This
week was a little strange and tough. We had been working with an investigator
and she gave up and decided that she didn’t want any more with the church. It
is also Carnaval here in Brasil so the city is basically shut down and at night
there is nothing but drunk people on the streets. We stay pretty far from the
real ruckus though. We had very few members, let alone no investigators in
church. So it was a bit of a tough one to bite, but we had an incredible
testimony meeting this Sunday and it was really good to learn from the examples
of service we have seen between the members here in the branch. It was so good
to be able to fast and to reflect on myself and think a lot about how much
better I need to be doing and to think about some big lessons that I have
learned in the past. I feel so good to be out on the mission and I literally don’t
know what I will do when I am back. I love the gospel, more than ever I know
that this is the true church of God. I agree completely with what one of the
apostles said, if the church wasn’t true, a bunch of 19 year old boys would've
destroyed it a long time ago. Well I sure hope I am helping build it here. I
just want to do my best, and learn what I am supposed to so I can be a better
son, brother, and one day husband and father and employee and member and
citizen and whatever else life calls for me. When Carnaval started on Friday we
just knocked a bunch of doors and it doesn’t end until Thursday, then I will go
to Campinas again for a meeting then I will be in another area to do an
interview. It’s going to be another big week coming up but I am excited to go
for it. I am so proud of Levi. I have met some wonderful people here mom, they
are just incredible. It’s a different world here but it’s really good once you
look past a few things. I really liked Elder Evans and the things he said, and
I really hope that all the missionaries take that to the heart. It’s been fun
going to Campinas but I just feel like I never have time to do the work that I
want to here in my area. It’s been a great week and will be good! I hope
everything is going well for you mom. I miss you so much. Oh I got some shirts
re-sized so they don’t look like tents on me. I feel a million times better now.
You will see in the pictures :) I love you so much mom! Have such a great week
and make it happy ok!
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