Feliz Natallllll

Song of the week - drummer boy by Justin Bebier Photos 📸 https://photos.app.goo.gl/3XbRZ9tgSZpoDPZz9 ( also my missionary friends in my mission your probably wondering sister tebbs why are you sending me your email? Well Im here to tell you president said we can now be on each others email lists.... it is allowed YAY.....so sorry your now on my email , lucky you 🤭) If your still reading my email at this point your cool 😎 🙏🏼 This week not too much to report!!! Unfortunately no real progress happening in our area or with our teaching group... been slow 🐌 😴 learning alot about patience and peoples agency. No matter how much we want people to change we cant make them, they have to be the ones to change. its been very hard to stay motivated because the outcome of our efforts is very much dependent upon the agency of others... and right now our wins are close to none. Mais tudo bem, god will provide!!!! I have been studying alot recently about patience and I read the BEST talk by Elder Uchtdorf called Continue with Patience its in april general conference 2010! Was seriously the revelation I need! Challenge you all to read it. I could go on and on about it but ill give you guys an opportunity to test your agency and read it yourselfs! ;) I also had interviews with president clarke this week and it was so good. I felt like I really had a chance to get to know him better personally and we were able to have a very well needed conversation 😌 he also made it all sports references which is something I thoroughly enjoy/understand, since my whole life before the mission revolved around sports. Also he casually mentioned that his dad played in the MLB for the baltimore Orioles.. he was a pitcher 🤯 I thought that was super cool. Something he said/asked that I really took to heart was " How does a good hitter get out of a batting slump? He/she keeps showing up to the plate and he/she keeps hitting..... " thats one thing I took alot of comfort in. Its hard to not get discourage about the work but I can always look back on a hard day or week and I can proudly say that I always showed up. Thats all the lord asks of us, is to show up and to keep trying. One day we are gonna hit a walk-off homerun 😉 I really loved it! Left the interview feeling better about life and more motivated 🙌🏼 but also left having no idea if im staying or leaving lavras.... so we will find out this week 😅 transfer news is the 29th! Also MERRY CHRISTMAS THIS WEEK WHOOOT FELIZ NATALLLLLLL 💖 love you all so much, super grateful for everyone here!! I pray you all have an amazing Christmas, would love to hear back from yall 🎅🎄🫶🏽 Not gonna lie, it has not felt like christmas at all...... no amount of decorations can replace how empty the holiday feels without my family/friends....... and the fact its like 100+ degrees outside and I have heat rash/ thee worst sunburns of my life, in the middle of fetching December 🤦🏽‍♀️ been pretty sad about chirstmas in all honestly but also SO thankful I only have to miss one!! But dont fret we have some fun plans with some of the memebrs so im excited to see how brazil celebrates Christmas!!! Updates next week 🫡 Highlights 🥭🌴🐒 ☆ house bought matching PJs for Christmas ☆ ward Christmas party ☆ my incredible friends that have reached out to me and my family . I love you forever. 🫶🏽 ☆ the sisters I live with... they make me laugh constantly ☆ cleaning my comps/other sisters ears... ( fun fact about hallee I LOVE cleaning ears) 🤡 🤭 ☆ District council this week with our new DL who happens to be one of my fav elders in the mission.. hes such an old soul 😂 ☆ in my mango era... literally i cant get enough of them 😍🤤🥭 ☆ bucket list item chekced off, I climbed a wall ( wish it was a tree ) to pick fresh mangos off a tree 🌳 my comp didn't believe me when I told her im a monkey ☆ the memebrs... have my whole heart ❤️ grateful for the relationships I have made with them ☆ MET the CUTEST family.. and they gave me all this new werid looking fruit to try and it was actually so good... and then afterwards the lady gave me a cake to try too. Just made my whole day talking to them actually 🥰🤗 they made me not feel like a "stuipd" american and were so giving /loving ☆ I taught the best English class, probably was one of my favorite ones I taught. I showed them chirst birth video and then had a really good discussion in English on how they felt and what Jesus christ birth means to them... was SO spiritual and I was able to be a first had witness of the power of the gift of tounges. Was humbling because I imagine it is what I probably sound like if not worse in all the lessons I teach with people but it didnt matter because I felt the power behind each one of there words. 💕🥰 Love you all, have a wonderful chirstmas 🫶🏽💕 Sister (Hal) Tebbs 🇧🇷