My apologies for this one being late. But, the good news is, you get two in one day! I went to go post the newest one, and realized that I hadn't posted this one.
Hello everyone!
Okay 2 things. first of all is the Sister Pratt Understatment of the Year: Teaching real people is WAY better than teaching fake people. Its true. Second thing, everyone in Pueblo Colorado has a dog. If not more than one dog. There isn't a breed or mix of dog that I haven't seen. There isn't an inch of my coat that isn't covered in dog hair. Also, I don't ever want one anymore. Unless its the identical twin to Abby, because she is the best dog ever. But lets just say, the mission has made me, actually more scared of dogs, than I ever have been before. On to other things- up to this point, knocking on doors has been fairly uneventful and people have so kindly rejected our message. UNTIL...the Lord very strongly urged both of us to go to this one street. I may never know why. But we went there and were no longer kindly rejected. It was sort of like a, "hello Sister Pratt, welcome to missionary work!" Woohoo! It actually wasn't that bad. Just the first of many :) There are all these things I do here that I thought I would never do on my mission, once I found out I was going to Brazil. For example, speaking in church, but in English. (others include, but are not limited to, washing my clothes in a washer, drying in a dryer, driving a car, a bike, going to target). So I spoke on sunday, but they just wanted me to introduce myself and bear testimony, and thats what I did. I wish I could tell you exciting stories of our investigators this week, but unfortunately...we don't really have any. Although we went to teach this family thats been coming to church without any missionary lessons (they live like an hour away) and it turns out the man has studied like every religion out there. And basically wants to know every bit of deep doctrine before he even thinks about joining. I got every deep doctrine 'question-a-missionary-never-ever-wants' in one lesson. It was totally awesome! mostly because The Lord is amazing, and the only thing He allows you to say (if you are listening) is to bear testimony that Joseph Smith was a prophet and the Book of Mormon is true. Then we ended up driving back in a snow storm, and there was some serious amount of Heavenly Protection on that road trip, considering my driver is from Australia and I was explaining the concept of black ice to here int his car ride. Thanks for all the letters this week people! my first week, there was a bit of a famine, but this week was great! I don't really know what else to tell you about here. Basically we wake up, study, tract, eat lunch, tract, eat dinner and study more. There is a girl in this ward that served her mission in Brazil, and we're going to set up a weekly Portuguese Study time together, that is a serious answer to my prayers because I'm afraid not speaking Portuguese has made me lose a little. But I know the Lord will make up for it all in the end. I love you all, and sorry its short, but hopefully I'll have more news next week! Love ya lots!
Sister Pratt
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