tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70304975193823397712024-03-05T13:58:26.343-08:00Aubree's Mission BlogAubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-80479471560415636752012-02-08T11:52:00.000-08:002012-02-08T11:53:58.469-08:00Letter #77 Last Email<br />
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Ingrid was baptized Sunday, she's 10 years old.<br />
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Ingrid's Family....she is so happy!<br />
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I can't believe this day came... my last email to the fam...</div>
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i think i will be become best freinds with this evelyn johnson hahah i dont even know her but im considering her a best freind already. she can help me understand how to make brasilian food. i will bring home some food, i dont think it will be a problem. you guys need to try this stuff. ill see what ill buy mostly food haha</div>
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i had no idea about uncle neff, ill make sure to say a few prayers for him. hahah pshh im not sure what i can contribute to ward council but i can try.</div>
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wow i dont think ive ever been nervous to write an email to you all, but right now knowing its my last email is scary. there is so much to say i dont know where to begin.</div>
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I´ll start with the week. so all the sudden our water stopped in our apartment. we walked outside and apparently the water stopped everywhere. alright we can handle this i wont take a shower today... next day, nothing. alright today i dont need to take a shower... everyones water was back except ours the third day i couldnt handle it anymore i called president and said pres we need water and he let us take a shower at a members house. when we got back we said a prayer to let the water come back to house, when we finished the prayer we heard the drains filling up, blessing and a half ah.</div>
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we got a call from the secretary telling us we had to be at the mission home in two hours it was our hour to be interviewed. He told me it would be my last one. i felt like yesterday i was being interviewed by him for the first time talking in his english and my horrible portugues. he asked how i was feeling and how it was going the last transfer. i told him some of my concerns about going home and he cleared everything up.. i told him that i wasnt sure how to be me he said you are sister aubree corbin without the sister.. the new and approved the old aubree that i knew she is gone. i asked him how i have changed and what has he seen in my differently. he began to tell me that at first i was shy and wasnt sure about my potential to be a leader fast, but was proven wrong when the spirit told him to make me senior. "i never had to worry about you and your obedience i knew that every time you trained that sister would be like you. not everyone can train thier last transfer... unfortunately not everyone is on the mission for the right reasons but i can honestly can say you know, the top 10 missionaries that i have and i am sad to see you go, your love for this people was different you didnt just love the people you liked but it was everyone that felt your love and because of it you were blessed" he said alot of other things. im so grateful to have a president like i did. he was an example to me in everything although it was hard to always be obedient i think it was the lord testing me to see how i would handle it.. i will always remember his service and the way he pushed me to be the best missionary i could be</div>
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Ingrids baptism:</div>
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10 year old ingrid got baptized this past sunday. she is a neighbor slash relative of a family in our ward. she has been going to church and decided she too wanted to get baptized. her parents arent members and are not married... we started to teach ingrid and her enthusiasm for the gospel always got me excited to teach. Sunday everyone came to support her on her special day. after she got baptized she gave a hug to her mom and she began to cry. her mom asked her why she was crying and she said " because im happy" her mom got emotional and so did i. i remembered the day of my baptism... mom do you remember you asked me the same question. when i was getting dressed to go back to the meeting. i began to cry and you asked why i was crying and i answered the same thing. i remember my baptism as if it was yesterday and the happiness i felt on that day. I am filled with the love of christ when i think about the little part i had in helping these people of brasil have this same happiness of the spirit. every baptism is marked in my mind, every confirmation and every investigator that didnt quite make it to thier special day to take upon them the name of christ. there is no words that can express the joy that comes from saying, "im a representative of christ". my name tag says so much. this past week, my name tag brought a different meaning. will i be ready to take it off? will i be ready to make this change again. when i arrived on the mission i wasnt ready for it, I wasnt sure what to expect, what to learn or who to be, now that im leaving im not ready to leave. the word is CHANGE... this is the only constant in our lives, change. you can count on it. we got to trust the lord and walk with faith.. he wants to teach us, but how can he if were not willing to grow. change is necessary, yes its scary, yes its uncomfortable but its life.</div>
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i truly believe that god never fully prepares anyone for anything... because there is no room to show your trust in him or your faith in your part. our part is simple, obey. no one told me the mission would be easy they just said it would be worth it... i believe every word. ive never worked so hard in my life and ive never felt so exhausted but its worth every minute. the same goes for life, so lets make it worth it. never get comfortable, this is what i have learned. My small understanding of the simple gospel plan is growing. Will i fully comprehend, well only god can answer that one but one thing is for sure is that he will be with me through every change i encounter.</div>
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the last principle he says is " please understand that what you see and experience now is not what forever will be" we studied this talk in a zone conference yesterday and this part stuck out to me the most. i shared my thoughts about it and president told me to stand up and tell everyone how i feel about the mission and how a real missionary gets it done. a little suprised i stood up and bore my testimony of the reality of the fact that everyone will go home and that this time we have with our name tag is short. we got to do everything now and be obedient to the lord and no one else bc in the end its you and him and if you havnt gotten to know your savior, whose fault is it. </div>
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well family, " Thats it" as dad would say. its coming to an end. my time is running out and im running with it. the only person that knows exactly what i went through is only one. every person that rejected, every person that accepted, every baptism, every sunday, every fast, every joy, every saddness. he walked with me through it all and its him that i am doing it for. there is no greater joy then the work of the lord. i wont to bear my testimony that these things i have gone through have changed me to what i hope the lord wants me to be, what i hope will help me return to his feet one day and he can say to me "well done my true and faithful servant". i know that this is the true gospel of christ, the reality of the first vision and the restoration of his truths. i know that when we put the lord first, everything works out.</div>
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elder joseph wirthlen said " what happens... happens. be happy. the secret is simple: put your trust in the lord, do your best and leave the rest to him"</div>
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this is true i lived it and i live it still and hope to continue living this way.</div>
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I cant wait to see you all... one week!!! it feels like a dream and im about to wake up.</div>
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im excited to close this chapter and open up a new page of life.. well see whats next, i hope the world is nice to me bc i forgot how to live in it..</div>
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ate quinta feira, estou animada!!!! eu te amo.. a todos</div>
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nunca nunca nunca vou esquecer brasil, por em fim é minha segunda casa</div>
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<br />Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-65422161161656814092012-02-01T12:02:00.000-08:002012-02-01T12:02:28.932-08:00Letter #76 It's Better to Look Up<br />
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first off i would like to say THANK YOU WARD!!!! i got the poster haha finally in the end of january. there was an elder that found it somewhere and saw my name on it and sent it to my district leader. it was great to read all the notes from everyone. although i dont personally know all of you i want to thank you for your efforts in helping me be the missionary that the lord helped me to be. im excited to meet all of you soon!</div>
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one quote came into my mind this past saturday from pres monson " its better to look up"..we got a few phone calls that we werent prepared for. our elect, newton called and told us that he cant study with us anymore for now bc his wife isnt sure she approves of the church. my heart along with sister chaves was crushed. our future leader slash preisthood holder for this ward fell. the lord knows when he will be ready... another investigator fell as well bc of her husband that is a strong baptist and doesnt want her going to church anymore. before noon we were discouraged with a few blows that werent expected but the quote its better to look up never left my mind. we still had danielle who was interviewd on friday and her baptism was scheduled for sunday... praying all day we did everything possible to make sure danielle too wouldnt fall. i set my alarm for 1 oclock in the morning to call her on her dinner break at work so she wouldnt have any temptations to smoke or whatever else satan was thinking. The lord answerd our prayers and danielle was baptized 4:00 on sunday afternoon. the baptism was sweet, quick and spiritual. a few members came to support and we had a preist baptize for the first time. i read a scirpture in moroni 9:6 that reflects this week to me </div>
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1- this past week we found ourselves in a middle of a soccer field with weeds all around us, before i knew it we had to cross a bridge with no handles above a river.. how we got to this point im not sure. the bridge was made out of two logs and a few strips of wood inbtwn well made fore sure ha.. sister chaves refused to cross i had to go first so she could hold onto my backpack ha i wish this was filmed...</div>
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3- once again i thought i lost my planner. yes i know i loose things. i went into a panic and retraced every step. i was saying probably a million prayers in my head when all the sudden a stil small voice more like firm voice said to me your planner is at home stop worrying. it was a calm feeling almost a surety that i would see my planner on my desk when we i got home.. its been a while i heard that voice firm, litterally speaking. sure enough as i opened the door there was my planner, right where i left it. </div>
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well this week i think will be short not much to catch up on, just missinarying it up until i go back to reality. this week was full of work.. we´re helping three investigators right now and they are all miracles. The enemy has been working against us every sunday. so on saturday we decided to fast to help our investigators go to church. on saturday we went to our elects house (newton). he is hungry to know the truth, we brought a member so we could help him with a few doubts. not to my surprise he wasnt home and he didnt bring his cell with him to call. hmmmmmmmmm saturday he is not home the one day we need to talk to him to help him get to church sunday, sounds about right. trying not to loose faith we prayed none stop all day so we could some how get ahold of him. when we came home saturday night we said a strong prayer that he would call or he would answer the phone. for the first time since 2 oclock he answered! and he was set to go for church sunday. the biggest weight came off my shoulders for about 5 secs and realized that church isnt for 12 hours haha and alot can happen.. we were able to bring 5 investigators to church which 3 of them have a date to get baptized this sunday. the lord is blessing us in every way. i love seeing his hand in the work.</div>
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so yesterday, we had an appointment with a family that stopped us in the street. as we approached thier door, it was open i began to clap my hands and two dogs turned the corner running and barking. sister chaves is terrified of dogs, she screamed and ran into another door that was open. me not knowing what to do followed her. before i knew it we were in another persons house with the door shut hahah. i tried to get someones attention so they wouldnt think we were trying to steal anything or something. as i tried to leave sister chaves was scared she wouldnt let me open the door ha good thing the person that lived in this house was nice and didnt think anything of it ha but this just another story of us running from dogs in brasil</div>
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every morning there are some men that wake us up bc they are waiting to take the bus to work.. its rare to sleep in to 630 and i started to become exhausted. i decided to pray to heavenly father to help me sleep until my alarm so i could work for him better during the day.. small and insignificant this prayer was... he answered. the next day i woke up 630 with the alarm. the men outside were talking just as loud but the lord blessed me with this tender mercy.. </div>
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wow so what a week.... not knowing the area or anyone we began to work..we ended up finding some investigators (so we thought) and when it came to bringing them to church no one came... we had 12 people to bring and every single one fell. it was a blow especially for sister chaves. i love here, she is so sweet. she tries to keep a smile on her face even though she doesnt know what she is doing and is confused about 95% of the time. We laugh a ton which helps.. we started to sing the primary song popcorn popping on the apricot tree. i sang in english (tried) and she sang in portugues she began to laugh and said it doesnt seem like your singing in english, the next contact we made on the street, this man was convinced that i was from venazuela. i just say that im brasilian ha but no one buys the blonde, blued eyed trick...</div>
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on tuesday morning was a blessing and a half.. we went to venda nova to have our district meeting and i noticed they were filling up the baptismal font and i asked is someone getting baptized today? and the elder that is now in venda nova said "ya, they are getting married in city hall right now and then they are coming here to get married" i paused and said wait who??? he said rafaela i almost screamed... rafaela and leo was a couple sister dunlop and i found in august,, leo was less active and lived with rafaela who never acce´pted the gospel. when we knocked on leo´s door he was smoking.. me and sister dunlop helped them come back to church. when sis dunlop left, sister batista and i baptized their son on conference weekend in october... when i left venda nova i didnt hear a word about it and what had happened with their date to get married...what do you know, the lord put me back into the pampulha stake so on a tues morning i could be present in venda nova for rafaelas baptism and wedding. i immediately called president parrella and told him the good news. he gave me permission to stay and watch this special day in the making for over 6 months. when they arrived they were so surprised to see me, she thought that i already went back home. the members of venda nova were happy to see me too, it was like going home again haha. it was a miracle that i was there, more like it was a small tender mercy of the lord... even when were at our low heavenly father blesses us. gotta love him...</div>
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Aubree's release date is February 16th 2012, we are so excited! Her Homecoming talk is February 19th. I just wanted to thank all of you for your love and support. Returning home from serving the Lord is one of those pivotal moments that is experienced once in a lifetime. In Alma 34:33 Amulek said that mortal life "is given us to prepare for eternity." It is crucial to making correct decisions now. A person's eternity is not defined by what they were born with, but by what they choose to do with it. We know that the Lord loves us. We realize that the Atonement of Jesus Christ allows people's burdens to be lifted, and that you can get through trials by knowing that the Savior is your companion. We are grateful for the journey Aubree has been willing to take as she prepares for her eternity...Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-1542669830350742142012-01-04T11:31:00.000-08:002012-01-04T11:36:22.689-08:00Letter #72 Every Step of The Way<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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where would i be on this new years if i wasnt on a mission? who knows? it seems so long since i celebrated a holiday. I cant believe this year has passed and gone. year 2011 will always be remembered as my year as a missionary. i think back one year ago and i was in pampulha with sister ruckert.... one thing you can never take back in this life is time. i think thats why its the most precious gift we can give one another. i cant belive im 23. its wierd bc when i left i was only 21. i never said twenty two always was vinte dois ha. i just want to give a shout out for 2011 and thank heavenly father for one more year of life. this year i dont think i have ever learned so much, i have never been so stressed out, so frusturated, so filled with the spirit, so happy, so patient, so humble.... the lord knows what to teach me and how. He will put me through trials, through sadness, through ups through downs, but i always remember "it is for thy good" i want to look back on this year, 2011 and say thank you. never have i felt so close to my family or my heavenly father, even both being so far from me. im excited to see what 2012 has in store for me but im happy to say that the lord has been by my side every step of the way... thank you 2011</div>
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like always monday we were anxious to see if we would get a call to see if we would be transfered from bandeirantes.. passed lunch and it was almost 5 o clock i told sister barão we would stay and five min later he calld and said "sister corbin you will be transferred and TRAIN AGAIN! WHAT A BLESSING..." really? ill train again? " you will go to lagoa and baptize, the area there is a little weak so you have to go there and show them how its done" .... "alright lets go ha" i gave the phone to sister b and she will stay here, turn senior and help an american sister that arrived about two months ago... i was shocked. how come all my sisters i train turn senior after me. she began to cry and wasnt sure if she was ready.. i told her the lord knows you are thats why he called you to be senior and help this sister start out her mission right. she asked "why arent you nervous?" if i wasnt nervous, i would be lying. but the difference is that i learned literally to put complete and ALL my trust in the lord. He knows exactly where to put me at the exact right time with the exact companion. this has happened since day one. and so its easy for me to accept what ever comes bc i trust him. thats the secret. will it be hard, yes.. will it be confusing for the first few weeks, yes but we do our part and the lord does the rest. as dad would say "thats it" or hanu haha if we could just grasp this concept life would be a cake. but its not always easy to accept. </div>
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BIRHTDAY: the only thing i asked for for my birthday was a successful one and the lord blessed me with just that. i dont know if i told you about fatima and anderson..i think i told you how we found fatima, she is amazing. she had a testimony right away and knew that the lessons we taught were true. we found anderson saturday night knocking on doors, we invited him to come to church and later accepted to be baptized.. this whole week we prepared them both and later invited fatimas son erik to join the crew. he is 9 and is really smart. </div>
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sunday morning came and it was so rainy that some of our investigators decided not to get out of bed.. i didnt let it get me down bc i knew everything would work out with fatima and anderson. we went and picked them up and they were all ready to go. during sacrament meeting i noticed fatima started to cry.. i went over to her and gave her a hug during the last hymn she said " this must be the spirit huh?" with held back tears i testified to her that it was and that she would finally be in the true church of our father in heaven. the talks we we heard were amazing. the first counselor of the stake talked about who we can become. that when we go back to our heavenly father he wont ask us if we did all our things on our check list but he will ask how our check list helped us become who we are today... its so true sometimes we get caught up in our busy lifes we often forget the purpose of our doings... its to become better. (3nephi 27:27).</div>
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unfortunately the heater broke to make the font full of warm water... when erik entered he screamed haha and began to shiver it was sad but cute at the same time.. the members stayed and helped and sang a special hymn at the end.. later when we passed by fatima and erik we asked them how the baptism was.. erik told his mom that it was the happiest he has been since he can remember. fatima said she feels like she was floating the moment she came up out of the water... anderson said"i feel different but its a good feeling"...</div>
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it was a sunday afternoon that i will never forget, a birthday wish come true.. <br />
for lunch we ate at irmã sonias and she makes the best honey bread in the city.. they sang parabens and took a few pics so mom look out for an email from brother ronald.. </div>
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I know for a fact that the lord hears and answers our prayers.. president monson said " the lord expects our thinking, he expects our action, he expects our testimonies, he expects our devotion"</div>
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i love this quote that explains why we keep our standards high and why we know how to battle lifes challenges that sometimes seem impossible to overcome.. its because the lord expects your best and you and him know when you give your all.. thats the secret. one lies when they know they lower their standards or not doing what the lord expects of them bc we are all his children and our spirit tells us constantly what to do..</div>
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im so grateful for the opportunity to serve and be here for one more christmas.. long from family, long from what i know but in reality these people are my family and they are what i know now...may the spirit of christ be with you for this wonderful sunday in rememberance of our lord our savior, jesus christ. </div>
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feliz natal!!!</div>
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te amo muito</div>
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até domingoooooo</div>
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Sister Aubree Corbin</div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-73820359904822299802011-12-16T23:59:00.000-08:002012-01-18T12:21:35.442-08:00Letter #69 A Day Never to Forget<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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THANKS MOMMY<br />
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i cant believe im turning 23!!! i feel old ahaha. THANKS GRANDMA!!! i will def use it here bc im looking for something to buy to come home.. my clothes are so warn out. okay i got three packages!! i got the ensign the medicine and the package for my birthday i think. it had a shirt, take fives, a nativity set! i opened it today and filmed it for you guys to see haha. i love getting packages on the missh.. am i missing a package still? i think one is missing still right? <br />
so right before you asked about my date home we walked away from the lan house and an elder called and asked where i lived and i told him the neighborhood here in belo and he started to laugh and said no sister to go home... it was wierd to hear.i told him orange county airport. he was looking for a cheap flight and told me that the date is feb 15 so i think ill be home feb16. i dont know the times or anything so you can look online and seee what is coming in on feb 16 ill prob leave feb 15 late at night and wont arrive until night on feb 16 but i have no idea. so now you can start planning stuff if you want but im pretty sure thats when ill be heading home.<br />
okay so christmas were going to be calling from a members house and we also just have sacrament but i told her you guys would call around 3 or 330 our time in brasil so what ever is better for you can choose and let me know bc i still dont know when<br />
sent my foto chip to you last week so it should come in a week or two.<br />
did you make a christmas card?<br />
im still looking for a nativity set<br />
dont worry that im going to eat açaí today im excited! its to celebrate my birthday. im going to miss açaí....<br />
what are you plans for christmas? are you guys going to stay home? mandy and james will be there?<br />
in brasil it doesnt feel too much like christmas the countdown has started and they are still setting up xmas decorations haha.. they have x trees but its about 1 foot tall. its completley different the atmosphere around xmas in the states..<br />
i wish we could have this spirit of peace throughout the whole year.. im using the excuse of "its x-mas and we have a message to share about christ" it seems to be helping a little ha<br />
Well the blessings came like they always do... sometimes i forget what i write in my letters i dont remember if i told you about bruna and juliano... they are family we found about a month after they got married. they were being taught by the missionaries and the elders told them that they had to get married to obey all the commandments.. little did i know the lord was preparing this family for us to find. we found them on monday, prepared them the whole week. they got baptized saturday and were confirmed on sunday. they have a cute one year old daughter named simara and i can see them going through the temple in one year. we were so blessed to teach them. ive never met a family litterally so prepared to follow the lord.<br />
Heavenly father has been putting his elects in front of us..<br />
we found a women named fatima on the street last thursday. i dont know how we started talking but we ended up talking about religion.. of course... she told us how firm she was in another church and didnt want to hear our message that she already heard from two missionaries in her home town two years ago. me being me said "sem problemas... whats your address well just say a prayer for ya" she accepted. We went there a few times until we finally caught her at home. she decided to open up to us and tell us everything about her life and how she has been confused since she was a child on what church is true. the first thing i did was give her the book of mormon. i said "read it" you will know what god has in store for you, IF you are willing to change... we came back the next day and she couldnt wait to let us in and tell us what happened. she read and prayed and got her answer. she told us she read in mormon 8:32-33 that explained about how there would be false churches and how you could know through the spirit. she told us that she never knew something so clear until now. we brought her to church sunday and she asked me if she could bare her testimony about the book of mormon and i said yessss you can.. she is amazing i love her.. were preparing her for baptism on my birthday the 18! which happens to be her birthday too. it will be a day never to forget.<br />
theres also so many more stories i could tell but there never is enough time.. were teaching andrea who is maria inez´s daughter who would have been baptized this past sunday but the world got the best of her.. andrea was curious and told her mom to call us. we taught her the first lesson and with tears in her eyes she said "what is my first step?" i love when they want to know before the invite.. we invited her to be baptized on x mas and she is excited to know more...<br />
When we want to know the truth we got to ask with an open heart and REAL intent.. thats the trick. Our heavenly father knows us, he knows if we would really follow him or not. so if the answer hasnt come, its because your not ready for his blessings.. when we listen to the spirit and do his will, our life becomes simple, it becomes full of peace and joy that can only be felt through the gospel of christ.<br />
alma 13: 27-29 (pray continually)<br />
this week also was full of hilarious stuff that happened to us<br />
quick story of this cute gma that just wanted to talk talk talk talk so we just offered to say a prayer to leave. after the prayer she ran to the kitchen to get some bread or cookies to give us. (if you know this culture you know they are so nice you cant leave anyones house without eating or drinking something). to avoid the situation i ran to the door to leave, the gma ran after us on the street until we accepted some bread hahahah it was so funny, i guess you had to be there but i dont think sister barão and i stopped laughing for a long time. even at door contacts i couldnt keep it together... got to love brasil<br />
well i love you all! ]<br />
so i decided those that know me can do the following on my birthday or the saturday before. put on some 80´s music... eat a little golden spoon and if you feel like it, go on a del run to eat a churro for me :)<br />
até mais<br />
com amor<br />
Sister Aubree Lyn CorbinAubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-17904581984475278812011-12-08T10:11:00.000-08:002011-12-08T10:17:15.526-08:00Letter #68 Submit Yourselves (James 4:10)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG933r94JgtjKEpabY-LbtMVfAmRFpd9CsOz6FxXYaGgV3bc2btUURXgCRhgbVdNLk-Q_ZTfgHiTlLtilnomG9xAGElZdVO4qvT_t3w1-k9rnWgEhoqW-56KOYG7nWki3oImwzSy1Sz1Z/s1600/IMG_0269.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG933r94JgtjKEpabY-LbtMVfAmRFpd9CsOz6FxXYaGgV3bc2btUURXgCRhgbVdNLk-Q_ZTfgHiTlLtilnomG9xAGElZdVO4qvT_t3w1-k9rnWgEhoqW-56KOYG7nWki3oImwzSy1Sz1Z/s400/IMG_0269.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683822729585101586" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div>im feeling stronger, yes. yay im glad you got my x mas cards already hahah i thought i should send something. im going to send the chip today, last week we arrived at the post office two min late and wouldnt let us send anything.</div><div>ive been trying to buy stuff but the prob is.. we cant buy anything unless its on pday and on pdays im so tired and we just sleep... same goes with pics we can only take pics on pdays and its rare we do anything on pdays bc its a rule.. so its been hard to keep up on that kind of stuff. also bc im in the center, alot of stuff here is similar to what we would find at home. im starting to forget what is normal and what isnt..<br />LEARNING</div><div>well i would be lying if i said i didnt learn a ton this week. it was a big learning process for me. even in the last weeks of the mission the lord still isnt done teaching me all i need to learn while im here. so i will begin by telling the story of jo, a cute mom that has been taking the lessons and had her baptism date set for dec 4. she was a big sacrifice for us to teach bc she lives really far away and can only be taught at 8 oclock at night. so every night for 2 weeks straight we have been at her house. if a member isnt available to give us a ride home we run on the avenue until we find a taxi.. my companion thought that was fun haha. well here comes saturday for her interview as she arrives to the interview she confesses that she isnt legally married and cant get baptized sunday. my heart dropped. what? she told us she was married bc she was embarrassed to tell us the truth infront of her friend that was participating in that lesson... i didnt know what to do. i called the elder and told him to turn around. these past few weeks have been hard, the work has been stressful and success in finding new people to teach has been low and when jo fell, i wasnt sure where to turn.</div><div> i thought a ton about what the lord wants to teach me and i concluded that there are two main things that i can relate almost all my stories on my mission... it all goes back to patience and complete humility to the savior. he loves to test my patience. patience is accepting and having the capability to do the lords will in his time. being humble is realizing that you are nothing without the lords help, your complete and total dependence on him, that you cant wake up without his constant support. i realize that life is not about perfection but consistency when we are consistantly humble and patient we grow faster to what he wants us to become. i love ether 12:27 when he promises us that our weaknesses will be made strong.. i guess i came on the mission really weak on these two attributes. our reliability on the savior is what dad always says faith over fear.. well its how we live and its how we make it back. </div><div>i also love a scripture in james 4:10 "submit yourselves therefore to god. humble yourselves in the sight of the lord and he shall lift you up"</div><div>the lord tests us but he never withholds his blessings when we pass... the blessings have come. jo might have fallen but he has given us the blessings around the corner that i didnt have the capablity to see. we found a couple (juliano and bruna) that got married a month ago and accepted to be baptized this saturday and on sunday we will have the baptism of a woman and her granddaughter (maria and gabriela).</div><div>we got to use the phrase "come what may and love it" the lord isnt done teaching me and i wont be done learning until he says its complete.... the gospel is our life we got to live it to reap its rewards.</div><div>welp im still learning </div><div>love you all....</div><div> </div><div>fique firme</div><div> </div><div>com amor,</div><div>Sister Corbin</div><div> </div><div>ps belo horizonte mission from jan unitl oct of 2011 has had 1300 baptisms, crazy huh<br /></div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-32748696343134993882011-12-01T10:16:00.000-08:002011-12-01T10:30:24.490-08:00Letter #67 A Present<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXsqeA9JuHTpBRS6u_adWRXeJDUvO5rOTlqFmFBn9JMob1UhJ7X-cL2SNauT14sbTeoR8KQbRuXuHEz3Bq2pHVOayXQePrGRYRZmKLIHG0B2lNUVGZ6nKJFtyD51xyFK3n4fpvNSf-X5U/s1600/IMG_0410.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXsqeA9JuHTpBRS6u_adWRXeJDUvO5rOTlqFmFBn9JMob1UhJ7X-cL2SNauT14sbTeoR8KQbRuXuHEz3Bq2pHVOayXQePrGRYRZmKLIHG0B2lNUVGZ6nKJFtyD51xyFK3n4fpvNSf-X5U/s400/IMG_0410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681228784397154594" /></a><br /><div>Loved the pics from thanksgiving! the pic of ash and dad with the pink stuff was my fav haha. i was able to have a thanksgiving dinner too. well kind of. there is a couple that lives in our ward that is brasilian but they have lived all over the world because of his job. they lived in the united states for three years and speak really good english. We had lunch with them on sunday and they made turkey, ceaser salad, stuffing, mashed potatos and gravy after there was even pumpkin pie i was in heaven! soo good.</div><div>ya it seems like everything this year is on a sunday my birthday xmas and new years.<br />what are you guys plans for x mas?<br />went to the mission home today and nothing.... not even one envelope package that you sent... i think it will delay bc of xmas its always like that, i will call next week to see if anything came in.</div><div> well today is sister barâo´s birthday and we ate sushi! and we found a frozen yogurt place that tastes like spoon me it was amazing and now im super full but thats okay. </div><div><br /></div><div>this week was a lot of ups and downs. a few of our investigators fell but we didnt give up the search.. we found pedro (15) and his grandma on friday and they are amazing. litterally feasting on the words of christ. everytime we go to thier house they have the bible ready with a pen and paper ready to learn.i love people that want to know the truth.</div><div>but this week i want to talk about two special experiences that happened to us. on sunday after we had our `thanksgiving dinner`` paulo said that he had a present for us. i wasnt sure what that meant until after dessert. he started to tell us about a woman that he knows at his work. for the past 9 months has been helping her little by little to understand the gospel and recently gave her the book of mormon. he started to get emotional and said i have been waiting for a pair of missionaries to come to our ward that i felt comfortable giving this reference to. he said he never felt so strong that it was us to hand over his friend. he started to cry and said i know you will take care of her. as he handed me the folded paper with care, it had written on it her name and address. i too at that moment felt the spirit of this woman that i had never met. but at the same time i had a flash back of president in an interview before i came to this area. he told me that there are members there that have references "golden references" and if you do your part they will trust you enough to hand over thier dear freinds and family. i realized at that moment it was true. this family is also moving to canada soon and wanted us to get working with her right away. </div><div>i love the lords plan and how it all fits in perfectly with everyones lives. there is always a purpose behind everything.</div><div>we also had our xmas conference yesterday. it was great to celebrate the birth of our savior.we watched the film of the testimonies of the 12 apostles i think it was filmed in 2000. gordon b looked so young. but what happened at the conference before all this, i will never forget. President was showing a slide show of recent converts that had gone to the temple and then he started to tell an experience about when he went to the airport, as i was listening the story sounded familiar. he told the experience of when he ran into the family in venda nova that i left to get baptized. the next slide was a pic of them with pres and sister parrella at the airport with thier 2 little boys. i was so happy. as we looked at the picture of this happy family he asked us what we saw. some said happiness, others a family being sealed in the temple, hope, joy, worthiness. i raised my hand and said "i see a change" he then asked me and sister batista to stand infront of everyone and explain thier story and explain what this change i see in them. i explained that when we found them they werent exactly "happy" in the picture you could see thier happiness now. the gospel literally moves people, no it changes people. sister batisita told the story about the wife, and how i was a little excited about finding a family that i would always bare my testimony about the only true church. the wife got a little offended at times but later she appreciated the love we expressed to her and her family about the truth. after we sat down he said you know what i see, i see our brothers and sisters. they are our family. this family not only changed but with them the missionaries that served with them also changed. the lord helps us change and become better everyday. we too have to change and if we dont see that little change everyday, something is wrong. my heart filled with gratitude as i got to see the family that i helped know the truth standing next to´president and sister parrella i cant imagine the joy i will feel when i see them standing on the side of our heavenly father and our beloved son. there is no greater joy then is... we have to have hope that these things will come to pass in ether 12:32 says wherefore we must hope or he cannot recieve an inheritance in the place which thou hast prepared.</div><div>i love this gospel its the healing power that can change whatever is in our path, of this journey we call LIFE. i also read a scripture today in abraham that talks about when christ made the earth... let us make the earth to see if the children of men will obey whatever we shall ask of them... aka keep the commandments and live the gospel. its <a href="http://simple.be/" target="_blank">simple. be</a> obedient.</div><div> </div><div>amo a todos...</div><div>sister corbin</div><div>atè mais<span><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div></div><br /><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ""Helvetica","Tahoma","Arial","sans-serif"";"><span><br /><br /></span></span><span></span></p><span><br /></span></div><span></span>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-22564400924646998722011-11-23T15:17:00.000-08:002011-11-23T15:28:59.487-08:00Letter #66 Little Things Always Matter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvEq8njCFIXOm20cWlwFm67mKOiFM3meOJxy_scadW7_5sHODFu_yglchltTdDHFlS2aDD3JrsemuJ1AAfKbfqFMZBbZSs_66ykIEaiM5LTobZhFRCFS9YJgz_dIB7Qe7UvgrvTs2JFvu/s1600/IMG_0346.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvEq8njCFIXOm20cWlwFm67mKOiFM3meOJxy_scadW7_5sHODFu_yglchltTdDHFlS2aDD3JrsemuJ1AAfKbfqFMZBbZSs_66ykIEaiM5LTobZhFRCFS9YJgz_dIB7Qe7UvgrvTs2JFvu/s400/IMG_0346.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678337197413218530" /></a><br /><div>bom dia!!!</div><div>windi had her baby... send a pic.</div><div>HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!! o how i miss this holiday here... i tried to explain it to sister barâo i said well basically its a day of thanks but mostly its an excuse to eat alot haha. mom can you ask ashely what her address is i want to send her a card.. i dont think i have her address in arizona. </div><div><br /></div><div>more miracles. welp we didnt get transferred, we stayed! two things happy and sad. i dont know if i will have another area before i go home but happy bc the members here, i love. the part about missionary work is weak but they are great. but im so excited bc sister batista "minha filha" is coming to our district so i will get to see her every week! and she can tell me what happened in venda nova when i left.</div><div>so i want to share a story that happened this week about a senhora(gma) that we met this week that was litterally all in the lords hands. her name is celisse and she is 77 years old. so cute!!! she has cancer in the mouth and throat so she had to have surgery to remove it. so she has no teeth right now an is in extreme pain. she lives basically alone unitl night time when her boyfriend comes over to help. thursday we were brought to a street to give an invite to a fireside that would happen this sunday. after we gave the invite we had a little time before lunch but sister barâo didnt want to be late but something told me to work a little bit before. so we started at the top of the street and the third door was celisses. after about 1 min of waiting i walked away (inpatient) the door opened and celisse was shocked when she looked at our tags she didnt know what to say.. she tried to talk all at once but without teeth ya its a little bit hard. she let us in and told us what happened. she said she was praying with all her might to heavenly father to send something to her. maybe a message under the doorstep, a visit from a church.. something to help her with this agonizing pain. she told us that she felt and heard a voice tell her to sit and wait. after about 10 min of her waiting the doorbell rang and it was us. she said she already knew this church and was asking people about it but no one knew the address. she was so happy that the lord answered her prayer. everything we told her after she didn't question. she said i know its true, you are the messengers that i prayed for. another proof that lord uses us without even knowing.. if we had gone to lunch early we would have never found celisse. its funny how the little things always matter.</div><div>this sunday maria das graças got baptized a senhora that has 62 years. she doesnt know how to read.. i had a dream the other night to help her begin reading with the book of mormon. we started last night and were going to read a little everyday learn to read using the book of mormon. in no time she will read perfectly. she is from sâo paulo and has always wanted to know the truth, bc she cant read her only hope was listening to others read the bible. she has a big heart and wants to do everything in this life to serve our father.</div><div>later sunday night we had fireside with president parrella. he gave a talk about the book of mormon. we brought about 7 people to listen it was great.. got a little heated but hey it happens. celisse came to the fireside i was surprised when i saw her bc we passed by her house and she said she was in a lot of pain and wasnt feeling good to go, we said a prayer for her to get better. she told us at the fireside " your prayers are powerful when you guys left i didnt feel anymore pain so i knew i had to come" she is so great!!! she has so much faith that the lord will answer her prayers, he answers bc he knows she will follow the answer. i wish i had that power. its a hard thing to have faith all the time but something we can work on everyday. were a little low on investigators at the moment we gotta find! celisse would get baptized next week but she has to get married!!! so well see how long that will take i hope not very long. we got to get to work!!! the area book is alittle weak so we got a lot of praying to do. D and C 61:36-39 wow ok wierd mom- my scrip to leave to day is the scripture you gave me!!!!! i just looked at what you wrote and what i wrote and it was the same scrip!!!! how cool is that, the lord is giving us the same inspirations hahah but your exactly right the lord is the most unselfish person you can read about i love it. wow im still trippn out of the scripture, haah love you!!!!</div><div>happy thanksgiving eat for me :)</div><div>com amor (means- with love)</div><div>sister corbin<br /><br /></div><div></div><div>ps its non stop rain</div><div>pss mom can you send me ashley jones address in arizona i want to send her a card but i dont think i have her right address</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ""Helvetica","Tahoma","Arial","sans-serif"";"><span ><br /><br /></span></span></p></div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-75765616409754666102011-11-16T10:48:00.001-08:002011-11-23T15:31:50.036-08:00Letter #65 He Gives His Elects<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmINP3txKfhWgxK4eXq0IYY8vJgXhoFPbjSYpes5dFAHGBRtkC16Qz7tJ9rnryW1CtlT15Csy3LiNWzWi5_kXGdh1hnKOgSeeLe93zsqn8mdnmxkA2XlfYgn_jzNjSiY2vf83h9l4aEJq/s1600/IMG_0499.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmINP3txKfhWgxK4eXq0IYY8vJgXhoFPbjSYpes5dFAHGBRtkC16Qz7tJ9rnryW1CtlT15Csy3LiNWzWi5_kXGdh1hnKOgSeeLe93zsqn8mdnmxkA2XlfYgn_jzNjSiY2vf83h9l4aEJq/s400/IMG_0499.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675668798143201250" /></a><br /><div>wow i cant get over how big bren dog is hahah he is not a little boy anymore...</div><div>i cant belive thanksgiving is around the corner! i miss thanksgiving food. i want to go to nancys haha save me some pink stuff :)</div><div> i got the invite to tylers wedding in the mail she is cute!</div><div>so this week i ran into an american on the bus. He looked at me and said are you american and i said yes are you?? he quickly sat next to me and said yes im from california and i said so am i! he is from huntington beach!!! what a small world he started naming a few kids he knew that are members and i knew a few of them how crazy is that. i said that im serving a mission here, why are you here? he is teaching english and loves the culture. he looked at my tag and said why do all of you that have this tag have such a perfect accent? hahah i started to laugh and said because its a gift that our heavenly father gives to us to preach his gospel. i tried to talk to him about the truth but he wasnt too interested. but it was such a wierd feeling to see someone from practically my city in another part of the world that knows people i know...</div><div class="ecxgmail_quote"><blockquote style="padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="ecxgmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr"> o ps i ate at mcdonalds again hahaha i got my mcflurry fix sooo goood. no matter where you are in the world, mcdonalds is somewhere close by ha but its super expensive we spent 30 reais for fries and two burgers loucoooooo.<br />well this sunday, we had a priveledge to baptize joelma. she is 35 and has had many problems in her life. the way we found her was truly by the spirit. it was about three weeks ago and we were walking up this steep hill. we passed a small street, after about three steps i decided i wanted to go in there and teach. i had to yell to sister barâo that was way infront to tell her i wanted to knock doors here. the first door was joelma. she let us in with excitement. she let us give the message and the spirit testified of what we said was true. later she told us that she didnt have any doubts that we were messengers of god. she told us that she has been praying for 2 months for someone to knock on her door to invite her to go to church. she barely moved there about 3 momths ago and rarely leaves the house because she has a baby. she didnt know what church to go to or how to find one close by so all she did was pray to heavenly father to send someone to help her show the way. so when we knocked she already knew that it was her answer. funny how the lord works huh. if i just passed by that street we would have never knocked on joelmas door. everytime we study together she is amazed. she is hungry to know more and more about the gospel. we taught her about the temple and she cant wait to baptize her brother that had passed away a few years back. we are working with her 13 year old daughter barbara right now for baptism. when we are obedient and show the lord that we are ready to work he gives his elects... its all about faith and trust in the lord that he will literally guide your footsteps to those that are searching for the gospel when you think there is no hope in finding its right when he gives them to you... he will test you to the limit but never beyond. </div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="ecxgmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr">i love being in this ward, the members are so great. especially the leader of the work (i dont know what the calling is in english its lider da obra missionaria in portugues)</div></div></blockquote><div>president called me on saturday when joelma was being interveiwed to say that when he was at the airport to pick up some new missionaries he ran into the family i left to get baptized in venda nova. the dad works for azul aka jet blue in brasil. he saw president and ran up to him to tell him to call me to tell me how happy they are and that they got baptized and missed me at thier baptism... i wanted to cry, i miss venda nova and i love that family. i was so happy that at least he remembered me enought to run up to president and tell him to call. its a feeling you cant describe when you help others come unto the fold. you literally feel the love the savior has for all his children. transfers are next week already and i ahve no idea what will happen i think everything will stay the same but im not sure what the lord has in for me to do. im reading d and c again and im loving it.. d and c 24:8 " be patient in afflictions for thou shalt have MANY but endure them for lo i am with thee even unto the end of thy days"</div><div>without doubt we will have our afflictions our problems but dont let them interfer with the joys that come into our day to day bc its just not worth it.</div><div>love you all! eu te dou um abraço de longe... </div><div>até mais</div><div>com amor</div><div>Sister Corbin</div><div>ps mom loved the quotes from elder neal a maxwell</div><div>i love you mom! you always brighten my day with your inspired letters... im so happy i have you as a mother, you are my example and i am who i am because of you... never forget it.<br /></div></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span><br /><br /></span></p></div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-47165710734271705612011-11-09T14:07:00.000-08:002011-11-09T15:12:56.308-08:00Letter #64 The Reality of Miracles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzfKKVOq7VidCvqOfFP0v_ZXK32vYC88Q1H69IHwssmmM7YHedACvJD34sLtrRWzJ9p8mdKSUwVN2wuR20o9ZkmJ56JLryQ7r3fbZF2X2brtEHUvetuvgpC6lm85ZCkgNHvEA8dzzwKuW/s1600/CS+Lewis+quote.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzfKKVOq7VidCvqOfFP0v_ZXK32vYC88Q1H69IHwssmmM7YHedACvJD34sLtrRWzJ9p8mdKSUwVN2wuR20o9ZkmJ56JLryQ7r3fbZF2X2brtEHUvetuvgpC6lm85ZCkgNHvEA8dzzwKuW/s400/CS+Lewis+quote.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673137896297087394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNHO_zGl9_1tKbjsOxuyXpxOtAeZlB-D_GExxmmJV17gNOxV2tFjACbs3WKljNK7khmNofz3L2e6wpyl826zt1vXAMDSpM5eYp7SGt2O6O4eODU_XPCvA4z3lQFLnfuNakfFimLRiftkd/s1600/IMG_0112.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNHO_zGl9_1tKbjsOxuyXpxOtAeZlB-D_GExxmmJV17gNOxV2tFjACbs3WKljNK7khmNofz3L2e6wpyl826zt1vXAMDSpM5eYp7SGt2O6O4eODU_XPCvA4z3lQFLnfuNakfFimLRiftkd/s400/IMG_0112.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673124446026470050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC_EuNZFCDLUC-BLnMMelOzGTnPeH42fo18JgRXs4Pvw-SBiSVEibt390GUJvqVos8iOSxXcFvs0PJti_dgFCZxdbD1wPjT068Z8xyZQi6gCwSfAXVlaJXdwWcv2Mlud_7euIcdSUtSpV/s1600/IMG_0039.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC_EuNZFCDLUC-BLnMMelOzGTnPeH42fo18JgRXs4Pvw-SBiSVEibt390GUJvqVos8iOSxXcFvs0PJti_dgFCZxdbD1wPjT068Z8xyZQi6gCwSfAXVlaJXdwWcv2Mlud_7euIcdSUtSpV/s400/IMG_0039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673124108878771250" /></a><br /><div>hellllllllooooooooo</div><div>ya were in daylight savings right now and the sun doesnt go down until 8 oclock at night its super wierd the days are way long but its good bc we save energy. you will have to remind me about christmas and the time i always get it wrong for some reason but im practicing my english bc my district leader only has 7 months on the mish and he speaks to me in english and i "try" to speak back. </div><div>how will i know what package to open dec 1? yay i love reading the conference talks but remember bc its x mas time the mail is suuuuuupppperrrrrrrr slow so well see when i get all these things last year a sister went home in feb too and she got her x mas packages right before she left for home.<br />hmm home=wierd not thinking about it too much. </div><div>hahah bren and blake = warcraft of course.. how is blake liking his new house with his freinds is it close to home?</div><div>o i totally forgot about the presidency!!! is it before or after i get home??? how is mitt doing? someone asked me the other day about mitt but i was way confused ha uhh hello i live in brasil i have no idea whats going on there</div><div>i loved that quote by cs lewis bc its sooooooo true!!!! the topic of todays email is </div><div> </div><div>MIRACLES HAPPEN</div><div>this week litterally was full of every emotion you can possibly imagine. frustration.exhaustion.hope.trust.faith.happiness.assuridy that the lord does and will do his will whether we agree or not.. </div><div>i will start with saturday, fast sunday.... so we started our fast saturday after lunch and for some reason on the mission every time i fast everything goes wrong ha. hello im fasting for a blessing not a disaster welp tudo bem.. carol, our investigator didnt show up for her baptismal interveiw and our baptism for sunday fell, marina. she said she wanted more time and didnt feel completely prepared. we did everything we could to help her doubts but in the end its her decision.. a little bummed but still hoping for a miracle our zone leader told me saturday night "sister corbin, marina will get baptized tomorrow, you will invite her sometime during church to follow the savior i dont know when but you will feel the spirit testify to you when it is right" i hung up the phone in aw of the surety this elder had in our investigator that he doesnt even know, i told sister barâo and she agreed. sunday morning we were able to bring 8 people to church with us, which is a miracle in itself in this ward. Leticia was confirmed and the testimonies began. the spirit was really strong. i felt the urge to ask leticia if she wanted to bare her testimony before i could do anything, carlos, our missionary leader of the ward came up to her and asked if she wanted to bear her testimony with him, she said she was feeling a strange feeling in her heart and couldnt explain it. carlos is amazing, he always listens to the spirit and knew that leticia wanted to bare her testimony but didnt have the courage to do it alone. she went up there and bore one of the strongest testamonies that i have heard on the mission, well she made everyone cry and thanked us publicly for our help. i knew it was my turn. as i was sitting at the front i saw sister barâo talk to marina all the sudden they got up and went to the bathroom. when they came back she just nodded with a smile and at that moment i knew that we were going to have a baptism. i started to laugh and was so greatful for the reality of miracles. we can never doubt the power of the spirit. later i called carlos over and said FILL THE TANK WERE GOING TO HAVE A BAPTISM haha sister told me what happened. marina felt the spirit so strong she told sister barao that she wanted to get baptized.." i do everything on a whim why not for god, i want to get baptized today can i?" uhh yesssss. we were so happy. heavenly father, well he loves to test us to our limit literally and if its his will it WILL happen.. i cannot and will not doubt the power of faith with the spirit. when we have an open heart the spirit can tesitfy of truth, we can be guided through this life if we just listen and have faith that he is with us. as Elder Uchtdorf says " the gospel of christ is not an obligation, its a way of life" </div><div>were helping a few others this week for baptism and i know and literally put all my trust in the lord that if it is his will, these too will be baptized. we can never doubt his power because it is real!</div><div>i'm so grateful to know the gospel. i have witnessed so many miracles on my mission that i can't count them. i cherish every single one, it's just one more proof that i don't need to know that my heavenly father is with me.</div><div>fique firme, nâo temais, o senhor esta conosco</div><div>com amor</div><div>Sister Corbin<br /><br />pss random but andre buchelli was here in belo horizonte!!!! i wanted to see him, hah he gave a concert for free in the center<br /><br /></div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-43306730218709939752011-11-02T19:46:00.000-07:002011-11-02T19:55:34.613-07:00Letter #63 Obedient to Receive the Elects<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP2AzJJnM4JJsZDlToh2lJFT5piF9-zMs9D3WMM1LkrIVkKRtkY3N8AMbcpZT9jYlCmjXMlXYdKC6BHDFJFAQlMd49i4JE23_HIyVWDj1BY1ff-FMDzOi3a_6_TedPHfEf8VyzBWdMnih/s1600/IMG_0440.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP2AzJJnM4JJsZDlToh2lJFT5piF9-zMs9D3WMM1LkrIVkKRtkY3N8AMbcpZT9jYlCmjXMlXYdKC6BHDFJFAQlMd49i4JE23_HIyVWDj1BY1ff-FMDzOi3a_6_TedPHfEf8VyzBWdMnih/s400/IMG_0440.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670597713163333090" /></a><br /><div>dane and zoe are sooooooooooo cute!!!!! and sooooo big!!!!! halloween unfortunately is not celebrated here... i forgot it was halloween until 9:00 i saw two little ones dressed in a witch costume leaving an apartment building they looked american ha... i cant wait to see them when i get back does zoe remember who i am ha? i know dane doesnt but maybe there is hope for zoe.</div><div><br /></div><div>another week flown by.. i dont know if i told you about leticia an investigator we found last last monday. she was an old investigator of about a year ago but was offended in church and decided it wasnt for her. we found her in the area book and decided to give her a shot. when we got to her house she was super sad and basically gave up on everything, she was in depression and didnt know how to get out of it. the lord put her into our hands to help her out. everyday we passed she got better and better. she already had a testimony that the bom is true and didnt have any problems with the word of wisdom or any other commandment. benção! thursday i felt the spirit really strong to invite her to be baptized. i was hesitant but didnt deny the lords will. after we watched the restoration video, we invited her to be baptized this past sunday. the first words she said was i will go but to be baptized i dont think its time. what happened next im not sure but the spirit took over. i told her that her time is now to change and take this opportunity to start over, the lord was inviting her to follow his son. i said a lot of other stuff that i cant remember (the promise that the spirit will tell you what to say is true!) after she looked at me and said you know what, i will. this is what i haven been waiting for... someone to invite me, i wont let anyone get in the way of me finally doing my part. sister barão was so excited, tears of joy came down leticias face when she decided to finally follow the spirit. she was interivewed saturday and was baptized this past sunday. the lord prepares his children, we need to be ready to receive them, obedient to receive the elects... sunday morning we took a few people to church. its alot harder to bring people to church in this area but were getting better. two of them were carol and fatima, were preparing them for baptism this sunday. they loved church and said they never felt that way before. we testified that it was the spirit that was present. it was really sensitive in church last week because there was a death of a father that was super random. it was a heart attack that happened saturday night. it was reminder to everyone how precious life is and that no one really knows how much time we have here. </div><div>yesterday we had a leader conference and i got to go again bc of sister barão. president gave a talk that was all about our part as saints of the church of jesus christ. saints are set apart for god, must be with out blemish whether physical or moral... we have to live in the world but not be of the world. but the promise is that we are never alone. in mathew 11:28 "come unto me all that labor and our heaven laden and i will give thee rest" here he doesnt promise to resolve our problems or take away our difficulities but he will help and make our burden light. that is the difference. he is there to help along the way. we are all in the process of santification. some start when they are 8 years old, some start this process in the middle of their journey here on earth but one way or another we are in the process to become saints of our heavenly father.. wont happen in this life bc its a life process but well work on it and well have help along the way. thats what i love about the gospel its all there for ya.. you ready to do your part? 1 john 4:19 we love him bc he loved us first.. i finished the new testament today and loved reading about all the stories about the apostles and paul. everything we need is right in front of us and if we dont read it, heavenly father cant speak to us. the work will continue on wherever the lord sends me but im happy to report that sister batista baptized 5 of the 6 people we were helping when i left venda nova. im sad that wasnt apart of it but im glad that they continued strong. </div><div>i cant believe its november, christmas is around the corner then the new year and soon the wonderful journey i started what seems like another lifetime ago will come to end...wierd. im not sure im ready to go back to real life. but the lord is always with us, got to love this promise</div><div>love you all</div><div>até mais</div><div>sister corbin</div><div><br /></div><div>pss also i dont think i can even look or read other emails other then family now... how sad huh another rule that pres gave us...<br /></div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-12176517415273751532011-10-26T17:06:00.000-07:002011-10-26T17:24:17.153-07:00Letter #62 We got People to Find...let's go!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6U_LSAbZklY5HMfbSuJijAPH4RM2NpUGCKz2WAgH_abinYvZFtu66pzp7xYEprOq46Ejh30BHi2q8zja-Q5bUGpnUopDBv-s9b_olWQZqRkiQtl1BG6u2EzB2IeOmzQEPwvzcjnD9TmV/s1600/IMG_0472.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6U_LSAbZklY5HMfbSuJijAPH4RM2NpUGCKz2WAgH_abinYvZFtu66pzp7xYEprOq46Ejh30BHi2q8zja-Q5bUGpnUopDBv-s9b_olWQZqRkiQtl1BG6u2EzB2IeOmzQEPwvzcjnD9TmV/s400/IMG_0472.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667957994819140242" /></a><div>Patience is the topic of this letter</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>helllllllllooo</div><div>im glad you sent the package already bc the mail is extremely slow right now bc brasil is still on strike with the whole mail situation so i hope i get it soon. i think im still missing one package that didnt arrive, o i went to the federal police today and resolved everything with that im not ilegal anymore ahah i can stay here at least till sept 2012.</div><div>welp alot has happened this week and im learning every day how to have more patience and trust in the lords time.. sister barão and i have been working really hard trying to find people to teach.. its been a struggle to get people to give the right address that live in our area. everyone just works here and lives somewhere else. my work effort hasnt changed but the results are slow. i feel sometimes.. i hope im not doing anything wrong. where are the blessings? sister barão was gettin discouraged but i tell her everyday we have to have patience well find the elects, the lord will show them to us. this sunday was the primary program so cute! we had a few people in church but no one solid. i love the members, they call me gringa or "gringinha" one sister in the ward made feijão which is a heavy lunch with all kinds of meat i mean litterally everything including feet,ears, fat..everything and she said sorry gringa ill make potatoes for you next time ha i love her she is so funny. president parrella has two counselors that help him with everything and they are both in my ward. they had a meeting last week and president parrella told them " you guys have the best sister i have, if you guys dont help her with references im taking her out" then he told them that i was in the top 10 that baptize here in the mission. i didnt know what to say when they told me that i felt honored, surprised and humbled. this means that i dont know how long i will stay here with sister barão.. then pres told them that she is dangerous ha she baptizes rich or poor it doesnt matter she teaches with the spirit.... wow i didnt know what to say i felt the pressure for sure bc the results havnt been coming. it wasnt until sunday night the blessings started to come. we found our first true elect here. when sister barão invited her to be baptized she said " yup this is the church of christ" we left and sister barão said ! they exist!" haha we got really excited to get to work, monday we found three more elects and are helping them everyday. the blessings are coming!!! we just have to have patience. hebrews 10:36 "for ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of god ye <strong>might</strong> recieve the promise" the key word here is might. we have to do our part and if we are considered worthy the lord will bless us. this is why we cant ever give up bc we dont know when the blessings will come but they always do. im excited to be here... im so focused on the mission right now i dont think about anything else. my time is running out and im finally understanding the work. you see every person as a potential member of the kingdom, how thier lives would change and how they would love to understand the truth. we have been studying alot about opeing our mouth and proclaiming the gospel to this generation in d and c. once you understand the purpose of this life it becomes easy to do the lords work. he wakes me up every morning and says we got people to find... lets go. im exhausted but i dont think about anything else but my purpose. i love you all. everyone tells me that this is the hardest area but i just trust in the lord and he will bless us</div><div>até mais</div><div>te amo</div><div>sister corbin</div><div> ps the moral is have patience.. live goes on<br /></div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-87396696788252497082011-10-19T19:15:00.000-07:002011-10-20T09:32:42.572-07:00Letter #61 Life is Better When We Smile<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTRlJ-HjECrNcDjiXbrCcNiiMKrY029Isn36yz9xUxEzbf_XD9ryVa6MZA7TXRan0MwYU6JY6HaM4WO19bWZT6KQzbZHRmbhyyDct9h6OgdCrzD4RDFKLxgZBKLtGjctqu93e3leE5unw/s1600/IMG_0093.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTRlJ-HjECrNcDjiXbrCcNiiMKrY029Isn36yz9xUxEzbf_XD9ryVa6MZA7TXRan0MwYU6JY6HaM4WO19bWZT6KQzbZHRmbhyyDct9h6OgdCrzD4RDFKLxgZBKLtGjctqu93e3leE5unw/s400/IMG_0093.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665613126553193218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsj47cPs-p8kzJZ1GHHzyqyJpkIT__dq_nh8NQIvLDdJ9PF-YBgD21jroVVtihGPF-L7H4QEjs7OlKn8sj0iBPgGvulDnVAkNp2LZA6WVqZIHqFRDDw5KL5ZmhRxLaC2MMSp4Y74LMP1m/s1600/IMG_0227.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsj47cPs-p8kzJZ1GHHzyqyJpkIT__dq_nh8NQIvLDdJ9PF-YBgD21jroVVtihGPF-L7H4QEjs7OlKn8sj0iBPgGvulDnVAkNp2LZA6WVqZIHqFRDDw5KL5ZmhRxLaC2MMSp4Y74LMP1m/s400/IMG_0227.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665612924754423618" /></a><br /><div class="ecxgmail_quote"><blockquote style="padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="ecxgmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr">hellllllllllloooooo<br />i cant believe christmas is around the corner already... requests hmmmm idk at the moment i cant think of much maybe a cute shirt im so sick of my clothessssssss its crazy. but i got the skirt thank you! i would love a take 5 bar haha that would be nice..</div></div></blockquote><div>ya im misisng one package with the foto chip.. woooooooooow ummm who are ambers kids they are so different and big!!!! zoe looks like me haha i thought it was a pic of at first glance ahaha she is sooooo cute and dane is a babe. how tall is bren dog? is he taller then me yet?</div><blockquote style="padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="ecxgmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr">wow where to begin i love this area!!!! its soooo prettyyyyyyyy. its huge and im lost about 99% of the time but i love it. so basically im in the city the rich part of the city, i feel like im in a mix of newport beach with a mix of new york. there is an avenue called bandeirantes and looks like it belongs to california unfortunately if you are rich you dont like to hear the gospel ha... there is also a part in our area that is ghetto.. we tried the city a few days and were getting very few results made contacts on the street and no one lives here just works and goes back home to venda nova haha everyone from venda nova works here. so we tried out the ghetto a little bit to train sister barão... i love it. the ghetto is like its only littel village it reminds me of harry potter theirs alley ways little markets, bakerys and you dont have to leave if you dont have to. they have everything there for you. we found an investigator there her name is bá. she is hilarious. we took her to church with us sunday. the ward is great. its super contrast, you have really really rich members and then people from the ghetto there is no in between so thats a little bit awk. the missionary leader in the ward is the best in the world!!!! i have never seen someone so dedicated in my life! he is so animated and wants to help with everything. he is a dentist in the center and his office is full of boms and pics of christ. to give you an idea he looks like laurens dad dr rice haha. his family is the heart of this ward his son is the bishop and his wife is part of the relief society presdiency. i dont think ive ever met anyone like him before. im excited to work with him. were trying to get the ward excited but unfortunately they are in the dumps bc the success of missioanry work here is really slow and havent had results for a while.. well thats about to change. were ready to work and some how the lord will bless us. we had a meeting for three hours about how we can help the ward. no one wants me to leave.. when do you go home? can you finish your mission here? uhhh thats up to the lord. but i want to do my best to help them here. its super overwhelming to see our area and how big it is but we dont let it get to us. sister barão is great she is a little nervous still when it comes to teaching and inviting but that will change and i think the crying will stop too soon i hope haha its natural.</div></div></blockquote><div>o ok so this is funny.. at the church every tuesday night we have activities for investigators and members there is an english class right... great. i can speak englsih to them. FALSE. i cant speak english!!!! sooo embarassing iwas speaking wrong!!!! i got up in front and i tried to talk and nothing came out im sure i was super red and felt awk like no other i spit out a few words but it was really hard. the teacher had to correct me so i basically had to sit down and gave the time to the teacher hahah who would of thought.. excited to hear me at christmas??? im not i wont be able to talk to you guys haha.. speaking of home sister hunsaker leaves in 5 weeks i got to say goodbye to her today bc we renewed our visas well she did anyway i have to go back next week so i dont get booted out of the country. the work moves forward here. were working hard and trying to be patient. i tell sister barão everyday if were obedient, diligently working the lord will bless us so we just need to smile. </div><div>life is better when we smile isnt it? we can decide everyday to do so.</div><div>o ps blake we taught a family from venezuela and she told us she knows the church it was super strong there and was always full of young men and young women.. she said are you guys mormons? ha it was funny to hear her accident she spoke most of the time in spanish and i underdstood.</div><div>love you all! time flys dont waste a minute</div><div>até mais </div><div>sister corbin</div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-29029909138123542822011-10-13T08:25:00.000-07:002011-10-13T08:29:28.168-07:00Letter #60 Sweet, We Got to Start Running<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft4rdJBRSbcSYoeD_R68bGJbuWMKpdd4ArtYNL-wZqzjn8sTpGeOWfCGcnP0IxNIchOMx_XQkGav416wsQ2VsgL1GzepHlp8b-XMawWmquSfnHtxwsKBFPU2JD1YavpxI0I9A3ABl-9H2/s1600/IMG_0064.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft4rdJBRSbcSYoeD_R68bGJbuWMKpdd4ArtYNL-wZqzjn8sTpGeOWfCGcnP0IxNIchOMx_XQkGav416wsQ2VsgL1GzepHlp8b-XMawWmquSfnHtxwsKBFPU2JD1YavpxI0I9A3ABl-9H2/s400/IMG_0064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662999135770815586" /></a><br /><div>familyyyyyyyyy</div><div> wow where to begin so much has happened and i have zero time to explain.. so its been a crazy week literally. </div><div>ill begin with this past weekend. i decided that i need to love thursdays and fridays. ive never liked these days on the mish bc there is nothing but work work work, saturday you have one day before sunday and have interviews sunday=baptisms, monday= plan, tues= district meeting and wed =p day.. i was praying really hard to think outside the box last week what else i could do in venda nova i have a total of 7 and half months there and was feeling like i hit a wall. on saturday it was funny, we knocked on a door and i said to sister batista i think i already have been here sure enough the man said o hey i remember you "o hey ha how are ya?" the next door was the same... we walked past the bakery and two people gave me a wave.. sister batista "do you know them?" nope.. but they know me ha she said who have you not taught here? i just had to laugh because you can look at it as a blessing. sunday was patricias baptism and she was needing this pick me up.. her husband has been in the hospital for a few months and has been searching for her church.. but it amazes me how the lord still finds people for us to teach when i think ive taugt everyone im not even close... i remembered a contact we did on the street with sister dunlop and decided to try one more time, the girl wasnt there but the mom let us in..the mom has been going to her church for 14 years. great. we got to teach with the s´pirit big time on this one for anything to happen. as the lesson started it was almost automatic, i felt the spirit really strong with her when it came to the invite she said "wait i have to get baptized again?" welp yes, you didnt have the priesthood. "great what do i have to do, can we start now?" um yes we start now hahah elect. the lord gave us this contact bc it was her mother that was waiting to here the truth. i love how the lord works.</div><div>monday! okay so im supposed to stay with sister batista for three months aka 2 transfers to finsih training her so when we were plainngin i wasnt thinking about getting a phone call from president. it was about 1030 and i decided to get the phone in the other room.. pres already called! what? i called him back and said sister corbin its your time to leave venda nova! you will be transfered to banderantes "okay pres we will go there" no no only you, you will go there open an area of elders and train again! "What?? really? i wont stay with sister batista?" "no i need you in this area, the elders are being lazy and i need you to go in tehre and show them how to work!" wow im not gonna lie i was shocked. sister batista stayed and will be with another american and she will help her finish her training. sister batista started to cry... she didnt want me to go. this area is in the center of belo literally.. this church is the biggest and the ward is the strongest but because its in the center its super hard to teach, there isnt houses to knock on just interphones to get rejected... this area never had sisters before and pres wanted to switch it up. he told the ward that i am a "batizadora" o great. all i can do is trust in the lord that he will lead me to those that are willing and ready to hear. I tried to say goodbye to everyone in venda nova but there wasnt enough time.. the saddest part is that i left adriana (an investigator that we have been working with for 2 months). tuesday night she showed me her clothes she picked out for her baptisim this sunday and was so excited. my heart was crushed. i had to tell her that i came by to say goodbye and that i will be transfered the next day. she burst into tears and didnt know what to say. i told her that she has sister batista and the ward now and that id otn need to be here anymore. it took everythign in me not to cry too, i know its my time to leave. i left sister batista 6 baptisms for the next two weeks and so she wont have any probs but like i expected we arrived at the apartment in the center with a note that said "sisters, welcome, this area is great but unfortunately we have no one for you to teach, no one to get baptized this sunday or the next" sweet we got to start running... im with sister barâo she is 25 and is from santa catarina, brasil. she is ready to work, well i hope. of course the house was a disaster worse then venda nova when we got there.. we didnt have enought time to do anything else but clean all day yesterday and didnt have enough time to email. pres gave permission today to write a little bit... well im not gonna lie im nervous, scared, feel the pressure, dont know the area, the people or what i should do but one thing i do know is that i go wehre the lord wants me to go and do my best so i just got to trust in the one that knows me best "thats it" (dads accent). wish me luck or rather pray for me please. i love you all dont have much time</div><div>até mais </div><div>2 corinthians 12:10</div><div>sister corbin</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>ps mom i got three packages!thank youuuuuu amber for the tooth brush yessssss exactly what i needed and the goodies toothank youuuuuuu and lauren too i loved the pics!!!</div><div>pss mom did you send a package with the photo chip? or am i missing that envelope or package too?</div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-85062199107699917082011-10-05T17:54:00.000-07:002011-10-05T18:00:06.152-07:00Letter #59 Ask in Faith<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetKPMeMapihfMfAoo8pJoPUsw1Q5GpF30g-RVRDKGLSJLtgmpjUWIDWGnKiTCJ5lmRng1FyRz6ZBi4Qi65ayOXR-rQKbA92WuNRlHHtaBY4NGMsZPEjghPJta5G-pJmPphFDfm6AB2bex/s1600/IMG_0328.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetKPMeMapihfMfAoo8pJoPUsw1Q5GpF30g-RVRDKGLSJLtgmpjUWIDWGnKiTCJ5lmRng1FyRz6ZBi4Qi65ayOXR-rQKbA92WuNRlHHtaBY4NGMsZPEjghPJta5G-pJmPphFDfm6AB2bex/s400/IMG_0328.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660177600806002498" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div>so much has happened this week... well first off CONFERENCE = DUH AMAZING.... the lord answered all of our prayers and we got to watch all 4 sessions. and of course we had investigators all at the right sessions. the first one needed to her about being alone and bam utchdorf settled that one.. the second session on saturday i was most nervous for bc we had people to take but they were all canceling... we were praying so hard and ended up with 3 people to take and of course bednar was the first talk.... we had investigators that needed to hear about repentance and their were at least 2 good ones about repentence in that session. sunday i got a text saying i needed to call an investigator that was going to get baptized after the first session... we were confused on why he needed us to call him.. we were out of minutes on our phone so we ran to the church to call him.. he didnt answer so we got on our knees and prayed for something to happen a few moments later we looked out of the bishops office THEY ARE HERE! we ran outside and said you made it! he said i called bc i wanted to know if i needed to bring a towel hahaha. o geese... brian got baptized after the first session the son of our family that we are helping to get married so the wife can get baptized. brian was so cute and excited to get baptized, he is an example for not only his little sisters but for his entire family..</div><div>i just want to talk about how much prayer is important. I have never prayed more in my life then i have on my mission so far.. prayer is everything " the purporse of prayer is not to alter the will of god but to obtain the blessings he is ready to give if we just humble ourselves and ask in faith" in 3 nephi 18:20 says whats soever ye shall ask the father in my name, which is right, beleiving that ye shall receive behold it shall be given unto you" i love this scripture bc its so true if we ask in faith for our heavenly father something good, just and righteous believing we will recieve he will give it... i cant count how many times we have prayed and our prayers were answered in the moment. our heavenly father wants to bless us but he can only do his part until we make the first step. i love it.</div><div>we are having success and the lord is blessing us for our efforts.. miracles happen daily. its always amazing to see the work of the lord in our lives everyday. i dont want to admit but im getting used to the miracles... i have to take a step back and say thank you because he puts blessings in our day to day that sometimes we forget the little ones.</div><div>at times i think about our work and how little we are actually sacrificing in the scheme of eternity. my hope and prayer is to try to help our brothers and sisters change their route in life so they can have a straight path to eternal life with our heavenly father. There is nothing more important, thats why we are here, to learn, to grow, to understand the plan, and then go back to him..</div><div>The mission has changed me without me even realizing it and its a gift that i dont think i will ever be able to repay.</div><div> keep running the work has just begun</div><div>com amor</div><div>sister corbin</div><div> </div><div>ps i finished jesus is the christ... now that is a book</div></span>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-55466664379216230382011-10-02T12:34:00.000-07:002011-10-03T12:00:14.468-07:00Letter #58 I Can See It<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65DpfhdZi-fK7YVlk_jv97pbpYWyB37YfPlucTiifWcYTP1vvtzo9fG5glq6G9OTIcqM_2UKFaOtCbpXqCKYor_z-Wv2HPUZUtosJ5oaxj8gjndshFHfQ6jlBrcutJVH4EVDRRj_7dupD/s1600/IMG_0331.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65DpfhdZi-fK7YVlk_jv97pbpYWyB37YfPlucTiifWcYTP1vvtzo9fG5glq6G9OTIcqM_2UKFaOtCbpXqCKYor_z-Wv2HPUZUtosJ5oaxj8gjndshFHfQ6jlBrcutJVH4EVDRRj_7dupD/s400/IMG_0331.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659342723128164850" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div>hey mommy... no the strike hasnt stopped its about 50% back it depends on where you live if the area where you live have people to deliever your mail you will get mail if not your out of luck as of now the area of the mission home is still on strike and no one is getting mail.. so well see, ps what did you put in the other packages bc welp im sick again! i work myself so hard that i get sick from exhaustion. ummmm okay </div><div>there was a broadcast of elder uck? can you send me it? ahhhhhhhh im praying to get to go to all the sessions but the lord did bless us! we get to watch the conference sessions in our chapel wooohoooooooooo our prayers were answered we dont have to travel 30 min both ways to watch it this means it will be so much easier to bring investigators to watch it! so i hope i get to see all the talks</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">so im super excited for this weekend its going to be super crazy busy trying to get people to all sessions were helping a less active get married and get back to church so his wife can get baptized were helping their son bryan get baptized this weekend. he is so cute, his name is bryan and is 8 years old.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div>This week was full of interesting stories to tell... our investigater makelly is amazing a true elect as we call it. she told sister batista on friday that saturday jehovahs witnesses were going to come to her house just to visit her and so we made sure we wouldnt come at the same time bc that would be awkward right ya soooooooo in brasil they use military time and sometimes they dont. makelly said 17 horas and sister batista heard 7 horas. 17= 5 o clock so what did we do we went at 5 o clock bc we thought they would come at 7 ahahah nope we got there sat down and heard the doorbell.. ha that was an experience but makelly is firm and was baptized sunday despite all the things that got in her way she put her faith and trust in the lord to follow his son. we are so proud of her!!! (ps mom did you receive photos from her she said she sent some to you i gave her your email)</div><div> </div><div> a few funny stories</div><div>so our electric bill for some reason is late and bc the mail is on strike we cant send anything to pay it and so what happened is the company accidently switched our bill with our neighbors ahhahaha and they cut thier electricity instead of ours ha woops.</div><div> last night we left our investigators house way late and we had to run home... were about 10 min out and have to make it in 5 min... i looked behind me and sister batisita stopped bc she was tired and all the sudden i heard this homeless man yell " i see you guys every night running..why?!" then all the sudden in english he shouted "run girls run" hahahahaha its true we run home basically every night and the homeless man we always passed finally decided to voice his opinion about it ha i thought i would share.</div><div> </div><div>I want to share a spiritual experience that has been happening alot these past couple of weeks.. that happened again this past sunday. we were teaching a family the restoration of the gospel it was my turn to share the vision of joseph smith, the spirit was so strong and no one could deny the difference that filled the room. the nephew said i know it is true.. i asked him how do you know? he responded " i know because i see it, i can see it in your eyes when you were telling the story about jose i knew you couldnt be lying" immediately following i felt the spirit to invite the aunt and the nephew to be baptized the aunt said "i know what you are saying is true bc i also can see it in you but as human beings we all have faults and i will continue where i am until the lord touches my heart.... silence filled the room and then i said " arent you feeling it now?" she said " yes".... the family knew the message was true, felt the quiet whisperings of the spirit but wasnt courageous enough to follow the straight and narrow path of the lord. we left the house knowing we did our part and sister batista looked at me and told me the same thing.. " i can see it too, when you teach, your different the spirit is in you" in that moment i reflected on my patriachal blessing that says " the light of christ will shine forth from you and you will touch the hearts of many. The holy ghost will testify in thier hearts that what you say is true".... i feel honored to be living literally the words written in my patriachal blessing.. i will never forget moments like these because its another testament to me that the church is true.. we have the truth on earth and those that are willing to hear his voice will follow. i know that the church is true bc i get re converted everyday. i told an investigator yesterday i dont remember the exact moment i can say i knew bc i feel it everyday testifying to me its truthfullness.</div><div> i love you all,</div><div>the gospel is true im sooooo excited for this weekend!!!</div><div>watch conf!</div><div>fique firme</div><div>com amor</div><div>sister corbin</div><div> </div><div>romans 1:7</div><div>for the kingdom of god is not meat and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the holy ghost</div><div> </div><div>aww man i love foood hahahah</div></span></span>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-42794114818752023202011-09-21T15:30:00.000-07:002011-09-21T15:40:28.972-07:00Letter #57 The Lord Protects Us<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gRzA-zQGnWM_FEemx4IhC1cnO2QOB_MyK5AwlRvJSuQ-AN-2VUlN0-La6l-1oy4_FAZdnqLTTtpZlCFHO8VaSH8KXE05TM1AhNnTawST0r2Pt9KvQGCOrJrmXSpWa7pSGVwRU7c0Aa3F/s1600/IMG_0461.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gRzA-zQGnWM_FEemx4IhC1cnO2QOB_MyK5AwlRvJSuQ-AN-2VUlN0-La6l-1oy4_FAZdnqLTTtpZlCFHO8VaSH8KXE05TM1AhNnTawST0r2Pt9KvQGCOrJrmXSpWa7pSGVwRU7c0Aa3F/s400/IMG_0461.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654946433005583330" /></a><br />hey mommy<br />soo i went to the mission office and nothing.... basically brasil loves to go on strike when they dont want to work hah and welp the mail slash post office is on strike and no one in brasil well most of brasil anyway is receiveing mail... this started about a week ago so im not sure where my packages are right now. when did you send that package. relief society prodcast... unfortunately no... so the scoop on general conf is that we cant watch any of the sessions unless we have an investigator with us, and its in pampulha. so it will be rough to get to see all four but were praying that we have someone to take with us every sesh.<br />brenan passed hahahah good job bren hah. i cant imagine bren blessing the sacrament he is getting so old!<br />o and you can put what i said about byu in the letter on the blog!!! Go UTES!!! ha<div><br /></div><div>welp this week was an eye opener to the blessings that i have in my life.. makelly our investigator for about a week now has gone through so much in her life i cant complain about anything...she is an example of someone that never gives up. im so happy to help her see the purpose of all her trials... oh dont worry mom we have protection. the other night we were walking down this neighborhood to visit rafaela and leo (a couple we are helping get married and the wife and children get baptised)... and ten min before on thier street somone was shot 10 times! and got away. i was like what he was shot 10 times!!! i was telling everyone hahah but to them its normal... "ya its normal" okay this is not normal but hey all i know is that the lord protects us wherever we go. lets seeeee ummm sunday was the day for adriana to get baptized. everyone was asking where she was. i had no idea why she hadnt showed up yet, i didnt stop calling her cell. after church we ran to her house and she came to the door and told us that her father had passed away... wow, okay, that is a good excuse. all i could do was give her a hug and try to comfort her. she is doing better but it is always hard to loose a loved one. good news was that jose and maria were confirmed and are excited to participate in everything. also learned a lesson that we have to invite everyone!!!!! even the people we dont think would everrrrrr accept. one night two weeks ago i invited this man on the street and he started to talk to me in english i just responded in portugues he said why arent you speaking in english and i said it was hard for me haha this past sunday he came to church surprisingly and we taught him last night and he accpeted! he said " this could be the true church..." yup yup. well it is. sister batista is changing ahah the first few days she would wake me up with a loud BOM DIA and me sitting on the bed "bom dia" exhausted out of my mind... and now she doesnt say a word she is so tired. we run everywhere she asked if she could bring tennis shoes during the day bc we run so much ha i said welp your gonna have to take that one up with the pres. im loving it. brasil is hot.the food is the same. and the people are amazing.<br />Te amo te amo demais(a song here that wont leave my head)<br />sister aubree corbin<br /><br />ps dont worry- sitting there studying you know the usual and run into elder l. whitney claytons conference talk in 2007 ahahah eu te conheco.. a quote that he said " if we live in righteousness and look to purify our hearts we would become more close to heavenly father and to the spirit"<br />well said.<br /></div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-82925608609888432442011-09-21T15:25:00.000-07:002011-09-21T15:30:00.896-07:00GO UTES!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgn1Mj1CEZhDfrGVyiQJdFOGH7MVDtMPM1hFILQ3s8ab6sCmHkQAjrvPWJaXCFYeGghdSC7a9PBgtgRiOKcu7ivIACnI2btUXNpnTO-qlRQA09biMcMWsHZOhGLWoeotes4uw-9u5iRd7h/s1600/IMG_0109.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgn1Mj1CEZhDfrGVyiQJdFOGH7MVDtMPM1hFILQ3s8ab6sCmHkQAjrvPWJaXCFYeGghdSC7a9PBgtgRiOKcu7ivIACnI2btUXNpnTO-qlRQA09biMcMWsHZOhGLWoeotes4uw-9u5iRd7h/s400/IMG_0109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654943383082468306" /></a><br />woooooooooooooohooooooooooooooo YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!! hahaha<div><br /></div><div> i was so excited to hear the news. too bad i wasn't there to cheer on my team-</div><div> uhhh yesss goo utes! hahaha </div><div>rise up more like rise down haha thanks for sharing<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>54-10 BAMMM!</div><div><br /></div><div>Utah vs. BYU</div>Aubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030497519382339771.post-24048759569530886242011-09-14T17:21:00.000-07:002011-09-14T17:24:36.258-07:00Letter #56 Welp It's Simple<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAc9Oamd4MHdwS96J9sDMga1-rgzSrkeVfietXI7-oStUGUnPHGbN8MKZbabiA0LRYZErTu6MoF94pwNWTLdw4LsfOdMRLvE0TYrnEgFILJeCyN73Lzyh7snvz-H5HzXeQ_KEGCHsxvOL/s1600/IMG_0315.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAc9Oamd4MHdwS96J9sDMga1-rgzSrkeVfietXI7-oStUGUnPHGbN8MKZbabiA0LRYZErTu6MoF94pwNWTLdw4LsfOdMRLvE0TYrnEgFILJeCyN73Lzyh7snvz-H5HzXeQ_KEGCHsxvOL/s400/IMG_0315.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652375599817572930" /></a><br />wow where to begin, im soo happy that all worked out with ronald and you are all living it up at home. This week was another benção! sister batista is great, she is my child ahah its funny. she is always laughing and messing around and always looks for me for permission to do things. she has so much faith in people and the investigators we meet. im just starting to grasp this attribute. i dont worry too much about it anymore, i have faith that the lord will do his will. when we trust ourselves, be obedient, and follow the spirit things will happen, if and only IF its the will of the lord. so when things dont happen its not time for them to happen and i have no worries but as long as i did my part, tudo bem. this reminds me of a promise that is in the book of mormon 9:21 "i say unto you that whoso beliveth in christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the father in the name of christ it shall be granted him: and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of the earth"<br />welp its simple, like i always say, but its true. why is it so hard to have faith, sometimes i ask myself... it seems to easy to ask,knowing you will get what you ask for. we just got to remember if we dont get our answer its because, we didnt ask right or its not our time to receive it yet this leads ot another attribute.patience. ha yup another hard one. "the ulitimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at time of challenge and adversity"...<br />im trying everyday to master these two attributes but im long from it.. this sunday we were privledged to have another baptism of maria aparecida. she is so great. she wants her whole family to join the church because of her expample. she not only is seeing the differences in her life but she feels the daily blessings that come from the gospel of christ. we are also helping two families get married! so they can get baptized but its such a long process here i hope i get to be apart of it when it actually happens.<br />really fast i want to share a story about what happened to us yesterday. a cute little grdma of a neighboring ward called us and told us she had an investigator for us to teach. we went to her house with hope. her name is markelly and she is passing through a lot of problems with her family and finacialy too. she has no direction and her husband told her two weeks ago he is gay..rough. so we got to her house and her sister in law came in, we invited her too to participate in the lesson she didnt seem too happy but the spirit will cheer her up.... we started the lesson and the spirit guided the whole thing! markelly shed a few tears and new this was the direction she was looking for, when we invited her to be baptized she accepted when it was christianes turn (sister inlaw) im not gonna lie wasnt sure if she was going to accept.. i invited her to follow the example of christ and be baptized inthe church of god she burst into tears and told us that this was answer to her prayers and that yesterday she prayed to heavenly father for something to happen.. the whole room was fullof the spirit and sister batista was balling, she had never been a part of something like that. i told her that this is exactly what the lord wants for you and that this no doubt was his answer. i was so happy to be apart of that moment in markelly and chirstianes lives. im even more excited to help them change the path they were living. this is what missionaries live for, its how we get up in the morning, knowing that someone is lookin for us and if were obedient the lord will guide our steps<br />the gospel is the best gift you can give to anyone, its a gift that lasts for all eternity.<br />im happy to be a deliever of this great news<br />te amo<br />sister corbinAubreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028177982261443834noreply@blogger.com0