Oi!
Last P-day started out awful. I think I was just kind of down and didn’t have the best attitude so after we emailed home I was feeling kinda sad and grumpy. But literally it was alike a flip of the switch. I DECIDED to be happy and I actually felt happy! I started talking to my companion about everything and we were having a ton of fun! So instead of taking naps we decided to make a cake for Milena’s birthday which was the next day. Let me tell you, making cakes here is a struggle though, since we don’t have a machine or even a mixing spoon. Our first try we couldn’t get the batter to mix in and so we put it in the blender. Lol. Just a heads up…that doesn’t work. So we took that mistake and made our own cake from scratch just for fun to see how it would turn out. Not too bad but not much flavor and VERY dense. Lol. So we tried again and made it like Sister Copa does and it was rough! But it ended up turning out great! Beautiful chocolate cake. J All of this because I CHOSE to act happy and then I felt happy. So I decided to try to do that the whole week. One day after lunch we all came back to our apartment for a sec and we were all very tired and it was hard to have a good attitude and everyone had expressed feelings of being tired, not being excited, not wanting to leave. Although I had those feelings a little, I didn’t think about it much and had a positive attitude and actually was happy and excited. This time I was the one to say, “let’s goooo!” and try to make them excited too. It was a very good step. The whole week just felt better because even when things were hard I would try my best to push away negative thoughts and to smile and be happy. It wasn’t that hard things didn’t happen. I just didn’t dwell on the hard things. Sometimes you just have to plaster a fake smile on your face for a bit, but I promise it works. Most of all, it was just my attitude! So watch out world! This is my turn around! I am going to be happy here!
On Friday we went to Porto Alegre for training for all of the missionaries that had been out 6 or 12 weeks. We stayed in a house with like 30-40 sisters. It was crazy! It was so fun to see my CTM district. Ahhh seeing them was so happy. The three of us girls spent as much time as we could together talking about everything and we all agreed that it feels like we are childhood best friends or something. The training went great! We talked about working with members (Sister Santana and I were laughing the whole time during this part. I wanted to raise my hand and ask, “what if you don’t have members?” haha, but I didn’t.) We also talked about not being scared to talk about the Book of Mormon or to give invites. I think that’s something I really need to work on. During the last part with president he bore his testimony and let us ask questions and everything. I can’t even explain how much I love my president. I just feel so loved and happy with him and when he talks my whole heart is just filled with love. Ahh he’s so great.
The best news this week is that the President isn’t closing the branch. Today was transfers and I am staying here in Sao Chico with Sister Santana and Sister Santos will get a new companion ‘cause Sister Clark was transferred! We still have 4 sisters though! I feel like the last transfer was like... let’s warm her up and get her to like her mission a bit with extra help from the Copas and Sister Clark and being able to speak some English. Now both are gone so the the 2nd transfer we will get her working harder on her Portuguese and better with doing everything and being more diligent. No more English at all!!! It’ll be really good for me. Now I am used to a hard area and need to focus on the language and improving in everything! I think I will improve a lot this transfer and I am ready for it! It's like a new start!
Thanks for all your support!
Sister Knapp
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