April 16th, 2018

What's up gang!

So this week was full of cool stuff!! 

We had our temple trip on Tuesday which was awesome! 

We then had a super special opportunity to have Elder Mark Basset from the 70 visit our mission!

We had a meeting with him and all the zone leaders on Wednesday where we learned lots about how to be more effective leaders and work with what we have.

On Friday we had a the conference with like the whole mish which was way fun to see the whole crew and even better cause we got lots of cool words of wisdom.

Something really interesting he taught about was how the only thing that is ours is our will and we are blessed specifically with how much we give our will to our Heavenly Father

It was a really spiritual experience!

Other than that this Sunday was actually pretty cold here which scared lots of people off from getting up early for church which was sad and we didn't really have much time to work in our area this week but we are still out here puttin in our best cause this is probably my last week in Araucária which is super sad but that's how life goes I guess!

love you all!!

I'm on google maps!

April 10th, 2018

Hey everyone! So sorry for not writing last week! I totally forgot but this weeks email will be better hahaha

SO the Assistants called us and told us we would be going to the temple on Tuesday which is why we are emailing today!

So we knew we were going to have to get up really early because our temple session was at 9 am and we live like 3 hours from the temple by bus and like 30 minutes by car just for you guys to have an idea of how long these freaking buses take to get anywhere. So us four elders decided it would be better to have a member call an uber for us cause it'd be a little more expensive but we could sleep like 2 more hours haha so we called a member the night before to confirm the price and they said it would be about R$30 which is like $8 and then in the morning we are all getting ready to go and the member calls us and was like Elder because there aren't any drivers here in Araucária the Uber is gonna end up being about R$80 and we didn't have the money in cash with us in the house to pay that so we were like freak. I told the member I would call her back and we hung up. We were like well freak lets say a prayer. We prayed and literally right as we said amen the member called and told us that one driver had logged in and offered to do it for R$30 which was the first #miracle

As the uber was getting there, Elder Eddington lost his wallet with his recommend so we said another prayer and as we said Amen he went and it was on his bed #miracles

We get to the temple and I had some real spiritual experiences and got some real answers to some questions I had for a long time. It was definitely one of the most spiritual experiences i have had in the temple and it was a lot of #miracles

then we get to the temple store and in the beginning of my mish I bought the book of Mormon triple combo in the mtc and was like well I don't even know Portuguese so I'll buy the bible to finish it off in the end of the mission. When I walked in to the store there was a sign that said the leather bound bibles that were usually $50 was now only $10! So I went to grab one and she was like actually we are all out! And I was sad and all and she was like but you can look in the back! So I went digging and found 2 leather bound bibles in the back! The only two left all hidden in a  ton of boxes! #miracle

Then I have been trying to get my hands on  a certain copy of Jesus the Christ in English but that's impossible to find here cause nobody speaks English but I decided to ask her and she was like no we only have in Portuguese and then like 5 minutes later she walks out of the back and was like you are not gonna believe what I found! Salt Lake randomly sent us a box with one english hymn book, one English book of Mormon and one English copy of JESUS THE CHRIST and i was like whattttttttttttttttttttt and then she was like the only problem is I don't know what the price is so after a long process talking to São Paulo she said I was gonna have to come back another day and I was like but we aren't allowed to we only come once every 6 months then out of nowhere she got a message from São Paulo telling her the price literally right as we were leaving! #miracles

As we were headed to the bus I realized I didn't have money to get the bus and was like frick. We walked to the bus station and I didn't know what to do and when I put my hand in my suit coat I found R$4.25 which is the EXACT bus price which was NUTS or as we like to call it #miracles.

Life here is literally the best

Tomorrow, Mark basset the area 70 is gonna be here and we have a meeting with him and all the zone leaders and on Friday we have a zone conference with him which  will be way lit and I am so excited!!!

I love the mission and I know the Lord is willing to bless all those that will keep his commandments and show faith in him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love you all!!

some of my favs

this owl just being a straight up savage 

the gang at the temple

March 26th, 2018

Hey everyone! 

SO this was a week with lots of rain and even more roasting in the sun! 

100% of the time we are sweating or getting rained on and on a really good day both!

This week was lit as always cause I'm in Araucária!

The biggest news is that this week we had Cristianes baptism! 

She asked president to baptize her so he came out for her baptism and there were tons of people there which was way fun! 

Today I had to go to the Policia Federal to get some documents that I will need to head home which is absolutely CRAZY to think that I am coming up on the end of the mish.

The mish has changed my life more than I ever thought was possible! 

It has been a year and 8 months full of craziness and funny moments all day every day! 

We are working on finding a new teaching group which has been a little bit tough but we are praying hard and working harder to find new people

I really don't have too many interesting stories.

Desculpa galera 

Life here is good and I am loving every second of it!! 

We had a family night at Andrés house on Monday night which was way fun and we have lots planned for this week

this last week we had our Easter conference which was way sick.

Elder Nydegger, Eddington and I did some sick training using some good old football to get the gang all excited 

Then after our Prez taught some way sick stuff about how we can be better missionaries and follow the example of Christ.

He walked us through Christs last week before being crucified and it was a really spiritual conference!

I love the church and I love all you!! 

pics

there were like 50 cameras so that ended up in a lot of pics with nobody looking at the same camera 

noite familiar 

March 19th, 2018

Hey everyone! 

So this week was way fun cause im still here in Araucária and I freaking love this city with my whole heart!

We had Ubirajara´s baptism this week which was way cool. His wife was baptized in another ward and he got baptized this week.

We had a ward activity on Sunday night that was a devotional to help the missionary work out. Our guest speakers car broke on the way and he wasn't able to go so Elder Eddingoton and I just had to wing it and it ended up working out a little hahah but definitely have had better! 

Not too many updates this week because we did lots of organizing with the new missionaries that got here this week but I'll have more stories next week!!! love you all!!!

March 12th, 2018

	Mar 12

Hey everyone!!!

So time is flying and we got the much anticipated transfer call last night late! 

Anddddd I am gonna stay one more in Araucária!!! I will end up staying here for about 8 months by the end of this transfer which is nuts but I couldn't be happier!!!!

Sad news is that out of nowhere, Elder Garlick who has less time then me in the area got transferred to my old stomping grounds in Ala 5.

Needless to say that last night was pretty tough and there were lots of tears shed between the missionaries and the members and all but I know the Lord has a plan and that he is at the head of this work!!! 

This week we had Andres baptism!!!!!! It was so fun to see his whole conversion even though it took longer than we thought it would....

I have never had such a close relationship with an investigator as I am having here in Araucária. It really has been a huge blessing here and has changed my life being here.

Other big news is that because of all of the success, President talked to us last week about the idea of bringing another companionship to this ward so now we have 8 MISSIONARIES in the same ward. There isn't a single ward in the mission that has even 6 missionaries and we have 8!!! We have lots of activities planned and it's for sure gonna be another great transfer here in Araucária!!!!!!!!!! 

 Love this work and I love you all!!!!!!