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!!!!!!

March 5th, 2018

Hey everyone! So this week was great!

SO we have two baptisms marked for this Saturday that are both referrals from the stake presidents family! 

Cris and André. André is the guy we play basketball with. He has his answer he just needs to recognize it and make the decision but this week he said he's gonna make his decision! 

Cris is firme! She is way awesome and has made lots of changes in her life! 

Yesterday we didn't have a whole lot of people in church because there has been some insane flooding going on here recently! 

A lot of houses are getting damaged and it's been pretty nuts! 

Miracle alert: so here in Brazil it's a law that all 18 year old boys have to enlist for a year of army but not all are called to serve. André just turned 18 and enlisted but we thought he wasn't gonna get called. He calls us and tells us that they called him to serve so he wasn't gonna be able to be baptized because he has to live in the army quarters for a couple months. We asked if there was any way he could get out but you get sent to jail if you don't serve. So we started praying a lot and fasting tons for something to happen for him to not get in and in the end after already having been in the army for 3 days they sent him out and said they wouldn't be needing him for no reason at all! 

I know the Lord hears our prayers and he blesses us after the trial of our faith!

The good part was that for his "farewell party" we ate lots of pizza

pics! flooding

ballin out in curitiba

February 26, 2018

Yooo what's up everyone! 

So this week was super fun as always! Lots of fun memories made but the best part was definitely that Joel was finally baptized!!! 

It's so cool being a missionary because we can see the first moments of someone getting to know the church. We met Joel one day when Garlick and I were headed to the church. These two kids were biking down the hill and we stopped them to talk to us and 5 weeks later he was baptized! Way cool to see their conversion! 

We also went to the Temple this week with Andre to try and help him to make a decision about baptism! He has his answer but he is having trouble believing that it was his answer! 

We got to go on the day that our ward has assigned to the temple so we saw lots of them there too and had a superrrr spiritual lesson! 

We have been playing tons of basketball  recently!!! 

Life here has been way good! I have lots of pictures so hopefully that's more interesting because I have not much else to say tbh

Love you all!! 

Joels Baptism

more pics to come!! 

February 19th, 2018

Wha'ts up crew! 

Life here is still way freaking good cause I'm still in Araucária and there is no such thing as a bad day in Araucária 

life here has been way fun recently and we have had lots of baptisms which is always a blessing. 

We have 4 more baptisms lined up for this week and they are all way sick people! 

This last week carnival ended and everybody came back from their travels so things are back to normal. This week we are gonna be taking people to the Temple to see it for the first time so that will be fun! 

This last week we had 3 baptisms here in araucária and they are all super excited about the church and are firmes e fortes! 

To be honest I don't have a whole ton to say but I have some pics so hopefully that's better wooo 

love you all! 

February 5th, 2018

HEY 

So first off big shoutout to the eagles for beating the patriots this weekend

But the real big news is this week we had two baptisms!! Kauã and Raphael!!

 It was way cool to see them baptized finally and we are way excited for them! 

So the first week of the transfer was pretty productive with the baptisms and finding people! 

Right after our baptism, one of our investigators that I taught 6 months ago called and asked what time church was and showed up saying he wants to be taught again!!! 

We are seeing lots of miracles here in our ward and I am just trying to make the most of it cause i know the day will eventually come when i will have to leave this ward which stinksssss but whatcha gonna do 

Elder Eddington from our ward had a baptism this week too so we are just killin it out here in Araucária 

We have been teaching some english classes recently!

we have an FHE tonight and we have zone conferences this weekend! 

Love you all!!!