Sister Kassidy Walstad: How Great Shall Be Your Joy!

Let's start with Monday and go through Saturday...

Monday: We headed to Piracicaba, which was like an intense movie scene cause we were running SO FAST (well I was) and our bus was already driving away and I was like, “oh crap! We cannot miss this bus. So I started running even faster, and I smacked the side of the bus as hard as I could and the driver stopped and said, "oi” (“Hi”). I told him we had to catch the bus and he let us get on, and that's the end of the story. It was more intense in person. I lost my money as well. Good times. (There’s more about Monday but it's my "love note" from God so I’ll tell y'all after)

Tuesday: We had a leadership conference and President had me sing again haha. He sends messages to me the day before every time. It's fine. I’m used to it now. I'm basically the “Madilyn” of my mission:)

Quarta-Feira: I don't really remember anything from this day… wait! Yes I do. We had interviews with President:) It’s always good to talk to Pres.

Thursday: I remember nothing... it was probably just a normal day.

Sexta-feira: We had a special devotional from the prophet to the missionaries here in Brazil. It was super cool to hear from him and Elder Cook:) Super inspirational!! Brazil is special guys:)

Saturday: We went out and worked with a young man from the ward and we worked our butts off the whole day. We talked to SO MANY PEOPLE and knocked SO MANY DOORS (typical missionary day for ya) and we did not find anybody that was interested (another typical missionary thing for ya) and it was a hard day. But I'm alive and well as you can see:)

Domingo: Another special devotional from the prophet to the members here in Brazil. He bore his testimony in Portuguese and it was so cute:) I love our prophet! I am so grateful to be a member of the restored church of Christ. SO GRATEFUL.

Blue popsicle: Hearing from our beloved prophet for sure:)

"Love note": This week I visited a recent convert (gabriel) in Piracicaba and lots of stuff happened. We talked about a lot of stuff, but he told me that he has been going to the temple every month since I left... I have never felt so dang happy in my life. I mean that Joy that God has promised to us as missionaries is the joy I felt when I found out how much he has progressed and that he is wanting to go on a mission. Don't be mistaken... the joy is not constant. I can't lie and say that it is cause it's not. So for those of you preparing to go on missions- don't expect constant joy or happiness. That's not the promise.... but know that the joy that WE CAN feel as representatives of Christ is beyond description. It was one of the most special experiences of my mission.