Lucky I'm in love with my best friend!

Sometimes I really think I'm the luckiest girl alive. But actually, that's a word I don't like... I am so blessed! Haha it may sound molly-mormon-ish, but it's true. In January 2011, I met someone who would change my life forever, though I never in my wildest dreams imagined that back then.

At a baptismal interview of some of my investigators in Suzano, I met my district leader's new companion, Elder R. Araújo. This is a picture from the very beginning. Who knew THAT DAY would lead to...

...this kind of happiness and love!!!!!

Renato entered my life when I least expected it, and he is now in my life and I don't plan on letting him go, ever!!! I got to go see him in Bahia, Brazil this summer, and those are 17 days I will never forget, that I spent with him and with his family.

I have so many thoughts about all this, but it's all good stuff. In short, the Lord works in mysterious ways. In talking about how we met and became friends on the mission, we realize it was all unexpected for us and yet perfectly planned on the Lord's part. And what has happened since the mission is just better and better!

And now when I think about him and talk to him, I'm like a giddy schoolgirl. :D Teehee!!!!

Só alegria!!!!

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