I´m a Mom!

Dear friends and family,

This has been the craziest week of the mission so far. Not only was I transferred, but I´m also training and opening an area for Sisters. I am now in the city Arapiraca which is the interior of Alagoas. My "daughter" is Sister Moura. She´s from São Paulo and is 19 (and older than me by 2 weeks haha.) She joined the chuch at 16 and she is the only member of the church in her family. I think she´s pretty awesome! We spent the night of transfers in Maceió, and the next day, Wednesday, they dropped Sister Rasmussen, Sister Gama, Sister Moura, and me off in Arapiraca. Sister Rasmussen was also transferred and is training Sister Gama. So the four of us are brand new and trying to figure out where everything is haha. But our apartment is brand new too so that´s pretty cool. The ward here is awesome! They haven´t had sisters in years so everyone is really excited to help us. 

My thought for this week is something my dad always says: "Don´t sweat the small stuff." Sister Moura is my 5th companion so far in the mission. Every companion has been totally different, and I´ve learned/am learning that life is way better when you don´t focus on the little things that bother you. This applies to everything in life. I´m way happier when I focus on the positive things around me. Let go of the little things you can´t change. Relax, live, love, and be happy! Have a great week!

Love,

Sister Lopez

Carnaval and Transfers!

Olá!

Well it´s transfers again. I can´t believe it´s already been six weeks! I have been transferred and Sister Ferreira will stay here in Jardim Alagoas. I´m sad to be leaving her, but I´m really exciting to meet tons of new people! We´ll find out where I´m going and our new companions tomorrow at transfer meeting.

Also, tomorrow is Carnaval. The Brazilians celebrate carnaval for 4 days so work was rough for us yesterday and saturday. Almost everyone here left for the beach. Seriously, I have never seen the streets so empty, and almost everything is closed! Yesterday the two wards that use our chapel combined because so many people were out of town. But everything should be back to normal by Thursday :)

But the exciting news: Juan was baptized Wednesday! We are so excited for him, and I know he is going to be an awesome member missionary because he loves to talk to EVERYONE haha. We actually met him because he came up and started talking to us :)

Something I learned this week is that we always need to be learning. Sometimes we have to go a little outside our comfort zone in order to grow. But that´s because we have so much more potencial than we know! Seriously, we have the potencial to become like our Heavenly Parents. Anything is possible! Do a little more, go the extra mile, see just how much you are capable of. That´s my little thought for this week :) Love you all!

Tchau,

Sister Lopez