#11 - The Side Effects of The Field (7/31/23)

 Boa tarde meu amigos! Como voces estao? 

Another week has gone by here in Curitiba full of ups and downs (literally because of the hills!)

The biggest things that happen this week:

The bite

1. I am finally my brother... a dog bit me! That's right folks! 2 weeks in the mission and I already got bit! Elder Hall and I were walking up a hill at night and this dog was just chilling. As soon as my back was to it, it jumped and bit me right on the left calf. Note to self: never turn your back to a dog and wear sunscreen and bug spray! (I am currently trying to sew my pants back)

Time to fix the pants

2. There were some issues with our water system the last few days so we had water leaking from our bathroom ceiling. We had to go without water for a bit today and called the plumbers. Luckly it is back up and running but when you don't have water, you kinda forget how important it is!😅

my "Favorite" hill (the dog bit me here)

3. We went to a members house the other day and ate these weird seeds or something that are very well known in Curitiba. Its called Pinao and it's pretty good! I may try to bring some home with me.

"Rocky", an AWESOME guy

4. WE HAD ZONE CONFERENCE! The first of many to come! I also got to see Elder Child this week from Chicago. He is doing really good. Zone conference was very insightful and I got to use my semester of physics 121 to teach everyone the equation for kinetic energy: KE = 1/2 mv^2.

Thanks Physics!

Bishops restaurant cooking

5. I did my first call in Portuguese! I called this individual to pray for his family and after the prayer, I tried to invite the person to church but said it really weirdly that Elder Hall busted out laughing. Yeah, my portuguese still needs work.🤣

Shoe shining

A quick spiritual experience:

One night when Elder Hall and I arrived at home, we tried to close the gate to our house but the key wasn't working. Elder Hall tried multiples times but it wouldn't work. We then decided to say a prayer to ask for assistance in closing the door so we could be safe. Immediately afterwards, the gate closed. Guys... THE CHURCH IS TRUE!

It's awesome how miracles like this can happen and how amazing it is that God is always watchin over and listening to us.

A scripture for this week is Mosiah 7:33. I love this scripture as it explains trusting in the Lord and serving diligently will deliver you from bondage. Trusting in the Lord is what having Faith in Christ is. You trust that Jesus Christ is our Savior and has set the example and road for us and that we know we will be Resurrected. Trust in him and that you will always recieve answers to prayers on Gods time.

That's all the time I have for this week. Ate Mais!!

-Elder Fisher