Goodbye Sal!

Yep, apparently Iºm being transferred to Santo Antao... an area called Porto Novo. My new companion will be Sister Pina. She is Caboverdiana, and apparently really nice, and obedient too. Iºm a bit nervous, but Iºm so excited! But Iºll miss these people!

So Sister Garcia is going home because her mom has cancer and they prayed about it and everyone felt like she should be there with them. Weºve known  for a few weeks, but she gave me permission to tell you guys today. She leaves today for Praia, then flies home tomorrow. So our area will be closed down to Sisters for a bit... probably just until the actual transfers in three weeks. I have to be at the airport in 15 min, so weºll see how much I can write about my week... then hopefully Iºll be able to write when i get to Santo Antao with what is left of my internet time.

Iºll be flying to Mindelo, then Iºll take a boat to Santo Antao. Apparently everyone LOVES Santo Antao and wants to serve there, but itºs also the hottest island. But Iºm excited. :)

So this week, Sister Garcia has been sick... she might have a parasite again. So we spent quite a bit of time indoors. Santos hasnºt been drinking, and we were so excited for him, but then he came to church yesterday and he was so drunk. It was so sad! Itºs so sad to see someone keep choosing things that are so harmful and that donºt allow God to bless and help them!

Also, our Special Training with Elder Morreira of the 70 was so awesome. He is so funny... he reminded all of us of Gru from Despicable Me with his little mannerisms and his Portuguese accent. I will send pictures from Santo Antao if I can. I learned a lot though. Oh, and Pres. Mathews now wants us to do 10 contacts each day, along with getting and contacting 10 references each week. Iºm really excited to be able to start doing that... with Sister Garcia being sick, we didnºt go out much, especially toward the end of the week. But he wants us to look for families, too, who are already married. Iºm so excited to try and to exercise my faith to find those families. Itºs going to be great.

Elder Morreira talked about a lot of stuff, mostly about our need to repent and change and to continually do so if we want the people we work with to do the same. It was so good, and he talked about really studying PMG and the scriptures instead of just reading it. He also talked about Abraham and when the Lord asked him to sacrifice his son, and asked us what Abraham had to overcome/give up for that trial. Then he told us about how that trial was really Abraham overcoming Abraham, not Isaac, and talked about how we all need to overcome our natural man and completely give ourselves to the Lord.

Anyway, it wasreally good. Iºll hopefully be able to email you all personally soon. Love you!

Love,

Sister Zimbelman

Note from Karen - I've attached a few pictures I found on line of Santo Antao.