Bom dia todo mundo! Como tá indo? Espero que a semana passada foi ótima e todo mundo está bem!
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| Good lighting |
As seen by the title of this email, I am in fact getting transferred to Ponta Grossa (rn actually!🤣) we got a call from president last night and apparently ill be the one to leave and Elder Hall will stay and train someone else. Apparently the area is a little far so ill be on a bus for like 2 hours to get there!
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| Oh the hills! [Mom note: I grew up on a hill at least that steep] |
In other news, here are some highlights for the week:
Overall highlight: Rain💦
Monday - This was the third week that Elder Halls Credit card didnt work!😅 The whole mission got new cards and a lot of people have been having problems with them. So Elder Hall and I decided on the necessities and I bought what we needed (honestly some really good life experience). We then also went to play soccer with João and his friends but it was cut short because someone kicked the ball over the fence... it wasnt me😆 (Also apparently Walmart used to exist here!)
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| Dorito donut |
Tuesday - Invited 3 people to be baptized! I'm not entirely sure what will happen since I wont be in the area anymore but out of the we invited, I ask that everyone can pray for Jurandir. He is this older gentleman who i can tell wants to be baptized but the adversary is fighting against it. I hope that one day I can find him again and have him say, "I did it, I entered the first covenant with our Father". (And to those who have read the book of mormon, we had a lot of 2 nephi 29:3 happening as well😅)
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| HORSE |
Wednesday - DIVISION WITH ELDER BEACH! This man is awesome and kinda just does his own thing which is both good and bad as missionaries because missionaries work together😆. With the rain we didnt get a lot of responses but we ended up teaching a few lessons. One lesson we actually listened to President Nelsons talk from conference (first time hearing it!... in portuguese too!)
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| Brazilian cereal |
Thursday - had lunch with a family today and i found out they listen to this american radio station. I realized it was english when I heard "Isnt She Lovely" (shoutout to Metea Valley High School Vocal Jazz Off the Record!) I then had that song stuck in my head all week
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| District |
Friday - FIREFLIES EXIST!!! We were posting on Facebook real quick and I saw a small flash of light. I then looked over towards this field and saw a LOT of Fireflies! It was awesome! We also went to the temple today and taught a lesson to this couple. Something that stuck out to me is how the wife mentioned that she is listening to us because we speak from the heart and with the power of the spirit. It was a good reminder of the importance of speaking with your heart and truly internalzing the gospel into your life. (Also got a friend request from someone who knew my brother on his mission, shout out to Luciane!)
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| Gonna miss these guys |
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Saturday - Lots of rain and I learned how much I LOVE SHOE DRYERS! If anyone is going to Brazil, I highly recommend buying some!
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| Shoe bags |
Sunday - No running around for conference today but I was walking around with bags on my socks to keep them dry😆 Today we had a few miracles occur. We originally thought we stayed too long at lunch but it ended up being a blessing! We had a former member of the church ask us if we needed a ride and he agreed to meet with us again! Hopefully we can reactivate him in the church. We also met this lady at the bus stop who stopped going to church and was smoking again because she thought God didnt care for her. We were able to show her that God always cares! We then spent the rest of the night saying goodbye to some of our close friends. I think about the quote "you never know you love something until its gone" and I can say with 100% certainy, I love and am going to miss Almirante Tamandaré!🥹
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| bus ride to new area, Palmeira, State of Paraná |
Some spiritual thoughts from the week:
Elder Bednars talk about "In the Path of Their Duty" - everyone is needed and important in this work
From the conference in April "Finding Personal Peace" - Henry B. Eyering (we must come to find this peace first and share it with others including those of our home)
Mosiah 5:15 - always abound in good works
~Elder Fisher
p.s. Learned a new word for the cobblestone streets: paralelepípedosp