This is living Sept 10, 2024

 










INSIDE THE MIND OF HALLEE

Song of the week Blue by Zach Bryan go listen for me 🙃 

 Ok so terrible title I know but I couldn't think of anything else, my brain is Fried. 😍

But for those of you that don't know one of my favorite sayings is " This is Living " or " Do it for the lore". Right now imma explain the phrase " This is living or Isso é Viver "  This started The summer going into my senior year of high school, and I was at the cliffs ( A spot in stg where we go cliff jumping into the lake ) with my best friend and we decided to wake up SUPER early to go watch the sunrise!! It was sooooo much fun! We get there and I kid you not the joy I felt just being outside and watching the sunrise and being with my friend was insane, and I looked over to my Friend with a smile and said " This is Living ". ( we both laughed bc it was kinda silly / cringe in the moment) HOWEVER its meaning to me is powerful. 

So I started saying that to myself or out loud ever  scene than. This phrase is a reminder to me on just how amazing life is and how every moment is a blessing and is beautiful. Being in Brazil I catch myself saying this to myself, in my head ALLL the time. The simplest things make me happy and excited. And I find myself saying it Even in the Hard moments.....  

Something that I've come to realize especially more then ever now being on the mission is 

THERE IS JOY IN THE LIVING.  We can all internalize this how we want. For me I take it as, every emotion, trial, and experience is a gift. God gave us this life to live fully, and experience everything we possibly can to become closer to him and to be more like him. 

So don't be afraid to LIVE 😚


A Higher Joy

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/04/35uchtdorf?lang=eng



WEEKLY 


This week honestly has been such a blur, went by so fast ( which is a blessing) Sometimes I get caught up with how much time I have left on the mission and then I immediately have to stop myself from thinking.... SHOUTOUT too all my amazing friends and family that are currently Elders, and that are now home.  2 years is actually insane. And i have so much respect for you all 🫶🏽🫡 

I'll just give some of my highlights for the week! 


♡ Pday was incredible, love talking to my family and had so many of my friends reach out to me and it just always makes my day!!! Love you all so much 💗 


♡ Açui , its becoming an addiction anyways but at our favorite açui spot I actually had my first full conversation with someone that wasn't church related 


♡ met the COOLEST family this week and they are loving our lessons!!! I just have the tingle that they are gonna get baptized 😎


♡ Hit my 2 month mark as a missionary on sunday........16 months to go 🥲 🎉


♡ my best friend made it safely to Argentina 🇦🇷 💓  love you so much raili, your the most Christ like person I know!!! 


♡ I love reading the book of Mormon/ bible. I look forward to personal study!!.. Which is a sentence I never thought would come out of my mouth. But its just soo good! Challenge you all to read it everyday and you will see the change in your life. 


♡ listening to the members at family home evening say the N word over and over for like 10 minutes striaght....it was just so funny. 😅😆


♡ getting asked how I feel about the N word and  then having literally every male member in the institute / English class 18-35 call me there N* as they dap me up saying goodbye..... Brazilians love that word here. Idk 🤷‍♀️ personally I just laugh.


♡ It was Independence Day for Brazil on Saturday and it was quite the party!!!! Brazilians know how to throw parties, amazing music amazing food, amazing dancing! Ugh the whole day was just so fun to work and watch and kinda  be apart of!!!  ..... America however does it best! 4th of July is my favorite holiday im Biased 💁🏽‍♀️


MY COMPANION 

Have to dedicate a little paragraph to her because she's the best trainer I could've possibly asked for!!!  I was so worried going into the field that i would get stuck with someone I couldn't be my full self with or couldn't even talk too or that was gonna be a Thumb. ( is what I call a very boring non energetic, basic person ). And I am so grateful I have her because she's the exact opposite! We have so much fun together, and work super well together! She's an amazing example to me on how to be a good missionary! super strong in the spirit, pushes me to be

better, has alot of patience , Shes hilarious, and her music taste is incredible... like we talk about music all the time, its so fun! We Definitely don't go on messenger and listen to the muisc people post on there little notes.........👀


Favorite quote from the week 

We were on our new missionary zoom call meeting and were talking about our challenges and how we are feeling about mission life so far and elder Davis said it best 


" you just feel like a pet walking around with your comp "- Elder Davis


PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME! 

Would love to hear from you all, give me the life updates!! it always makes me so so so excited and happy seeing that I get an email!

 So im not asking im telling 😁


Eu amo todas vocês!! Tachu tachu 💖

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