Thankful for Sewing Kit

did you guys get a video from a guiermo ferreyra? cuz if not look in your trash cuz its a awesome video of me and my ctm district haha.  and tell stacia thanks for the sewing kit, ive used it 3 times to sew a button and fix the ties of elders in my  district in the ctm. and its good to hear ashtons call should be here soon!! dont forget about my guesses of where he is going. 

dad, my address rua Dos Araujos, Quadra 17, Lot 9, Number 225, Vila Joao Braz, Trindade.

Oh, and can you have nick log on to my insta and have him accept the follow reguests?? Irmao ferreyra and an irma from the branch want to see my pictures haha.

OH!! I forgot to tell you last week that my first sunday here they made me speak!! All i could do was say where i was from and that i have 1 week in Trindade and then bear my testimony!! it was awesome.

I only have 5 minutes left, but know that i had a great week even though i have never been more tired in my entire life it has been amazing!! Its hard not to have a native portuguese speaker in my house though, cuz i ask questions and my comp doesnt know the answer and the other 2 sisters speak spanish sooooooo i feel like i dont know any portuguese. but its all good, ill figure it out! 

i had splits this week too, and zone conference. and I teach so much and talk to so many people all the time! i cant understand them when they respond to me though haha, got to go, love you so much byeeeeeeeee

sister richins

 i can teach the whole restoration in portuguese!

Hi my dear missionaries , don’t know what happened with my email it doesn’t send you the other email with the pictures.

I so happy because you are in the field now preaching the gospel for the Brazilians 

My new district is kinda bored hahahaha 

Not really !!

But you where a really amazing district and always I’m gonna remember you

Please work hard and do you best and if you have a fubeca companion love them enough to talk with your presidents about and ask for help 

I’m already don’t know how I can say YOU ARE THE FRICKING STUD. 

Love you guys the next week I’m gonna send your book markers

With love IRMÃO FERREYRA 

Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

TRINDADE

Hey all!! Ive got one week down in the field and it has been so amazing!! Saying bye to my distict was really sad, but I love my trainer so much! Her name is sister Love and shes from Arizona. My area is called Trindade and I love it and it is so hot but I am thriving haha. I have less time to email here than I did in the CTM so sorry if I dont respond to you, know that I love you all!! 

Have a great week!! God loves you, stay safe.

guess who used her big girl voice to talk about the church on a crowded onibus and wasnt even scared. it was me!! With the Lord I have nothing to fear and all of Gods children deserve to know the truth. I feel great!! I havent cried or felt stressed in my area haha. The language is hard but I learn more everyday!! I love you so much thanks for everything!! did you get my letter yet? Sorry I dont have much time to write sooooooo i guess Ill tell you all about everything when I get home. LOVE YOU have a good week!!

HEY THERE so yeah im in TRINDADE my first area and it is the best thing ever. I miss you and the cabin. also I have less time to email here than I did in the ctm so thats awesome. Love you!!!!!!!!!

In the Goiania Mission Home!

Dear Family and Leaders.

It is with great satisfaction that we send this email informing that Sister Richins arrived safely and is very happy to begin her service in the Brazil Goiânia Mission.

Sister Bührer and I are deeply grateful for the privilege of having your daughter serving with us. We will share all our love during the period of her service.

We also inform that the P-Day is always on Monday (When there is a holiday on Monday the P-Day will be automatically transferred to the next day).

Another information, is not allowed to do Chat (conversation on-line), please help your daughter to keep this rule.

We pray that the blessings from the Lord will be poured out upon you through the selfless service of your daughter.

Regards,

President and Sister Bührer

Missão Brasil Goiânia

Hey mom and dad, just letting you know that I made it to Goiania. My trainer is Sister Love from Arizona and my Area is Trinidade or something like that haha. LOVE YOU gotta go byeeeeeeee

Campinas Temple

So Wednesday was the best day of my entire life! I got to go to the Campinas Temple and I just cried and cried during the endowment session because God is so so good!! The spirit was so strong. The house of the Lord is my favorite place to be, I love temples!! I will never forget the experience I had there that day. My challenge to you all is, if you can, go to the temple often! Especially if you have a temple close to you. take advantage of what God has made available to you. If you cant get there right now, make it a goal to get there as soon as you can, then do what you can to make it. You will find so much peace and understanding in the House of the Lord!

Something that has been on my mind a lot this week is the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ. I cant help but feel that He is almost here! Be good, do good, and be prepared! Hold on to the gospel of Christ and never let go or look back. Always look forward with a steadfastness in Christ because without him we cannot make it home to our God who created us. He loves you. He wants you back so badly! I recently read D&C 43, verses 29-35 and I loved it! Go read it and let the solemnities of eternity rest upon your mind.

The next time I talk to you I will be in Goiania, Im so excited!!! I love you all, thanks for your prayers! Tchau!!!

-Sister Hishens

*Emmy is not known as Sister Richins...but rather Sister Hishens :) 

Eu sei que vive meu Senhor/I know that my Redeemer lives!!

I hope you all partied hard last night and had an amazing Christmas last week!!

2 weeks ago today I got a new companion, sister christensen! She got her visa so they sent her from provo and she is the best.

So the 23rd was Joseph Smith´s birthday and the CTM partied hard! He turned 203 i think. He was an amazing man on God and i am so grateful for everything he did so i could have the gospel in my life!

Christmas in the CTM was unforgettable! We had donuts for breakfast, rice and beans for lunch, then hotdogs for dinner. honestly the hotdog dinner was a legendary christmas dinner cuz it was really gross haha. We played volleyball a lot on christmas, and not gunna lie im getting pretty awesome at it because i play it almost every day. i also beat all the elders at elimination/lightning so thats cool. anyway, on christmas we had a devotional that was braodcast live from provo by elder bednar. it was a life changer!! he talked about revelation. 2 of the thingsg he said that i liked were 1) dont tell heaven what to do, pray to know how you can be a part of what heaven has planned. 2) if you think a lot has changed 2018, buckle up! wait till 2019, then 2020. then he emphasized that all these changes have been in the works for a lot of years. its not president nelson making all these changes out of nowhere, god has just told him that it is time to put those plans into action. Im so excited to see what happens!!

On christmas night i got to call home, and they let my call back after my 30 minutes were up so i could say hi to nate and mike real quick. it was so good to hear their voices!! That was the highlight of my day. Then we had an icecream party. 

On Saturday I went Prosilyting!! I loved it so much!! I cant speak portuguese and a bunch of people rejected me but it was so cool! The first lady i felt impressed to talk to ended up giving me her contact info. she made sure i understood that she really wanted us to call her so she could learn more. she was confused about why a weirdo american who doesnt speak portuguese was trying to talk to her in portuguesse about her family and jesus. she was so sweet, i hope the missionaries get to talk to her and it all works out!! She was the only contact i got cuz everyone else rejected me, and it was awesome :)

Last night i woke up at midnight and watched the fireworks with sister belnap, they were insane!! Brazil knows how to party hard!

I love it here at the CTM!! I love my district, and I love all of you!! Have a beautiful day!

Eu sei que vive meu Senhor!!

-sister Richins

A note from mom---Emmy can speak some Portuguese- she bore her testimony in Portuguese to us on Christmas Day.  It was beautiful!