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Feliz Natal e Ano Novo galera!!! Eu sinto que Natal passou rápido de mais. Pra mim, eu me sinto em Verão por causa da calor aqui 🤣[Merry Christmas and New Year guys!! I feel that Natal has gone by too quickly. For me, I feel like summer because of the heat here]
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| Early morning suits |
Hey guys!! "We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and a happy baptism!". And that is what happened this week! From celebrating the birth of our Savior to helping people recieve the greatest Christmas gift, the gift of the Holy Ghost, this week was busy!
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| Elders Assemble |
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| Bruna and family |
Monday - I met Elder Christakis family!! They passed by Curitiba and Ponta Grossa on their way to visit family for Christmas and they got permission to visit us! It was awesome to get to know his parents and hear their mission stories. The funniest part was when we went shopping and his dad bought a GIANT SPEAKER for their shack. IT WAS HUGE. and guess who had to carry it to the car😅 we then ended the day with a churrasco with some members to welcome Elder Christakis family.
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| Lunch with Christakis fam |
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| Churrasco!! |
Tuesday - nothing says Christmas like CHRISTMAS CAROLS!! So as a zone we went caroling around the center of Ponta Grossa. Afterwards, we went to support some of our elders who had a baptism in Bonsucesso. Then I did a mini divison with Elder Gomes in his area. We went to converse with some baptismal dates in their area but (bc of Christmas eve) no one was home😅 we did end up finding Camilly who had already been to church a few times and was wanting to be baptized. She is now on date. Then to celebrate Christmas eve, we had some Elder over to have a churrasco!!!🍖🔥
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| Caroling with the zone |
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| Elder Gomes |
Wednesday - MERRY CHRISTMAS!! We had a nice Christmas meal with members where Elder Christakis and I sang a few Christmas hymns and then.... we went to work! People in brazil commerate more on Christmas eve than Christmas day and we had some people who were wanting to be baptized but needed a little help from the spirit. I went with Elder Groscost to an area that is 30 minutes away from Ponta Grossa. After getting an uber (100 reais 😅) we went to hunt down Felipe. We knew that he was still in Guaragi but he wasn't at home. We were just led by the spirit. We first went to him home where we found no one. When we started to leave, his mom arrived in a truck and said that Felipe was coming on his horse. Felipe arrived and I started to talk to him. He had a date of baptism for this day but wasn't 100% sure. I talked to him about what a privilege it would be to be born again on the day Christ was born and he agreed! After calling our friend Chris, we went to the church and Felipe received the Holy Ghost with a few other friends! Christmas miracles
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| Hunting for Felipe |
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| Felipe baptism |
Friday - We did a division in Bonsucesso to help out in their area and we met a few awesome people who were curious in the church and already knew a bit. Our divison got cut short when the Sisters from Nova Esperança asked for some help with a mother and her kids. The mother wants to start over again and be baptized but had this fear. We went over, sang a hymn for her, gave her a brief message, and she felt better to be baptized the next day!
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| Bonsucesso baptism |
Saturday - Back in our area today, we did some service with members. There was a member who needed to refix his roof. What better people to help than the ELDERS!! So after getting a change of clothes and playing around with a parrot the family had (his name is Kevin) we did some service. We also found a member who resigned from the church but is wanting to come back. Please pray for França
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| 2 red ties |
We had the baptism of Sirlene and Claudio! (A couple that Elder Christakis was teaching) it was amazing to see how after 5 months of trial and faith, there were finally baptized! We also may have visited a catholic church today that had a nativity presentation! It was really cool! We didn't really know why we were prompted to enter until we found another less active member there! God put us there to offer something to him and I hope he recieved it!
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| Sirlene e Claudio baptism |
Miracles are around every corner and we can treat each day as if it were Christmas. Jesus Christ doesn't just come around once a year like Santa. Jesus Christ is always near and is always making a difference in our lives. He is the prince of peace, our Savior and Redeemer! (2 Nephi 19:6)
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| SANTA |
Amo vocês!Até o próximo!
- Elder Fisher
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| Mission baptisms this month! |