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3 Things I can't Live without: Açaí, Uma Rede, e Churrasco

Hey Fam and Friends and the whole world who reads this! So....Tomorrow is transfers. Already. Our LZ called this morning, and told me to pack my bags. In a few hours, I'll find out where I'm going. I think it's for real this time that I am leaving here. Yep, I'm basically sad about it....it's like leaving my family all over again, only worse, cuz I won't be returning here! So today....we're just gonna do some last-minute stuff, and visit a ton of people here. I'm really anxious and want to know where I am going. And who will be coming here to work with Sister Rocha. Well as for the week...had its ups and downs, as usual. We had another 2-day division, which was awesome. Sister Holanda came here and spent a couple days here in Vista Verde, and we taught and found a bunch of people. We had a ton of people lined up to come to church this week, and we were running after them all week, confirming again and again that they'd be at church, but in the end

I Always Thought the World would Come to an End if my Camera Broke on my Mission

Hey everyone! We sure had quite the week, full of surprises! We had 2 Pdays last week: Monday and this Saturday. So the work week was short, making it more difficult. Also everyone was traveling, so we didn't have a ton of success, but the success we had was STELLAR. Let me tell you about it. We are working in Vista Verde now, which is the wealthier neighborhood in our area. We received a bunch of media references there, so while we were contacting those, a few people were stopping us on the road to ask who we are. That happened a while ago, so I think I already mentioned it. This last week, we followed up with a few people, and knocked doors there, and a ton of doors were opened to us. Thursday was quite the day for this; let me tell you about it. We set out with Silvinha, with a goal to teach about 50 lessons...haha, okay, not 50, but a lot. So, we had already chosen the street we would knock. The first door opened, and they invited us in. It quickly became apparent that they