Monday Sept 16 " Wedding Bells "
Song of the week LITERALLY ANYTHING BY ABBA ( my top 3 tho)
- Angle eyes
- Supertroper
- Lay all your love on me
runner up- Slipping Threw my Fingers
Literally my love for ABBA and momma mia runs deep into my soul.... i love it so much 
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By his grace ye may be prefect in Christ
Invite you all to read this talk when you have a moment. This has got to be one of the most powerful talks I have personally ever read / studied.
The Imperfect Harvest
Still being so new into the mission, I have faced so many personal challenges with adjusting to this demanding but amazing life style. Mainly, the biggest struggle for me is the almost crippling feeling of inadequacy. I have never felt so useless before in my life than I do right now. I have had to relyed more on prayer and personal study more then I ever have. However, I am learning that if it wasn't for my struggles I would not be leaning into and accessing my saviors atonement and his grace. I am so thankful for the atonement and what it has done for me in my life. I could not imagine a life without it. I love my savior and I am so thankful for his sacrifice, because of him I know my small efforts will become great, and by his grace be made perfect.
Weekly
Before I talk about this week, gotta address the title of my email. Basically my comp is engaged. Jkjk but literally I witnessed a full blown proposal by one of our investigators. He confessed his whole soul out to my comp and I just stood there smiling like an idiot because I don't understand what's going on half the time 
. It was hilarious. The words that I did pick up were very heartfelt and at first I thought we were just having a good heartfelt discussion about the first lesson, and the first principle, god is our loving heavenly father. and than he pulled out chocolates, and a card handed it to her and then I realized we weren't talking about the gospel. He had guts so I'll give him that, and i think he has a future career in writing because his letter was very very very thought out. My comp made me read it out loud to her and do my best to translate what it said, was a very good language study!!
. It was hilarious. The words that I did pick up were very heartfelt and at first I thought we were just having a good heartfelt discussion about the first lesson, and the first principle, god is our loving heavenly father. and than he pulled out chocolates, and a card handed it to her and then I realized we weren't talking about the gospel. He had guts so I'll give him that, and i think he has a future career in writing because his letter was very very very thought out. My comp made me read it out loud to her and do my best to translate what it said, was a very good language study!! I give it a 4.5/10 proposal. Would have been a full 6 points if he gave her flowers, and got on his knee.
This week lowkey has been so disappointing..... work has been going SO SLOW. We had to cut a lot of people and even change whole new areas we have been working in because they just can fully commit and there is no progression 
which has been so sad actually, because they are amazing and you can feel the light of Christ they have. They just don't want to keep commitments, " we want jesus without having commitments" was basically every conversation. So super disappointing.
which has been so sad actually, because they are amazing and you can feel the light of Christ they have. They just don't want to keep commitments, " we want jesus without having commitments" was basically every conversation. So super disappointing. Along with the fact no one is actually interested. there interested in the wrong reasons ( they just want the American girl over ) this seems to be a reoccurring problem along with lots of proposals. All Portuguese goes out the window too, they only want me to speak English to them.
But TUDO BEM, ISSO É VIVER 
Oh also we haven't had water again so we have had water bottle bucket showers/ wet wipes for like 3 days in a row and finally we had enough and asked the branch president if the water was working for them and then he said we could use there shower which was such a blessing.... just a long walk to there house unfortunately. ( the city rotates what areas have water and what don't throw-out the day and week ).
and if we have to go to the bathroom.... ill spare full details but if we are really desperate we walk about 1-2 miles to get to this 24 hr drug store to use there restroom... been fun 
they also overprice the water here which is rude, but dont worry I have been drinking my water. Just sparingly.
they also overprice the water here which is rude, but dont worry I have been drinking my water. Just sparingly. really makes me appreciate water and toilets more..........
OH I HAD TO SPEAK IN REUNEIAO SACRAMENTAL.. sacrament meeting... that was rough. Ahaha you thought. Actually probably the best Portuguese I have spoken since being here if I'm being honest with myself, but moral of the story I gave a really quick and to the point talk about the restoration.
Also total miracle, we had 3 underdogs come to church this Sunday! 1 of which being the lady we cut after she yelled at us for not wanting any commitments with our church.
So miracle, god is good! 
That was basically my week, nothing crazy.
HIGHLIGHTS!!
☆ Pday, best day of the week! Thank you to everyone that reached out. Always means so much to me!!! Eu amo todo vocês 
☆ talking to my brother and watching his football highlights/games. HES SUCH A STUD GUYS. Hate to say it but he might be a better athlete then me... but I will never say that to him. Have to keep him humble. Also i miss watching him play football terribly.. and just watching football in general 
☆ Found basketballs in a store ( you don't understand how much joy this brought me, and its really hard to find basketballs here idk why... still looking for a football ) , so we bought two and we have been working on our skills 
☆ having the kids come running down the hill yelling " SISTER TEBBIES É AQUI " ( sister Tebbs is here)
☆ President Nelson's birthday celebration broadcast!! 
( ALSO THE GUY THAT SANG WAS BRAZILIAN. ..... WAY TO REP,!!! WAS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL) he needs to make a church album.
( ALSO THE GUY THAT SANG WAS BRAZILIAN. ..... WAY TO REP,!!! WAS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL) he needs to make a church album. ☆ Açui always a highlight ( you don't understand until you had the açui here )
☆ clapping to see if Ian is home, and then seeing Ians head pop out the window and look down smiling at us and yells " WHATS UP MY N**** "
will never get old to me, it makes me laugh every time
☆ hanging out and serving Zeze ( she is a cute grandma in the ward that takes the best care of us. ) she's my Brazilian gma
LOVE YOU ALL HAVE AN AMAZING WEEK!!!
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