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November 27, 2017 - From Gray

It was a fast week in Brazil! honestly my first week here that felt like it flew by. but i know pretty soon most weeks will feel like that. i felt like my speaking improved a lot this week. me and my companion contacted a lot on the streets. we recieved cards this week to give to people about seja a luz do mundo (light the world). the church always has a message for christmas and this year its pretty much how we can bring the light of christ into the lives of other people this Christmas season! i would invite you guys to check it out on mormon.org! through this we were able to talk with lotssss of people and teach lots of lessons.

We also had a reference this week that we went to teach. His name is daniel. We had one of those AWESOME lessons with him on saturday and he came to church on sunday! A cool experience happened to: so we sat with daniel and we were close to this family with two little kids. they were so loud the whole sacrament meeting and the parents werent doing much. i was pretty frustrated cause i wanted that daniel could listen and learn more about our church. Turns out that daniel talked to us after church and said he was hesitant to bring his kids to church cause he was scared they would be making noise and didnt want to them to be the only kids there. But now he said he wants to bring his wife and kids to church next week! it just showed me that God´s knowledge is above anything we know and he works in mysterious ways to fulfill his plans for each of us. we just need to trust that all is under control in our lives when we trust in Him and have faith in Him. 

last story is of my companion, haha he cracks me up. We were working out this week, i think thursday. all the sudden i hear a huge splash. I turn and saw that he poured a huge bucket of water over his head and then he grabs the barbell soaking wet and starts doing curls like nothing ever happened. a

Love you all! have a good week!
pics- Pico do jaragua (we´ll go there at some point for pday!)
one of my buds elder gloria who leaves tomorrow to go back home (his name is Nefi/Nephi!) 
fusca #2 with some porsche rims and matching socks/tie]
me and the comp (my hair is getting long! and im dreading the haircut soon to come)


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