ok, soo, sorry i dont know if my last weeks email got sent or not...anyways i have realized that my emails the past few weeks have kinda sucked...lacking detail i mean...haha sometimes i just get frustrated cause by the time pday comes around i can barely remember what even happened in the previous week, let alone be able to answer peoples questions and explain everything to 2 families in 30 minutes....ahh but thats ok, becuase christmas is gonna be here soon and i am sooo excited to talk to you all, but the call can only be a max of 40 minutes...
but yeah, anyways, something that i have really learned alot of lately, seeing as that i am no longer a new missionary that wisdom and great teaching is not just acquired over time, it doesnt matter how many times we teach the message of the restoration or of the plan of salvation if we are not actively studying to adapt the lessons to the needs of each person, our teaching doesnt improve, i guess i just figured that the longer you have in the mission the stronger you become and the better you get...which is true, but only if we work and strive daily to maintain our knowldege and testimony, even and especially as a missionary, i have learned that time alone doesnt just instantly make us wise, and for all of the great experiences that we have, they dont mean anything until we really write down and study and apply everything we learn...repeating the same basic things is soo important in our progression as missionaries....this sunday is going to be our activity like i said and president da silva and his wife are coming...its going to be interesting...i know it will turn our great, but we have been praying and inviting everyone that we can possibly imagine, the only thing i´m worried about is that they wont come....there arent very many members to begin with, but if the members would just come!!!! they dont even know what they are missiong out on!!! i guess thats what its like with every church meeting, we should never miss out on these opportunities because we are only losing the chance to learn more and change....lately the mosqiotos have been eating me alive....but thats ok...i think today i´m gonna buy a mosquito net to sleep in....and it is soo stinkin hot now!!! but yeah, i am really grateful to be hear...and that i havent really gotten sick yet...i started to drink the tap water, but stopped cause that will give you instant diarea...but yeah other than that, theres not much else to worry about....
love, gioia
