"Somebody has gotta to be really depressed or really desperate to listen to you guys"

10/2/17
Bom dia meus queridos!

I hope everyone had the opportunity to listen to General Conference this past weekend! (If not, you can always repent [kidding] and check out the recordings on lds.orgbecause they were fantastic)

I especially loved Elder Neil L. Andersen's talk that closed the conference because it reminded me that all these people who spoke are chosen of God and that they speak His words and the messages are carried to our hearts through His Spirit. Check it out! 

And hahaha so the above quote is from one of our investigators, Camila. She's super awesome and after a couple of weeks of not being able to contact her, we came back and she told us she had received an answer! She said that God told her that she needs to read the whole Book of Mormon and believes that, somewhere along the way, God will give her an answer as to whether it is true or not. She also told us, "You guys are young. You're foreigners. You don't know anything about what the world is doing right now. You don't have kids. You have no life experience. You have no credibility. Somebody's gotta be really depressed or really desperate to listen to you guys. Or they have to really be searching God's path." ♥♥♥ She's seriously golden and willing to do the Lord's will for her, no matter what other people think and I love her and am soooooo excited to keep teaching her! 

Basically this week was a golden egg and I loved it and I'm excited to start this next transfer!

Todo o meu amor,

Sister Morata

ps. SORRY I seriously am a bum with taking pictures 

*i just realized that I put "gotta to be" wow please forgive me I can't speak English anymore welp

I HAD A BURRITO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE MONTHS AND IT WAS GLORIOUS

9/25/17
Let me start my email with saying that we found a Mexican restaurant in our area and I may or may not be one of the happiest missionaries alive.

Also, I am a very happy missionary because we had awesome people in church yesterday!! One of them was a man named Leire that we literally met on the street a few days ago and invited him to church and he came! He said it was super different from any other church he had gone to but that he liked it a lot and wants to come back! Our other investigator that came was Regina, a woman who called us out on the street and we've been teaching her and she's so sweet. 

And third reason why I am so happy is because GENERAL CONFERENCE IS THIS WEEK and I am toinfitinityandbeyond excited. I love hearing chosen men and women of God speak to us and feel the Spirit testify to us so strongly that what they're saying is true. Seriously, everybody needs to go stop by lds.org this weekend and watch because it's incredible.

I hope you all have wonderful weeks and notice the miracles that happen every day! And if you're feeling sad, go get an ice cream cone and you'll feel better. I promise!

Todo o meu amor,

Sister Morata

my BURRITOOOOOOOOO and some Elders

what would you do for a nutella cookie milkshake?

9/18/17
Hello family and friends so this week I hit the 9 month mark and I have no idea how time is flying by so fast but it's okay because I still feel like a greenie hahaha

But this week has been great! Ribeirão is getting (really) hot so there aren't as many people on the streets and I may feel like I'm melting 24/7 but we are still seeing miracles every day! We're teaching a young mom named Camila who's reading The Book of Mormon and is trying to find a church and a way for her family to get closer and she's amazing and I can't wait to keep teaching her! We hope that she comes to church this week!

And anyways, I've been reading recently the story of Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah in The Book of Mormon lately and I just lovelovelovelove this gospel. The chance that we have - no matter what point we are at in our lives - to repent, feel comforted, cleansed, whole, renewed, and healed. That our Heavenly Father doesn't turn His back on any of His children. 

Also, General Conference is NEXT WEEK folks and I am SO EXCITED. The opportunity that we have to listen to the Lord's living prophet here on the earth, and other chosen servants, to receive the revelation and answers we need because God is always there and wants to talk to us and basically I could just shout for joy everyday because of the wonderful message that is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and I am so incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to share that message every day! I'd invite everybody to take a few minutes this week to stop, pray, and ponder questions that you have for your life and about your testimony and continue to study these questions up until next weekend and be prepared to have the Spirit testify to you the answers that you need ♥

I hope you all have a magnificent week, LOVE YOU GUYS

Todo o meu amor,

Sister Morata

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alright so last Pday Sister Oliveira and I walked for ONE HOUR (we got lost lol) during the hottest part of the day just so that we could buy these milkshakes. 10/10 would recommend, 10/10 would not do that again hahaha

also, I taught her how to make American pancakes so that was super cool

on a scale of 1 to missionariesonsundaynight, how tired are you?

9/11/17
Hello family and friends, I am seriously dead tired but it was an awesome week!

We had zone conference that was awesome. It was a great way to reflect on how we're teaching and talking to people and the small and simple things we are doing every day to improve as missioanaries. 

We also had a cool miracle this week! We had stopped a woman in the park to ask for directions and ended up talking to her for a while because she's only here in RIbeirão for a few days and that, in Rio (where she's from), she'd always see missionaries but she never had the courage to talk to them. She had a ton of questions for us and so we got to answer them and she told us she loves to read and so we gave her a Book of Mormon and she was so excited to read it! We may not be the ones who get to teach her because she's from Rio, but I know that we were able to plant a seed and I feel happy knowing that Heavenly Father is able to use us as His hands in whatever part of the world we may be :)

I love you guys and hope you all have a wonderful week! Don't forget to read the scriptures daily, pray daily, and go to church every week! It's the small and simple things that count :)

Todo o meu amor,

Sister Morata

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zone conference!!!