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| Does this count as a good picture mom? [Mom note: I asked him to send me a nice picture with him smiling instead of a goofy face] |
Bom dia todos! Como vocês estão? Espero que esta semana passada foi ótima!
Right now we are going to visit our Zone Leader, Elder Wooley, for a little p-day division! As missionaries, we plan out our day each morning but also need to plan out our week on p-day. Elder Hall and I never officially learned how to weekly plan so Elder Wooley is going to give us some dicas (tips) on how to plan.
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| I don't know what happened to my face |
In other news, its been another long week with going up and down hills, dogs 24/7, and LOTS OF SUN (Youll be able to see how bad my tane is😅🤣)
But here is the update from this week:
Monday: This was a pretty busy p-day with cleaning, shopping, meetings, and playing soccer with our Baptism date, João! It was honestly a blast to play soccer again and kinda intimidating when you have 10 year olds playing like Messi (I have much to learn!)
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| soccer |
Tuesday: A pretty chill date but there are 2 major things I remember. When we were at a membors house for lunch I found that 1. Sprite tastes different here! Its not at all bad but you can tell it isnt the same sprite as in the states. It was still really good! And 2. Random music vídeos of people playing Pan flutes in the wild is actually quite relaxing! The family has a new born baby só they play that kind of music
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| Dog.. that peed on me 5 seconds later |
Wednesday: I learned a lot this day from our mission wide devocional! We were studying Moroni 7:27-48 and this time it hit me WAY different! (Its awesome how we can still learn from scripture even if we have already read it!) President Bikmin mentioned the importance of having Charity in the work and how we are the angels sent to help those of Gods children. Miracles have not ceased! We are the miracles for others!! I recommend these verses to not only missionaries but everyone as we could all show more charity to others for Charity is the pure love of Christ. A love that we can share with the world!
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| João family |
Thursday: "Do you remember, the 21st night of September?!". (Sadly couldnt listen to this song😂) This day we had 2 baptism interviews. One with João and the other with José. Both went great! Josés interview did go a little long (about 1 hr) but we have him scheduled to be baptized this Saturday! João had his baptism yesterday!
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| Baptism! |
Friday: Elder Hall decided today that I would take charge and start all the lessons. Ngl, was kinda stressful, but I pulled through! The funny thing about how we teach as missionaries is we dont necessarily make a plan and stick to it. We rely on the Holy Ghost for guidance and using inspired questions. For instance, we taught this one man, Jerson, and I started the lesson asking questions to find a need in his life. We ended up learning an experience he had where he was very ill and a voice told him to rise and he did. He was able to then go to work that day. Using this I helped teach about the Holy Ghost and the gospel of Christ. It was awesome! I also gave a blessing for someone who we thought needed sugery but the next day we saw him, he was standing and walking completely fine!!! WOOHOO! (Also had a bday party for the Mother of our friend Edi, apparently they put nuts on pizza)
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| Pinecones in Brazil! |
Saturday: While cleaning the Church and preparing the baptism fonte, i found a spider in the water and wondered, "can a spider be baptized?". We went around checking on people for church and attended the 21 year anniversary of the ward! It was this dance and they even played some English music! THERE WERE EVEN PEOPLE SWING DANCING!!!🤩 Sadly though, I couldnt dance (I did do the hand signs for YMCA though... oops)
Sunday: JOÃO WAS BAPTIZED! It was awesome to see him come closer to God and follow the example of Christ! Also, we think we saw a frog get run over by a car and then came back from the dead! It was freaky!
Insights from the week:
- Elder Eyring talk "Priesthood and personal prayer"
- D&C 62 - talks about missionaries
- Mosiah 4:27 - its okay to take breaks!
I hope your all doing well! Never forget that I am praying for you all and know that God is always with you! Love you all!
Até mais!
-Elder Fisher