Well...We All Knew It Was a Possibility--March 10, 2014

Well... we all knew it was a possibility that I would get transferred... I do have four wonderful months here in Patos de Minas where everyone tells me that they have the best cheese and barbecue in the whole country of Brasil, since I have only lived in Patos de Minas, I still dont know about that... but I am placing my bets with Patos :) Anyways, I was TRANSFERRED!?:/:) I really dont know how I feel, sad, scared, nervous, excited, happy! I am excited for a new area, new comp, new adventures, new members, new investigators, but I am sad to be leaving Patos! I have truly come to love Patos with my whole heart, I have made so many close friends that I love! I truly feel like Patos is my home :/ I hate to leave Sister Lima, she has been fabulous these last two transfers, and we have been working with so many investigators who are progressing towards baptism this next month, we have also been working with some less active families to reactive them, so I am sad to leave all of the wonderful people I have come to know and love! But if the Lord needs me somewhere else then I am happy to serve wherever the Lord needs me! We got transfer calls last Thursday night and all they said was that I was transferred and that I was leaving Tuesday morning at 4 am! Ah horrible! But, conveniently we have Mission Conference with the seventy, Elder Cruz, this week, so the whole mission is going to Goiania for three days! I am so excited to see all the misssionaries! So I wont actually know where I am going or my new companion until Wednesday or Thursday this next week! Anyways, this last week was an amazing last week in Patos! We invited Rafael and Ronald, the little brothers of Rodrigo, for baptism this next month, they both said yes! Then they were both at church on Sunday! We invited Julia and her mom Claudia for baptism, Julia accepted without a doubt, and then started crying when we told her that her dad could baptize her! I love this family! Julio was baptized about seven years ago, but he fell away from the church, right now he is trying really hard to come back and stop smoking and drinking, his older daughter, Deborah, was already baptized! Julia, his younger daughter is 11 and she has such a sweet, tender spirit and she truly knows this church is true. Julio accepted the goal to baptize his daughter at the end of the month if he can stop smoking and drinking, his wife, Claudia, smokes as well and is unsure about being baptized... Sis Lima will continue to work with them! And finally, our miracles of miracles! Cisera and Aline, the two friends that w found last Sunday, we have been visiting them almost every single day this week and they are so ready for the gospel! They were at church on Sunday and LOVED IT! We invited them to be baptized this month and they said yes they would prepared to be baptized! I spent the rest of the week running around saying goodbye to everyone in the ward, our investigators, and my recent converts! I feel so blessed to have served here in Patos, but I am excited for the people I will come to know and love in my new area! We also had 120 people in Sacrament meeting, the branch is growing! Lots of love, Sister Brotherson