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| The smolder |
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| Cris and the gang |
Hey guys!!! Hello from the Brazilian boy Chicagista in Paradise! I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying the weather cause here, we are starting to enter into fall season and with that, my seasonal cold is coming! But besides that, let's see what adventures and experiences Elder Fisher had this week:
Monday - We didn't do too much during p-day besides eating at Gorillão but at night we went to visit Helen and Augusto who went to church and we asked to pray about Jesus Christ restoring his church. When we arrived, I could tell something was wrong and that was confirmed when we went in and saw her pastore and missionarys. Not wanting to pick a fight, I just bore my testimony about Christ restoring his church and invited them to visit. I hope they visit it someday 😁
Tuesday - THE AP'S ARE BACK! We had the AP's staying with us for the week and they arrived today. We actually had lunch with a part member family and ended up inviting one of the family members to be baptized. She accepted! Ngl, it is weird to teach a lesson with 4 Elders 😅 The rest of the day I went around with Elder Hyatt. It was fun to reminisce on memories and work together again
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| Ap's and member lunch |
Wednesday - PALMEIRA TAKE 3! (Shoutout to our uber that was playing a country song "hit me like a hurricane"😆) It was funny during the mission devocional today bc President Bikman asked why we had 8 elders together in Palmeira. He forgot we were on divison today😅. But I loved what we talked about. We read from Judges 6-7 that talks about Gideons experience with the Lord and his army of 300 against an army of millions. We compared that army of 300 to us. While we may not have the greatest numbers or resources, with obediance to the Lord, we will win no matter the odds. Today I worked with Elder Frederickson acompanying dates they have in their area and I met José, a recent convert that speaks fluent English! He is awesome!
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| Elder Frederickson |
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| Palmeira church (FINALLY) |
Thursday - Divison with Elder Peabody! I brought Elder Peabody to my area and it was really cool to work with him. I found out a lot about Elder Peabody like how he cooked a lot before the mission and was studying to be an engineer. We also found this really cool dude named Antonio whose brother is actually a member of the church! So we are now trying to get him to come and visit!
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| Elder Peabody |
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| Rikelmi and his bro |
Friday - Divison with Elder Ortiz! This time I went to Jardim Florença and let me just say, it was a day of service! We went to acompany a girl who is wanting to get baptized and we ended up gardening in the yard to help out her mom. Afterwards we went to help a venezuelan get some furniture for her house and preparing the church for a baptism. Before the baptism, I went to go do an interview for the kid, Arthur, and then he got baptized before a ward activity that night!
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| Chuchu service |
Saturday - CHUCHU!!! First what is a chuchu? It is a green vegetable that kinda looks like a huge avocado. We went to help our friend Felipe clear out the weeds and bushes in his yard and we found a whole bucket load of Chuchu! That night we had a family night at irmão Edisons house. We brought a lot of recent converts and got them connected with each other and members. The fun part was planning the gratitude game and trying to see who could find the trick of the game😉 (side note, i had the best hot dog ever with mcdonalds sauce)
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| Family night |
Sunday - It was a pretty chill Sunday. We didn't have many investigators bc things came up but I did get to help get a centipede out of the baptismal fonte and we confirmed our friend Loisa for baptism next week! And to end the day, after our mission coordination meeting, we crashed the Relief Society's broadcast Devotional and got some free food!
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| On the bus |
As of lately, I have been thinking a lot about the law of consecration, a covenant we make with God to give all of our time and things to the Lord. I have seen so many members here (especially Edison) who truly live by this law and offer cars, money, and time to serve the Lord. I hope to be able to do the same and truly live with putting God first (3 Nephi 13:31-33) We must magnify our office to help others also do the same and live by this law (Jacob 1:19)
Amo vocês!
Até semana que vem!
- Elder Fisher