[ one month ]

Hello Everyone!

Can you believe I've been a missionary for a month now?! Woohoo! Still the best decision I've ever made! This past week has been amazing. There have been SO many miracles happening.

Last Monday night, we taught Emily and Emilio who are both Pentecostal. They are friends of our investigator Courtney. Emilio is actually in school right now to become a pastor... I thought It would be an awkward lesson, but it ended up going fairly well! Emilio definitely knows his bible! It was really interesting though how differently he translated/interpreted things. Ultimately, we taught them about the Restoration and they asked lots of questions. I don't think they will be coming back for more unfortunately.

As far as lessons/miracles go, we were able to get 6 referrals this week! That's pretty unheard of according to Sister Brimhall. We met with this girl named Fernanda. Holy cow she's incredible. She was raised in Mexico and is Catholic. A few of her cousins are Mormon and she said for her whole life, she's been looking for something more. She wasn't quiet sure what it was, but she needed it. She decided to check out Mormon.org and she's been chatting with missionaries! This girl has at least 6 LDS Apps on her ipad. She is amazing! She's halfway through the Book of Mormon and loves it. We met with her and taught her the Plan of Salvation and she agreed with everything we said. She believes it all! Unfortunately, she's away in Regina for three weeks working, but after that she said she's home for good. She's really wanting to get baptized.. and soon! Whaat?! Golden. Our other two referrals, we stopped by, and they let us in, asked to hear our testimonies, and then said they liked what we had to say but that they wanted to look into the church in their own time. So we'll see how that goes!

This week we had dinner with a Jamaican family! You know Winnipeg and it's diversity.. it's the best! So, I was in line, getting my food, saw this weird looking meat and decided to dodge it. My companion mentioned how I really should try it and I thought, "ehh no one will notice" and so I sit down. The mom of the family starts yelling (they yelled a lot) "YOU DIDN'T TRY MY GOAT MEAT!?" whoops. So, went back and got some naaasty goat meat. SO GROSS. Then they fed us some Jamaican fruit cake which was yummy! Definitely got rid of that goat meat flavor that was still lingering. We also tried some Brazilian food this week! Apparently in Brazil, they make their hotdogs way better. So we had the bun, with mayo, pickles, hot dog, corn, cheese, and weird potato chip thingy's. It was so good! Then they fed us Brigadeiros! which was pretty much, butter in a pan.. add some cocoa powder... then some sweetened condensed milk. stir until thick. roll in a ball and coat with sprinkles. Basically, it's my new favorite treat. Bring on the extra 15 pounds! SO GOOD. ALSO. I got to try another Canadian favorite! Perogies! The only way I can describe them is funeral potatoes in a doughy pocket? They were sooo good and will definitely add to my fifteen pound weight gain. Mission 15? That's a thing.. right??

I've noticed since I've been in Winnipeg all of the tender mercies Heavenly Father has blessed me with. Tender mercies are EVERYWHERE. We just have to be willing to look for them! We discussed what really are the tender mercies of The Lord? They are simply, evidence of God's love for us and personal confirmation that He knows you. I challenge you to look for those little blessings throughout the week. I promise you'll notice them everywhere you go. Proof that God's hand really is in everything we do!

This week in District Meeting, we discussed some new years resolutions. We were challenged as a district to think of a Christ like Attribute that we can improve on throughout the year. We all have SO much to work on, but it was great having a challenge to do this as a district. I want to extend that challenge to all of you! Pick a Christ like Attribute you would like to improve on and just go for it. I promise you'll see the blessings of trying to become more like our Savior.

Honestly, it's been the best week. I love being a missionary! I've yet to experience "hard mission life" so we'll see how not being on cloud nine goes one of these days I'm sure! Quote of the Week: "Truth is, people in Winnipeg just don't have teeth!" -Sis Brimhall hahaha. It's true though. But, we love it. :) Anyways, I hope you all have a fantastic week! Look for those tender mercies!!!!

-Love,

Sister Stevenett!

Ligia's Brazilian Hotdogs

Perogies with Amanda

My favorite Christmas Present #gojets