The Power Of The Member Missionary

July 28, 2014

This week was awesome!

Wednesday we had a family night to reactivate a family of less-actives. We did it in their house and it was awesome to see them all at church on sunday!

Friday we did an 'exposition' in market-fair. It was really fun. We got some members that stayed with our table of church materials and explained about the church, BOM, plan of salvation, etc. We (four of us) missionaries went into the crowd handing out pass along cards and bringing people to the table to learn more. In two hours we had 32 addresses and the members catching fire with missionary spirit.

Saturday was the Festa Julina. Usually it's festa junina because it's in june and a Catholic holiday to celebrate Saint John (the beloved). But the Mormons do it in July and call it festa Julina because it's a great excuse to have a ward party.
Festa Julina means eating Pé de Moleque, Paçoca, lots and lots of popcorn, Square dancing, everybody dresses like pioneers, hot dogs, and lots and lots of corn. Everything has corn. Corn cake, corn pudding, corn soup, and my favorite "canjica" That's basically a sweet soup of a type of corn, peanuts, cinnamon or coconut and sweetened condensed milk. mmmm. 15 investigators came, (it's always a lot easier to get the people to the party than to the church) haha.

Sunday night we did a family night and brought a family that we´re hopeing to marry and baptize. Fabrício already has a testimony of the Book of Mormon, and loved seeing that we listen to music and dance instead of saying that it's all SIN!!! haha.
I made chocolate chip cookies for the member that's been wanting the recipe since I got here.

It's funny that most people we bring to the church and that start progressing don't have doubts about the doctrine. They have doubts about if they can still listen to their music, if they can still hang out with the friends.
But when they see How LDS life really is, they LOVE it. No where else they have seen a group of people so joyfull, that values the family so much and that lives the commandments is happy doing it. Who wouldn't want to live the life we live?

That's why we try so hard to get referals from the members. Their friends already admire them for the life they live and the example they give. They already know that we are a happy and different people that can listen to music and play soccer and joke around too.

Thanks for all the support family, Here are some pics.
love,
Elder Wallace

Exposition at the fair.
Me eating cake at the bus stop.

 

Finally...Cabou Copa

July 14, 2014

Thank you Germany! Finally this World cup thing has ended. As much as I love soccer every game meant 3 hour less in the Lord's work.
Wow so all was quiet after the game with Germany. It was an utter disaster. Brazil didn't have Neymar or Davi Luis playing in that game. Funny thing is, as bad as we lost to Germany, Brazil still cheered for them in the Final. It's a big rivalry here and Brazil cheers for whoever is playing AGAINST Argentina.

This week we took 4 people to church. 2 of them went by car, (it's been so long since I've had investigators with a car!) The two that went by car are really cool, but as much as they are liking the church they are determined to investigate for a long time. The Husband thinks he's american, plays lots of basketball and listens to Vinyl records at home. He also prays in japonese.. It's always an adventure teaching him but when he get's baptized he'll be a great member! haha.

We had 14 visitors in the ward this week, because we did an open house type thing called "Pegue a Onda" (catch the wave).

Elder Cunnington was transfered to Uberaba and Elder Bezerra lives with us now. He's a great missionary. He'll play basketball with me and Elder Doney today (Elder Doney's been dieing to play since I got here). He's from Natal, and taught me to make cous-cous like a "Nordestino" (they eat a lot of cous-cous there. It's basically a corn based food. Ends up a bit like corn-bread but less sweet and a bit stronger.

Love you all,
Have a great week!
Elder Wallace

What's on the stove at 9:50 p.m.? ramen and my couscous. I'm going to buy a couscous pan for us to make at home.
Ivone, Recent convert, and her bird she got.

Copa Do Mundo

June 30, 2014

So...
Yeah the closer the game the harder they party. haha. Needless to say with the quarter-finals we'll be staying indoors again Friday.

This week we mostly dropped investigators, which is always a bit depressing but I know the Lord has people prepared to be baptized. I always let them know that we want the best for them, we're just a phone call away, and we'll still visit every once in a while.

There was a fireside sunday, the temple president from campinas came down which was really cool. I was amazed at the attitude of our ward. The bishop's wife said the opening prayer, thanking the Lord "that we have a temple so close to us". I was thinking, "The temple is 12-15 hours away!" But it's amazing the gratitude that these people have and the willingness they have to spend the money to have a spot in the temple caravan.

We'll keep looking for new investigators this week. President says we have to have 15 baptismal dates and 9 in the sacrament meeting, so let's go!!!

Faith is built not by miracles, but by steadfast righteous living and steady obedience to the commandments.
That's why nephi was always full of faith, and his brother's weren't.

Sorry the computer is having problems so that means no photos this time, but I'll be sure to send some to you guys!

Love you all!
Elder Wallace

A Letter To My Sister

Jess!

You are like the captain moroni of Roosevelt gurl!
Thanks for the awesome email. Yeah from here on out things change a lot. Mostly because of the choices.
Like you said our decisions shape our destiny, the trick is to recognize those decisions that are IMPORTANT. For example: I was deciding if i would come home on christmas or stay an extra transfer to come home in february. I was thinking, either way it's not much difference. But then I reallized, that is a decision that will make a difference in my life. I'm going to stay an extra because I know that even though my call is for 2 years, I don't want to have that thought in my mind "what would have happened if I would have stayed?" I want to give all I got.

I think I know a little how you feel. They always tell the missionaries to love the people right? Well here the only way to have a spiritual lesson is to try and love that person and want the best for them. That way you can pass the gospel in a way that shows you want to help. But every week, we meet people that are suffering, praying to get help from the Lord, and of course, he sends us...
We teach them about the gospel, about how these decisions will change their life for the better, will help the family, keep your kids out of drugs and fornication, and promise all that the lord has will be theirs.

More often than we like, we watch these people that we come to love simply choose that they don't want what we are offering. It's especially hard if we've already helped them go to church and start changing their lives.

Satan's power is real. All of the important decisions are those that give us the option to follow god, or to follow the natural man. Satan uses Shame, embarassment. Tells people that they can't change, that it's too late. They should stay the way they are because it's easier, less painful, and maybe it is.

Christ teaches the complete opposite. It's never too late. There's nothing he can't heal or cure. He's never ashamed of us or disappointed. There is no sin that is too great or too late to forgive. His power is absolute the only thing that keeps us from feeling the relief of the atonement and the absolute joy of coming back to his paths is ourselves.

Something that I've learned is that it really does break our heart when our friends make decisions that can only bring pain and suffering. Imagine how Heavenly Father must feel all the time. But even though it breaks our hearts, it doesn't mean they are lost. Not yet. Even if it takes years or decades, they can still come back. They can make it to the baptismal font, to the temple, to the celestial kingdom.

And even if it feels like you are powerless to help them now, maybe in a few months or at least years, you can be sure that Heavenly Father will start pulling at their heart. He (who knows and controls everything) will make them pass through the circumstances that will help them have the Highest probability possible to come back to his fold. He will give them other choices or trials that will give them the chance to take his hand, that is extended all the day long for them. (He says that like 15 times in Doctrine and Covenants.) And maybe something that you said, or did, or just your example of life your friends will remember in that moment, and choose to do the right thing.

3 Nephi 18:23
But ye shall pray for them, and shall not cast them out; and if it so be that they come unto you oft ye shall pray for them unto the Father, in my name.

Jeremias 24:7
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord:and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

Love you tons siss, you've always been a bonfire of example for all your friends! Keep doing what you do and I'll see you in 2... 6 months.. haha.

Tchau!
Amo Voce
Elder Wallace

Hola

 June 16, 2014

Oi Familia!

So this week we had a mini transfer because of some visa waiters who got their visas.
My new companion is Elder Almeida, From São Paulo. He's a great missionary and I'm looking forward to working with him.

This week on friday we'll have the baptism of Ivone! She is a golden investigator, since we gave her the book of mormon last sunday and she is now reading in ALMA!!!
We're super excited for her and have a few more people on date too.

this week the World Cup started, as you probably know the people here love their soccer. We are supposed to go home an hour before Brazil's games, and wait until they end to go out. During a game everything stops. The stores are all closed, not a car in the street, which never happens here in busy goiania. All was quiet until brazil made their first goal! people were lighting off fireworks, blowing air horns and making all sorts of racket! This allows us to keep score when we are sitting in the apartment!

I got an awesome brazil jersey from Elder Silva, I'll send pics this next week, because this computer has all sorts of problems.

Thanks for all the prayers and I know the Lord will bless all of you,
Keep looking for missionary oportunities,
Have an awesome week!
Love,
Elder Wallace

What A Welcome Week!

June 9, 2014

Ok, so I've got to boast a little bit.

This last p-day we found out that the Brazilian world cup team would be training in Goiânia, and would be holding an open to the public session!

We called up president, I was thinking "there's no way he'll let us go."
He responded "Save a spot for me I'm coming too!"

Best p-day ever.

This week was awesome! We had an investigator decide to be baptized on the 21st even before she went to the church. The testimony of a member made all the difference.
Of the 5 people that went to church 3 have baptismal dates! I was so happy and learned that everything depends on the Lord. All the work I do will be for nothing if I don't do it with his help. Alone we can accomplish so little, but in the strength of the Lord, I can do all things!
2 And though I have the gift ofprophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

We're super excited to get the office baptizing because it looks like it's been a while since the Elders have baptized there.

Also things are going a lot better, much more organized and I get it done a lot quicker.

I know this gospel is true, and that everything Christ did was for us. One of my favorite scriptures in portuguese right now is the story in John 4

 31 ¶In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master,eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
33Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any manbrought him ought to eat?
 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him thatsent me, and to finish his work.
The desire of my heart now is also to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
 Em nome de Jesus Cristo, Amem.

Amo todos Voces,
Fiquem Firmes!
Elder Wallace

Elder Doney, Creer and Silva getting there 4 hours early.
Tickets!
Serra Dourada Stadium
The team that will take the cup!



The Guys from our house and The assistents. President got there a little after.
Elder Ximim, Cunnington, Moreno, Robinson, Doney, Creer, Silva

The bus to lunch on sunday
Eler Silva Sleeping
First ones in the stadium!

Adeus Rio Verde

May 26, 2014

Saturday I got a call from president, he told me I was being TRANSFERED... ah man. then he said I'll be going to the office. One of my good friends, Elder Srur (from Belem, Para) is going home and I'll take his place.
I'm pretty sure that means I'll be taking care of the paperwork and weekly reports as Gerente Historiador. Which is another way to say Baptismal sheet digitizer.... I'm thinking this is Karma for my bad handwriting and all the times I forgot to send the name and age of the baptisms to the office in the weekly report...

Was I sad? I was WAY sad! I love Rio Verde, even though we didn't have that much success here, and I'll be transfered before our investigators get baptized... But I know I've got something to learn in my knew area. Really I'm excited to work with Elder SILVA! I was his district leader a few transfers back, and he's a great guy.

I'll also be living with my budy Elder Creer, and Elder Doney. With my companion being the only brazilian in the office, this is one more sign that this is the Lord's work. How else would a mission of 140 missionaries still be standing being run by a few american young men in Brazil? haha.

Anyway, here are some pics of the family and friends I came to know and love. They are fantastic and I hope to see them again.

Elder Moon was a great companion, super fun! We had a bunch of good times, and great memories.

But yeah. I'm headed to the office. I hope I will still have lots of time to proselyte.
I'm probably going to gain like 20 lbs...
haha

Love y'all
Elder Wallace

Caqui, looks like a tomato but tastes like a... peachish thing?

Elder Moon.

My 4 Minutes

May 19, 2014

Sorry I waited until the end of my time because I was reading all the awesome emails that were sent to me!

Happy Birthday Nate! You're such a stud!
Happy Graduation Jess! Don't go too crazy on Sr. Night!
Holy Vaca Tanner! You grew like two heads since I left (the height of two heads, I don't mean to say you grew another head... at least Ihope not.) So stinkin' tall!

Love you all so much. So this week was really exciting with the training we gave the missionaries have been marking baptismal dates with everyone, even in street contacts! Which is a bit different but super fun to invite someone to be baptized in two weeks! Many accept!

The biggest problem we had in the zone was getting people to church.

We had a cool experience in Elders Quorum. We invited our bus driver (the one that drives the people to church) to watch the meeting with us. And he was sharing all these experiences and stories during the lessons! it was fantastic!
He was like "I can tell the gospel you guys believe really brings happiness. You guys have no idea how much these two boys run around sunday morning to get people on the buss (He's seen us literally running in our suits quite a few times) He was like "they work so hard and so few come, but they're always super happy! haha.

Here's a midget phone booth, and a dog that followed us home for 2 hours! Also on the bus.

I Have The Most Gorgeous Family Ever!

 

 

May 12, 2014

Hey it was fantastic to call and talk with the family! I was actually pretty proud of myself for only slipping into portuguese like 2-3 times! I've actually gotten pretty good at switching in and out without confusing many of the words.
Sorry the Cat died, I'm sure he's in a better place. I've actually started to like cats a lot more, now that I'm seeing so many dogs around here!!! If they started a dog pound I'm pretty sure unemployment would drop to zero pretty quick around here.

So yeah, I told Rogerio thanks for all you guys. We called from his dentist office. Yeah. He's 24 years old and he's already a dentist and has his own clinic with his girlfriend, who's an orthodontist.. What's more he's going to leave both of them to go on a misssssssion!!!! He should be going in June to south Provo. Just waiting for the Visa (I can relate) So watch out for an Elder Pereira because he's always taken real good care of us.

I'm just loving life in Rio Verde this last week. I feel like things are really picking up. We had a day we taught 8 lessons in 7 hours. Like I told you guys the Lord really blessed us with that family that was already up and ready to go to church! Usually we're the ones waking everybody up, and rushing them into the shower.

I was pretty anxious about our first zone meeting together but it went off without a hitch. President really liked it because we basically just talked about what he had passed to us and did practices to apply it.
We always try to do something to help the missionaries remember, so this time we bought a meter of pipe and carved holes in it, throwing beans in to represent people we challenge to be baptized. The idea is that the more we invite to a baptismal date the more get baptized!

Our goal is to invite 60 people to accept a baptismal date in the first 2 weeks of June!

We are pretty excited about the investigators we have right now, and we'll take Aldo to a family night tonight. He would have been baptized last week but he hid from us... So pretty clear he isn't feeling prepared.

I've told everyone that missionary work doesn't really have a secret. It's like Kung Fu Panda, there's not really a secret ingredient... Invite everybody to hear the message, go to church and be baptized, help them to feel the spirit. Read the Book of Mormon and Pray!

It's so simple.

Thanks for all your love and support. As I was promised in a blessing, I am feeling the Savior's love more in my life than any other time I have felt it. I've made the decision to give him my heart, mind, and will. Those are the only things he doesn't have yet that are mine to give.

What a blessing it is to live the Gospel, really live it!

Love,
Elder Wallace

Rio Verde
Scenic Short cut!
Redeemer statue in Rio Verde

Mom!

Mom you truly are the best!
Thanks for always emailing me every week. You've always left me with a great example and taught me to love and serve others. I know we all have faults, but your example for me was always superb.
I hope you have a great mother's day, because you certainly deserve it!

Thanks for always taking care of all of us, running around with all the stuff we did, I had a way awesome childhood! I can't thank you enogh for always supporting me in all my decisions and efforts and dreams!
Seu Filho!
Elder Wallace

Cinco De Mayo!

Yeah I think we'll make sandwiches and play uno with the zone to celebrate!

This week was pretty wild. We worked our tails off, teaching 4 lessons on the p-day! in three hours.
I like working with Elder Moon because when other missionaries would say, "Ah man, we're not going to get our goal of addresses" Elder Moon gets frantic! "We HAVE to get our addresses!" Even if it means chasing down people on the street, but we always get our goal!
And I've learned that's when the Lord blesses us with success. This week I had a bit of a cold and was really beat, but we kept going and the Lord blessed us.

After a few weeks of struggling to get people to commit to coming to church we finally had some success. 8 this week and we should be able to get 12 next week, which is the goal.
We've finally found a man to baptise, which is really great because the Branch needs more priesthood holders to become a ward. ALDO is his name and he'll be baptized on the 10th, for whoever can pray for him that would be great!

We had a member give us a reference 3 weeks ago, but she always told us she couldn't come to church becuase she had too many clothes to wash... I was thinking, "man, what kind of excuse is that" But after church we stopped by and I saw more clothes and clotheslines than I have ever seen in my life!!! She only has three kids! How do they make so much laundry??? Anyway she was finishing up washing their shoes when we got there! We found her a ride to watch the other Branch's meeting that afternoon. She loved it and will come again next week. We'll stop by saturday to help her tackle her laundry!

Thanks for all the great emails.
I know that this really is the Lord's church and his work. There are so many little miracles that show that. We are really teaching by the spirit now, and there are so many times I feel him giving me the idea of what to say or when to keep silent. When I see what happens in the investigator's face, I know that inspiration was real.

For me, I often hear the phrase "the spirit was so STRONG!" but in all my lessons, It's pretty rarely that I feel some STRONG feeling. Usually it's a quiet certainty during what I'm saying, or a small idea that pops into my mind and feels good. Or he brings something to remembrance that President has told us to do in a lesson.
I follow that inspiration, but it's only after I bear testimony, make a question, challenge, pause, that I feel the spirit carrying our message to the heart of the person. And I see it in their faces, I really can see what is happening in their eyes, and many times I can feel what they are feeling.

That is always really amazing. I can tell them exactly what they are feeling, and watch the surprise on their face.
It took me a while to learn all this. That it isn't me that will convert these people. It is the spirit and I have to trust it 100%. I've learned not to wait when we hear it's promptings. If he prompts me to turn around and talk to the person we walked past 4 blocks ago, I won't think twice. Just go.

Thanks for all your love and support, see you on Mother's day!
Elder Wallace

Rapidinho!

April 28, 2014

This week was awesome.
We had transfers which resolved all the problems that a couple missionaries were having! We now have 3 couples of sisters and 4 duos of elders here.
My companion is Elder Moon from Pleasant Grove. He's a pan off the handle, really excited to be here I'm excited too.
Last night we made pancakes in a family night. It's been a while since the missionaries in this area have done one. I don't know why, it was a huge success. I didn't know we had that many youth here until they all showed up to eat our "american pancakes" with maple syrup. They were more like crepes and everybody ends up putting sweetened condensed milk on the pancakes in the end. Sweetened condensed milk is soooo good! They use it on everything here!

Elder Moon cooked the pancakes and I went on splits with a young man to invite a few more people. We managed to pack the house!

This sunday we had a few more people at church. I got super excited when one of our investigators came via Motorcycle. I thought he had bailed on us!

Love you all. Call on the 11th! What time works for you guys? When do you have church?
Love,
Elder Wallace

This week I found a cheap engagement ring in the street... I guess somebody had a rough break up. Anyway, I'm wearing it on the right hand and our teaching group has lesss girls now... just kidding!
Love Elder Wallace

Are The Easter Eggs On Sale?

April 21, 2014

Well Family,
Thanks for all the awesome emails. Easter was fantastic, but I was a bit down because we had nobody at church.
Easter was super good to think about the Savior and the Ressurection. I hope that we can always remember his Triumph over death Spiritually and Phisically.
It's so wonderful that we can be "Born again" Like it talks about in Alma 5. We have to experience a mighty change of heart, varias times.

Well my companion was Transfered. I'll miss him, but it's kind of a good thing because walking too and from our area was killing him. I start to wonder if I'll be falling apart at the end of the mission too? haha. I hope not.

Easter was tranquil. There was more of a celebration on Good Friday. Everybody keeps the catholic tradition of not eating red meat or chicken. Generally fish and eggs. Which is great, it's been a LONG time since I've eaten fish!

I'll have to send you some pics of the chocolate eggs they sell here. I was telling all the kids that In the US, we eat bunnies..... Chocolate bunnies! haha.
Have a great week I love you all so very much. I'm excited for the transfer to get the zone going again.

Love,
Elder Wallace

Me and Elder Choquevilca from Bolivia

Hey Everybody!

April 14, 2014

Hey everybody!
So this week was pretty great toward the end. President Kuceki came to watch our zone meeting. That means running back to the house to clean a bit before the assistants sleep-over. Here they rate your house; Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial, or OUTER DARKNESS!. You don't want to get an outer darkness rating...

The meeting was good, the only part they'll remember is when we split a coconut using a candy (like a starburst). Seriously! It was pretty awesome. We talked about how the spirit takes our message to the heart, like it says in Nephi 33:1 and Corinthians 2:10. Then we formed the candy into a point and slammed a green coconut on it, it goes into the coconut!!! I won't tell you how many times we practiced at home. The secret is that the coconut is pretty impossible to open with your hands, but the candy splits it because it gets between the fibers.
Did I tell you about the explosive example we did last meeting?

Yep, so we've got a fridge and a microwave, the washing machine is in good order, and today I bought a toilet seat so we're in good shape! This morning I went into the bathroom and found a super cool looking tree frog, it was only AFTER I had trapped him in a sack that Elder Jesus told me it was called a "carrasco" They glue themselves to a cow's leg and suck the blood like a leech.... He was like "Don't let it out of the sack!" Told me you have to go to the hospital to burn it off your leg.... ok.

The investigator that dreamed she was baptized wasntbaptized this week. We're helping her with the Word of Wisdom, she'll be baptized this saturday.

To end I'd like to share something we learned in the "The Power of the Member Missionary" book that president gave us (I'm reading up everything he gives us because it's super good)

In times of war the troops on the front line are given the most powerful weapons. The troops that work at HQ aren't given weapons as powerful because they work mostly with administrative things.
With our callings, sometimes we can do most of it without the help of the spirit, administrative things, but when we become member missionaries, we are put on the front lines in the war between God and Satan and the souls of men are at stake. We Need the spirit every day.

When we become everyday missionaries, we will have the spirit more powerfully in our lives. (great book)
Any ideas for the next zone meeting???
Love you all!
Elder Wallace
Here's my companion,
Couscous with fried egg and chicken (mmmmmm)
the Carrasco that luckily I grabbed with a plastic bag. If he sticks to you and you try to pull it off, sometimes his legs will stay.. ew.

Mom! check out if they have couscous (fubá) in the US, maybe I'll by a couscous maker.

Cold Water Never Tasted So Good!

April 7, 2014

Good news!
I mentioned the appliances to president and I got a call from the Secretaries the next day to confirm our address. The Fridge got here Friday!!!! Repeat, WE GOT THE FRIDGE!
For now we've got a fridge and a microwave, so I'm in heaven. Not to mention the washing machine that just missing a small part so it can work!

Haha. For now the fridge just has water in it. But we're ecstatic to have cold water.

Conference was refreshing, much like the cold water. I liked Elder Bednar's talk about our loads giving us traction.
Everybody here loved Bishop Stevensons talk about 4 minutes!

We had a bit of a rough week, but there were definitely some highlights. We went to Goiânia by buss. Missed the first bus due to misinformation on our tickets, on the way back there were also a few delays. There were two busses on the same route. At a gas station they had a disagreement about who would make a stop to pick up a passenger along the route. It looked like our driver lost, so we detoured to get the passenger. Later on we were stuck in traffic, turns out the other bus that had gone on ahead had been side-swiped by a big truck, and the driver was hospitalized. The Lord protected us, it could have been our bus.

Other than that
we had an investigator that dreamed she was being baptized in cold water wearing white after praying about the book of mormon.
He hears our prayers.

Love you tons,
Elder Wallace

Sister Brady, Larsen, Elder Jesus,
Banana splits.
Elder Santos Birthday.

One More Wonderful Week!

Well. This this week was pretty awesome!
My companion wants to learn english. I've taught him a dozen primary songs and I like teaching him. I've gained appreciation for the patience my trainers had for me. Especially when he keeps saying "world. World. world. world. world. Practicing that word... I guess it's a tricky word. haha.

Today we're going to make banana splits... DEEP FRIED banana splits. should be tastey.

This week we have mission council. that means I'll be in goiania and you can bet I'm gonna squeeze my fridge out of the secretaries! Squeeze lovingly of course.

We've been working really hard, the results are a bit slow coming, but I know we'll have lots of success here. Something interesting I'm learning is to worry about helping the other missionaries have success more than worrying about my own area. I've had to do some pretty crazy things to help some investigators baptize!

I love this work and I know the Lord is with us. I feel the spirit when I teach, telling me what I'm saying is right. I know when my investigators feel the spirit. I know the gift of tongues is real too!

Love you tons,
Elder Wallace

Best Family Ever!

Dear Best family Ever!!
Hope you liked the fotos, because a picture is worth a thousand words.

We're working really hard here. Elder De Jesus got a bit sick because we are running around, doing splits with a couple companionships that are having problems. Elder De Jesus will do anything for anybody that asks sincerely. He's got a great heart, but poor health! Got a bit sick for being so overwhelmed, I'm trying to help him out with whatever I can.

We had an awesome zone meeting where one district reinacted the story of Amon for everybody, I was impressed.

This week my shopping list is Crackers and fruit. But it's amazing how the Lord provides. One time I talked with someone in the street and they were like, "here, eat a salgado" (there should be salgados in the US!) and then I asked how much a bag of chips costed in the flea market and the guy was like, "take two for free!" I've never gone hungry...

And here's hopping the Elders in the office finally got around to buying our fridge! For now we've got a fan someone borrowed to us that keeps us cool at night, so life is good.

I've never missed a washing machine so much.

I found out that Rio Verde has the cheapest Açai in the mission! YES!!! I'll have to take a pic for you guys!

Love you all so much!
Elder Wallace

 

We made sandwiches for the zone. Another day we bought 10 liters of ice cream for the zone... Because our zone is (quite humbly) the best!

There's only one company that has busses that go to Rio Verde, and they're notorious for breaking down all the time... This trip we broke 2 busses, making a 5 hour trip 9 hours!!!! AH! haha.

Our planners and name tags... Usually I make a cool planner too... but there wasn't time this transfer.

Eating the X-tudo. The hamburger that has tudo.


Some fotos of our last zone meeting!

Missionaries discovered theatrical talents they didn't know they had, re-living the story of Amon.