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| Streets of Sao Paulo (Picture from the internet) |
This week was really cool. We had the opportunity to go
proselyting on the busiest street in Sao Paulo for about 30 minutes. It
was so short because the bus ride took way too long. We handed
out
4 Book of Mormons a piece. It was an awesome experience. I'm still
not good at talking with people I don't know or feel awkward, but I have
been praying to get better every day.
I don't know
if you remember me telling you about the meat buffet but I think I ate
too much food and then drank something that pretty much ruined me for 5
days. I had the stomach flu slash food poisoning the whole time. It
was rough but I received a blessing and was much better.
Conference this
past week was sweet. It was super cool for me as a missionary to see everything in a different
perspective. My favorite talks were Elder Holland on depression
and disabilities. President Monson's quote about, Teach, Inspire, Motivate. Elder
Eyring's story of the grandma asking the lord why her grandson was in
jail; that it was so hard for her. Then she heard a voice say, I gave
him to you because I knew you could and would love him no matter his
choices.
I also liked Russell M Nelson's talk at the end of conference where
he said a phrase that I really liked:
Decisions Determine Destiny.
Triple D. I challenged the district this past week to find out what their
purpose is on the mission and this solidified mine. How bad do you want to be successful is based on the the Decisions that determine
your Destiny.
I have 40 minutes to write and generally 11 emails to reply
to. If you send a care package I could care less about what's in there
just that it's from you guys is enough for me
I'm still eating well and gaining weight like crazy. I think at
one point I weighed 184which is a little big haha.
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| Chase with Elder Davis |
Me and one of the
elders, Elder Davis own the court here. If we are on the same team its
not even fair. I think I have more chemistry with him after like 4
times playing ball than anyone I ever had before.
He threw an alley oop
last night and I slammed it. it was so sick. then we had about 20 Brazilians come over and watch us play and it was cool.
The mission is
fun but hard. The days go by so fast here it's crazy but I am getting a
lot better at speaking Portuguese. My companion and I committed our
investigator to baptism and they are scheduled to be baptized on the 16th.
I love you a lot and I think about
you all every night for what I'm working for.
Love your missionary,
Elder Thurgood
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