Feliz Aniversário

Feliz Aniversário Presidente!

General Conference - Conferência Geral

It's time for General Conference! Go and enjoy that. But when it finishes, come back and share your favorite moments, the inspiration you received, what you learned, all of your experiences.

Está a hora de Conferência Geral! Vai e desfruta-lhe. Mas, quando termina, volta e compartilhar seus momentos prediletos, a inspiração que recebeu, o que aprendeu, todas as suas experiências.

Reunion!!

Time for a reunion (the elders are invited too)! Come with your families and come share in the memories, and, of course, the beans and rice.

April 3, 2009, 7:30-9:30pm, at the Paulsen home - 3142 Del Mar Drive (3142 E 3830 So), Salt Lake City Utah.

Está a hora para um reunião (os elderes são convidados também)! Venha com as suas famílias e compartilhar nas lembranças, e, com certeza, o arroz e feijão.

3 Abril 2009, 19:30-21:30, na casa da família Paulsen - 3142 Del Mar Drive (3142 E 3830 So), Salt Lake City Utah.

Abraço,
Sis.

For those of us that can't be there, could those that go come back and report and show pictures?

Para nos que não podemos estar lá, pode ser que aqueles que vão, voltam e relatam e mostram fotos?

(peço desculpas, faz tempo que escrevi em português)

The effect of a mission; O efeito de uma missão

In the October 2008 General Conference, Sister Allred of the Relief Society General Presidency said:

My mission had a great impact on my life. I learned to rely more on the Lord, to seek the guidance of the Spirit, and to feel an overwhelming love for God’s children. My knowledge of the scriptures and my understanding of the doctrines increased. So did my desire to be obedient and to keep the commandments with exactness. My testimony of the Savior and His infinite Atonement was strengthened. My missionary experiences became part of who and what I am. Missionary work became my passion. It has impacted my life and that of my family more than anything else.

She then quoted Elder Holland who said:

"My mission means everything to me 47 years after the fact. There may have been one day in those 47 years that I have not thought of my mission; I’m just not sure what day that would have been."

Go Ye Therefore

How does your mission still impact your life today?

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Na Conferência Geral de Otubro de 2008, Irmã Allred da Presidência Geral da Sociedade de Socorro, disse:

Minha missão teve grande repercussão em minha vida. Aprendi a confiar mais no Senhor, a buscar a orientação do Espírito e a sentir imenso amor pelos filhos de Deus. Meu conhecimento das escrituras e meu entendimento das doutrinas aumentaram. O mesmo aconteceu com meu desejo de ser obediente e de guardar os mandamentos com precisão. Meu testemunho do Salvador e de Sua infinita Expiação foi fortalecido. Minhas experiências missionárias se tornaram parte de quem e do que eu sou. O trabalho missionário tornou-se minha paixão. Ele influenciou minha vida e a de meus familiares mais do que qualquer outra coisa.

Então ela citou o Elder Holland que disse:

"Minha missão significa tudo para mim, 47 anos após ter acontecido. Pode ter havido um dia, nesses 47 anos, em que não pensei em minha missão, mas não tenho certeza de qual dia foi esse."

Portanto Ide

Como é que sua missão tem efeito em sua vida hoje?

Receiving your call

What were your thoughts when you opened your call and learned you had been called to labor in the Brasil Curitiba Mission?

*Sister of the Week: Sister Lindsey*

Name: Amelia "Mimi" Lindsey Nowland
Other half: Jared Nowland
Kids: Ben and Lucy Nowland
Birthday: August 9
Do you have any pets? No, but my kids beg me to get a dog
Where did you grow up? McLean, VA
Where did you go to school/college? BYU
What is a good book you have read lately? The Twilight Series

YOUR FAVORITES:
Color? Blue
Food? Mexican
Season/time of year? Fall, I love the crisp air and all the changing leaves
Holiday? Christmas
Day of the week? Why? Sunday because I truly rest
What is your favorite thing to do on weekends? Spend time with my family, usually outside (one of the perks of living in CA)
Sport? Is bowling a sport? I like to bowl
TV shows? The Office, Monk, 30 Rock
Musical artist/group? I could not narrow this down, I love lots of music.

A LITTLE DEEPER:
Do you play any instruments? If not, would you like to and what? I am trying to learn to play 3 hymns on the piano, but it is slow going with two small children. Either they are asleep so I don't practice or they are awake and they want to help.
Describe a hobby and what inspires you to do it. I love to scrapbook because I love to look at pictures and remember what has happened in our lives.
What has been your favorite place to travel to? BRAZIL
How many times have you moved? Um, ever? My parents still live in the same house I was born in, I went to BYU and lived in a different apartment every year, had two areas on the mission, and as a married couple we have lived in four different cities.
Are you a good cook? My husband thinks so! I have definitely improved since we got married.
What's the last thing you bought yourself, just for fun? Kitchen organizing tools, I love having an organized kitchen, since I spend so much time in there!
What is one thing that makes you happy, besides your kids/spouse? A beautiful day, I love enjoy the great outdoors when it is nice out.
What is one thing that irritates you? People who don't pick up after themselves
What is one personality trait that really impresses you in others? Kindness
What is one personality trait that really irritates you in others? Selfishness

YOUR VALUES:
What is the one thing that you'd like to change about yourself? I would love to not worry so much
If you had one day to live, what would you do? I would spend time with my family and if I had the time write them letters so that they could always remember what I would want them to know
What would you want people to say about you after you had passed away? That she was kind and a hard worker
Are you superstitious? I don't think so
What is your biggest fear? Being lazy, selfish, mean, okay I have a lot of fears
What is your dream job? This may sound cheesy, but I am living it, a homemaker.
Where is the one place that you want to go and why? I would love to go to Scotland, I have ancestors from there and I think it would be nice to see it.

THE MISSION:
Areas: I served in Santa Candida from Dec 99-Aug 00 and São Pedro from Aug 00-Mar 01.
Share at least one mission memory.
The first two weeks of my mission were an adjustment. My body ached, I got sunburned, I couldn't understand much, and I missed my comfortable life at home. I do not like change, but everyday during those first two weeks (until mission life felt more normal) I had the strongest sense of relief. I tried to explain it to my sister like this "it is like I was running to catch a bus and I thought that I was going to miss it, but I made it! I made it!" The Spirit made manifest to me that I was in the right place at the right time and I was relieved to be there. It was comforting during that time when I needed it most.

O templo

In June 2008 the Curitiba temple was dedicated. If you have any stories about going to the dedication, pictures, or anything else related to the temple, send them in. It would be wonderful for those who weren't able to go to share in your experiences.

LDS Web Page about the temple

Some news articles about the open house and dedication:

• Mórmons abrem seu 5.º templo brasileiro à visitação
• 5th LDS temple in Brazil dedicated
• Pres. Monson tours Curitiba temple
• New Brazil temple thrills Utahn
• Press Release: Strength of Church in Brazil Celebrated as Curitiba Temple Opens Doors to Public
• Brazil temple dedicated - that's Presidente Paulsen on the far right in the picture.
• Temple is Crown of Growth in Brazil

Faith in His Step and a Song in His Heart

In July 2008, Sister Paulsen had an article in both the Ensign and the Liahona about a member in Paraná. You can find the article on the Church Website.

From an e-mail Sister sent out on 24 September 2008:

In case you didn't catch this, in the July Ensign and La Liahona, my article on Paulo Tvuarde of Guarapuava was published. In the Ensign it's "Faith in His Step and a Song in His Heart," 24 - 26 and in the Liahona it's "Fe a Cada Passo e o Cantico no Coracao" (you'll have to imagine Portuguese squiggles), 22 - 24.

But the story alone would not have been as neat without the photographs. Elder John Kendall was the photographer with the addition of one updated foto by Odete Lustoza, wife of the Presidente do Distrito. (Odete also lined Paulo up with his wife, and because of that, there's a little boy Saulo!). Great job Elder Kendall!! (I gave him film and money so that he and his companion could go visit Paulo on his sitio on a P Day and take pictures. I knew that E. Kendall had been a photographer for a newspaper in San Francisco).

It only took six years to publish the article. . . church magazines somehow lost it for awhile and then it was scheduled, then bumped, then re scheduled. Anyway, it was worth waiting for. . . I just found this out, but it went out in 46 languages!! I've heard from a missionary in Peru that he used Paulo's story in church to motivate the members. And a little Primary kid in our ward gave a talk on it. Paulo thought he would never be able to serve a mission because he needed to take care of his mother's sitio. . . and now look, his story is being told by missionaries and others around the world. Paulo finally got his dream of doing missionary work.

Sis

Photos of Iguaçu

Oddee, a website full of real weird things, put up pictures of Iguaçu recently - Poor Niagara! Meet the Iguaçu Falls. I always feel a bit of pride when I see pictures of the falls. Does anyone have any pictures or stories of the falls?

LDS Church honored in the Brazilian Senate

Que Legal!

Abraco,
Deirdre Paulsen

Item: At 70 years in Brazil, The Church is honored in the Brazilian Senate
Here is a YouTube posting of great interest from David Beck, who maintains the excellent website, "Brasil Doce Lar," reporting on homage paid the Church in Brazil's national Senate. Don't miss visiting this site!

Seja Bem-vindo!

Welcome to the virtual reunion for the sisters who served in Missão Brasil Curitiba with Presidente Paulsen. We encourage everyone to submit stories from the mission (both the spiritual and the not so serious, Português and English), stories of what you are doing now, pictures from Brasil, recipes for the Brazilian food we all loved so much, and anything else you can think of that you would want to share with the sisteres.

Submissions can be e-mailed to estrelas.de.curitiba@gmail.com and they will be uploaded as fast as we can get to them. Share this blog with all the sisters you know.

We are also trying to update the email list, so make sure we have the best one to reach you at, and let us know which ones aren't that good anymore and we'll remove those from the list. You can request to join the email group at estrelasdecuritiba@googlegroups.com

Esteja à vontade.