This Week Here

Oi Tudo Mundo! 

Things are going well here in Santo André 4. As I said in my last email, my companion is an angel, and that is still true. It´s kind of been a saving grace because this is a super tough area. We talk to everyone and mark tons of appointments but almost never is the person actually there. So we have been doing a ton of walking. This area is more wealthy than my last which means that there are a lot more apartment buildings which make it a little more difficult and absolutely everyone works. Despite all of the hard parts about this area though I am loving every second here. 

I got news from Consorcio (my old area) today that Pedrina was baptized on Sunday! It is a little pang to the heart to know that I couldn´t be there but it is the best news ever to know that she continued progressing and was able to receive the blessings of that covenant.

We are still teaching Sheila, almost everyday now, to help her prepare for her baptism on the 28th of this month. She is so excited to be baptized and even asked us if she can serve a mission too. This week we have been really worried about her though because her health has taken a turn for the worst. Two days that we passed this week we just sang and prayed with her because she was so weak and sick. This week she will have a meeting with her heart and head doctor to see when and if she is strong enough to operate. We are praying that everything will be okay. Even though she is passing through such hard times she has the most grateful and faithful heart I have seen in a long time. She has taught me so much about looking for the blessings that we have in everything that we do. 

Aside from Sheila we are stomping the pavement everyday. I don´t know yet where our pocket of success is but one thing I know for sure is that it is here. We aren´t sitting around waiting for the miracles to come to us, we are out trying to make them happen and because of that I can trust that Heavenly Father will provide. 

​Love Sister Seagraves​