Love Hurts

5/8/17
Hello my friends!

This week was a little rough in terms of investigators (well, a majority). Natália hasn't been to church in over a month and lately, every time we've passed by, she hasn't read or prayed and has really just been saying excuse after excuse. Just a month ago she was doing so well. Her testimony was growing. And it's so hard, after you've spent literally weeks praying and studying and fasting and loving someone so much, to see them neglect what you know will help them. So we cut her yesterday and I may or may not have teared up a little bit because who knows if I'll ever see her and Jorge and Luna again? Man, the small fraction of Heavenly Father's love that He lets me feel for His children is miraculous and, well, love hurts. You love them and you want to help them, but if they choose not to accept it, there's nothing you can do about it. You have to respect their agency and let them choose if they will follow or not. It's rough but at the end of the day, I know that our efforts were never wasted. 

Buuuuut enough with the sappiness because Yasmine came to church again!!! And seriously, she is GOLDEN. She started going to institute (weekly class for young adults to learn more about the doctrine) and is seriously absorbing everything and the answers she has to the questions in the classes at church seriously blow me away and I wonder if she knows more than I do hahaha. Seriously, she's gonna get baptized soon and is perfect.

Aaaand pretty much that's all I have for this week, folks. I love you guys and see you (write you?) again next week!

Todo o meu amor,

Sister Morata

ps. I get to Skype my family next week and I am PUMPED

pictures:

REUNITED with sweet onion sauce and strawberry cheesecake cookies

I don't remember why I took this picture but here is a street in Brasil

SHOUT OUT to my rad mom and dad for sending me Reece's cups :)