#13 - Brownies in Amerca!? (8/14/23)

 Boa tarde meu amigos! Como voces estao? 

Acai

Here with another weekly update in Almirante Tamandare, Curitiba!

Elder Ortiz

1. We had another Division this week with our District leaders: Elder Hutchinson and Ortiz. I went around with Elder Ortiz and he is a funny dude! He speaks a good part of English and knows Portuguese but Spanish is his primary language (which I hope to also learn sometime cause a lot of members here speak Spanish!) During our division we taught the plan of salvation like 5 times and it was my first time doing it in portuguese but you know what, I wasn't scared to teach. Even though I don't speak perfectly, I sometimes think it's a blessing because I can say simple things and I learned that the Gospel is simple. God works in simple ways. We also got pizza 20 (pizza viente) with the 4 of us and had a sleep over before the temple the next day! AWESOME!!

PIZZA [Mom note: this was a favorite late night meal for his big brother too]

2. Now to talk about these brownies! Apparently, yesterday was "Dia dos pais" or Fathers day as we know in the States. Because of this, the member lunch we had was HUGE! They had sausage, beef, rice, chicken cassarole, lasagana. AND, to top it off, this lady brought this whole desert bar, WITH BROWNIES! I DIDN'T THINK THEY EXISTED HERE! Apparently this lady makes wedding cakes and has friends in the USA so she got a recipe. They were delicious!

3. A scripture that really stood out to me this week I found while looking at my brothers old Portuguese bible.The bookmark was on a scripture in Proverbs chapter 3:5-6, which were highlighted and hearted. The main idea of the scriptures is to trust in the Lord with all your heart and not in your own understanding. Recognize him in all things. I love this scripture cause it helped me think about all the moments in my life that lead me to today and how the Lord blessed me in every trial I ever had, and he will bless you.

Late night photos with the Book of Mormon

4. A quick life lesson here: Elder Hall noticed something about me and told me that "I shouldn't be afraid of doing something wrong". Honestly, I needed to hear that. We always want to do stuff perfectly. But no one is perfect. It is by doing the imperfect things, and striving to be perfect, that we improve and learn from our mistakes.

Sick Elder Hall

5. This last Tuesday, Elder Hall was sick so we stayed at the apartment and watched the "inspirational messages" on gospel library. To anyone who wants to share, listen, or give a spiritual thought, I recommend you check those out as I learned more in one day than I ever have.

Yes...it rains in Brazil

That's about it for this week. Eu amo voces e espero que voces tem uma otimo semana! (I love you guys and hope you have a great week!)

Valou e falou!

-Elder Fisher