I Look Once More Just Around the Riverbend

5/6/2019

Querida Familia!

Wow, another transfer has come and gone! What is the world coming to?! Haha, time passes so crazy fast.

So, like I was saying we had transfers, and I´ll be going to Monte Sossego in São Vicente! My new comp. is Sister Nascimento and I hear she's amazing so I'm really excited and I´ll be going there in the place of Sister Forsyth!!! Which is way cool but now she's coming to Santiago and I'm probably not even going to see her :´( passing ships in the night, lol. But I love new transfers it's always just so cool and refreshing to have a change but at the same time I´m sooooo sad to leave Paalmarejo. I LOVE THIS AREA and these people and literally everything here. Feels like I'm saying goodbye to my home and family, but worse because I know I´m not always gonna be around to watch over them, life isn't fair... But I know that it's all in the Lord's hands and that He'll be taking much better care of them than I ever could, I'm just so grateful for the time I had here to be an instrument in His hands and to meet and serve all of these people.

I´ve learned and grown so much in these last three transfers and understand more than ever the power of the spirit, obedience and positive thinking! Faith doesn't work with negativity! Being a missionary is great. I´ve seen so many miracles and grown so much spiritually and in my relationship with Pai Celestial, but that growth is not selective to missionaries so I encourage you all to study the scriptures and serve others, whether you´re passing through a difficult moment or even if everything is all normal, we can all benefit from growing spiritually. Alright well, now I´m just rambling, and I´ve got only a second left, so I´ll leave it at that, but I hope you guys enjoyed the little email today, sorry I'm so inconsistent :) Love ya`ll!

    --Sister Bradley

This child is also the one that ripped out my ten commandments... Also, he then proceeded to eat that leaf, hahaha.

Youth Activity!!!

Elder and Elder in training

Bishop teaching the young men how to make pancakes :)

Already professionals ;)

New Mural

Don´t have enough space in my bag so I am forced to leave all my planners here in Praia :´)

Said goodbye to Sister Ashby because I'm probably not going to see her before she goes home :(

Also, Sister Alves is the only one of us without sandals tan lines, hahaha

Went to a beach, got sand blow on us, it was a good time lol

Squinty selfie because the sun is bright and we got sensitive eyes :)

This random song playing in our taxi, hahaha

Said goodbye to Irma Davidson, have fun back in the States! The Davidsons have done so much for the ward and stake here!