Boa tarde a gente! Como vai? Como vocês estão? Não vou mentir, estes dias atrás foram quente de mais! Queimei bastante😅 Precio usar protetor solar! [Good afternoon everyone! How are you? How are you? I'm not going to lie, these past few days were really hot! I burned a lot😅 I need to use sunscreen!]
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| Lunch with the branch |
Hey guys! And just like that, Elder Fisher is here again to give you another update from a Fisher of men in Brazil! Here's the week in review:
Monday - As missionaries, we sometimes meet with all the missionaries in our "Zone" for a brief meeting and training. Our Zone consists of missionaries in Ponta Grossa and us 4 in Palmeira. So when we recieved word that we would have a zone meeting at 10AM, we had no way to get there. So us 4 elders joined through a call... we couldn't hear anything 😅 But the big highlight: I MADE PISTACHIO PUDDING!! (Thx mom!) It has been so long since I have had pistachio pudding and just to let you all know, IT IS DELICIOUS! I recommend everyone run to the store now and buy some..... have you guys gone to the store yet?🤣
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| PISTACHIO PUDDING |
Tuesday - Today we went to visit a Facebook Reference Mayra. We have visited her for about 4 weeks now but it wasn't until today did I learn her dogs names are Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson! Today was also the first day I have held a cigarete and before people think, "ELDER FISHER, YOU SMOKE!", we are helping Mayra stop smoking so we took some of the cigaretes and they went straight into the trash! A funny moment today was at a grocery store while Elder Salmon was in the bathroom. I was lost in thought and all of a sudden a soccer ball was stuck between my legs! Thanks Gabriel😆
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| Random pic w/ Elder Salmon & a dog (below) |
Wednesday - MISSION DEVOCIONAL: Today we really focused on obediance (especially as a missionary). As missionaries we have specific rules to help us focus on the work and stay safe. Something President shared with us is that a True Friend will think "celestial" and will speak up to you if your straying from the path. A true friend wants you to have the best in life and doesn't want to leave room for Satan to have any power over you. If someone is doing something you know is wrong, speak up with love! We are to help the welfare of their souls (2 Nephi 2:30). Today we also found this kid named Gabriel that plays Saxphone! He played a song for us! Also visited this lady named Erica who has like 14 dogs! During our lesson I felt encircled by them. But we ended up finishing the day eating some of our friend Cris's cooking (and the cake was delicious!)
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| BOLO (CAKE) |
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| Cris food! |
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| Kitten! |
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| Hulk the dog |
Friday - While making contacts on the road today, we met Rodrigo. Best part, he still believes in Santa and the Easter bunny! He also said he is modern day Santa Claus (I hope I get a gift from him then!) Also found out that my companion, Elder Salmon, has never watched Avatar the Last Airbender! Shoutout to my BYU roommates and friends that watched that with me every Wednesday night! Today I also held my first thing of cerveja... that was immediately thrown in the trash (we held our friend Amauri who has a drinking problem)
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| My son Elder Salmon |
Saturday - Today we found a couple: Amadeu and Nihri! Turns out, Nihri was baptized when she was 15 and hasn't been back for over 40 years! We ended up having "tea time" with them. They gave us some "cha" and "mini sonhos" which are basically munchkins and they said they would come to church sometime!
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| Popsicles |
Sunday - Today we had help from the Stake presidency to bring people to church and visit some people! My friend Petro showed up at 7:30 and we make a plan to bring as many people as we could to church. I worked with Bruno who was baptized about a year ago! Sadly we weren't able to bring anyone but our friend Pedro (who is 60) showed up at church out of no where! He also watched the baptism that happened for the other Elders! I think Pedro liked it and we are going to talk to him more this week
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| Cleaning the pool |
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| Lunch with Iraci |
As always, I love you all and hope your doing well! I love hearing from you guys and if you need anything, feel free to let me know!
Ate o proximo!
-Elder Fisher