Irmã Brooks.: The prophet's coming! The prophet's coming!!

I am here. Still living the Lagos dream. Still being a missionary.

This week, I was reading in Doctrine and Covenants, and it was talking about how Jesus is light, and the sun is light, and therefore, Jesus is the sun....hahahah apostasy. Okay, just kidding, but I feel a lot less bad about worshipping the sun or being afraid of the dark. Moral of the story, I love Jesus, and I love that He made the sun for us.

Our Pakistinian friend, Qasim, is reading the Book of Mormon! And his sister is bringing up pakistinian dresses this week! Two things completely unrelated, but whatever, because Im super excited about both!

We were working really hard this week to reach our goal for the month of March as a mission, and we were praying and fasting together as a mission, and literally, God is SO good, because we almost reached our goal! And we beat the record for any week in our mission! It is such a testimony to me that the Lord really does hear and answer our prayers. And, it justs makes me so happy, that we are all in this together ya know? It's not our area or our zone, but it's the Lord's work with His children on His earth. He is in charge, and His hand is in this work.

Jorge, Nelma's boyfriend, got baptized!!! It was so wonderful! He was so happy! And i got to be part of my first baptism in the ocean! Oh, it was wonderful. (And FREEZING for them) Our whole little Lagos family was there, and I just love our little branch, because we really are like a family. Sometimes things are less than formal, but it is really great to see how everyone loves and cares for each other and how everyone is here to support each other. (It helps that half of them are actually family, but that's besides the point.)

This week, I was reading a talk that was talking about why we should be obedient and different reasons that people are obedient. We can be obedient because we are afraid of the consequences, or we can be obedient because we want our parents to be happy with us, or we can be obedient because we want to receive blessings from God, but, ultimately the real reason why we should be obedient to the Lord and His commandments is to add to the glory to God. That is why Jesus Christ was obedient. That should be our desire. That should be why we are obedient. Not that the other reasons are bad reasons, or even reasons to start being obedient, but in the end, we should be obedient to glorify God, to show Him that He is the most important thing in our lives and that we love Him above all else, and that His happiness is our happiness. Kind of like your happiness is my happiness :)

AHHHH!! MY FAVORITE WEEKEND OF THE YEAR!!! ERRBODY!!! WATCH GENERAL CONFERENCE!!! oh, I am soooo excited. Literally, I am telling people in the streets that it is better than Christmas, and they have to come and watch and hear the prophet's voice. I am in tears that it is my last General Conference on the mission, but Im just trying not to think about it, and then it wont be real....right? Denial.

I am wayyyy scatterbrained today, so I truly apologize. The zoo full of birds wore my voice out---ya know...doing the mating call and all. But, this week was wonderful, and each week is passing by faster and faster and my comp is slipping away from me, and I am crying inside. Why must Brazil steal all that is good in the world? Hahah, just kidding, butttt...I am sooo happy, and I am so blessed, anddd I LOVE YOU ALL SO SOOO MUCH.

xoxo,

Sister Brooks