CONTA AS BENCAOS

COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS

They are many!!!

What a joyful time of year!!! I am so grateful to be in the full-time service of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Irmã Walker is so awesome!! She came in with Irmã Young and has been in the azores so everything here on the continent is new for her again! She reminds me of Rachel Cannon, a roommate i had when i lived in the german house. it is so great!!

So, 14 years ago tomorrow, I was baptized a member of the church! WOW! I am so grateful for the great blessings that Heavenly Father has always been pouring out upon me and my family! Yesterday, Jessica Perreira was baptized. She is a darling 8 year old whose parents have been less active for some time, but with the baptism of marta a few weeks ago, they started coming back. her dad baptized her, and it was such a sweet sweet moment!! He worked hard to quit smoking and make some changes so he could baptize his daughter! it was a really sweet service!

At church there were these super cute 4 girls: Daniela (brother and sister are recent converts), Ana Catarina (neighbor of Daniela) and Beatrice and Inês (twins, cousins of Ana). We have been teaching them this past week, and last night was the best when we were teaching all the girls and the spirit was way strong, and then the dad of the twins walked in as started to say that God doesn´t exist, and blah blah, and Beatrice said with all confidence, "Deus existe!" The dad couldn´t really respond to that! it is so true!! If we all were as humble and meek as children, what a wonderful world this would be!!!!

I love you so much and i am so grateful for our eternal family! I am grateful for the loving sacrifice of our Savior, and Redeemer. He knows us, everyone, and everything about us!!

Be cheerful!!

love

Irma Michael