say goodbye to everyone, I absolutely loved my time in Patos, but I am super excited for a new area, new comp, and new adventures! I got transferred to UBERABA! Uberaba has five wards and is currently a stake which is super awesome! I am currently serving in the Vallim de Mello Ward in Uberaba, Brazil! My companion is Sister Cutler, she is really, really tall, has huge blue eyes, is from Virginia, and studied at BYU, oh yes she is American! She only has 2 transfers in the field, so guess what else happened.... someone had the crazy idea to make me SENIOR COMP. I am still freaking out on the inside about this HUGE CHANGE, but I am grateful for the opportunity to have more responsibility and truly I feel like I will learn so much about being humble with Sister Cutler. She truly is perfect! She already knows the area, the members, and all the investigators. And the other huge miracle. We have a family being baptized next Saturday, all we have to do is finish teaching them. Sister Cutler and her previous companion were teaching this family and challenged them for baptism on the 22nd of March, well then transfers happened and here I am! They are a super awesome family and I am super excited to work with them, get to know them better, and help them prepare for baptism! Silimar is the mom, Gabriel is her son, and Beto is her nephew. Her husband, Ceverino, will be baptized on the 6th of April! He was unable to be at church this Sunday, so we pushed his baptism back two weeks. Anyways, this week was crazy, emotional and awesome! Monday, the sisters in Patos had a BIRTHDAY PARTY for Sister Brady as it was her birthday, it was then of course raining, so we ran out in the rain and just LOVED IT. I find it ironic that the first night I arrived in Patos, it was raining like crazy and my last night in Patos it was raining like crazy! Tuesday, 10 hours on the bus, it was quite nice to sleep, reflect on my time in Patos, and write in my journal. Tuesday night we stayed with 10 other sisters in a very small apartment, but it was loads of fun to be with all the sisters in the mission because we are so rarely together! Wednesday, it was raining again, so we all piled into taxes with lots of luggage to go to the chapel where Mission Conference was being held with Elder Cruz, a newly ordained Seventy. I will just say this much, He and his wife spoke about missionary work and they were amazing. How there is truly no difference between the missionaries of the Scriptures and us today. They had more faith. So, we need to have more faith that this is the Lords work and that with his help we will find those people who are ready for the gospel! It was truly inspiring and I felt a new determination and drive to work super hard! Then we had Transfer meeting and President Kuceki pretty much transfered the whole mission! Everyone is in new areas, tons of missionaries are training, everyone is opening new areas, we have 8 Sister Training Leaders instead of the 2 we had before! Basically it was a transfer of HUGE CHANGES! But, I am way excited for what will happen! Well, then I got called to serve in Uberaba with Sister Cutler and everyone was just freaking out, crying, and hugging! Then Thursday, we rode in a VAN WITHOUT AIRCONDITIONING for 8 hours with 13 other elders. Oh, I forgot to mention that we are the only sisters in the whole ZONE OF 28 ELDERS... Its fine, I dont mind elders too much haha... but Zone Conference and Zone meetings will be an adventure withotu other sisters... And then Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we went to meet the Bishop, the members, the investigators, EVERYONE! It was super awesome and everyone is so kind and friendly. I really feel like we have so many people in this area who are ready and waiting to hear the gospel. Sister Cutler is a gogetter and truly has a huge desire to work super hard! I feel like we will be able to help this ward a lot! Interesting facts about my area. We live close to an elementary school, so kids are always passing our front door. Every car has music BLASTING super loudly.. it will be interesting to get used to. I am completely lost and have no idea where anything is, I hope I will learn :) Again, dog central. We have dogs on every street corner following us and barking at us. I ate peanut butter today for the first time in four months. Sister Cutlers parents sent her peanut butter for Christmas, it was truly heavenly to eat again. Sorry, I know this is super, super long! It was just one of those weeks. Finally, I just want to end with a talk I read the other day. Cast Not Away Thy confidence from thee. I read this talk the other day and felt truly inspired. Truly, before and after great spiritual moments, is when Satan is working really really hard to tear us down. It is when we have already felt the confirming peach of the Spirit that we need to stand firm and work just a little harder. If it was right the first time, then it will still be right the second time. Ignore the fear and doubts that Satan is sending to you, stay firm in the Faith and listen to the peace and light of the gospel and the answer you already received. Love you all, Sister Brotherson